Because they don't.

I have never tanned or lightened my skin.

My theory is that the general population has an idea of what the "perfect" skin tone is. As it's somewhere in the middle, darker-skinned people may want to lighten and paler people want to tan.

I usually tan because I hate being pale

@ your Britney photos.

People tan. Skin looks darker or lighter in different lighting. No biggie.

Britney's skin tone has remained fairly consistent throughout her entire career.

People want to look different, but I think with that Beyonce photo the photagrapher is to blame. Her photos are definitely being retouched. I think it's more of marketing thing. If she looks a certain way, she appeals to other ethnicities. Same goes for Rihanna. So I can't really say that Beyonce is really bleaching her skin.

I like to tan too so I thought it would be an interesting topic.

I don't. I love my mocha latte skin

The second shot of Bey is more close to how she ACTUALLY looks. She looked darker than ever before during the Dangerously In Love era, she doesn't even look like herself on the cover. WAY too much bronzer and whatever else during that era.

Shakira 13 years ago


Shakira now

It appears that a lot of Pop stars go for more golden skin tones. Perhaps this skin tone is more attractive.

In Shakira's case, she was more of a palish white and pink and now she has tanned to a more golden look.

I usually get light skinned at winter, when it's cold, and in summer I tend to get very tan.

They assume that because she's black, the darkest picture of Bey they can find is her real skin color.

Also some white people just tan really easily, especially if they live in a hot place. Sometimes it's unintentional.

!!!! That's actually a really ignorant thing to do

Beyonce looks better dark.

Lighting is a big thing. I didn't even realize my real skin color until like 2-3 years ago. I always saw myself in my bathroom mirror, and I guess the lighting was pretty strong in there, so I always thought I was lighter.