Livet | UK launch new skin tone plasters |
| Skrivet av Andy Collins |
| 2010-09-30 23:27 |
 Photo: Linda Nylind for the Guardian.co.uk Flesh coloured plasters! Thats what I grew up calling them and now we can (well people in England anyhow) wave goodbye to the "plasticine peach", "grey pallor", and, of course, "day-old cup of tea" flesh tones of the traditional sticking plaster: Stickyskin is a new range designed to match the skin colours of people who aren't white. Although the plasters I usually apply have pictures of racing cars or princesses on, due to my children, I still scoff at the flesh coloured alternatives. 'My Flesh is not that colour' I would think to myself but I also realised they don't really match a white persons skin either. However, for me it was more the principle of feeling that my skin tone is a considered a 'normal' flesh colour. ''I have always found it bizarre that there are no plasters that suit brown skin tones,'' says Stickyskin spokeswoman Sue Eatherden. "Some of my friends would rather have bleeding heels after a night out than put a plaster on that looks stupid." The fabric plasters come in three shades of brown, made specifically to match "dark, light and mixed-race'' skin tones, and are now being stocked in 80 chemists in London. As you can see in the picture, they're not quite 'invisible' but it's a positive step in the right direction. It is a concept that could be taken further, according to Shevelle Rhule, fashion and beauty editor of Pride magazine. "There are far more than three shades of black in the Afro- Caribbean community alone,'' she says. I'll check my local Swedish Apotek (chemist) in the morning... just for a laugh. Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk |