Category: Celebrity News Author : Duncan Riley Posted: August 13, 2008
Tags : beyonce knowles, black celebrities, skin lightening
The hullabaloo over Beyonce’s supposed skin lightening in L’Oreal Feria ads might have started last week, but it’s light years from over as far as I’m concerned. It’s important to keep in mind that this isn’t the first time that the Media Machine has been accused of making her look different: in 2005, it was her appearance on the cover of Vanity Fair, and in 2006, it was both Beyonce’s weight and her skin color in comparison to Diana Ross. And now it’s L’Oreal.
After reading L’Oreal’s denial and seeing Beyonce’s pic gallery, it’s really a toss-up. Perhaps she was the victim of over-Photoshop (or just wayyy too much foundation, or bright studio lights, for that matter), but why isn’t anyone taking offense to her possibly brassy locks and straightened hair that she’s rocking with her caramel skin tone? Natural that ain’t.
Hopefully Beyonce isn’t looking for some time out from under the radar, because she’s not going to get it.
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Aug 13, 2008
This is news, but Drew Barrymore looking like she dipped her face in caramel is just fine. I wonder am I the only one that thought her commercial for Cover Girl was a joke at first…
Jan 12, 2009
You guys need to stop all the hating on Beyonce and even if her locks are not natural she would look beautiful even with out the locks,why not complain about the white women(some not all)who go to tanning salons to look darker?………..don't you guys have something better to talk about like people starving in third world countries better yet the USA!
Mar 17, 2009
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