Gorey raang ka zamma kabhi hogaa na puraana goree darr tuhjhey kis ka hai
Tera tu raang gora hai
OR
Samvalee saaloni se mahbooba
teri chooriyaan sharang kar ke...
Well here you have the two sides of beauty. One stating fairness has always been popular and the other giving out a more traditional message celebrating that pakistani girls are 'savalee' and thats what makes them more beautiful!
However our pakistani culture (I'm not generalising here but the majority of it) is more drawn towards fairness, white, blue eyes, lighter skin, etc.. Would be mother in laws often say, 'hai mujhey CHAND se dulhan chayeyey for my kaloo sa beta'. On the contrary you would'nt hear her say, 'hai muhjhey kaloo se dulhan chayeyey for my chand sa beta'.
'Chand' here symbolises fairness, light skin.
For these reason girls and guys often express their desire for something that would enhance their skin colour to make it more fairer and thus the assumption that it will lead to popularity.
Phir kiya hota hai, they use all sorts of silly, products and actually ruin the texture of the skin and that leads to more confusion!
Think about it the more you put these chemical based creams and bleaches onto the skin the skin gets darker or spots may appear and leave scars.
Fair Skin is clear, and white. However conatins less melamin (i think this is what its called - correct me if i'm wrong) which makes the skin wrinkle faster. savalee skin conatins more of this (whatever) and so stays youthful for longer. I have a black friend whose 40 years old and the woman looks ten years younger than me!
Fair skin, requires less make up, and a natural appearnce enhances features. savaley skin gals can experiment will lots of make up although the natural look is in anyway. But savalee skin girls can enhance their features much more than fair skin girls. Think of Rekha, she's very dark, but looks amazing with the teqniques she uses to enhance eyes, lips etc.
Ways to have a clearer complextion:
bleaching: although I'm not a big fan of this, every 8-12 weeks is fine or save this teqnique for a special occasion and only go for it on that birthday party or wedding day.
Threading: This can, make you look fairer as the dark hairs are removed and your natural skin is more visible. Again, the problem is the re-growth????
Cleanse tone and moisturise your face daily to give a healthy radiant complexion. Also rids blackheads.
Spots: never bust em' they'll scar you for life!
Drink water,
savaley people should avoid the sun. And if they have to be exposed to it they should have protection.
Western culture loves brown, tanned skin. Men and women are spending money to achieve this tanned brown look by going on sun beds. So savalapan is in!
Fair people, be happy. Stress can can make you look worried, and tired, and your complexion goes pale not forgetting the dark circles around your eyes which are more visible on fair skin. On savaleey skin they appear lighter than the skin tone, so whatever your skin tone, try and avoid getting dark circles.
Anyway here are some Questions on which we can start a thread:
1. Why does our culture prefer fairness.
2. savalee/savaley, or fair what are You?
We can then have a little visual picture of each other.
As always, please fire away with your comments!!!!!!!!!
[This message has been edited by Nageena Rani (edited August 23, 1999).]
[This message has been edited by Nageena Rani (edited August 23, 1999).]
Tera tu raang gora hai
OR
Samvalee saaloni se mahbooba
teri chooriyaan sharang kar ke...
Well here you have the two sides of beauty. One stating fairness has always been popular and the other giving out a more traditional message celebrating that pakistani girls are 'savalee' and thats what makes them more beautiful!
However our pakistani culture (I'm not generalising here but the majority of it) is more drawn towards fairness, white, blue eyes, lighter skin, etc.. Would be mother in laws often say, 'hai mujhey CHAND se dulhan chayeyey for my kaloo sa beta'. On the contrary you would'nt hear her say, 'hai muhjhey kaloo se dulhan chayeyey for my chand sa beta'.
'Chand' here symbolises fairness, light skin.
For these reason girls and guys often express their desire for something that would enhance their skin colour to make it more fairer and thus the assumption that it will lead to popularity.
Phir kiya hota hai, they use all sorts of silly, products and actually ruin the texture of the skin and that leads to more confusion!
Think about it the more you put these chemical based creams and bleaches onto the skin the skin gets darker or spots may appear and leave scars.
Fair Skin is clear, and white. However conatins less melamin (i think this is what its called - correct me if i'm wrong) which makes the skin wrinkle faster. savalee skin conatins more of this (whatever) and so stays youthful for longer. I have a black friend whose 40 years old and the woman looks ten years younger than me!
Fair skin, requires less make up, and a natural appearnce enhances features. savaley skin gals can experiment will lots of make up although the natural look is in anyway. But savalee skin girls can enhance their features much more than fair skin girls. Think of Rekha, she's very dark, but looks amazing with the teqniques she uses to enhance eyes, lips etc.
Ways to have a clearer complextion:
bleaching: although I'm not a big fan of this, every 8-12 weeks is fine or save this teqnique for a special occasion and only go for it on that birthday party or wedding day.
Threading: This can, make you look fairer as the dark hairs are removed and your natural skin is more visible. Again, the problem is the re-growth????
Cleanse tone and moisturise your face daily to give a healthy radiant complexion. Also rids blackheads.
Spots: never bust em' they'll scar you for life!
Drink water,
savaley people should avoid the sun. And if they have to be exposed to it they should have protection.
Western culture loves brown, tanned skin. Men and women are spending money to achieve this tanned brown look by going on sun beds. So savalapan is in!
Fair people, be happy. Stress can can make you look worried, and tired, and your complexion goes pale not forgetting the dark circles around your eyes which are more visible on fair skin. On savaleey skin they appear lighter than the skin tone, so whatever your skin tone, try and avoid getting dark circles.
Anyway here are some Questions on which we can start a thread:
1. Why does our culture prefer fairness.
2. savalee/savaley, or fair what are You?
We can then have a little visual picture of each other.
As always, please fire away with your comments!!!!!!!!!
[This message has been edited by Nageena Rani (edited August 23, 1999).]
[This message has been edited by Nageena Rani (edited August 23, 1999).]
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