We’ve all done it. Sitting around in the sun trying to look
a little less pale. It doesn’t matter how often we’re told…tanned looks
good….unless……
Flicking through the roughly 10,000 available TV channels,
mainly Indian, we came across an infomercial for “Fair Look” whitening cream.
Now I am translating from the Hindi here so it will be slower than I had
planned…but it, apparently, can make your skin whiter by a considerable degree
in only 10 days. I’m guessing that you then have to keep diligently applying it
or you unfade as well and as rapidly. It’s truly amazing stuff. Everyone from a
dreadlocked swami to a not so successful office worker can achieve instant
success, not to mention fame and fortune using this concoction. I particularly
liked the swami. His black dreads turned blonde as his skin turned from very
dark to washed out. Love the filters on photoshop. In addition to the
transformation his following (clearly not watching the advertisement as they
were still giving him homage and, presumably, money) expanded exponentially.
Wow, I need some of that.
It could also explain why, when I bought some powder, it
came SPF rated. Now, not to shock the populace, it can be revealed that I don’t
use powder on parts of me that see the sun. Obviously I have been using it
incorrectly and should have been using it on the outside bits that get
sunlight. You’d think I would know better at my age, wouldn’t you?
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| Christmas night, Thamel Strawberry sellers, Durbar Square |
