![]() Unlike true whitening products these creams, lotions and serums do not contain a bleaching agent that strip pigmentation from the skin. The ingredients, such as vitamin C, licorice-root extract or mulberry extract, in these whitening products help to gently break down the melanin clusters that cause unwanted freckles or spots and even out the skin tone by getting rid of dead skin cells by helping the skin renew itself. ![]() In the context of most Korean beauty products, this term has nothing to do with the actual color of the skin but speaks more to the texture and overall health of the skin. They're designed to result in skin that is radiant and luminescent skin with a bright glow, not a lighter color.ĭue to factors such as sun exposure, stress and just living here on good ‘ol planet Earth, our skin can begin to experience hyperpigmentation or our complexions can start to look a bit dull – hello freckles, sun spots, and acne scars. However in East Asian countries, where our beloved K-Beauty finds it home, skin whitening sometimes has a different meaning. Since whiter skin is often a standard of beauty in these countries people take drastic and often unsafe measures to painfully remove the melanin from their skin in order to make it whiter in color. In some countries, where colonization has a painful past, that sadly is what skin whitening means. When most of us hear the term skin whitening, we think of literally whitening the skin’s color - bleaching it. ![]() I wanted to know what it meant and why it seemed like I couldn’t escape it. So like any good skincare junkie, I was determined to get to the bottom of the whole skin-whitening thing. ![]() Since this word conjured up scary images of people doing painful and very harmful things to their skin, I couldn’t understand for the life of me who would be buying these products. When I first came across the term a year ago, I couldn’t understand why brands were actually marketing their products as whitening. ![]() If you’re like me and you love all things K-Beauty, it most likely means you’ve probably encountered the term “whitening” while browsing the skincare aisle of your favorite Korean Beauty store or even local Sephora.Įveryone from prestige skincare brands like Shiseido and Sicily to K-Beauty favs like Tony Moly offer countless ways, in forms of cleansers, creams, lotions and serums to whiten the skin. ![]()
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