..on a scale of one to ten?
Do you ever worry about your own colour, ever use lightening products, would only consider a husband or wife with a certain skintone or worry about the colour your child might end up (genes or thru exposure to the sun)?
**This is NOT a bashing thread.. just want to get an idea of what people really **think..
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I dont think it's important but since I love makeup, I do have to consider things according to my skin tone and I'm really happy with my skin tone too, from a makeup perspective. I like that all the colors I tend to steer towards (pinks, peaches, reds, corals and warm-tones) tend to look good on my NC20-25 skin. As for decided on my partner, HECK NO! Skin color should not matter at all. But on a side note, I love tan skin on guys. Too pale and pasty skin on desi guys looks kinda off. I think tan, slightly deep skin is...sexay!
As for children, again, same as above. I dont know, skin was never an issue in my household although my dadi tends to make a big deal about having "gora chitta" rang and was probably annoyed that my Dad turned out dark, LOL. My mom on the other hand is NC15-20 and all of us kids are different. My brothers are darker from being in the sun and all have tans, my mom and I are around the same skin tone. I guess it all depends on sun exposure and genetics. But no, skin is not an issue whatsoever.
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no it is not an issue for me.
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It's not an issue for me either.
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Well how do i rate it? Let’s c.
A better skin is what i would go for anyday over a fairer complexion. However having said that, yes i would have an concern marrying someone dark cuz we wl end up looking too contrasting 
. As for myself, yes i do get worried if i get tanned because that’s not my natural color. However i don’t think fair color is necessairly better than wheatish complexion, both has their advantages and disadvantages.
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I prefer darker skin, i think darker skin is healthier and has a glow that fair skin rarely has. I have become a few shades darker in my 2 years in pakistan, and i am still white, so i use a darker shade of foundation to try to mix in.
All my friends have darker complexions and i love the way their skin looks and glows ( they don;t see it though :()
and yeah, i like darker color men, sorry but i kind of find fair color skin guys gayish... ooops just IMO.
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here are a couple of pointers.
saying i like darker men, fairer men look gay/wimpy etc is not all that different from a guy saying i like fairer girls, darker women look dirty blah blah.
saying oh i don't care about skin color, and then mentioning your and your mom's uber-fair-for-desi specific mac shades - fail.
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Hmm .. Not so important.
For me it is more important that the skin is healthy and glowing. I would at any given time pick a darker shade if its glowing and healthy. However I do think one should protect his skin from the sun and unnecessary chemicals, so yes to sunscreen and no to skinlightning.
I like the sanwala complexion, but I dont like the entirely kaala (African) color. Nope has nothing to do with issues, for me it is just not attractive at all. So probably I would reject a rishta if the guy is african-type of kaala, but most certainly it would be based on other issues as well.
I like the arabic/iranian fair complexion over the pakistani one. Those pakistanis who are veryyyy fair are just plain pale and boring looking imo! Those I've seen tend to look a bit on the unhealthy side as well, especially girls.
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every skin color has its own beauty, so no it doesnt have any importance to me
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It doesn't matter to me.....I tend to focus a lot more on how health my skin is as opposed to the colour of it.
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i prefera fresh looking skin...nice clear skin...glowy!!!
color...hmmm...i dont like the summer tannn thou!!
and i tend to get tanned up sooo easily too!
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Dont care about it..
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0, you could be purple, blue black white silver for all I care..that goes for my kids and my future bahoos/son in laws too....
will never judge someone on the basis of shades of brown......
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I only like black skin. Not brown black, solid black like Golliwog black.
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I don’t give two poo’s about it! I will HAPPILY sit in my garden in the summer without a cloth covering my face as some girls do so they won’t get tanned - when taking care of my skin i don’t worry about using fake tan or fair and lovely…i worry about it looking fresh and clean.. I like glowy skin rather than dark/white skin! Talking about all these colours is reminding me of the Michael jackson song:
ROCKS OUT!
Although i think that was about race?
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if you want cancer sure..tannn all the way xD
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I like white skin. As white as snow. Anything less than milk coloured is disgusting and should be steralized to prevent the future offspring from becoming dirty and brown.
We must protect our selves from the curse of dark skin.
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When I was younger....(early to mid teen years) I was more concerned about being "fair." I would try a variety of remedies to lighten my skin...thinking they would make me beeyoootamous. I even bought some Fair and Lovely...I was around 15-16....and it dried out my skin. One of my closest friends had fair skin ...she was very pretty and I wanted the sort of attention that she and my fairer-skinned cousins received. But I later noticed that it was more the proportion of their features than their skin color that made them attractive. A combination of growing up/experiences/and observation made me realize that you could be fair but unattractive....the skin color alone is not enough. I'm glad that I came to this realizion fairly quickly...before my twenties. I have used lightening products...but they were prescribed for acne marks and hyperpigmentation. I think that dull skin can appear darker...and the use of certain products and a healthy lifestyle can impart a radiance to the skin....and that's what I try to aim for. I've come to learn that darker skin ages better than fairer skin (provided you take care of it) and I find some wry humor in how Allah Miyan has made it that way(sort of like having the last laugh, lol). I'm grateful for the increased natural sun-defense that I have. I've come to embrace and love the strong yellow/olive undertones that allow me to pull off a variety of colors ..especially in makeup...from the neutrals to the more bolder ones. When it comes to guys...same thing....depends upon the features. I've been attracted to darker guys, lighter, etc. I think people have a right to their preferences in a partner....but I'm not the kind who believes that I absolutely must have a gora chitta husband, lol. As for kids........honestly.......and this may sound shallow.......when it comes to physical features that are fairly permanent....I'm more concerned about the nose (as I'm not too fond of mine) than skin color.
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color is ONLY **'skin deep'*...i will, iA, look beyond the skin...at her soul**!!! :)*
**
urdu meN ek she'r hai k:
rang e jild ko kia poochhte ho? sun lo yeh
pakka hai rang-e-siyah goraa to Khaam hai!****
[you ask about color of skin? listen this
dark skin color is permanent while light skin is ONLY temporary!!!]**
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I did wish to be lighter when I was younger…but only when I came in contact with desi people. 