Nollywood: Dark-Skinned But Beautiful! - Page 4 - Nigerian Movies & Nollywood on Naijarules.com

tam-tam · #46 (**permalink**) 06-18-2007, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by sidney

Oyah, change ya screen name to "Tan-Tan" (baddum-dum)

"Thank you! Thank you! I got a million of 'em! I'll be here all week! Don't forget to tip your waittress!"

u dey craze!!!

u know sey ai dey very conza (conservative) if not i for.....

sidney · #47 (**permalink**) 06-18-2007, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by tam-tam

u dey craze!!!

u know sey ai dey very conza (conservative) if not i for.....

can't let a good corny joke pass by...

tam-tam · #48 (**permalink**) 06-18-2007, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Peaches

Visible Difference? You mean Elizabeth Arden's Visible Difference? That's what I use and I haven't noticed any changes to my colour whatsoever.

Apparently, it doesn't contain hydroquinone anymore. (I'm talking of the early to mid-'90s. U know say I don old now). Anyway, that's what I've been told; don't know how true it is.

But check it out, since you're a user, if it truly doesn't contain hydroquinone and/or mercury, then it's just a normal cream and shouldn't have any 'bleachious' effects on your skin.

It's just like that Fashion Fair cream (forgotten the name), it used to contain hydroquinone and bleached something terrible but after anything more than 2% hydroquinone was deemed harmful to the skin, they reduced the content or removed it altogether. I think it's the same thing for Visible Difference.

samira · #49 (**permalink**) 06-18-2007, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Peaches

Visible Difference? You mean Elizabeth Arden's Visible Difference? That's what I use and I haven't noticed any changes to my colour whatsoever.

chi · #50 (**permalink**) 06-18-2007, 12:26 PM

visible difference, ff vantex they don't lighten like that but give a smooth effect..i bin dey use vantex 2/3 times in a week and my complex still dey de same ...... our own oshe dudu sef dey lighten body pass all dis oyibo cream

tam-tam · #51 (**permalink**) 06-18-2007, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by chi

visible difference, ff vantex they don't lighten like that but give a smooth effect..i bin dey use vantex 2/3 times in a week and my complex still dey de same ...... our own oshe dudu sef dey lighten body pass all dis oyibo cream

Hai, Chi babes, take am easy now. Na mmanu aku (coconut oil) I dey use o! With a mixture of Nku cream. You don dey make me fear now o! E be like say ai go return to my abuba eke (python fat) and bar soap mixed with akanwu....

lafemmedi · #52 (**permalink**) 06-18-2007, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by michelin89

Maybe I am the one mentally masturbating myself but there is something I have noticed in the movie industry that somehow reflects the way we African percieve ourselves.
Has anyone taken time to ask why all the dark-skinned ladies are ecceptionally pretty unlike the light ones?
A lot has been discussed about skin colour issue but I can't ignore what i see on homevideos. I find it disgusting that a dark-skinned woman must be very pretty to be able to have success in the movie industry, while the yellow ones are picked even if they are "wowo".
Examples are Oge Okoye, Rita Dominic, Nkiru Sylvanus, etc... just to mention a few. To me these women are far from being pretty but yet they are compared to real beauties like Gene, Chioma, Uche, Bimbo, etc...
Of course we also have light-skinned goddess like Omosexy and SDA but they are ecceptions in this case.
Why is Nollywood so colour conscious?

I have wondered about that myself, the bolded. Someone mentioned easier lighting being the reason. My thought is if they can light Genny, Ini, Choima, etc they can light others. I don't have a problem with fanta leading ladies, but let them be beautiful as well as talented too instead of just picking them because of color.

And please get rid of those with the horrible, visible size effect especially on their faces. It just looks horrible on screen and they not only look ugly, but sort of sick. It is just horrific to watch, ones starts mentally re-arranging their faces or coloring instead of watching their acting.

If Rita used to be a dark lady, then if you are going to bleach, one should do it like her. It is very well done.

Beautiful_Soul · #53 (**permalink**) 06-18-2007, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by tam-tam

With all due respect Mich, I knew Rita in UniPort and I also know when she began to lighten her skin. (Just as she got into the movie industry) I agree about people's complexion changing with age, weather and time. I myself 'tan' very easily; since I've been living in the UK and not getting as much sun as when in Naija, my complexion is far lighter than it was from the constant Naija sun.

I also know people that their skin 'takes' to bleaching more than others especially if they have 'fair' genes in their family. I know a friend whose parents and siblings are as fair as MonaLisa; she's the only dark-skinned one. She started lightening her skin with Visible Difference + Baby lotion and over a period of time succeeded in looking like the rest of her family. Does that didn't know her before could never be convinced that 'she dey rub cream' but she knew, I knew and her siblings knew.

Did she use the cream all over her body?

I don't think because you have lightskinned people in your family will help you bleach better... What has that got to do with the length of a piece of string?

One thing that bleachers can never get away from is the black knuckles (and dark lips) I dont see that with Rita

vince · #54 (**permalink**) 06-18-2007, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by KikisMuffin

I know who

You do,eh?

Ok,what do the ladies think of "yellow skinned" male actors?Abi na only actresses dey yellow?

michelin89 · #55 (**permalink**) 06-19-2007, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by sidney

I know!! I HATE the "but"... WTF?? It implies that being dark and beautiful is the exception to the rule...

That just burns me up... Beautiful is beautiful!!

As I have said that "but" is important to understand the ideas I want to communicate. In Nollywood you can be yes dark-skinned but you have to be very pretty (just take a look at the top dark-skinned actresses), while the counter part can be simply light skinned without any special physical apperance.
You should please read the first post before making "angry" comments.

thressa · #56 (**permalink**) 06-19-2007, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by tam-tam

She was NEVER light-skinned; she bleached; herself and her bosom friend Thelma Okoduwa; they were black beauties in school before they came to Lagos to get into the industry and consequently lightened up!!!

As for the bossom friend she looks dark. Thelma no light skin at all. Her dark skin may not be has dark has Mercy Johnson's but Thelma is certainly not light skin ra ra.

I'm having such a difficult time believing Rita was dark skin back in this days. Person wey bleach like Samira said, should have dark Knuckles abi?

I would say is genetic maybe her true skin color is coming out now because they babe looks naturally light to me.

KikisMuffin · #57 (**permalink**) 06-19-2007, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by vince

You do,eh?

Ok,what do the ladies think of "yellow skinned" male actors?Abi na only actresses dey yellow?

Good kweshon!!!

I love them in all colours as long as they retain certain specifications

Fanta: Kalu Ikeagwu, Ramsey Nouah etc etc

Chocomilo: Chidi Mokeme, Zack Orji, PEte Edochie,Hanks Anuku (

) etc, etc

Coke: RMD, Yemi Blaq, Femi Brainard, Ofia Mbaka, Desmod Elliot, Jim Iyke etc

Fruit Cocktail aka multicoloured: Ashley Nwosu, etc etc

thressa · #58 (**permalink**) 06-19-2007, 06:33 AM

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Originally Posted by KikisMuffin

Coke: RMD, Yemi Blaq, Femi Brainard, Ofia Mbaka, Desmod Elliot, Jim Iyke etc

Spell out his last name; that name hard to call o.

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Fruit Cocktail aka multicoloured: Ashley Nwosu, etc etc

huh

where you get that from?

KikisMuffin · #59 (**permalink**) 06-19-2007, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by michelin89

As I have said that "but" is important to understand the ideas I want to communicate. In Nollywood you can be yes dark-skinned but you have to be very pretty (just take a look at the top dark-skinned actresses), while the counter part can be simply light skinned without any special physical apperance.
You should please read the first post before making "angry" comments.

Let me take you back to the topic at hand. So what are your views on Viince's question below:

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Originally Posted by Vince

Ok,what do the ladies think of "yellow skinned" male actors?Abi na only actresses dey yellow?

So would you also say that male actors are cast based on their skin tone or theirs is different. My own view is that it doesnt apply in either case of male or female actors..most of them are cast based on their popularity at the time, looks and sometimes talent, but rarely on the basis of their complexion.

KikisMuffin · #60 (**permalink**) 06-19-2007, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by thressa

Spell out his last name; that name hard to call o.

Ofiafulagwu Osondu Mbaka :

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Originally Posted by thressa

huh

where you get that from?

LOL!

I just chose Ashley Nwosu randomly as an example of an actor whose complexion I cant really place