Asia’s obsession with white skin leaves a black mark

[aposhark]

My wife and I went to a barbeque a few weeks back and we met many nice Fil-Brit couples.
We were both pleasantly surprised to see that the children from these parents have nice features, their skin colour was very appealing to my wife as she saw how her children might look.

She always looks forward to having children with "long nose and white skin"

I don't think she will ever rid herself of the attraction of white skin though.
I think this attraction comes through many generations and perhaps this belief will only change when the media in the Philippines uses models/actresses who have that beautiful brown skin colour that I prefer.

Sometimes when I watch TV in Cebu City, I feel I am in Hong Kong or Taiwan when I see so many white skinned actors and actresses

[ghee101]

Hahaha! Yes, you are right about the media. But nonetheless, there are people who don't really look good tan although I know some who look better when they are darker.

One time, after a summer outing, I tried on some of my tan make up knowing it was the only time I can use them for it will blend well with my present color. I passed by my ex hubby's office that afternoon and he gave me weird look, I knew what he had in mind. Then he said, "don't ever use that shade again." Hahahaha I didn't like the way it looked on me too.

Last June, after my European tour with my choir, I was about two or three shades darker. We usually get those from tours because we spend a lot of our time roaming the cities during breaks from our concerts. I am normally fair -- not really dark, not really white. But my boyfriend didn't like me too much dark too when he saw me in person. He knew I'm just tanned from the month-long tour before we met. Good nice brown suited me, a little fair for I am performing in front of crowd. Filipinos tend to admire fair performers. If I can have a preferred skin type, it won't matter if I'm not white as long as I have a nice even color and (wishing) a really smooth skin. Too bad, with the pollution here and my lack of the right nutrients (and my age) I never really had the luxury to be attentive to my skin.

[ghee101]

Hahaha! Yes, you are right about the media. But nonetheless, there are people who don't really look good tan although I know some who look better when they are darker.

One time, after a summer outing, I tried on some of my tan make up knowing it was the only time I can use them for it will blend well with my present color. I passed by my ex hubby's office that afternoon and he gave me weird look, I knew what he had in mind. Then he said, "don't ever use that shade again." Hahahaha I didn't like the way it looked on me too.

Last June, after my European tour with my choir, I was about two or three shades darker. We usually get those from tours because we spend a lot of our time roaming the cities during breaks from our concerts. I am normally fair -- not really dark, not really white. But my boyfriend didn't like me too much dark too when he saw me in person. He knew I'm just tanned from the month-long tour before we met. Good nice brown suited me, a little fair for I am performing in front of crowd. Filipinos tend to admire fair performers. If I can have a preferred skin type, it won't matter if I'm not white as long as I have a nice even color and (wishing) a really smooth skin. Too bad, with the pollution here and my lack of the right nutrients (and my age) I never really had the luxury to be attentive to my skin.

[ghee101]

Sorry for the dual post. I don't have editing privilege.