[lbo-talk] Skin lightening cream commercial from India, "with American double strength"

[Wendy Lyon]

On 9/29/07, B. <docile_body at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>Cream promises to make darker complexions into lighter
> skin tone. With "American double strength." (Ad above
> is subtitled.)
>
> (Hydroquinone, I know, is often used by folks in the
> US to make skin  look more "white."

I remember in the late 1990s seeing coupons for this, and for hair
straightener, in an advertising circular given out by Walgreen's "to
celebrate Black History Month".