Lightening

Skin lightening as a market: the advertising, the mercury and hydroquinone content, and the regulators who have acted on it.

Part of Beauty Standards

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  1. - 18891109 Arsenic complexion wafers - Helena Independent. November 9, 1889 newspaper advertisement for Arsenic Complexion Wafers in The Helena Independent newspaper, Helena, Montana, U.S.
  2. - Skinlighteningcream1923. An advert in the Chicago Defender for skin lightening or bleaching cream sold by the US based Golden Brown Chemical Company.
  3. - Sweet Georgia Brown skin bleaching cream advertisement 1930s. An advertisement from the 1930s for Sweet Georgia Brown skin bleaching cream and lemon cleansing cream.
  4. - Acme Soap (3093017053). Persistent URL: digital.lib.muohio.edu/u?/tradecards,4574 Subject (TGM): Animals; Birds; Chickens; Birds' eggs & nests; Fairies; Clowns; Fantasy; Household soap; Dressing & grooming equipment; Cosmetics & soap;.
  5. - In Senegal, Skin-Lightening Remains Popular Despite Health Risks. Dakar sellers and customers explain the continuing trade in xessal preparations in Senegal, with a dermatologist describing what he sees in his clinic.
  6. - Nigeria's booming skin bleaching market. Lagos market sellers and their customers describe a brisk trade in bleaching creams, with a dermatologist commenting on what turns up in clinics.
  7. - Chasing fair skin, Ivorians ignore whitening cream ban. Côte d'Ivoire banned whitening creams in 2015, and Abidjan market sellers and their customers carry on trading them openly in the months that followed.
  8. - Cake Soap.... Skin Bleaching in Jamaica (Full Documentary). Kingston vendors and users describe the cake soap and cream mixtures sold in Jamaican markets, the dancehall lyrics that referenced them, and how the practice is talked about across class lines on the island.
  9. - Dateline Shorts: Skin whitening in South Africa. Johannesburg users of lightening creams speak about why they started, in a short South African report that also visits the shops where the products are sold.
  10. - Dateline Shorts: Skin whitening in South Africa. Johannesburg users of lightening creams speak about why they started, in a short South African report that also visits the shops where the products are sold.
  11. - Hydroquinone: Why Is This Skincare Ingredient Banned In Some Countries?. Hydroquinone's action on melanin production is explained, along with the differing regulatory treatment it receives between the European Union, which barred it from cosmetics, and other markets.
  12. - Hydroquinone: Why Is This Skincare Ingredient Banned In Some Countries?. Hydroquinone's action on melanin production is explained, along with the differing regulatory treatment it receives between the European Union, which barred it from cosmetics, and other markets.
  13. - Skin Lightening: What I didn't know about it - BBC Stories. A woman retraces her own years of using lightening products, the reasons she started, and what dermatologists told her when she stopped.
  14. - Skin Lightening: What I didn't know about it - BBC Stories. A woman retraces her own years of using lightening products, the reasons she started, and what dermatologists told her when she stopped.
  15. - 🇷🇼 Rwanda bans skin bleaching products from shops countrywide l Al Jazeera English. Rwandan police and inspectors clear bleaching products from shops after a 2019 order from President Paul Kagame, with retailers describing what they had been selling.
  16. - 🇷🇼 Rwanda bans skin bleaching products from shops countrywide l Al Jazeera English. Rwandan police and inspectors clear bleaching products from shops after a 2019 order from President Paul Kagame, with retailers describing what they had been selling.
  17. - Nigeria’s 'Melanin Movement' Swims Against a Skin-Whitening Tide. Nigerian campaigners promoting darker skin in advertising and on social media are profiled against the whitening products stacked in Lagos shops.
  18. - Nigeria’s 'Melanin Movement' Swims Against a Skin-Whitening Tide. Nigerian campaigners promoting darker skin in advertising and on social media are profiled against the whitening products stacked in Lagos shops.
  19. - East Africa Closer to Banning Hydroquinone Skin-Lightening Products. East African Community states move toward a regional ban on hydroquinone products, and Kenyan and Ugandan traders and dermatologists respond to the prospect.
  20. - East Africa Closer to Banning Hydroquinone Skin-Lightening Products. East African Community states move toward a regional ban on hydroquinone products, and Kenyan and Ugandan traders and dermatologists respond to the prospect.
  21. - Why People Risk Their Lives To Bleach Their Skin | Shady | Refinery29. Users in several countries explain what drew them to bleaching, while dermatologists describe the skin conditions they see in people who have used strong preparations for years.
  22. - Why People Risk Their Lives To Bleach Their Skin | Shady | Refinery29. Users in several countries explain what drew them to bleaching, while dermatologists describe the skin conditions they see in people who have used strong preparations for years.
  23. - Advert for Gold Dust Washing Powder. Advertising material for the Fairbank Company's Gold Dust Washing Powder showing 2 small black boys in a wooden tub on a die cut card (1880s?). ; Hudson's Soap.; Bathing; Ariel Ultra.; Chipso.; Blacks; Detergents; N. Held by the Wellcome Collection.
  24. - Skin Cream Causes Mercury Poisoning. California health officials report a case of mercury poisoning traced to an imported skin cream, and warn residents about unlabelled products bought outside regular retail.
  25. - Skin Cream Causes Mercury Poisoning. California health officials report a case of mercury poisoning traced to an imported skin cream, and warn residents about unlabelled products bought outside regular retail.
  26. - India and its UN-FAIR Beauty Standards | Documentary. Matrimonial advertisements, film casting and the counters of Indian pharmacies anchor an account of who is rewarded for lighter skin in India and which companies sell to that preference.
  27. - India and its UN-FAIR Beauty Standards | Documentary. Matrimonial advertisements, film casting and the counters of Indian pharmacies anchor an account of who is rewarded for lighter skin in India and which companies sell to that preference.
  28. - Why India's Fair Skin Business Is Booming. India's fairness cream market is reported from the shops and the marketing side, with brand managers and consumers explaining why the category kept growing.
  29. - Why India's Fair Skin Business Is Booming. India's fairness cream market is reported from the shops and the marketing side, with brand managers and consumers explaining why the category kept growing.
  30. - Mercury and Your Health in the Caribbean - Skin Lightening Creams. A Caribbean environmental body explains how mercury from lightening creams enters the body and the wastewater, addressed to households across the region.
  31. - Mercury and Your Health in the Caribbean - Skin Lightening Creams. A Caribbean environmental body explains how mercury from lightening creams enters the body and the wastewater, addressed to households across the region.
  32. - A woman applied skin lightening cream with mercury. Here is what happened next.. A pharmacist takes apart a reported case of mercury exposure from a lightening cream, covering the symptoms, the testing that identified the source, and how the product was sold.
  33. - A woman applied skin lightening cream with mercury. Here is what happened next.. A pharmacist takes apart a reported case of mercury exposure from a lightening cream, covering the symptoms, the testing that identified the source, and how the product was sold.
  34. - Unilever drops 'fair' from 'Fair & Lovely' skin lightening cream. Unilever's 2020 decision to rename Fair and Lovely, after decades selling it across South Asia, is reported with reaction from campaigners who had pressed for the change.
  35. - Unilever drops 'fair' from 'Fair & Lovely' skin lightening cream. Unilever's 2020 decision to rename Fair and Lovely, after decades selling it across South Asia, is reported with reaction from campaigners who had pressed for the change.
  36. - The emotional effects of skin lightening l GMA. Women interviewed on American morning television describe what led them to lighten their skin and how they talk about it now with their own children.
  37. - The emotional effects of skin lightening l GMA. Women interviewed on American morning television describe what led them to lighten their skin and how they talk about it now with their own children.
  38. - Mercury and Skin Lightening.. Mercury as an ingredient in lightening products is explained briefly for a public health audience, covering how it acts on pigment and why it turns up in unlabelled goods.
  39. - Mercury and Skin Lightening.. Mercury as an ingredient in lightening products is explained briefly for a public health audience, covering how it acts on pigment and why it turns up in unlabelled goods.
  40. - NO MORE HYDROQUINONE in the US| Dr Dray. A dermatologist explains the American change that removed over-the-counter hydroquinone products from general sale, and what prescription routes remain for patients using it.
  41. - NO MORE HYDROQUINONE in the US| Dr Dray. A dermatologist explains the American change that removed over-the-counter hydroquinone products from general sale, and what prescription routes remain for patients using it.
  42. - SKIN BLEACHING BY WOMEN IN NIGERIA. Nigerian women give their own reasons for bleaching, covering marriage prospects, work and family pressure, in an extended set of interviews.
  43. - SKIN BLEACHING BY WOMEN IN NIGERIA. Nigerian women give their own reasons for bleaching, covering marriage prospects, work and family pressure, in an extended set of interviews.
  44. - Skin lightening is an $8.6 billion industry. This woman is trying to stop it. An activist campaigning against lightening products is followed as she argues with retailers and speaks to users, in a report that puts a global market figure on the category.
  45. - Skin lightening is an $8.6 billion industry. This woman is trying to stop it. An activist campaigning against lightening products is followed as she argues with retailers and speaks to users, in a report that puts a global market figure on the category.
  46. - India's Obsession With Looking Fair | Obsessions | S1E02 | Beyond Documentary. Advertising, arranged marriage negotiations and the retail trade in India are examined together, with users and sellers describing what they expect the creams to do for them.
  47. - India's Obsession With Looking Fair | Obsessions | S1E02 | Beyond Documentary. Advertising, arranged marriage negotiations and the retail trade in India are examined together, with users and sellers describing what they expect the creams to do for them.
  48. - 2022 National Melanin Day: Colourism Documentary. Contributors marking a melanin day event describe shade preference inside Black communities, at school and at work, and what they say it cost them.
  49. - 2022 National Melanin Day: Colourism Documentary. Contributors marking a melanin day event describe shade preference inside Black communities, at school and at work, and what they say it cost them.
  50. - TOXIC MERCURY FOUND IN SKIN BLEACHING CREAMS ☠ @DrDrayzday. A dermatologist reviews testing that has turned up mercury in imported lightening creams, and explains what the ingredient lists on such products do and do not disclose.
  51. - TOXIC MERCURY FOUND IN SKIN BLEACHING CREAMS ☠ @DrDrayzday. A dermatologist reviews testing that has turned up mercury in imported lightening creams, and explains what the ingredient lists on such products do and do not disclose.
  52. - Hydroquinone is BANNED, but why? | How to recover your skin after hydroquinone side effects.. The reasoning behind restricting over-the-counter hydroquinone is set out by a presenter who also covers rebound pigmentation and what people use after stopping.
  53. - Hydroquinone is BANNED, but why? | How to recover your skin after hydroquinone side effects.. The reasoning behind restricting over-the-counter hydroquinone is set out by a presenter who also covers rebound pigmentation and what people use after stopping.
  54. - Skin bleaching: The risks behind the beauty craze│DW The 77 Percent. Traders and dermatologists in West Africa discuss creams sold over the counter without prescription, alongside the World Health Organization's 2011 statement that mercury has been found in some skin-lightening soaps and creams.
  55. - Skin bleaching: The risks behind the beauty craze│DW The 77 Percent. Traders and dermatologists in West Africa discuss creams sold over the counter without prescription, alongside the World Health Organization's 2011 statement that mercury has been found in some skin-lightening soaps and creams.
  56. - A Woman Put Mercury Skin Cream On Her Face. This Is What Happened To Her Brain.. A physician walks through a documented case of a woman who developed neurological symptoms after prolonged use of a mercury-containing face cream, explaining the mechanism step by step.
  57. - A Woman Put Mercury Skin Cream On Her Face. This Is What Happened To Her Brain.. A physician walks through a documented case of a woman who developed neurological symptoms after prolonged use of a mercury-containing face cream, explaining the mechanism step by step.
  58. - Beverly Naya Presents Skin Documentary: A Deep Dive into Colorism and Identity | New Full Movie. Nigerian women, among them actors and market traders, talk with Beverly Naya about shade preference within families, casting, and the products sold to change it.
  59. - Beverly Naya Presents Skin Documentary: A Deep Dive into Colorism and Identity | New Full Movie. Nigerian women, among them actors and market traders, talk with Beverly Naya about shade preference within families, casting, and the products sold to change it.
  60. - Colours of Kollywood- A Melanin Deficiency | Documentary | Neelam Social. Tamil cinema casting, lighting and make-up practice are examined by actors and crew who say darker-skinned performers are routed into a narrow range of parts in Kollywood.
  61. - Colours of Kollywood- A Melanin Deficiency | Documentary | Neelam Social. Tamil cinema casting, lighting and make-up practice are examined by actors and crew who say darker-skinned performers are routed into a narrow range of parts in Kollywood.
  62. - The Dark History of Mercury in Cosmetics!. Mercury compounds in cosmetics are followed from the white lead and mercury preparations of earlier centuries through to their appearance in modern lightening formulations and the restrictions later placed on them.
  63. - The Dark History of Mercury in Cosmetics!. Mercury compounds in cosmetics are followed from the white lead and mercury preparations of earlier centuries through to their appearance in modern lightening formulations and the restrictions later placed on them.
  64. - Concerns over popularity of skin bleaching creams in Nigeria | BBC News. Nigerian regulators and dermatologists are interviewed about how widely bleaching creams are used, and shopkeepers show what they stock.
  65. - Concerns over popularity of skin bleaching creams in Nigeria | BBC News. Nigerian regulators and dermatologists are interviewed about how widely bleaching creams are used, and shopkeepers show what they stock.
  66. - 'I scarred my six children by using skin-lightening creams' BBC Africa. A Nigerian mother tells the BBC she applied lightening creams to her six children and describes the marks left on their skin, alongside comment from a dermatologist.
  67. - 'I scarred my six children by using skin-lightening creams' BBC Africa. A Nigerian mother tells the BBC she applied lightening creams to her six children and describes the marks left on their skin, alongside comment from a dermatologist.
  68. - MERCY!😱 SKIN BLEACHING GONE WRONG! THE RISK BEHIND THE SKIN LIGHTENING CRAZE + COLORISM | TIKTOK. Social media posts about bleaching results are reviewed at length by a Caribbean commentator who adds her own reading of shade preference in the region.
  69. - MERCY!😱 SKIN BLEACHING GONE WRONG! THE RISK BEHIND THE SKIN LIGHTENING CRAZE + COLORISM | TIKTOK. Social media posts about bleaching results are reviewed at length by a Caribbean commentator who adds her own reading of shade preference in the region.
  70. - LA SOMBRE HISTOIRE DU BLANCHIMENT DE LA PEAU NOIRE 😨. The francophone African trade in lightening preparations is traced through its sellers and its buyers, with attention to what the tubes and sachets on sale actually contain.
  71. - LA SOMBRE HISTOIRE DU BLANCHIMENT DE LA PEAU NOIRE 😨. The francophone African trade in lightening preparations is traced through its sellers and its buyers, with attention to what the tubes and sachets on sale actually contain.
  72. - Nigeria and skin lightening: What’s being done? - What in the World podcast, BBC World Service. Nigerian regulators, campaigners and users are asked what enforcement against bleaching products actually looks like on the ground and whether it reaches the open markets.
  73. - Nigeria and skin lightening: What’s being done? - What in the World podcast, BBC World Service. Nigerian regulators, campaigners and users are asked what enforcement against bleaching products actually looks like on the ground and whether it reaches the open markets.
  74. - The Truth About Skin Whitening in the Philippines: History, Health, and Identity. Spanish and American colonial rule, mestizo casting in Filipino television, and the glutathione and whitening counters of Manila pharmacies are covered in one short survey.
  75. - The Truth About Skin Whitening in the Philippines: History, Health, and Identity. Spanish and American colonial rule, mestizo casting in Filipino television, and the glutathione and whitening counters of Manila pharmacies are covered in one short survey.
  76. - Why are dangerous skin creams still making millions?. Why heavily marketed lightening creams keep earning despite restrictions in several countries is the question here, answered through supply routes, online selling and enforcement gaps.
  77. - Why are dangerous skin creams still making millions?. Why heavily marketed lightening creams keep earning despite restrictions in several countries is the question here, answered through supply routes, online selling and enforcement gaps.
  78. - What’s Really Inside Skin Bleaching Products? The Hiden Harmful & Toxic Ingredients. Ingredient lists on bleaching products are read aloud and unpacked by a doctor, who distinguishes the declared actives from what testing has turned up in unlabelled goods.
  79. - What’s Really Inside Skin Bleaching Products? The Hiden Harmful & Toxic Ingredients. Ingredient lists on bleaching products are read aloud and unpacked by a doctor, who distinguishes the declared actives from what testing has turned up in unlabelled goods.
  80. - China’s Deadly “Skin Bleaching” Obsession. Chinese whitening products, livestream selling and the pale-skin aesthetic promoted across Chinese social platforms are surveyed, along with the counterfeit end of the market.
  81. - China’s Deadly “Skin Bleaching” Obsession. Chinese whitening products, livestream selling and the pale-skin aesthetic promoted across Chinese social platforms are surveyed, along with the counterfeit end of the market.
  82. - AIT: Documentary Exposes Health Risks of Skin Bleaching in Nigeria. A Nigerian broadcast segment gathers dermatologists and users on the effects reported from prolonged cream use, and on how freely the products move through open markets.
  83. - AIT: Documentary Exposes Health Risks of Skin Bleaching in Nigeria. A Nigerian broadcast segment gathers dermatologists and users on the effects reported from prolonged cream use, and on how freely the products move through open markets.
  84. - Skin Bleaching: Beauty or Health Risk?. A Nigerian network panel puts dermatologists and regulators opposite users to argue over how freely lightening products should be sold.
  85. - Skin Bleaching: Beauty or Health Risk?. A Nigerian network panel puts dermatologists and regulators opposite users to argue over how freely lightening products should be sold.
  86. - The American Who Sold Skin Bleaching Cream to Africans. An American businessman who built an export trade in bleaching creams to African markets is profiled, with the advertising he used and the distribution he set up.
  87. - The American Who Sold Skin Bleaching Cream to Africans. An American businessman who built an export trade in bleaching creams to African markets is profiled, with the advertising he used and the distribution he set up.
  88. - "Hidden Dangers in Skin Whitening: What You Need to Know". An Indonesian presentation runs through what whitening products contain and the precautions users are advised to take, delivered as a short classroom briefing.
  89. - "Hidden Dangers in Skin Whitening: What You Need to Know". An Indonesian presentation runs through what whitening products contain and the precautions users are advised to take, delivered as a short classroom briefing.
  90. - The History of Fair Skin as a Symbol of Power in India | Obsessions | Season 1 Episode 1. Court miniatures, caste hierarchy and the colonial civil service are used to trace how fairness came to read as status in India, before the arrival of a mass market in lightening products.
  91. - The History of Fair Skin as a Symbol of Power in India | Obsessions | Season 1 Episode 1. Court miniatures, caste hierarchy and the colonial civil service are used to trace how fairness came to read as status in India, before the arrival of a mass market in lightening products.
  92. - 77% Of Nigerian Women Bleach Their Skin | One54 Africa Podcast. A Nigerian podcast panel debates a widely quoted prevalence figure for skin bleaching among Nigerian women and where the estimate comes from.
  93. - 77% Of Nigerian Women Bleach Their Skin | One54 Africa Podcast. A Nigerian podcast panel debates a widely quoted prevalence figure for skin bleaching among Nigerian women and where the estimate comes from.
  94. - UK Skincare: Banned Ingredients List & MoCRA Impact. Cosmetic ingredients restricted for sale in the United Kingdom are listed and explained, alongside the American Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act and what it changed for labelling.
  95. - UK Skincare: Banned Ingredients List & MoCRA Impact. Cosmetic ingredients restricted for sale in the United Kingdom are listed and explained, alongside the American Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act and what it changed for labelling.
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