From a black woman as a child I was taught If you really want to love yourself, start by wearing your own hair that grows out of your scalp and continue to embrace being naturally beautiful.
If you have certain features it looks odd. Manilla is not a skin tone, everyone I see that has done it looks horrible. God made no mistakes. Self hatred at its finest. Light skin is not necessarily beautiful.
Finally, someone who has comprehensive knowledge of skin bleaching. I love how she emphasized the reason for skin lightening being not only a desire to be viewed more attractively but there's also the desire and need to improve your livelihood.
THERE IS NOTHING MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN A BEAUTIFUL DARK SKINNED WOMAN. WHY DO YOU THINK THE WHITE WOMEN LAY IN THE HOT SUN. RISK SKIN CANCER JUST TO GET DARKER?? BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL!!!! I LOVE MINE AND HOPE IT NEVER CHANGE.
Improving livelihood still comes down to being viewed more attractively because people believe that being more attractive( that is being fair skin) means you will have more job offers.
Supposed an employer requires that people have darker skin and this job would be a lucrative opportunity for you or someone else who bleached what would you do then?
@@ajugrant9487 well I just said that and I scroll down and there you go and it is so true. No one on this planet Earth would exist if it weren't for melanated people. True facts.
Really, the lighter you are more attractive you are 🤔. Being attractive is more than our skin tone. Also you need to go back in history and read why the Europeans frowned on darker complexions. It’s so funny , lighter skin people are tanning and darker skin people are bleaching.
The deep rooted issue to this is colonization and it left a big imprint and impact on ALL African/Black peoples lives around the world and it’s not an understatement. The issue isn’t necessarily with Black people but the WORLDWIDE standard of beauty; lighter/fair skin or anything relative to being white.
@@antoniamonet8497 exactly. You can't determine how ppl treat you but you can determine how you react to it. It's time we stop letting these ppl set these standards for us and learn to love ourselves completely.
I just love this... as a dark skin girl i always get that look of 'you are ugly' because of my skin tone. Though i'm a strong willed person, it did affect how i see myself. The idea of discrimination based on someone else's skin tone is wrong! It should be avoided.
Thank you for this! We as Nigerians need to be comfortable and proud of our own skin colour. Funny how we overlook the whites "getting a tan". This speaks volume that they too may not be as confident in their skin as we think... I can't wait for part 2.
@@claremurphy5089 That’s perfectly fine. But if a black person expresses a certain preference people would say it’s self hatred. In addition do white people who tan hate themselves. I’m definitely not an advocate of bleaching at all but we need to be objective in our analysis.
Exactly my point a healthy skin is a beautiful skin. I mean people spend so much , put so much time and energy and not know they are damaging their beautiful skin . Thank you for this Lola !!!! This is super educating.
Here in Ireland glutathione is marketed as anti aging supplement bc of its antioxidant and antioxidative stress properties. I personally taking it for more than 7 years now.
Your skin sparkling in your avatar , so yeah i am not surprised and glutathione is excellent for health, mostly if combined with ascorbic acid or collagen.
Maybe we can talk about the need that black women have to wear fake hair,hiding under the pretext of “ protective styling “ when there are many Africa styles we can do with our own hair … just a thought for your next docuseries. Love n respect
Agreed. My opinion on it is lack of self esteem of gargantuan proportions. The crippling lack of education, specifically world history and Africa's place in it, continues to underpin this deep rooted lack of self esteem. From hair, to food, to names, to religion, to skin, to language, etc there is a scary lack of ability to understand and appreciate our own and it is literally killing the continent.
While watching Nigerian idols, I couldn't help but notice so many commercials for skin bleaching 😳. Guys, snow white and skin glow, I'm not sure about the names. Ya'll need to get rid of that, we can't be having our kids consume such and grow up thinking that there is something wrong with their skin. Please.
Not just that. I have noticed that in nollywood movies, the actresses are starting to look all the same, with the same bleached colour, the photos they use (like a thumbnail picture on RU-vid) they would make the dark skin actress 10 shades lighter and then you watch the movie, they are way darker. They did this Mercy Johnson multiple times.
@@gracegeorge7285 yesss I noticed that… I was honestly disappointed when I saw they had bleached their skin especially since there are soo many young girls and women who grew up watching them. There’s no diversity anymore, everyone in the movies are looking the same. The same bodies, the same skin colour! Why are they promoting skin colour that is very rare to find in Nigeria?? It’s gross
I had NO idea that toning was considered lightening your skin. There are many natural products that help to even the skin tone such as Pracaxi oil. But I never thought of toning as a way to lighten my skin. I learn something new everyday.
I see nothing wrong with using a product to even out skin tone. I started using a Kojic acid based soap from the Philippines during showering about a year ago and my skin has never been so even in its color except when I’ve spent days in the sun and gotten much darker, this also evens out the skin tone. So which is healthier if you want even toned skin? A mild kojic acid based soap that you wash with or hours and hours of direct sunlight? My brother was recently treated for skin cancer, I’ve opted for the soap.
The issue in Nigeria that ordinary creams like Vaseline have bleaching agents in it. Even Nivea! Those producing the creams believe we all want to bleach!
I'm relatively lightskinned and I use African black soap, shea butter and cocoa butter mixed with some carrier oils. I mix all this myself. When I was younger my mom used to make them for me. I remember her always telling me not to be swayed into using so called "toning, whitening or lightening lotions and soaps" all under the disguise of "maintaining my skin colour". Many lightskinned people look at me weird when I say I don't use such products. It now seems like even those who are lightskinned want to be completely white and not have any trace of melanin at all.
Thank you so much for this Lola, awareness as regards skin bleaching is really low and those who preach about it are actually the ones into it. A documentary well put together and thank you for putting so much effort into this.
Do white women who tan not love themselves or want to be black? Highly doubt it! Let’s discuss most black men’s obsession with lighter skin and names for different skin tones
Why are you using white ppl as the measuring stick for how you should operate?? Like you’re hinting at… the hatred for darker skin is bc of the colonial ideas we still hold in the black community.
They don’t. They don’t love themselves. Still the same thing. And obviously the tanning became prevalent due to the medias portrayal of dark skinned women in the recent years.
Black men want to be White men. Black women want to be loved by Black men. So they feel to look like a White woman they will be attractive to Black men. It will end when Black men stop desiring to be White men.
Skin lighting or skin toning is not a bad thing as long as your using products that are safe for your skin, I use skin lighting products because I like toning my skin and making my melanin glow, i would not say I hate myself or hate being a black woman it’s just something that I do as my own beauty regime, not all People who skin lighten hate their skin. This is also with people that use tanning and tanning creams to darken their skin, they do it because they like it and how they look, nothing wrong with darkening or lightening your skin, we are all beautiful regardless of skin colour. ❤️
Look at people finding excuses. It is a bad thing! Not healthy at all. Getting rid of uneven skin tone is completely different from changing your skin tone drom darker skinned person that literally a grey person. Skin lightening, skin toning whatever terms you wanna use are bad
@@RosetteAckesson skin lighting skin toning skin darkening is an individual CHOICE same way people go and do plastic surgery, these are things people love and do, what you call bad is good to another person, there are far more problems in the world to deal with than worry about what someone chooses to do with their own skin, how about campaign on wickedness and ignorance of the world, let people do as they wish and mind your business. Loool it ain’t your skin so why do you care.
I came across this article a few days ago and it was during a time I was doing an article of the beauty of African Black Women. Down here is Zimbabwe we had been safe from skin bleaching until a few years ago where skin bleaching products have illegally found themselves in our country and our women prefer to lighten their skin. I actually feel very sorry for the women out there who feel they need to bleach their skin to look beautiful..... It is reealy reealy sad and i believe it has gotten to a point its a psychological issue that need adressing seriously
Here in Zim zvanyanya Olivia,when I was 18yrs old I bleached my skin and my skin reacted badly I learned the hard way,I'm always telling women around me to not bleach now, but people don't listen
@@nyaradzomimmiemashamba3207 i think its about building comfidence from a young age telling these girla they are beautiful in their own skin causr zvanyanya shuwa munhu wese a yellow i really don't get the obsession with being light skinned
@@joycemwewa8744 that's where it starts when a person is insecure and they project that on their kids, black is beautiful and i think its our community that looks down on the darker skin tones than any race whoch is sad, we need all shades and we are all beautiful the way God made us
How it psychological issues it self esteem it the same with tanning skin whitening is self esteem it about feelings good about me girl who tan might have self esteem issue too
Thanks Lola for this educative episode. And I love love Julez (I hope I got her name right) very authentic and beautiful. Beautiful conversation there. It all starts with self love. If You love yourself, you won't harm your skin and body to be what you are not.
I have never had an issue with being dark skin nor have I missed opportunities because of my skin tone. If you are confident you are treated as such. If you feel inferior you will be treated in inferior ways. So I don't get why people bleach their skin. That is a new thing that I NEVER HEARD OF OR SAW GROWING UP. - I'm from the South- Louisiana and I can not relate.
Its so weird, cause in the UK all you want to do is celebrate being black. Your clothes, hair style, heritage, when I went back home everyone was cutting hair, perming, everything and I was confused. I was thinking finally I can live my best life but my cousins were more constricted than me
@@PAYDAYHEDGE I agree the only good thing they do is not bleaching their skin ,but clothes are western clothes,a lot black women in the Uk wear weaves not their natural hair which it is sad .
@@omzy8700 she made it sound like every black people in UK are wearing their natural hair, dress up in african attire and preach pan africanism She said she went back home and discovered people dress and perm hair as if she wasn't aware of that before she left for UK
@@PAYDAYHEDGE yh fr 9 out 10 black women in the Uk wear a weave or wig ,I saw more mixed race girl wearing their natural hair and braid their hair like They do in Africa then black women , in Africa more women do tend to wear their natural hair compared to black women in the Uk too, Hopefully more African women in africa will stop bleaching but also hopefully black women in the Uk stop wearing wigs and weaves .
I use hydroquinone on my melasma on my cheeks but even then, my dermatologist advised me that it is not for long term use. It damages your skin. It makes me sad that my sisters feel the need to lighten their beautiful brown skin.
@Iamb tanning is also bad for your skin. But that wasn't the conversation 🙄. Go ahead and bleach your skin and take a chance on having a rebound effect. A Hydroquinone-induced inflammation can cause rebound hyperpigmentation and reduced tolerance to hydroquinone itself.
Very Sad. Dark skin is beautiful. The focus should be on having healthy, clean, properly exfoliated, steamed and clear, moisturized skin...not lighter skin. Lord, help people to overcome their insecurities and misconceptions about having dark skin so that they will truly love themselves and be proud of how they were naturally born.
@@Brendaglam24 don’t stop others from educating the masses just because you’re insecure and hate yourself. We’re trying to stop them from turning into people like you
I don't really know or see the issue with wigs.weaves,maybe but wigs, to me it's not a big deal.im natural 4c. My busy days,I cornrow my hair,throw on a wig and I'm out the door.when I'm going out or abit light from work, I rock my afro and braids.and I think this is the case with alot of women
@@royaldiadem8660 weave and wig yall wear is European or caucasian hair type why not wear your natural hair? Weave and bleaching is thesame thing, both are trying to change something about themselves
@@LolaOJTV Thank you for the incredible content, you're helping thousands of us and you're changing lives. We're blessed to have you sister, thank you so much and you've made my day too! I'm grateful
Some west African tribes like us Igbos naturally have genes that have been identified that allows for more lighter skin, light eyed, light haired ppl. We have a higher amount than some other tribes. I say this because people do not understand African genetics and have learned to generalize Africans as though we are a monolith.
Julie is a gorgeous, gorgeous girl. Wow! I would kill for such beautiful velvet skin. Nice to hear she hasn’t succumbed to the pressures to bleach, it must not be easy. Excellent series!
I have what is perhaps a naïve question: why is this even a topic whenIn October 2019, Nigeria became the number one open defecation nation ... 25 per cent, or more than 47 million Nigerians, lack access to toilets? The obsession with having a light skin surely cannot be As important as the lack of toilets. I don't mean to be facetious here.
@@sanah6933 I’m not trying to be mean. It’s just that there’s a lot of data to back it up. There’s also an industry and it’s a big part of the economy.
Not advertising but I've used Queen Elizabeth cocoabutter since childhood and its the best.well to me.it just has too greasy and make you sweat alot,but ull get use to it
This really good! Most of us don’t even want to bleach but we haven’t found a product that will help maintain my own in born skin color. I’m tired of searching now I’m sticking with pears baby lotion and it’s been amazing so far. So far ama stick with this.
I can relate to this 💯 and there are amazing safe products out there that can do that, I would definitely recommend seeing a dermatologist. Thanks for watching
@@LolaOJTV the reason people walk into any local cosmetic stores to get this creams. How do we get a good dermatologist (because a lot of this guys claiming woke on skin healthcare don’t even know shit) that’s on one side, how do we afford them! That’s on another side. We all know how hard things are in this part of the world currently. Like I’m happy i could afford 3square meal at least, afford to move myself around, pay my rent, pay bills of some very basic needs as a human being. Come on Lola seeking a dermatologist isn’t what I’ll be thinking of as a common man, knowing that that it doesn’t come cheap. So best I can do is seek out from friends for recommendations or walk into this cheap cosmetic stores to find out. So the cycle of trial and error continue. Things are hard Lola they are.
@@ENOSCORNER I do understand what you’re saying but don’t be deceived some local creams aren’t necessarily cheaper. Yes the country is hard I agree, so do what you can, nothing is by force, there are good affordable options. However if you have a severe skin issue you need to see a professional in the same way you would need to see a Dr if sick.
I use our traditional black soap , I add honey, cocoa butter, aloe Vera ,turmeric, lemon . Very effective . I used olive oil as my lotion. Let’s go natural
I have hyperpigmentation on my face and I’ve been trying to get rid of it for years. In U.K. there’s a multi million pound business to lie to ppl like me. I’m very light skin toned however my medical problem has cost me over 4/5 thousand pounds. These companies make dark ppl feel inferior and light skinned people who have skin issues feel inferior because it looks awful. Doesn’t matter what I can’t get rid of my hyperpigmentation ☹️. This is truly where I can say we’re all in this together 😟
Thank you for your comment, I actually have melasma so I understand your frustration, here in Nigeria I believe the dermatologists have more knowledge on what works for black skin
I just stubble on ur page. Amazing documentary. I'm Canadian-Jamaican and it is a problem in Jamaica as well. Knowone seems to love their true melanin anymore. It's really sad. I would say 6 out 10 of my Nigerian friends bleach their skin.
We have to go deeper into the root and source of this. It has been embedded into us to have white skin and have straight hair . This is not only a African problem, it is in the Caribbean and Asian countries. The Europeans have damaged people of race so much and it is such a same because the people who are lightening their skin are highly educated people and should or would know where this attitude is coming from. It makes me really think, that black people, some black people , do not like being black or like black people. God help us all.
In Asia , lighter skin is related to being from a wealthier background as people who don't have to toil under the sun tend to have lighter skin tones. So this s a complex issue that has to do w social hierarchy/classes ,perceived beauty standards and colonialism as well. And let's not forget that the pressure is esp. high on women to look a certain way in all cultures which is really bad tbh. As for bleaching , people who live closer to the equator do have more melanin in order to protect from the sun so reducing melanin +ruining skin barrier is extra harmful in that case. Colourism is extra dangerous ,no doubt about it
Actually the Japanese lightened their skin before Europeans came to Japan. The Geisha made herself look white, so they were already conditioned to think that white was superior by the time the Europeans arrived. Also skin brighteners work different on light skinned people. It helps achieve a more even skin tone. You read complaints from dark skinned people that milder treatments like kojic acid don’t lighten their skin. It’s not going to! It is however great for getting a more even skin tone.
Welldone Lola, good job here. I’m soo happy to watch this and hope this message can go round to be able to start help changing our women’s mentality. It’s a struggle, it’s not easy. God will help us. Thank you pretty ♥️♥️♥️
All over the world people are bleaching their skin. Asians and Arabs alike. African Americans too! It will take a long time for people to accept who they are. This in my opinion is due to old movies where actors where super white with blonde hair (some repeatedly bleached). This influenced Asian movies, as they wanted to look more of white, now with fake hair and bleaching African Americans and Africans want to achieve the Asian movie star look. Yes , we look up to African Americans who started to look fairer, fake eyelashes, weaves, smoothed edges, drawn in eyebrow shape, nose jobs etc. Now everyone can buy the look. We have seen African Americans change from Africa features Asian or more European like features. I don't have to mention names!
That's a damn shame. A lot of people especially being black don't care about your complexion. But because the African woman or people embrace self hatred,they would in my opinion be a discrase to their race . I've seen some beautiful young woman on memor and I'm glad they didn't change their skin tone. Love you black woman!!
Well, I glad I saw this pop doc. Though the message is to warn against this TERRIBLE idea, I am depressed... Another matter with the things the first expert mentioned at 5min, surely if the melanin is reduced, is that not dangerous considering the sun's power? The way to fight this nonsense is to be more "pro-Black!" - "Black Consciousness"
Please in the next episode talk about people who go to spas and soak themselves in a bath mixed with different chemicals, that’ll enable the aesthetician peel off layers of their skin and immediately make them 2 or 3 shades lighter.
I recently left Cameroon I’m from the USA and most black Americans like myself despite bleaching It seems like damn near every product in the stores had whitening
I’m African America and I’ve never seen bleaching agents in Walmart. I’m dark skinned and I was teased and put down but I never wanted to bleach. It looks awful look at Lil Kim.
As black pipo we suffer from so many insecurities, the struggle is real esp for black women . Black women r chasing wigs chasing creams. M dark skin I have never bleached never been insecure about my dark skin . I dont even wear wigs. It's in the mind , u have to see dark skin as beautiful no matter what . When I go outside it's the dark skin pipo I notice , just bcoz dark skin is beautiful. Not that light skin is not beautiful it is very beautiful. Even when m on the plane m admiring dark skin pipo . Dark skin is beautiful I feel sad when I see a person who was dark skin look light I feel sad because I know they believed the voices in their head.
I'm unapologetically beautifully black and actually wish I was darker skin💞👋🏾! It's embarassing to know in our race that such naive and distorted individual's are still existing with a 'slave' mentality😴🤬👎🏾. Common sense, education and self respect are qualities these 'bleachers' need to acknowledge and understand! This is why we would never have the respect from other races!
@@Brendaglam24 enjoy the health complications along with looking like a mess when your skin starts rotting and stinking. Just because you want to look like a slave master
OMG, me coming across this doc now, pls LOLA OJ, have you ever been to Kano Northern Nigeria, where mothers have died over the issues of bleaching there fetus before the arrive this planet. It is a serious problem that our doctors don't even know how to go about dealing with it
White Supremacy still determines beauty even if it is subconscious. That is why it is important that we display are beauty on social media, even if other folks don’t agree with it.
As we are talking about skin bleaching, can we also acknowledge "accent bleaching" please when did Nigerian female celebrities switch to British accent abeg😂😂😂😂😂
Thanks for watching. Not sure if you’re referring to me, but if so, I wasn’t born or raised in Nigeria, hence the British accent. It’s just an accent, you clearly place more importance on it than I do.
77% is so sad in several ways. Thats almost the entire populace worshiping european european looks which can't messure up to African beauty. I've witnessed too many people destroy their beautiful skin or worse. People die⚰ or develop mental & physical illnesses for the delusional love of bleach. Blackness is beautifully diverse. I admire both Dr Vivian & Julie for embracing their radiant beauty with grace, confidence, intelligence & self love like Queens.👑👑🤩🤩
european I would say the exotic mixed race, biracial, east african look. The same look white woman strive for in tanning beds. Stop bullshitting with your inferiorty complex.
Correction ^*** Dark-skin is most appropriated in African countries. Here in america its different. Most men prefer lightskin women. If you put a beautiful attractive black woman and on the side a lady who is just pretty but very light skin . The men here will go for the light skin girl .
Nigerian women bleach very well and they created own method. No damages , just glowing, lightening i wish I get my skin pale porcelain (5 shades lighter actually). Their skin is much brighter than any other African because they have their own method for exfoliating, brightening, they using beauty supplements , glutathione injections and hydratation. I am not shocked about this report because i am using myself skin bleaching products their method is totally different in comparison with Senegalese or Egyptian. Indian and Thai also have their own method for bleach and i am using their products.
If I may ask , is there any product that can increase my skin into more darker because am really not satisfied with the darkness of my skin and yet others are taking it off.
Does anyone think that with the onset of people prioritizing "skincare" now, and the publicity that sort of follows it, that more people (moreso, within the knowledgeable community) than usual are actually bleaching their skins, but under the pretext of " brightening" PIH? The difference is mostly noticeable when comparisons between TB pictures and their current selves are made. That glutathione stuff, from the moment I heard of it, just seemed off and excessive, tbh.
Yes! I had horrible acne as a teen and I would get pretty bad discoloration from it. My parents and I tried everything, there was this soap (can't remember the name) it was amber colored and it was promoted as a brightener and boy oh boy I would get weird compliments or concerns about my face lightening up and so my parents stopped me from using it immediately. I get really apprehensive when skincare products market themselves as 'brighteners,' so your point is very interesting. Thankfully being a young adult, a semi-vegan and using sunscreen, my skin is more clear and maintains it dark beautiful complexion