In certain parts of the world where people have naturally dark skin there are plenty of products available to help lighten the skin purely for cosmetic reasons but many people consider them to be offensive to people with darker skin. However, no one seems to worry about the amount of artificial tanning products there are available to people with lighter skin and many people (where I am from at least) seem to believe that you are more attractive if you have darker skin and so they will use sunbeds, tanning products etc (we don’t have much sunshine here even in the summer so we are lucky if we see enough sun to get a natural suntan).

Why is one considered more offensive than the other?

Taking away any health issues that either may cause. I am talking purely about the cosmetic aspect.

Topics: beauty, skin, cosmetics, Colour, racism, race, tanning