On a 'lighter' note...
A couple who made £1m peddling toxic skin lightening creams have been fined £100,000.
Yinka and Michael Oluyemi sold the bleaching creams from their two cosmetics shops in Peckham, south-east London.
Yinka Oluyemi on her way to court
Appearing at Inner London Crown Court the couple admitted 10 charges of flouting medical and safety regulations between July and December 2005.
Their products contained hydroquinone, a bleaching agent which is dangerous in excessive quantities and can lead to asthma, liver damage and infertility.
In sentencing, Judge Nicholas Philpot told the church-going couple they were "hard-nosed business people determined to make money regardless of the danger to public health". He fined them £70,000 and ordered them to pick up the prosecution's legal costs of £22,000.
The use of bleaching creams is said to be very popular among African and Caribbean women. So what is it? Is lighter skin more attractive? Straight hair, light skin; is that the picture of a beautiful black woman? You know me I'm not fussy; picky hair, straight hair, dark chocolate, milk chocolate; as long as there’s a pulse it's a GO!
What do you think? Let me know.
2 comments:
Well Coffee , i think your wrong there when you say that skin bleaching is mostly common around the black community. when many people over look the asain community are the highest consumers of skin bleaching products. I think it all goes back to 'the grass is greener on the other side'. everybody wants what the other has, no body thinks that the issue of white people sizzling their skin in a coffin is that bad; but when a black person is lightening their skin it is taboo? when skin tanning is the highest cause of skin cancer today! Dont get me wrong Coffee i dont think any is right. I just think before we go judging certain things we need to look at the whole picture. White people wear coloured contacts all the time, but when a black/asain person is seen to be doing it, its like he/she is insulting their race, getting the question "what do ya wanna be white or summin". When i dont think thats the case at all, the people with contacts just see it as something fashionable. Speaking of fashionable it seems that since the 2000 that look of the black women is becoming a fashion trend in it self with white women now getting lip inplants to get the fuller look of her black neighbour, or even buttock inplants yet it is not seen as 'wrong' or a diss to their white heritage. People from all walks of life should be happy with who they are, and if not who are we to judge them .... its not like theres something you wouldnt change about your self?
Why does it have 2 b nigerian people selling illegal skin bleaching cream and then getting busted?!?!?! i like the site it has that coffee humour about it. u havent done a page of thank you's that i can see because i no my name would be on their. any way well done and keep doing what you are doing! you guys are strong men of virtue and god is gonna do amazing things with you guys jus wait and see! (sorry i had 2 get gospel with u) any way its all good. zainab ba dowie xxxxx
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