Anyhoooo, back to skin lightening. :D

I'm happy to report that I have got the desired result using arbutin and AHA. Result! :D

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Anyhoooo, back to skin lightening. :D

I'm happy to report that I have got the desired result using arbutin and AHA. Result! :D

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Girl give me all the details! What's AHA and where do I get it? I've heard of arbutin are there arbutin creams that come in large sizes because I want to use it all over?

Skinactives.com sells Alpha Arbutin you can add to any lotion.
(use Product Catalog, drop down menu to Quick Purchase Product List).

I purchased it before but I don't think I mixed it right. I added the whole
Tube to the Canvas Base Cream they offer. Maybe I should have added something else to it or mixed it in something more liquid in consistency.

That was my first and last attempt at trying to make my own skin lightening cream. Perhaps I'll just add it to a product to make it more
Stronger instead of trying to make it from scratch.

Hello all nice to be here!
Sorry to tell you guys but, I am also a fan of Tonique! LOL:)

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Hello all nice to be here!!
Sorry to tell you guys but, I am also a fan of Tonique!! LOL:)

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OK Thanks for the news then.:confused:

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Girl give me all the details!! What's AHA and where do I get it? I've heard of arbutin are there arbutin creams that come in large sizes because I wanna use it all over?

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AHA is alphy hydroxy acid such as glycolic acid or lactic acid. I like both of them, just can't choose between the two! :D
You can get AHA from ANYWHERE! They come in forms of creams, lotions, facial washes and even peels.
I don't know where to get larger sizes of arbutin from, mine was just a small pot for the face. :)

First of all- dark skin does not exfoliate and peel like lighter skin. Any cream you use will work better by using glycolic acid to keep peeling your skin. I found some glycolic acid 35% cream in TJ Maxx. They have some beautiful creams from europe. And that cream I use night and day and my skin is clear and lighter now. I mixed a cream of sunscreen, pure glycolic acid 35%, kojic acid 2% and HQ 2%. Im also on the L'MAJ pills. I can see a difference. My husband even commented that I look lighter.

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First of all- dark skin does not exfoliate and peel like lighter skin. Any cream you use will work better by using glycolic acid to keep peeling your skin. I found some glycolic acid 35% cream in TJ Maxx. they have some beautiful creams from europe. and that cream I use night and day and my skin is clear and lighter now. I mixed a cream of sunscreen, pure glycolic acid 35%, kojic acid 2% and HQ 2%. Im also on the L'MAJ pills. I can see a difference. My husband even commented that I look lighter.

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Dark skin does not exfoliate and peel like lighter skin:confused:
Oooook you lost me there.
Could you explain this a little more please?

The darker the skin the tougher it is. Any plastic surgeon will tell you that. And you can loofah all you want it won't lighten for more than 4 hrs

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The darker the skin the tougher it is. Any plastic surgeon will tell you that. and you can loofah all you want it wont lighten for more than 4 hrs

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About.com:
When treating acne in skin of color, special care must be taken. It is often (wrongly) believed that darker skin is tougher than it's lighter counterparts. Actually, brown skin can be very sensitive, and must be treated very gently.

Seattletimes.nwsource.com:
Contrary to popular belief, darker skin is not tougher; in fact, while extra melanin does have its benefits sun protection and slowed signs of aging it makes the skin more sensitive and vulnerable to injury.

"If the skin is darker it is prone to scarring and hyper-pigmentation, so we have to be more careful with skin of color," says Terri Dunn, a Berkeley, Calif., dermatologist. One-third of Dunn's patients are of Latin, Asian, Indian, Mediterranean or African descent, and thus require special skin care.

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About.com:
When treating acne in skin of color, special care must be taken. It is often (wrongly) believed that darker skin is tougher than it's lighter counterparts. Actually, brown skin can be very sensitive, and must be treated very gently.

seattletimes.nwsource.com:
Contrary to popular belief, darker skin is not tougher; in fact, while extra melanin does have its benefits sun protection and slowed signs of aging it makes the skin more sensitive and vulnerable to injury.

"If the skin is darker it is prone to scarring and hyper-pigmentation, so we have to be more careful with skin of color," says Terri Dunn, a Berkeley, Calif., dermatologist. One-third of Dunn's patients are of Latin, Asian, Indian, Mediterranean or African descent, and thus require special skin care.

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Thank you so much for posting that! That other chick don't know what thell she's talking about. She's in here trying to sell that crappy product but its not working hunny go to another board.

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Thank you so much for posting that! That other chick don't know what thell she's talking about. She's in here trying to sell that crappy product but its not working hunny go to another board.

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LOL!

I just knew it couldn't be true.
I would not have a dermatologist or esthetician tell me they are going to apply
A stronger peel simply because my skin is darker.

I know what my skin can and cannot take when it comes to peels because I
Have been doing them myself right at home.

Ok I think I'm going to try something different! What I'm using now is good but I need something stronger so I'm getting kojic acid lotion from funkymommy.net and the alpha arbutin powder from skinactives.com. I'm going to mix the powder and the lotion and hopefully it will make the lotion stronger. I've read some good results on both of the products (there both safe) and I think combined they will a good skin lightening solution!

weezing let's know how the alpha arbuting powder works in your mixture.I would like to try it too.thanks

It is tougher because it visibly does not age like other skin. Everyone with eyeballs can see that. Yes when there is a mixture like I'm (26% european) the skin is sensitive and not as thick but hey I don't have time to argue I got better things to do with my time.you want to win you win.

Can someone please explain this to me lol


Funky Mommy's Blog: Askmehelpdesk - has done it again!

I hope the mods aren't trying to keep us from a good products lol

Spammers - spammers go away.

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it is tougher because it visibly does not age like other skin. Everyone with eyeballs can see that. Yes when there is a mixture like im (26% european) the skin is sensitive and not as thick but hey i dont have time to argue i got better things to do with my time.you wanna win you win.

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Not getting any argument from me, your just simply wrong in your statement
That darker skin is "tougher" than lighter skin.

"Dark skin is a blessing as it relates to sun damage and aging,
a 50-year-old woman of color often looks 40, while a white woman of the same age might look 10 years older than her real age." says Susan C. Taylor, M.D., director of the Skin of Color Center in New York and author of Brown Skin: Dr. Susan Taylor's Prescription for Flawless Skin, Hair and Nails (HarperCollins, 2003).


The reason darker skin ages well is because of the melanin in the skin not
Because of it's "toughness".

Nikki is there any one particular product you are a fan of? I was reading your posts and it seems like you liked Fair & Flawless but I had a friend try it and she said it doesn't work and is too expensive is there anything else you recommend?

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Nikki is there any one particular product you are a fan of? I was reading your posts and it seems like you liked Fair & Flawless but I had a friend try it and she said it doesn't work and is too expensive is there anything else you recommend?

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Yes I do favor Fair and Flawless as the best natural product for skin lightening
That I have used, I don't think the price (of the facial cream) is not that bad
And you can't always go by what your friend or others have said about a
Product, what may not work for your friend may just be perfect for you.

Before Fair and Flawless I used Hydroquinone products and I still have no
Problem with those. I think Fair and Flawless was the first natural skin lightener I used.

But I do like to try others, Diana Stalder worked for me, African Queen worked, Hollywood Secret Cream worked etc.. Most skin lightening products
Work for me except for two of them, one I tried to make myself and another
One I bought called Skin Bleach by The Spa Basin but this cream looked
Just like the homemade cream I tried to make, you can see bits of the powder
In the cream, it did not dissolve well, that's probably why it did not work for
Me.

One cream I have always wanted to try is Godiva Skin Lightening Cream. I've
Known about this product for years but have not tried it yet, I heard it works
Best on asian skin but I still wanted to see for myself because they do have a
Couple of testimonials on their site who are not asian posting it worked for them.