In India it’s common knowledge that dark-skinned girls (and guys) won’t get married, won’t get promoted, and won’t do anything but be a gross peasant sub-human — unless they make their skin look whiter! Big cosmetics companies like L’Oreal and Pond’s have skin-lightening creams on the market, but it’s the cheaper products (the ones that promise quicker results) which are more affordable to the poorer, usually darker-skinned people of India. These products often contain mercury and chemicals that lighten your skin but also mutilate your kidney, riddle you with cancer and mangle your brain (not a good look). Indian girls: GET OVER IT and realise that your luscious, dark skin is H.O.T. It’s the facial hair you need to worry about.