tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366157587403983131.post8369280917341138423..comments2024-03-08T10:17:59.083+02:00Comments on The Jade Lotus : Why are Asians obsessed with fairness? - The 'Snow-white complex' vs TanorexiaThe Jade Lotushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06691222546333366436noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366157587403983131.post-8564174496844525922013-11-04T13:43:36.177+02:002013-11-04T13:43:36.177+02:00Firstly I love that the beauty doc has blogged abo...Firstly I love that the beauty doc has blogged about this again..I'm Indian.. for me personally I can honestly say it has nothing to do with colonialism. I think for many people it comes down to personal preference and has a lot to do with perception. Someone once said that as individuals when we look in the mirror we perceive ourselves to be 10 times better looking than we really are. <br /><br />Whilst I would not want to be super dark.. I would rather prefer having a healthy skin.. no marks, scars, holes, pigmentation, large pores etc instead of being "white" or "light". And if I had to choose, I would want an olive radiant skin because that's what appeals to me as beautiful. I also think that having an olive skin tone compliments any colour of clothing or eye/hair colour that you have.<br /><br />I've actually seen the fair and handsome cream (the exact same one in post above) at the China Mall. <br /><br />Whilst at campus many of my friends also tried staying out the sun and carrying umbrella's as they did not want to get sunburnt aka "dark"<br /><br />I still believe that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What I would be interested to know is if gender plays a role in all of this? Do guys also want to be lighter? One of my male friends currently uses a male fairness cream.. lol <br /><br />I definitely think that this has brought a new meaning to being "comfortable in your own skin"<br /><br /> Kavitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00056236157197067074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366157587403983131.post-88434321051545396662013-11-02T15:04:48.718+02:002013-11-02T15:04:48.718+02:00The tanning industry is larger because there are m...The tanning industry is larger because there are many more people tanning their skin than there are, lightening their skin. Just like skin lightening products, there are tanning products which are quite cheap; if you go to BOOTS, you'll be spoilt for choice! Conversely, there are also loads of bleaching creams/treatments which are profoundly expensive - it's neither here nor there...<br /><br />On your statement 'the darker peoples of the world you speak of are not 'usually' entrenched in poverty' - I'm tempted to state that it seems like self indictment, and that every country in the world has 'poverty pockets here and there. Suffice it to say, many people who are poor still have access to television [this is illustrated during the world cup, and by their knowledge of top tier footballers]... and they watch movies. You do not have to travel to see the different peoples of the world and their varying complexions. Indeed, quite a lot of things I know about India and also Sri Lanka, I saw on films.<br /><br />On different types of colonialism, it is my opinion that what aggressive global advertising does is to seduce people into easily doing what it is that appealed to them ever so slightly, before seeing the advert/ or bring their attention to what could appeal to them. [I speak on the average individual, and not those who would obey the wind if asked]! Reasonable people do not usually do what they do not believe in because it's everywhere... No, the fact that the advertisement is aggressive is rather a source of irritation to them, than it is a convincing tool.<br /><br />On the dark skin tone of the Sri Lanka woman, personally, I think their women are some of the most stunningly beautiful women in the world, and their unique skin colour has quite a lot to do with that. Besides, one must not be so impressionable to have to wait on another to define beauty on their behalf*<br /><br />This topic is very very interesting to me because the White people that tan want to depart from having pale skin to having a dark hue; while the dark people who lighten their skin want to achieve a light skin. <br /><br />According to survey, a lot of white ladies who tan want to achieve Jennifer Lopez/Gisele/Nicole scherzinger complexion; while the Black people who want achieve the Beyoncé-like/ Halle Berry complexion. <br />I haven't heard a white person say they want the Wesley Snipes complexion; and I also haven't heard of a black person who want to look like Cate Blanchett. <br />The tanners and lighteners on the white and black sides want to meet half way! <br /><br />Like I said in my October 28th comment, the skin tanning industry is 3x the skin bleaching industry. <br /><br />According to the UK Guardian Newspaper 8th August 2010, "FAKE TAN IS THE FASTEST-GROWING AREA OF COSMETICS..." and "THE FASTEST-GROWING SECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL COSMETICS MARKET..."<br /><br />This paper reports: <br />"Whiteness has always been valued ... but now we're moving towards a globalised model. It's not about pushing whiteness any more, it's actually about MIXEDNESS... A Time magazine cover recently showed a composite photograph of lots of people to create what they called 'the most beautiful woman in the world', AND OF COURSE, SHE HAD BROWN SKIN. Today in Britain, while it's not about wanting to be black, mixedness is considered beautiful – olive skin signifies cosmopolitanism and values of globalisation."<br /><br />see link @http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/aug/08/fake-tan-pale-skin-celebrities<br /><br />Enough said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366157587403983131.post-84854141536518906982013-10-30T11:07:59.534+02:002013-10-30T11:07:59.534+02:00@Anonymous, one of the reasons tanning is larger i...@Anonymous, one of the reasons tanning is larger industry is because it costs more than skin bleaching and a lot of the pale skinned have the opportunity to travel more to see other skin tones. The darker people of the world are usually entrenched in poverty and aren't traveled enough to be able to easily identify another skin tone that they would prefer. In a country like India where there's various skin tones and a large marketing of fair skin, the majority of the population opt for beauty products with a skin lightening agent. These products aren't expensive. In fact, the imported products in South Africa retail for about R20. <br /><br />Whilst colonialism may not be entirely to blame, today we're faced with a different type of colonialism; the takeover of a global advertising which is constantly telling darker skinned people that they aren't pretty enough and pale individuals that they are not tanned enough. But as history has seen changing trends of preferred skin tone, perhaps the lightly tanned look (which is still considered fair skin btw) may fade away and let a different skin tone become popular. <br /><br />I highly doubt thought that the dark skin tones of Sri Lanka will ever be considered globally beautiful or the large tanning industry would already be going darker. Instead tanners stop at a point where they are sun-kissed - that's still quite light.Splashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08839195512813435931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366157587403983131.post-72812050015377083402013-10-30T10:36:50.910+02:002013-10-30T10:36:50.910+02:00Hi Anonymous I had no idea that the tanning indust...Hi Anonymous I had no idea that the tanning industry was 3 times larger. Most of my patients like the tanned looked and none of my Asian or Black patients really want to look lighter but want a more even toned skin as with my White patients - they desire an even toned skin but of course don't want to look pale. Radiant is what they are going for.<br /><br />Also being Indian I know first hand about the whole desire have fair skin - I'm not entirely convinced that it stems from colonialism. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219757534985319655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366157587403983131.post-67064636129084514592013-10-28T15:22:33.590+02:002013-10-28T15:22:33.590+02:00WHY ARE ASIANS OBSESSED WITH FAIRNESS?
The same r...WHY ARE ASIANS OBSESSED WITH FAIRNESS?<br /><br />The same reason Westerners are obsessed with tanning... lighten up with your doom and gloom comment, desert! Everything does not have to be traced back to colonialism!<br /><br />How do you rationalize skin tanning which is 3 times a larger industry than skin bleaching?<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366157587403983131.post-51614614780474218032013-10-08T20:27:34.568+02:002013-10-08T20:27:34.568+02:00It's really tragic how the mentality that prom...It's really tragic how the mentality that promotes 'whiteness' above all else is the majority view. It speaks volumes of our unwillingness to throw off the shackles of our colonised minds. Worst of all are the substandard creams and bleaches that permanently scar and cause skin cancers...hopefuly one day we will toy with the idea that perhaps white is not always right?desert demonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07944696794085869739noreply@blogger.com