The difference between bleaching and toning: Bleaching is for those who are trying to make themselves look White.
Toning is for Black people who just want to correct imperfections or uneven skin tone.
And unfortunately, no-you can't literally scrub the Black off. I can wash from now til tomorrow and I will still have Black knees and elbows, underarms and dark circles under my eyes(from lack of sleep). Black folks tend to suffer from hyper-pigmentation in certain areas because of our blessing of melanin to protect us from the sun so I say if you want to correct those problem areas by toning-there is no problem there.
However, not loving yourself enough to know that Black is beautiful and thatbleachingjust makes you have an unhealthy, sick-looking skin-tone
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Those who said I'm bleaching are stupid - Alao Akala, fmr Oyo Gov