“For so long, the knowledge was not available or talked about much in the black community ... women’s skin truly needs.

Moisturiser brand Nivea has been criticised for an advert promising one of its products will lighten black skin. The advert is targeted at women in Africa, where skin lightening and bleaching is ...

Heather Nelson, from the Leeds-based Black Health Initiative community organisation, which aims to deliver equality in health and social care, said the scale of use of creams for skin lightening ...