She needs to stop. She is confusing herself so much.
First off her product is called Whitenicious
It's a skin bleaching cream
She's only salty as hell and extremely pressed cause she's not in Lupita's place as Lancôme's ambassador. First black ambassador might I add.
She is frequently promoting her skin bleaching cream to the point of unhealthiness.
Cosmetics companies all profit from people’s insecurities, and because women of color are constantly bombarded with images of white, blonde, thin and able-bodied women, it’s no surprise that even Lancôme makes a product designed to chemically brighten or lighten the skin.
Lupita's speech was beautiful and strikes a chord with so many women in acceptance for her skin color:
"I want to take this opportunity to talk about beauty, black beauty, dark beauty," Nyong'o said. "I remember a time when I too felt unbeautiful. I put on the TV and only saw pale skin, I got teased and taunted about my night-shaded skin. And my one prayer to God, the miracle worker, was that I would wake up lighter-skinned. I tried to negotiate with God: I told him I would stop stealing sugar cubes at night if he gave me what I wanted, I would listen to my mother’s every word and never lose my school sweater again if he just made me a little lighter. But I guess God was unimpressed with my bargaining chips, because He never listened."