Pure Kojic Acid Soap Bar for Hyperpigmentation and Dark Spots - Dark Spot Remover for Face and Body - For Women with Medium to Dark Skin - Original, Natural & Fragrance Free - 5.3 oz by Marie France

Love it, my go to for the summer for exfoliating my skin weekly. The fragrance is good too! My skin looks brighter and clear.

I order this twice. The first one was real. Got rid of my pimples, smoothed out my skin, soften it and faded my dark marks in my face from scars and tan lines on my feet from straps Sandals super fast. I noticed my knuckles became the same brown color as my hands instead of black while using this. They look more feminine idk but they are pretty as heck and I wasn’t even trying to do anything to my hands(past pregnancy made my knuckles,knees, elbows, n nipples soooo dark. I’m talking like a black crayon and my skin is brown. BUTTTTT the second bar was totally different. The crap felt and smelt diff. Smells good but that’s to fool ya. The crap didn’t fade my discolorations AND brought back all my pimples this time my skin was worst and the bar had a nerve to melt like crazy. I mean super fast. I had that first bar for months and I used it every night b4 bed. So he/she/they give you the real stuff with it first Order. It works so good you might wanna order many the next time but that’s when they send you the fake stuff. That’s a shame. I loved my first bar

Background: I have a deep olive skin, and I am a pro at staying in the sun during summer days. Bike rides, swimming, running, etc. I get tanned easily. I do not mind the tan, but my upper legs, stomach, and chest area areas about 5 shades lighter than the rest of my body. Anyways, I wanted to even out my skin tone and I started using this product about 3 weeks ago. After reading reviews, I cut the soap in 4 pieces and I am today about to finish my first piece! I kept the other 3 pieces somewhere, and the current 1 piece I am using in a zip bag outside the shower. It melts very fast if overexposed to water. Use: First day I used it 20 seconds in the shower after my regular shower routine (with usual mild soap). I lather and apply the soap all over my body and felt a little tingling on my face around the 15 seconds mark and washed then. Second day I went to 30 seconds. The third I was on 60 seconds. After the first week, I started leaving it on for 3-6 minutes in the shower. I feel the tingling on my face but not the rest of my body. I use it about 5 times a week, once a day, when in the shower. I use a natural exfoliant before using the soap about 2 times a week. Something like sugar and honey, or white rice power, or oatmeal. I feel it makes my skin smoother. I use oils or regular moisturizer after the shower depending on what I feel like. I do not feel the need for heavy moisturizing everyday, probably just my skin tolerance. Results: After the 3rd day, I started noticing that my legs, knee down, had lots of white peels. Like dry skin peels when I walked out of the shower and dried myself. Those are not noticeable after moisturizing though. My legs from the knee down were the first areas to go lighter. The "micro-peel" is hard to notice, but currently (3 weeks in), I have thousands of tiny light spots, very very tiny, everywhere. It increases day by day and I imagine, at the end, all of the areas will be that color. Except for my legs (knee below), I did not see any peels, but mostly, those light spots (about 2-3 shades lighter) all over my body. You have to look close to notice though. Verdict: All in all, it works, but the effect is barely noticeable if one does not keep track or take comparison pics. I am able to tell I am getting the results as I have my chest area to compare to. Not all areas peel with skin that comes out like my legs do, so it may seem as if nothing is happening. Using a natural exfoliant about 2 times a week is helpful for me, first in general for smooth skin and probably that might help the exfoliating process of the soap itself. Side effects: Yes, the first week and a half, I broke out a little. Regular places where I get pimples from time to time, arose. I stuck with it, and today, nothing on my face, but smooth skin. Good luck. I will be using this soap until my skin evens out, and I will mostly use it as a maintenance later on. I am unsure if it actually whitens, seems for me, mostly just getting your "true" skin color out. I don't know, other reviewers might have insights on that. Or I can update if I get lighter over time :)

The product was great at first but it started to backfire after a few weeks/months. I used it mainly on my knees and it actually made the situation slightly worse. Luckily I found something else that is correcting this problem quickly. I do think this is a good product however it's just not the best option for black women IMO.

Have purchased several bars since 2018. They worked effectively at removing dark spots and evening out my skintone. Sometime in the latter part of 2020 or 2021, the formula was changed to a milder version so they decreased the amounts acids within the soap that made the soap effective and they also made the soaps half the size of what they were before. At first I thought it was a fluke, then I recently ordered 2 more soaps and it is the same. They made the soaps so mild it's like it literally is just a body soap that provides none of the effects it was purchased for. All of the results you are seeking for discoloration, hyperpigmentation...dark spots...u will not find any relief from THIS soap in it's current deliberately diminished state at all. Time to find another soap that actually lives up to their claims. It's a shame that a once good company that used to make good soap feels they now need to dupe customers out of their money just because they can. Guess they think we are stupid. Find another soap because this is no longer it!