One week after Dove made a public apology for a racially offensive Facebook ad, another skincare giant has been accused of belittling women of color with a campaign for skin lightening cream. On ...
Companies like to push the envelope with their ads. Sometimes the gamble works, sometimes it doesn't, and sometimes, like in the case of a new advertising campaign from Nivea, the whole thing turns ...
(FOX News) - Nivea pulled a “White Is Purity” deodorant ad after critics blasted the German skin care company for promoting white supremacy, according to reports on Wednesday. The ad appeared on ...
This article originally appeared on Fortune. Nivea is pulling its “White is Purity” ad after social media users accused the company of being racist. The ad originally appeared on the company’s Middle ...
Nivea has come under fire for a new face cream that promises Black women that they can have “visibly lighter skin.” The cream, called Natural Fairness, has been marketed to women in Nigeria, Ghana, ...
Beatrice Dupuy joined Newsweek in 2017. She has formerly worked at the Star Tribune in Minneapolis where she covered several beats including education, county government and breaking news. During her ...
Dove isn't the only skin-care company caught up in a controversy about its ads. Nivea, a German company with global reach, has been called out on social media for ads in West Africa that many ...
Nivea has become embroiled in a race row after an “appalling” face cream ad that promises “visibly lighter skin” for black women. The beauty brand is advertising its new Natural Fairness moisturizer ...