Make-up outstrips lightening creams?

SKIN lightening products also known as bleaching creams have for a long time been on high demand in the country, with traders mainly cross-borders risking jail as they smuggle these illicit goods into the country from neighbouring countries like Zambia and South Africa.

Research has shown that a number of local women are risking their health using the skin lightening creams.

In a survey conducted by NewsDay Weekender, several vendors plying their trade in the city corners and places like salons and free markets confirmed that they are making brisk businesses from selling these skin lightening creams which include Caro light, Extra Clair, Movatte, Princess and Epiderm.

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