Today I put on the makeup that the Maybaline sales person had picked out for me as the best match for my skin. We tried three colors and she started out the lightest color. This I have come to realize would be a huge compliment here. Clearly I did not have the lightest color of skin. So I shook my head and pointed to the darker color. So she grabbed for the next to lightest color, not the one that I had pointed at. Again it was clearly to light for my skin and the only thing that I could understand her saying is that my hand skin, where she was trying the makeup was a lot different than my facial skin. Hm… true but my face is really not that light. So finally after much persuasion in all the sign language I could help her understand I got her to try the next color. I was still not convinced but it had to be done. It seems she couldn’t be persuaded otherwise. I bought the color and I have officially been inaugurated into the culture of “white is beautiful”. Neutragena, Maybeline, Olay, Loreal… they all have whitening therapy for the skin. They sell Chinese women whitening cream.
Not only that but certain things are also supposed to make your skin white. I was eating squishy tofu (that’s code for fresh tofu in
The Sichaun spice is suppose to whiten your skin too! The pool isn’t open until 4 because the Chinese don’t want to be in the “sunshower”. The umbrellas and parcels are sold in mass and used in even more mass when even one ray of sun is sliding through the clouds! Amy had this idea that she could find sunless tanner here in
If only they could make smoking (including second hand) culturally as ugly as dark skin then they would be able to do a paradigm shift in public health.
I had a whiter face today, something I’ve never said in the middle of the summer! Maybe I’ll start using my new SPF moisturizer!
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