Brightening care

Evening out a complexion is not a one-week job. Dark spots and darker areas settled in slowly, and they fade slowly. The six products gathered here work in that direction, with no promise of an instant result: what changes skin colour quickly rarely does it any favours.

On the face, order matters. The apricot kernel scrub lifts the dead cells that dull the complexion, once or twice a week. The niacinamide and Dermawhite toner then preps the skin and works on evenness, morning and evening. The Dermawhite cream takes over daily, and the clay and nila mask — the traditional Moroccan ingredient known for radiance — purifies once a week.

For the body and friction-prone areas — underarms, inner thighs, the intimate area — the very fine-grain exfoliant is used once or twice a week only, and preps the skin for the cream. Both are for external use only. And whatever the routine, keeping the areas you want to lighten out of the sun changes the outcome more than any product does.