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  • jsriken
    Hi,
    I like reading the blog and received an email asking for more questions, so instead of working on my grad school projects, I decided to ask beauty questions.

    When I was in junior high school, I had an Indian friend who liked to use Fair and Lovely cream. Now that I am in my thirties, I have noticed small ages spots on my cheeck and was wondering if fair and lovely would actually lighten these marks. Some of the ingredients look like suncreen ingredients but is it true that vitamin B3 affects skin color?

    I found the ingredient list on this website: http://www.spicesofindia.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?REFPAGE=http%3a%2f%2fwww.spicesofindia.co.uk%2facatalog%2fHealth-and-Beauty-Items-11-20.html&WD=fair%20lovely&SHOP=%20&PN=Fair-and-Lovely-Fairness-Lotion.html%23aHBE090#aHBE090


    Ingredients: Dematerialised Aqua, Propylene Glycol, Triethanolamine, Phenoxyethanol, Methyl Paraben, Buty1 Para Hydroxyl Benzoate, Ethy1 Paraben, Propy1 Paraben, Niacinamide, Octy1 Methoxy Cinnamate, Buty1 Methoxy Dibenzoy1, Methane, Stearic Acid, Mineral Oil, Potassium Cety1, Phosphate, Buty1 Hydroxy Toluene, Glycerol Monosterate Non Self Emulsifying, Octy1 Hydroxy State, Micronised Titanium Dioxide C13, 14 Isoparaffin, Laureth-7 Polyacrylamide, Hydrolised Milk Protein, Cycolmethicone, Perfume.
  • mo
    I wouldn't get that anywhere near my face :(

    The first 8 ingredients are water, parabens, more parabens, propylene glycol (I hate this one in particular) and triethanolamine for Christ's sake.
    I don't care about the spf stuff this has. I wouldn't touch anything from Dove or Olay either; but if I had to go with this; I'd rather go with something from Dove/Olay.
  • vananners
    Your absolute best bet for those spots will be a product containing hydroquinone. It is FDA approved to fade hyperpigmentation (brown spots). However, it is slightly controversial in the past few years and there are other more natural ingredients to consider such as arbutin and kojic acid. Philosophy has a great SPF called "Pigment of your Imagination" that has kojic in it.
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