Skin Lightening News

Beyoncé taking heat for new pale-skinned photo promoting latest album

By theGrio

11:50 AM on 01/17/2012

'She's not saying explicitly you have to lighten your skin, but it does carry that inherent message.' he said...
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Beyoncé's new album cover raises skin color conundrum

By Kia Miakka Natisse

8:43 AM on 05/20/2011

OPINION - Are industry pressures (and perhaps personal insecurities) forcing Beyoncé to go light, bright, and damn near white?...
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Skin bleaching a growing problem in Jamaica slums

By theGrio

3:17 PM on 04/11/2011

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - In the gritty slums of Jamaica, doctors say the skin lightening phenomenon has reached dangerous proportions...
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Is Beyoncé skin tone deaf?

By Chris Witherspoon

10:19 AM on 02/23/2011

theGRIO REPORT - This is not the first time Beyoncé has been at the center of a controversy regarding her skin ...
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Beyoncé blasted with skin lightening allegations

By Clutch Magazine

8:46 AM on 02/18/2011

CLUTCH - This week, when pictures of Beyoncé in Los Angeles for the Grammys hit the web, people seemed to have many questions...
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Reggae artist Vybz Kartel lightens skin, shocks fans

By theGrio

1:16 PM on 01/19/2011

CLUTCH - "Love the skin you're in". One musician has taken those words to the next level...
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Something is off-color about new Sidibe magazine cover

By Ronda Racha Penrice

7:30 AM on 09/16/2010

OPINION - If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as the old cliché goes, then what the fashion industry in particular beholds is no secret...
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Skin lightening is serious business in India

By Ronda Racha Penrice

9:15 AM on 07/19/2010

OPINION - Given our knowledge of racism in this country, we understand that this market exists in India precisely because of racism...
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Vaseline promotes skin lightening through Facebook app

By Lana Schupbach

6:17 PM on 07/14/2010

theGRIO REPORT - The app was developed to promote Vaseline's line of skin lightening creams for men by cashing in on India's notorious preference for lighter skin tones...
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Vaseline issues skin-whitening app for Facebook

By theGrio

7:41 AM on 07/14/2010

Vaseline has introduced a skin-lightening application for Facebook in India, enabling users to make their skin whiter in their profile pictures...
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Is Michael Jackson's son suffering from the same skin condition as the King of Pop?

By theGrio

10:21 AM on 07/01/2010

From the Daily Mail: Michael Jackson always maintained he was blighted by a rare skin disease called vitiligo. And it seems his eldest son, Prince Michael may be suffering from the same problem. The 13-year-old revealed white patches under his arm while on a recent holiday to Hawaii with his...
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New clue in Michael Jackson's puzzling pigment disorder

By theGrio

5:04 PM on 06/16/2010

The disease -- which causes people to lose some or all of the pigment in their skin -- has baffled medical researchers for years, but scientists may have finally cracked the code on vitiligo...
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Toxic mercury levels found in Fair & Lovely skin lighteners

By theGrio

12:02 PM on 05/24/2010

Non-prescription skin lightening creams were pulled from shelves recently because they have been found to contain toxic levels of mercury...
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Sosa shows true colors but his flaws aren't skin deep

By Glenn Minnis

11:41 AM on 05/12/2010

OPINION - Has Sosa come to a belated understanding that no matter what he looks like society will never view him as anything more than just another man of color?...
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Sammy Sosa reportedly back to black

By Daniel Woolsey

8:32 AM on 05/12/2010

The New York Post is reporting that Sosa was seen at a Miami Beach nightclub last weekend enjoying himself until the early morning and in his natural darker skin color...
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Why lighter skin is an international obsession

By Karl Bostic

5:53 AM on 11/23/2009

VIDEO - As shocking as the pictures of a new, lighter Sammy Sosa may be, the popularity and use of skin lightening creams in Europe is no surprise...
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Skin lightening a global trend and billion-dollar business

By theGrio

9:59 AM on 11/18/2009

Sparked by the appearance of baseball star, Sammy Sosa, last week with markedly lighter skin, the media has been buzzing about how and why some people lighten their skin.
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Sammy Sosa says skin cream the reason for lighter complexion

By theGrio

8:49 AM on 11/11/2009

Sammy Sosa says a cosmetic cream he uses to soften his skin is the reason for his lighter skin tone. The former Chicago Cubs slugger was photographed...
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Sammy Sosa's new skin reflects an ugly mentality

By David A. Love

9:15 AM on 11/09/2009

OPINION - Many have been shocked to see recent photos of retired major league baseball player Sammy Sosa wearing green contact lenses, and having a skin tone...
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