Are you curious about skin lightening? Are you thinking about lightening your skin but don’t know how or don’t know where to start. Perhaps you have already started lightening your skin but you haven’t achieved the results you were looking for initially. Maybe you have seen your favorite celebrity, IG model or someone in your neighborhood went from dark to light and you want to know how they did it?
But have you asked yourself if you’re even a good candidate for skin lightening? Is skin lightening for you? Keep reading to find out.
Here are some questions you should ask before you embark on a skin lightening journey:
1. Do you want to lighten your skin fast? For example, are you dark like Lupita, but you wish to get as light as Beyoncé but you want to do it as quickly as possible?
If this is your current mindset, then I’m afraid that skin lightening is not for you. If you wish to lighten your skin evenly and safely in just a space of a couple weeks or months, there is no cream or product on the market that will give you such quick results unless said products are loaded with steroid and other dangerous chemicals like mercury etc. Even glutathione IV takes time and you still need to have a good exfoliating regime to go with it. When it comes to skin lightening, slow and steady wins the race. So if you’re trying to get super light over night, then my advice to you is to just leave skin lightening alone. People who abuse skin lightening always give the skin lightening community a bad rep. These are the people that you see with severely damaged skin in those negative, propaganda driven documentaries about skin bleaching. And we have all seen those videos because for some weird reason, they always get a ton of views.
2. Do you wish to lighten your skin, but you are terrified of getting skin cancer?
If this is you, then I would advise you to drop the creams and soap, stop lightening all together and just do some research. And by research, I mean you will have to take time out of your days and study the different types of skin lightening agents before you decide which is best for you. You have to know what is best for your skin. Only you know your skin. You have to chose the right skin lightening ingredients that works best with your skin, and the only way to do that is my gathering knowledge. Therefore when you decide to lighten your skin, you are making a knowledgeable choice when it comes to products and ingredients and not an ignorant one. Also there are loads of safe natural products that you can use to lighten your skin. You will not get skin cancer from natural skin lightening products. Most people that get skin cancer, never used bleaching products. Besides if you are so afraid of getting cancer, just remember that there is something called the law of attraction. So be careful of what you’re focused on.
3. Have you tried everything and nothing worked?
If this is you, there is something(s) you’re doing wrong, or not doing at all. Most likely you are missing steps in your skin lightening regime. Here are a few reasons why nothing worked despite trying “everything”;
You do not exfoliate or you did not exfoliate before you started lightening. And by exfoliate, I mean that you need more than just an exfoliating glove or whatever you use to manually exfoliate. You need to use soaps, lotions and peels that are designed to exfoliate the skin. If you do not exfoliate at least 4-6 weeks before you start lightening, chances are your results will not be great. You will most likely be walking around with patchy skin and a lighter face than your body. This is not a cute look so if you are walking around looking uneven and ashy after skin lightening, you’re doing it wrong.
4. Are you worried about what others will think about you after skin lightening?
If this is you, then skin lightening is definitely not for you. Do not lighten your skin if your are concern about what your friends, family and peers think. If Dencia, Blac Chyna, Nicki Minaj and Michael Jackson cared, they wouldn’t have lightened their skin at all. What you need to do is focus on the reasons why you wish to have lighter skin. Everyone have reasons as to why they wish to lighten whether they are lightening just to even out their skin tone or remove dark marks, or they just want to be lighter. No reason is better than the other. If you are lightening your skin, people will notice. However if you can’t handle negative comments, snide remarks and people telling you that you hate yourself, then this is most definitely not for you. Luckily I live in the Caribbean and the majority of comments and reactions I got were positive. If you live in a country where skin lightening is frowned upon, you have to be strong.
5. Do you wish to lighten but can’t afford to?
Ok this is a very important question that you need to ask yourself. Skin lightening the right way ain’t cheap. Especially when you are new to skin lightening. What’s gonna happen is, you will be spending a lot of money on products. The amount you spend will be determined by how dark you are and what your goals are. Skin lightening is an expensive and time consuming process. You can’t be lazy, and don’t expect short cuts either. Slow lightening is always better than fast lightening because your results will last longer and be easier to maintain. If you feel like you don’t have the time to exfoliate everyday and apply products at least twice a day, then skin lightening is not for you.
6. D you constantly switch and change the products that you’re using?
If you are constantly changing and switching the products you’re using please stop. Really just stop. You are not giving your products time to work. Usually with most skin lightening products, you should see some signs within 2-4 weeks that it’s working. These products don’t work overnight. The only skin lightening products that will give you fast overnight results are usually very dangerous and the results are usually short lived with people complaining about rashes and bumps and their skin going back darker than when they started. So please give your lightening products time to work. ALL skin lightening products work. But they will not work if you do not give them a chance to, or if you did not exfoliate but expecting to get results by applying products to years and years of dead skin that has never been exfoliated.
7. Do you work in the sun?
If you currently spend a lot of time in the sun or your job requires you to be in the sun exposed to UVA rays, then skin lightening is most definitely not for you. Please do not attempt to lighten your skin if you’re always in the sun! This shouldn’t even have to be said, but I’ve seen what happens to people who try to lighten their skin when they are always in the sun. It’s not a good look at all so please don’t do it. Even when you wear sunscreen, being in the sun for an extended period of time is not good for you.
Well that’s all for today my glow queens. Let me know if you found this post helpful.
Born To Glo 