Skin Tone

While beauty is not limited to social media and online authority but has started from the ground up in stores such as Claire 's and Sephora which birth new trends and encourage women to “Be Yourself”. Claires, a store generally shopped at by pre-teens, has began created light BB & CC creams for sheer to light coverage. In Claire 's there are less than 2 Deep complexion shades for these young pre-teens… With the simple act of secluding African and African American teens from shopping at Claire 's diminishes their confidence in their skin from such a young age. With in-store technology advancing the precise matching of skin complexion Sephora has continued to break skin shade boundaries… or so we think. In a recent interview with a Sephora employee she states, “When an African American walks in looking for a complexion product the girls run away because they “can do it” (Amy). Sephora does offer a mandatory SkinIQ matching class which does show how to properly match shades (which also matches undertones). Shea Moisture (A hair and skin brand known for being African and African American promoted) created a groundbreaking commercial showing race being a divider

Why is a nigger white under his feet and under his palms ? Because everyone has something good within them. People often judge others by the clothes they wear the color of their skin. It’s like judging a book by its cover. A person’s skin color is not what tells you who they are as an individual being but it’s their personality and how they interact with others that gives you hints at it.

Colorism is a form of discrimination based on the color of someone’s skin tone. Colorism has the greatest impact on the African American culture and community. It is sad that we have to face discrimination within our own ethnic group, Along with every other ethnic group in the United States. Colorism has been passed down generation after generation. It is dated all the way back to the slavery dates. The idea of light skin being better than dark skin has been deeply rooted in our culture. We see colorism in our everyday life on social network, in our workplace, school, and relationship. We don’t even recognize it because we are unfamiliar of the word colorism and its meaning. So we ignore the fact that people are

Colored nail polish must be visually appealing, but when you nail coloring matter, the beauty of the hands of your bulge certain color is patent | Therefore, according to the color of their skin nail polish to choose |

Of the selective chooses I chose to take the Skin-Tone test and I was kind of shock with my results. My results read that I had a moderate automatic preference for Light Skinned People over Dark Skinned people. I believe due to the way they had separated the words that meant bad, or good, was what deteriated my results. However, I don’t really know how to feel about the results, but, I think the results turned out that way based on what my skin complexion is. Since in comparison with different skin colors my color is known to be in between light and dark skinned. My complexion is more of a fair toned brown skin complexion so I took my results based on my own instead of the other visuals being shown in the test. Personally, I look at all skin

The skin tones represented were pale, tan, brown and dark (Swami et al., 2008). There was also a constant color for hair color, which was black. The swimsuit color remained unchanged as the color white. The participants were anonymously emailed the survey.

The real problem is that dark-skinned people and white skinned people can't live in harmony... The liberals set up this notion, but in reality it's not. If you speak out about the REAL problem here, you're automatically a 'racist, bigot, fascist!' Of course it's okay being white, and defending oneself. The liberals, however, won't stand for it and will continue beat down whites of today to feel guilty of their 'privilege' and BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE for the crimes these dark-skinned people commit. The reason being of relentless white

In general, most people feel more confident with clear skin, even. For many, the battle with skin disease can be a real obstacle that needs to be overcome to achieve this goal. That is why dermatologists prescribe skin lightening medications to treat common ailments that lead to unevenness or discoloration. Dr. Kassim explains, "One of the most common reasons for patients to be prescribed exfoliates is that treatment of postmenopausal phenomena can occur to anyone.

After age 40 many physiological changes begin to occur that influence the skin & appearance. The female hormones estrogen &progesterone begin to decline in these peri-menopausal years causing thin ,dry ,coarse skin, loss of elasticity. Pigmentory changes are very commonly seen that can be uneven (spotty) or spread on major areas. The extent of pigmentation may vary from mild to gross dark areas, flat lesions or raised dark spots. The common pigmentary disorders seen include melasma, post inflammatory pigmentation, lichen planus pigmentosus,pigmentary contact dermatitis,freckles, seborrhoic keratosis etc. with age the skin become saggy due to weakened underlying support tissue causing change in contour &

very difficult. By taking the true colors assessment you get a clear answer of what color you are

We often connect ourselves to the world through our appearances. One of the first characteristics we notice about another human is the color of their skin. It is unavoidable, as the largest organ of the body, it covers and highlights our individual features and forms a protective wall against the elements. There is no escape from the social repercussions our pigmentation causes no matter what range of the very broad spectrum of color we fall into. I have never thought so much about the genetic and social evolution of skin and its properties until I read Nina Jablonski’s Living Color: The Biological and Social Meaning of Skin Color. This book encompasses, in great detail, how our skin has evolved, adapted and mutated throughout time and in what

Here I gave them some options based on skin tone like fair shaded, medium shaded and dark shaded

The neutral colors include black, gray and brown. Black is worn to funerals, but black is also worn by people who thinks it makes them look “slim.” Exactly right there is where people get the good and bad feelings from the color black. Gray is a symbol for neutrality but depression could also be associated with it. Brown can be a soft color, since it is the color of many things in nature, that is where people can get the earthy association. Others can say it shows lack of sophistication.(Wright)

1.     The colours would be adjusted to this type of skin( a wide variety of darker colours )

Not everyone can wear every colour there is in existence because (people have different tones of skin). There is only a small range of colours that will suit a person. If someone has pale skin, they can wear jewel toned colours. Jewel tones are what precious and semi-precious gem colours are like vibrant reds, blues, greens, purples, and black. If someone has olive or tan skin, they can wear autumn tones. These would include reds, browns, oranges, and greens. They should avoid any light or pastel colours. And if someone has a darker complexion, greens golds, reds, and purples look best. Just like people with olive skin, they should not wear