[Misstink]

I am east asian born and raised in the USA. I have an "all year tan". and I do use a "brighting" line, to keep my skin as light as I can.

Why?

1. Saddly, alot of people in the west think of asians very sterotypically. Straight black hair, no eye lids, and light skin. I have naturally wavy hair that is not black in the sunlight, eye lids and a tan. Because of this I often get taken for another race and have been even told they would have never guessed I am east asian. And to be completly honest, it feels like a big blow to your esteem when you get told you look nothing like what you should "look like". Lightening my skin makes me have more self esteem that I "look like what i actually am"

2.I grew up around american and asian pop culture. As many have said above, most of the celeberties in the east are fair skined. In every country women idolze these women in the spot light. EVEN IN THE WEST, women want their skin another color, want their hair another color, evne their body another shape, because these beautiful famous women were like that. Same with eastern women, excpet having tan skin, those idols have fair skin. so for me, i want that too.

3. I get a shade darker being in my car for 30 minutes. and my skin doesnt tan smooth, it tans blotchy. no matter what color you want to be or what culture. we all want an even complextion. for me to get an even complextion without having to use a full coverage make up, is to keep the tan off my skin, and diminish those tan spots.


anyways, that is my two cents on that subject.