Saturday, January 26, 2013

Suntans and weird science



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?

  
Christmas night, Thamel                                        Strawberry sellers, Durbar Square

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