How to lighten/bleach safely

The stages of skin lightening

With the high rate of Counterfeit Lightening Products around that might cause more harm than good, I feel the need to share my experience with those who are curious about skin lightening. As Africans we are prone to hyperpigmentation, stubborn acne scars, dark butt, inner thigh, underarms, bikini area and uneven skin tone...so the urge to lighten must have come up on a lot of people's mind.

I will advice though, never to go more than two shades lighter....I'm sure you can figure that out using your powder or foundation....let's do things the safe way.

 

There are different stages in skin lightening and they are:

• Exfoliation
• Lightening
• Moisturising
• Skin building
• Protection

Exfoliation is the first step ....more like prepping your skin for penetration of the lightening products...you will need a good exfoliation soap/wash, bath mitts/bath gloves, dead sea salt and peels that contain glycolic acid or lactic acid....do this three times a week or twice if you have sensitive skin.

 

Lightening....without proper exfoliation for at least 4 weeks, this wouldn't work....I recommend herbal and natural lightening products that contain licorice, mulberry extract, kojic acid, aurbutin, niacinamide, etc....please do not use anything that contains hydroquinone, mecury and steroids, no matter how small...this will damage your skin.

 

Moisturising is very very important coz of the exfoliation and lightening products, your skin will be dry, so you need to moisturise with key ingredients ranging from oils like emu, argan, vit. e, shea butter, cocoa butter etc....Eucerin and Kiehl lotion are examples.

 

Skin building is incorporating vital nutrients your skin needs by eating right.....vegetables, fruits and lots of water...like the saying goes...''you are what you eat'' also exercising and taking skin supplements....e.g. vit c, e, etc.

 

Protection is the final and most important part of this whole process... I cannot stress it enough...protection, protection, protection, if not you'll be back to square one or worse....whatever the weather....sun, rain...plssss use your sunscreen, even when you don't lighten....I know it's hard sometimes with no light and the heat, but there are products now that are very light and absorb really fast into the skin....look out for ingredients like zinc oxide or titanium oxide...and always use spf 30 and above.

 

I know some people will condemn all of this lightening stuff....but really look at it this way...we have always had it, we will always have it, instead of condemning why not show them a safer way to do it....and I do not believe in taking intravenous injections to lighten up....Remember to double check so you don't buy fake...Happy lightening people ....Ciao