Of Poisonous Lipsticks and Pyramid Schemes
"Don't look now, but there is poison in your lipstick: In fact, there is poison in a lot of stuff you rub all over yourself every day, from shampoo to deodorant to, yes, lipstick", writes Vernon Naidoo for Gender Links.
Beauty at any cost?
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Kenya:
Busia Residents Advised Against Skin Lighteners
The Star, 10 June 2012
Residents of Busia county particularly the women have been advised to stop applying cosmetics to change their complexion. Addressing stakeholders during a district development… Read more »
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Rwanda:
New Law to Regulate Pharmacies, Drugs and Therapeutic Food
Focus, 30 January 2012
A law regulating therapeutic food, chemical products, cosmetics, herbal medicines and other related health commodities is currently being discussed by the committee in charge of… Read more »
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Ghana:
Bleaching Children's Skins Illegal
Accra Mail, 22 February 2012
The Minister of Women and Children's Affairs (MOWAC), Mrs. Juliana Azumah-Mensah, has condemned women and parents who bleach their skins and those of their children. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Dentist Encourages Bleaching Teeth Regularly
Vanguard, 17 October 2011
An Indian dentist and radiologist, Dr Kamlesh Desai, has urged Nigerians to embrace the habit of bleaching their teeth regularly in order to look good. Desai in an interview in… Read more »
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Rwanda:
If Black Is Beautiful, Then Why Do Women Use Skin-Lightener
Focus, 23 January 2012
When entering one of the cosmetic shops in town, the sight that greets you is of rows of products that are supposed to give smoother, lighter skin to the almost exclusive female… Read more »