[chocowhite]

Hello my beautiful peeps😊

I’ve done lots of research on Peau Jaune - I’ve seen lots of nice reviews so I decided to give it a try. I’ve decided to create a thread where I can post my full regimen, updates, results and my 2 cents about this line, so here goes:

My current shade
I’ve been using the new G&g (pink lid) for a while (approximately 10 months now) I added clinic clear oil around Mar/April for a hq boost and I got fairly good results. I started at around fenty 400 and currently I’m around fenty 360, I don’t wear makeup so I’m using the models on the fenty website as my reference. I dropped the clinic clear oil and have been hq free for 2 months now with mrG only and ready to hop back to hq.

My goal shade
Currently I’m more pale than golden, so for one I’m trying to add some more yellow to my skin - apparently peau jaune gives a nice yellow tone from most of the reviews. I’m also trying to move up a shade or two: I still look brown in some lighting and tbh I wanna look light everywhere if that makes sense. I’m not in any hurry though as even my current shade is quite light. An even fenty 310 would be nice, I know I can get there with time and patience. Destin Conrad is my ultimate goal shade (I got there with dodo in 2019 it was crazy lmaooo but that’s a different story altogether)

The products
Peau Jaune line is from Cameroun - most african products are usually sus but this line has great reviews so far. It doesn’t list HQ in its ingredients but is known to have HQ at a higher percentage which is why I decided to give it a try (My skin doesn’t lighten significantly with anything below 4%) I bought the Peau Jaune 500ml lotion and the stage 2 serum, both from my local BSS. The lotion cost me 15$ and the serum 8$. I was unable to find both the jar cream and the small face cream. Below are the photos and ingredients of each:

**Lotion

**Serum

These products haven’t listed HQ in their ingredients but are known to have a high % of HQ (above 4%)

My regimen
My regimen will be mostly LA + HQ based with a little kA here and there. I want to keep my regimen as simple as possible coz honestly I’m too lazy to layer different products (which is the most advisable method if you’re using different products)

Exfoliation - I use my kojie san soap 3x a week (I alternate days) and I leave it on for no more than 10mins for my body and 5mins for my face. I typically shower once a day at night. Rest of the days I use my creamy jamaa soap (it’s a local moisturising soap)

Lightening - For my body, I’ve mixed in half of stage 2 Peau Jaune serum to 500ml of Peau jaune lotion. I‘ll use this lotion mix once a day at night immediately after showering. Then in the morning I’ll moisturise with my DIY 12% LA lotion on top (yes, I lotion up without showering 😛) I feel showering again in the morning washes away the product and i’m too lazy to layer both at night. I’ll do this for 2 consecutive nights then on the 3rd night I‘ll use my g&g cream pink lid in place of peau jaune (I don’t want to completely eliminate mrG from my regi).
Since I wasn’t able to find the face cream from the Peau Jaune line, I’m planning to spot test the lotion by itself on my face and see how it goes but for now my main facial lightener remains Precious cream from Mitchellbrands

Skin building - after 3 days of skin lightening I’ll skin build on the 4th day with a body mix made with shea butter and glycerine. I use retinA and DIY vitamin C serum on moisture days for my face

Supplements - I’m currently taking 1000mg per day of vitamin C and Omega 3 fish oil both from Quest

Sunblock - I use bananaboat SPF 50 but I still cover up with long sleeves and I hop from shade to shade whenever I have to be out in the sun for long.

That about sums it up, I’m super excited for this regimen! Planning to go with this for 3 or 4 months inshAllah then I’ll take another HQ break. Will post updates of how it’s going now and then.
Fingers crossed 🤞🏽

 

[chocowhite]

My first impressions from applying the peau jaune mix, for those who care about these details:

The lotion is quite creamy in consistency even after I added the serum - like its not runny at all. It spreads nicely on the skin - might feel greasy at first but it soaks into the skin and doesn’t leave a greasy feeling. It smells nice, almost like cocoa butter mixed with something fruity so no strong pungent bleacher smell 💀💀💀yes I’m looking at you SkinLight LoL.
The lotion itself is a yellow colour. My major problem with this lotion is I’ve already noticed a yellow tinge on my palms from the first application (I used my bare hands to apply), which a huge NO NO for me. Going forward I’m using latex gloves to apply it coz I love my palms pale and pink and I can already predict my nails will get stained if I dont.
Other than this, the smell, consistency and the feel/spread are good

 

[chocowhite]

Good luck. I'm new to skin lightening but I bought the Peau Jaune Lotion as part of my, somewhat random, startup kit. It smells really good. I mixed it with some caro white oil for my buttocks, elbows, and hands because other planned products hadn't arrived.

I'm definitely watching how it lightens my butt as well, coz that's currently my darkest body part. G&g just made my butt flake at the most but no significant lightening
Welcome to the skin lightening fam 💜

 

[chocowhite]

Where do you get your g&g from?

I get my g&g locally from my BSS (I live in Africa)
💜

 

[chocowhite]

@chocowhite HQ is the one causing the discolouration of your nails and palm. I learned the hard way

Hq stains nails and palms for sure, but does it stain this quickly? Like on the first application? I was thinking maybe it's beta carotene, coz tbh this gave me turmeric vibes

 

[chocowhite]

How is the peau set going? are you occluding for faster results?

So far so good, I haven't noticed any changes in my overall tone as of yet. I'm not in any particular hurry for fast results coz I'm quite light already so I'm not occluding. I just apply it at night with my latex gloves, go to sleep then early in the morning I layer 12%lactic acid lotion.

 

[chocowhite]

@chocowhite maybe there is turmeric or food colour

Tbh I wouldn't be surprised if it's food colour african companies are notorious... But if it's turmeric then that's no problem at all, turmeric has it's colour because of beta carotene

 

[chocowhite]

Been a while since I posted, I've been so busy but here's my 4 week update:

In the second week I started feeling like my skin is darkening, but now I'm convinced that it's because this lotion was toning down the paleness I got from my previous kA based regimen. I kept running to the mirror every now and then lol - had to remind myself that it's too early to jump to conclusions. Now, 4 weeks down the line, I got off the shower and I noticed A LOT of peeling on my whole body, even my butt. The dead skin on my stomach has almost completely shed off and it looks brighter and yellow 📈 I'll post my shades in natural light once the dead skin fully sloughs off.

Also the patch test on my face went well so I incorporated the lotion into my face/neck regimen - for now I'm doing 3 times a week on lightening days. My facial skin is oily, but this doesn't leave a greasy feel on my face at all

A little thing I think I should watch out on is the thinner areas - I've just noticed the skin on my underarms is very very light and looked a bit red from the shower. I think i underestimated how much 'fruity acids' are in the lotion given I'm using it with LA so I'll hold off the LA for now til all the dead skin is shed.

On a lighter note 💀💀I noticed something very funny today in the bathroom while shaving: The skin on my 'stones' and the skin under the 'pillar' has become super super light lmaoo. Honestly I don't apply creams there at all, my guess is that the lotion from my inner thigh rubbed on these parts inadvertently. I was very shocked y'all, I guess I underestimated the lA HQ combo and that area is pretty much in an occluded state 💀

In general, so far so good - I'm loving the steady progress ☺

 

[chocowhite]

Update:
Most of the dead skin has sloughed off now and lemme tell you the skin underneath is so bright, I can’t stop taking mirror selfies 🙈
Also today I sat next to an arab lady probably a fenty 280/300 thereabouts and I was comparing our skins in a mirror opposite where we sat and I was shocked. Let’s just say, I could’ve easily passed for her son, a tanned version at the least. I think the yellow really complements my skin very well
Anyway as promised here are the progress pictures: this is how my skin looks currently in natural light. Pictures taken by an iPhone during the day

Kindly don’t quote this post as I’m planning to remove these pictures later


Leg

Forearm

Chest/abd - not fully peeled

Again I still look brown in some lighting, but I’m pretty much considered light skin at this point.
Now I can’t post derrière pictures here for obvious reasons but my butt has also improved considerably; slightly darker than my body but I think it blends. & tbh, I’m just happy I’m seeing progress

 

[chocowhite]

@chocowhite That looks really good! What was your initial color before you started your lightening journey? I have a bottle of Peau Jaune but only used it like 3 times in 2 days on my hands, knees and buttocks. I was using so much other stuff at the time that I couldn't say the results were because of Peau Jaune but maybe they were since its got you lightening like this!

Thanks! I started lightening in 2015, prior to that I was roughly fenty 400 with a deep tan

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This is the closest shade. I’ve used so many products since then but I’ve never redarkened to that shade
So far Peau jaune’s working out great for me, you should definitely try it as a main lightener and see how it works out for you.

 

[chocowhite]

You look so good @chocowhite

Thank you 😊 < 3

 

[chocowhite]

This is super helpful 🥰 thank you for sharing
And your results are just wooow
I think I’m going to give it a try.

please keep us updated

I definitely will. If you jump on the peau jaune train do post your goals, regimen, progress and opinions here so we can learn from each other💜

 

[chocowhite]

@chocowhite do you use on your hands aswell

For my hands I use g&g layered on LA by night and DIY vitamin c serum + moisturizer AM & this works well for me. I'm trying to avoid HQ on my hands coz I don't want to risk dark knuckles.
I use Peau jaune on my feet though & no issues there whatsoever...

 

[chocowhite]

Hey lovelies, sorry for not posting for these past few weeks, chile life goes so fast when you're busy. Anyway here's my official 3 months update:

Last week I went out with my friends and when I tell you my skin was looking so bomb 😍 I got so many compliments about my skin, & as usual I couldn't stop taking mirror selfies y'all lol.

Currently I think I'm at a fenty 330 in natural light, at night with fluorescent lighting my skin looks pale/very light. My brown shades rarely show through & when it does it's a light brown - I think I'm content with this for now. I can already tell if I push it any further my skin will thin out & I'll start to look unnatural. A quick review of the pros & cons I've had so far:

PROS
I've definitely gotten lighter which was one of my major goals while starting this regimen. My butt & privates have lightened (the latter was inadvertent though 💀)
The lightening was slow and steady in the first month, I felt like the lightening started becoming noticeable after week 4/5 thereabouts
This cream is a great lightener especially if you're looking for more yellow in your skin, it's definitely a good one for that yellowy summer glow. A great hq alternative if you're looking to escape the orangey tint from Carowhite
So far most of the reviews I've seen don't recommend using the lotion on the face, however I've used it because I couldn't find the face cream. Fortunately I've had no issues at all, important side note though:- On alternate days I use rA and vitamin c for skin building, maybe that's what helped keep my skin at bay. I'd recommend to do a patch test to see how it goes before attempting to use it on your face
It has a great smell and it's quite easy to spread - this I think is important for both busy and lazy people & I'm both 😛

CONS
Yellowing of palms is real with this lotion. I used gloves while applying it but somehow I've still ended up with stained palms/nails. It's not really bad after I started using gloves but I can still tell the difference because on a normal day they're very pale/pink.
For whatever reason this lotion doesn't have an inner cap - it got a bit difficult to control how much lotion comes out of the bottle while applying. For this you can transfer it to a pump bottle/a different bottle of preference
In month 2, I noticed my folded areas were starting to look red out of the shower ie armpits, groin etc. I concluded that it was the fruity acids from the lotion, so I reduced my LA lotion from 12% to 10% and my skin could tolerate this concentration. If you decide to copy my regimen, closely monitor your skin & adjust your LA/GA to your skin's tolerance. & Definitely don't skip skin building days 💜
This lotion has a high HQ concentration & I wouldn't recommend using it if your skin is not properly exfoliated, otherwise the lightening will be uneven. I haven't used it on my knuckles, I was too scared to try it there. G&g works perfectly for me & hey don't fix it if it ain't broke.

The big deal for me now is maintenance. I'm currently tapering down Peau Jaune to switch to a KA/LA regimen for my HQ break, which I want to last around 4/6 weeks depending on how it goes. I was using Peau Jaune 4 times a week, this week I've applied it thrice, next week I'll apply it twice and hopefully by the other week I'll be hQ free.

I'll keep on sending updates here during my hq break. Hopefully it all goes as planned😊🤞

 

[chocowhite]

@chocowhite i dont get Why g&g aint in the uk no more or most Mitchellbrands products. They are natural but they don’t sell them here

Yeah I've noticed so far it's only the African members who have access to g&g cream, maybe they have a new formulation that's under review. And so far it's only the cream that's resurfaced - the lotion, oil, soap are still not available here.

As for Mitchellbrands I too am confused 🧐

 

[chocowhite]

I have used peau jaune serums before. The no 2 and 3 ( peau jaune dose)
Gives a High yellow complexion and almost a yellow tint to the skin
The soap omg ! Smells amazing . It’s smells so good a little child might eat it by accident thinking it’s cake lol

I'm a sucker for yummy smelling goodies, maybe I should hunt for the soap when I hop back onto hQ after my break. If I find it, I may or may not have a bite in the shower is all I'm saying

 

[chocowhite]

@chocowhite is this your shade? If yes, what were you before starting your journey

Yes this is more or less my shade- though this looks paler, and I’m a bit yellower. Probably it’s the difference in undertones.
My before peau jaune is in the first post, & way before I started using lighteners is in this post 👇🏽

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Hello my beautiful peeps😊 I’ve done lots of research on Peau Jaune - I’ve seen lots of nice reviews so I decided to give it a try. I’ve decided to create a thread where I can post my full regimen, updates, results and my 2 cents about this line, so here goes: My current shade I’ve been using...

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[chocowhite]

Hey ChocoWhite, it sounds like you got great results! What are maintenance products for now?

My last peau jaune application was on Wednesday (3 days ago) I tapered down usage over the last few weeks from 4x upto once a week and now I’m hq free, so here’s my detailed maintenance regimen;

My current main maintenance lightener is g&g cream. I’ll be using this 4/7 days a week, morning and evening on the days i apply. In the evening, I’ll be layering g&g on 10% LA lotion. For now I’m watching what LA % my skin can take coz g&g is loaded with AHA.

I also bought asantee soap today, I’ll be incorporating this soap into my regi in place of kojie san - leaving it on for 10 mins for my body and 5 mins for my face, on alternate days.

Skin building, sunblock and supplements still remain the same for now

Fingers crossed xo

 

[chocowhite]

I bought the peau jaune cream (apparently it’s more effective than the lotion?) + the stage 2 serum! Excited to see how it goes!
I’ve been using the ameliorate transforming body spray to exfoliate (added extra LA to boost it).

LA and HQ is a match made in heaven ✨ease up though coz peau jaune has some fruity acids of its own. Best of luck and do update us on how it goes 👍

 

[chocowhite]

where in Africa do you get it please? i've search it everywhere in Cameroon without succes

I buy mine locally in Kenya, pretty much all BSS stores have it… but if you want a variety of size of the cream jar best place is River road