Here you can ‘toa tint’ and get ‘second virginity’

Bridget Achieng’ was a regular city lass trying to make ends meet as a fashion designer two years ago. At the time, she was ‘tinted’ (dark in complexion).

She hated her complexion with the same passion she detested the love ‘tyres’ around her waist. Her ‘yellow-yellow’ friends with toned bodies were making friends, even hooking up with rich dudes ahead of her.

 Achieng’ said how “at one point, I was dumped by my boyfriend for being dark-skinned with an ugly body, which caused me to suffer from low self-esteem.”

But luckily, “one of my friends who had travelled widely introduced me to a bleaching agent that completely changed my looks. I also ‘trimmed’ the tyres, spending about Sh1 million for a look I really love.

She adds that after removing her tint, men suddenly got interested in her. Women also wanted to know how she got her new look and comely shape.

This saw her dump fashion design to deal in beauty-enhancing products, which she now imports from Thailand, Egypt and other Arab countries. She also has products meant to boost butts and breasts, besides those that tighten ‘Miss V’. “Many people might not believe in these products because they get them from ignorant traders downtown who cannot differentiate harmful from useful products and don’t follow instructions on how to use the products,” explains Achieng’, adding that the cheapest tint-removing cream she stocks costs Sh30,000. 

One has the option of choosing to have the Arab, Red Indian or white complexion and “at least five men visit the shop every week looking for skin-bleaching products which come in the form of natural soap,” offers Achieng’ who also stocks creams for those who have used cheap products that left them with dark marks.

She also has manhood enlargement creams, which is “another fast-selling product going for Sh5,000 and I get calls from more than 30 men weekly,  but they don’t show up, instead we deliver the products”.

For ‘second virginity,’ there is ‘Madura,’ which is inserted inside ‘Miss V’  half an hour to lungula. It costs Sh5,000.  “It works miraculously,” claims Achieng, “especially for women who have been rejected after birth.” 

She cautions that all bleaching creams “have side effects, but it depends on how you love yourself, since even some of the foodstuffs have similar effects, yet people consume them”.