YES. Omg, "cake soap." I remember my father explaining to me, when I was a child, that one of my aunt's skin kept becoming lighter because of "careful skin care." And it's not just Jamaica...many of my Senegalese in-laws are also obsessed with bleaching and skin color, in general. As my sis-in-law puts it, "if I…

Not sure that any cosmetics firm able to hire someone of Lupita's caliber doesn't have a skin whitening cream. Dencia-and is that an ironic name, or what-is peddling bleaching yourself until you are acceptable. Lupita is peddling you are acceptable and here's a way to enhance your own beauty. Sorry, not the same,…

In the UK, they are using injections called Melanotan. You can guess what it's used for. The moment you start injecting [black market] tan boosters, I think you have a serious problem. One continent trying in vain to make themselves darker and the other trying to make themselves whiter.

Because although she's kind of crazy she's actually making a valid point? It is hypocritical of Lupita to make a speech about dark skin like that and then become a spokesperson for a company that promotes skin whitening.

Are you basing that on what's carried at Sephora, or what Lancôme actually carries? I'm looking at their site now, and it seems like they have a fair number of options for darker complexions (nothing compared to the fair-skinned options, but a start) including concealers.

But maybe they'll start producing concealers/have agreed to do so now that she is the face of the brand. Only time will tell I suppose...

Why didn't he choose to match the darker portions of his skin tone, to even out his skin as the color he was born with? I understand he had vitiligo, but that didn't mean he had to go lighter. I think MJ probably had some significant dysmorphia, but one could argue there was a racial component as well.

I've also heard that a lot of the work he had done was not to make himself look "less black," as some people claim, but because he wanted to not look like his father. That's not uncommon of children that were abused by a parent.

Oh man I was at the grovert store today and for a laugh I went to the foundation section, and I swear every shade was beige. I think covergirl had every shade of white from paper white to tan then made a jump to cocoa tan. That's it one shade of brown for all of POCdom. I dont understand major cosmetic companies, the…

OMG they're Sylvester McMonkeyMcBean, selling stars upon thars to all of us Sneeches, aren't they?

Can we let this rumor die...it's like, 20 years old. I thought it was pretty much summed up in his autopsy report that he had VITILIGO. All of his skin treatments were used in order to even out his skin tone due to the extreme changes caused by the disorder. So, Michael is not a good example for whatever point it is…

Cover Girl still doesn't have appropriate colours for many East Asians - especially those who are light to medium. I find most mid-range brands like Smashbox and Stila much better with selection. This is probably why I'm a VIB Rouge at Sephora (at the same time, more budget-friendly Asian brands, at least ones…

What's really messed up is that in the States, companies sell products to make you look darker, sunless tanners etc, and then those same companies sell products to people in Asia and Africa to make them lighter. If you walk into a chemist in Asia, you'll see a row of bottles with the exact same brand names as tanners,…

That's true, but this could be an opportunity for Lancome to expand into creating a product that covers everyone. Like when Queen Latifah signed with Cover Girl. I remember back in the day when the only Cover Girl foundation for WOC was tan. Now, they have the Queen Collection and it's actually pretty fab. Which is…

SO. When a MAN does it...

she has to, I see her as a future model than actress. She is not mainstream and Hollywood is not known for hiring black women. So she might as well make her money while people still remember her.

It's one product out of 1000s that Lancome makes. I don't understand why it's hypocritical. EVERY major beauty company makes some kind of whitening cream. The whole point of beauty products is to alter your appearance into something more "attractive". There's a lot of questionable products out there to make your hair…

skin-whitening cream is definitely a regrettable product (although the same argument could be extrapolated to encompass all make-up), but I can't help thinking that a huge make-up company like L'Oreal employing an absoultely flawless darkskinned african beauty Lupita will end up having a possitive effect on a lot of…

Colorism man, I tell you. As a Jamaican I can speak from experience, this obsession with lighter skin is like a cancer. I blame people like Vybz Kartel and other ignorant pieces of trash who promote this mentality.

I just love the fact that Lupita is the face of a brand that don't even have concealer for someone with her skin tone.