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Summary: Make skin look lighter naturally by applying naturally occurring botanicals, such as azelaic acid, licorice root or a holistic lightening gel. Avoid lightening creams and gels that contain hydroquinone with tips from a makeup artist in this free video on skin care.
Kelli LaBar is a practicing aesthetician and makeup artist in Wilmington, N.C. She graduated from Miller-Motte Technical College as a certified aesthetician, and she currently works as...read more
"Hi, I'm Kelli, I'm an aesthetician and makeup artist at Ulta Salon and Cosmetics and I'm going to give you some tips on how you can make your complection lighter naturally. There's a couple of natural occurring botanicals that you can use or look for products that have these ingredients in them that will help to lighten up on any discolorations or hyper-pigmentation on the skin. Azelaic acid, or liquorish root are two really great botanicals that can really lighten up an discolorations on the skin. This is by DDF, it's a holistic lightening gel, so it doesn't have any hydrocodone that a lot of people are looking for products that are hydrocodone free. Because hydrocodone is not good especially if your pregnant, or they aren't really sure exactly what it can do. So, a lot of people and a lot of companies are getting hydrocodone free products on the market today. So this is one that has azelaic acid and liquorish root in it, so it's going to help use those natural botanicals to lighten the skin. Another thing that you can do to lighten your skin is, if you have a lot of discolorations, you can just wear like a natural mineral makeup. And that will help to even out your complection and give you a lighter, more all over even look. So those are some tips that you can use to naturally lighten your skin."
eHow Article: How to Make Skin Lighter Naturally