French cosmetics giant L'Oreal will remove words such as 'whitening', 'lightening' and 'fair' from its skin care products amid worldwide Black Lives Matter protests. The move follows outcry over controversial skin-lightening creams and serums, which activists claim perpetuates white skin as an ideal beauty standard. Such items are often sold with the promise that users will achieve 'fair' or 'flawless' skin with dark marks or blemishes reduced. French cosmetics giant L'Oreal will remove words such as 'whitening', 'lightening' and 'fair' from its skin care products amid worldwide Black Lives Matter protests. Pictured: An image on the company's website next to the words 'skin care whitening'The company - one of the world's largest cosmetics firms - said in a statement that it 'has decided to remove the words white/whitening, fair/fairness, light/lightening from all its skin-evening products'.

Source: Daily Mail June 28, 2020 08:54 UTC