There has always been something "good" about being light skinned in the Asian/black community. All the Indian and black people know what I mean. I remember being in my first year of uni and looking at a black hair magazine that had a feature about women who had bleached their skin and burnt themselves. It was horrible. I also remember being younger (about seven or eight) and being told that my skin was too dark.
I was made to use that disgusting Vicco Turmeric cream which is something that not many non-desi people know about.
Vicco Turmeric is hell encased in an orange and yellow tube. It's a yellow cream that contains a high level of turmeric (hence the name) and you're meant to use it on your face so as to lighten your skin colour. Of course, it's not sold like that, it's sold as an ointment you can put on burns and the like.
It bloody stank so there was no way I was going to wear it to school so I'd have to wear a Vicco mask for about 40 minutes every Friday night...which is a very rock n roll way to spend your Friday nights, I've heard that Mick Jagger did the same throughout the 70's.
It never made my skin any lighter. Many years later, I woke up and my skin was just lighter.
Anyway..
I was made to use that disgusting Vicco Turmeric cream which is something that not many non-desi people know about.Vicco Turmeric is hell encased in an orange and yellow tube. It's a yellow cream that contains a high level of turmeric (hence the name) and you're meant to use it on your face so as to lighten your skin colour. Of course, it's not sold like that, it's sold as an ointment you can put on burns and the like.
It bloody stank so there was no way I was going to wear it to school so I'd have to wear a Vicco mask for about 40 minutes every Friday night...which is a very rock n roll way to spend your Friday nights, I've heard that Mick Jagger did the same throughout the 70's.
It never made my skin any lighter. Many years later, I woke up and my skin was just lighter.
Anyway..
