Hahahhaha!!!! So weird!

If you had ever swum in tropical seas you might see the benefit of protection from jellyfish.

There are over a billion Chinese. Maybe we are the ones who should reconsider the damage sun does to our skin.

Where is Dirty Harry when you really need him?

I think it's start of the Chinese Riot that started in Russia with that anti-Putin girl punk band... see the similarities... hmmm

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I can easily see the Chinese government, as well as many others around the world having security concerns with these. After all, anything that hides your appearance could be used for criminal purposes. I believe that some countries, France comes to mind, do in fact have laws against covering your face in public or are considering such laws. In any event, wearing something like this would invite being stopped by police in a lot of countries including here in the US.

I agree that fair-skinned people should do their best to avoid the sun.... but this is a bit ludicrous.

Its like some Chinese Women went to the beach and a WWE Match broke out..

Just an observation, kind of a mean one, but...

Some of the bodies I see stuffed into bikinis in this country ought to consider covering up. Perhaps a facekini combined with a moo-moo? Honestly, there seems to be no shame in strutting your stuff, even if it jiggles like a bowl full of jelly or the muffin top hangs down so far one must consider whether the body is clad at all below the waist and this garb isn't just worn on the beach but to the local Walmart!

I guess the burka will be making a fashion come back afterall.

I heard that Julian Assange has ordered 200 of these Facekini's and is having a big party in the Equadorean Embassy, with 200 of his closest friends. After the party, they plan on running from the Embassy in all different directions, with everyone wearing one! I wonder what the Bobbies would do then, besides crap their pants?

But. But...Why go to the beach if you dont want to get the sun on you?

But what about their eyelids, nose tips and lips? It seems that tanned eyelids and nose tips would be just as socially shameful. A true sign that your a disgusting farmer and not a paper pusher. Oh the shame!

It would be interesting to see these masks hit a large American beach like Daytona. I think all the militias and rednecks would come out for target practice "saving" the USA from boogermen.

I'd want to be covered from head to toe going swimming in that cesspool too. There is a heavy price to pay for being the world's industrial armpit and having no environmental regulations.

Orange is the most effective in protecting people from sea creatures

Color does matter, though I wonder how accurate this is. A friend shopping for his first surf board was advised to avoid "yum yum" yellow as it's the most likely color to attract sharks. Orange can be close to yellow. Perhaps it's jellyfish that are put off by orange.

Well, stand one oe these nuts next to our recent American with the leather skin tan (who brought her daughter to the tanning salon), and THEN you'll have a photo!

But did you check out the 2 hot babes at the beginning of the story! WOW, They must be 10's, but it's a little hard to tell with those sexy ski masks on! And don't even get me started on those smokin hot wetsuits WoooHooo!!! If you plan on pickin up one of these beauties, make sure there are a couple of lumps up top, otherwise you might get a little surprise when you get "her" home!

These masks could be a boon to ugly girls too. Just think, they could be flirting with the lifeguard all day, and he would have no idea that underneath she is a beast! Or maybe fat chicks in bikinis could wear them and no one would know who they are while out struttin their stuff!

A long history of insanity.

Americans have no right to disrespect these people because of what they choose to wear.

Americans are the fattest group of people in the world. Obesity is the #1 driver of increased health care costs in the past decade and it will be the #1 driver of increased health care costs for the next 2 decades.

Americans are a bunch of fatties, LOSE WEIGHT AMERICA.

This is really the wrong name for this product, "kini" denotes LESS, not more! It should be the face-snuggy (or fasnuggy?).

And what factor does comfort play in all this? Hot enough for you?

They might as well just find an indoor pool. Getting stung by jellyfish is part of the beach experience. I know because I go alot and have been stung. : )

"The fairer you are, the wealthier or more respected you seem." - Boehner would be at a disadvantage, then.

they could save themselves some money and just not go to the beach...but they want to be seen..

Seems like a good idea to cover up that way if you are afraid of the elements. But probably not much fun.

I watched a show about the Chinese girls obsession with light skin. In their culture dark skin is equated with being a peasant farm laborer and light skin with wealth and upper class people (the fact you don't have to work in the fields or in the sun). This show had women who had burned their faces using skin lighteners and bleaches in an attempt to have a pale complexion. And most of these girls are young in their twenty's very sad. Just like in America young women ruin their skin in tanning beds and with heavy makeup just in reverse. Vanity no wonder its a sin.

LOL— Too funny -- leave it to China. `

People seem to forget that fair or tan has gone in and out of fashion in this country also. For the exact same reason as the Chinese state in the article. Which is in fashion really depends on what your economy is based on, that is whether being out in the sun is considered leisure or work.

The truth is that they are just ugly, so they made this crap up t be able to go to the beach.

Have they not heard of sun screen? I am fair and when I put on SPF 40 or higher, I get nothing. It almost looks like they are calling attention to themselves and still be anonymous. Creepy.

They could be avoiding a tan,or turning black from to much sun,or could be new wrestling tag teams. They will probably start importing those rags to sell here next.

I think it's racist

It just looks too damn hot to wear in the sun at the beach.

Unfortunately, I think all the citizens of China also realize they have invisible muzzles over their mouths to keep them from saying whatever is on their mind lest they wind up in prison and never enjoy a day at the beach again. The beaches and skyskrapers may look nice, yet its all under the guise of a ruthless censoring dictatorship.

Rod Father is right you know. All the snide comments about these people and you can go to any beach in America and see a 300 lb lady or man with all their sh!t just hanging out. Really what is more embarrassing than that, but Americans have come accustomed to seeing that. Think about what tourists must think when they visit.

Is this different then what we see, sure, but definitely not worse.

So if yellow skin gets a red sunburn, do they call their lower-class hicks "orangenecks"?

Way to go Booty (which really is another way of saying ass isn't it), You managed to turn a totally non political story into a political one.

Think about it and Rod Father - you are both really naive if you think America is the only country where you'll find people who are overweight at the beach.

I think pure white skin is very attractive on women. I know a girl who always covered herself and is now a woman with not a wrinkle. It sure beats some 40 year old woman that is turning into shoe leather. Americans associate a tan with being healthy. Anyone can roast out in the sun.

I think they are a bit scary. Kind of reminds me of the 1970's planet of the apes movie where they take off their faces. I do agree with a poster above, and I think that they should hand these out at Walmart, along with some moo moos. LOL

Most people would do fine with high-SPF waterproof sunscreen. But those with lupus and certain skin/pigment diseases might find these facekinis just the thing to protect themselves from harmful sun rays.

So what's the priority? Scaring away jellyfish? Keeping white skin? Protecting against skin cancer? Hiding your identity? These things just look too hot to be wearing at the beach unless you're there for swimming, not for the sun and sand.

Coming from Hawaii, being of brown skin, and basically living to be in the water, these things look like my idea of hell. Enabling a burn victim or photo-sensitive person to get out to the beach: great. Anybody else: Likely OCD candidate.

Kathy - ... when did northeast China become "Tropical"?

Have they not heard of sun screen?

Quite probably not. My wife came the US for the first time about a year ago, and she had never heard of it. And she grew up and lived in a medium-sized Chinese city of 6,000,000 people. When we visit her hometown I bring sunscreen with me because I can't easily find it there.

Having spend a fair amount of time in modern China I can see from many of the posts here that many Americans are completely ignorant of modern China.

So we (Muslims women) get laughed at for the concept of modesty in sports and fashion because it is for religious reasons. Yet for purely cosmetic reasons, it's perfectly acceptable?! It's just another niqab!! Where are the haters now?!

If they are laughing at you Kasmani,then they are a bunch of ignorant,under exposed biggots and not worth your time to worry over.

How is it disgraceful? Maybe the Chinese women are on to something. My own wife never, ever lays out in the sun and has slathered on sunblock since she was a kid. I slam the Chinese over lots of things, but this isn't one of them. If you notice, most forty year old Asian women look 30, yet most white women that age look 60.

Actually, how many people put on makeup,eye shadow,lipstick,eyeliner,dye their hair,end up getting plastic surgery to change their appearances? Some may think having fair skin is a sign of being wealthy and tan being poor but look how many go into having expensive clothing,purses,shoes,jewelry,cars and homes who really can't afford them. Just so others will think they are better off then they really are.

. It seems those who are poor, lack the money to buy such items and live close to the land, are usually the only ones not trying to pretend to be something they really aren't. Humility is more often to be found with those who can't afford vanity.

Most caucasian women aged 30 look well. I'm a guy. Caucasian males are the ones that look like grandpas when they reach middle age.

That mind set that if your skin is pale that you are wealthy and respected. What a pathetic disgraceful culture to live by. So if one has a tan they are poor?

And here in the USA the mind set is that if you have a tan you're considered to be hip, well-off, and athletic. People here actually pay money to exposed themselves to something that drastically increases their risk of skin cancer. How does that make more sense?

Get a life, Perfect Stance...

@ Perfect Stance......I think you need to look a bit at history and discover things Women did to appear socially "appropriate." This is nothing new by any means. In America, it considered women to be cultured and refined if they were pale too. Let alone, women had to learn to play the piano, as it was also a sign of culture and refinement. Frankly, I don't care if the Chinese want to wear masks at the beach, not for me to judge.

BLS-744.....sorry, nice try but many white women DO look 45 at 25, NOT just white men. In fact, I would say white men age better than them--only some with hairline issues tend to really look old and natural blond white men seem to for some reason age a little faster in the face. But of course there are exceptions. Many Asian women do NOT age well either---it is really only Chinese and Japanese, not all the other ones as some have weird large open pores in their faces. African descent women really age the best of all women of color, but no way our Eurocentric society will ever give them credit. But ask a white woman to tell you who ages the best and an honest, secure one will say black women. Fact!

Hotticket: Dude your so wrong, the Asian woman is beautiful (generally) UNTIL they reach 30 then they go down hill real fast. I apologize up front for this statement, but it is made from many years living & working in Asia.

OMG. Too similar to Munich 1972.

It's not only the Chinese, but also in India it is a sign of higher class/caste to have lighter skin. While in the Western world tanned skin is a sign that you have the money to go on a beachy vacation somewhere, in a lot of third-world countries it is vice-versa - tan skin is a sign that you are laboring somewhere outdoors all day to make a living, rather than lounging inside your home and away from the sun.

Masonanddixon: BWAAAhahahaha! You're exaggerating, guy! Your neighborhood must have a LOT of meth labs.

Usually 25 year olds aren't old enough to show the type of aging you claim. Now, I could agree with you that many 45-50 year old women look 10-20 years older than they are. By that age they've had many years to overindulge in whatever it is that causes them to look bad (usually sun bathing or illicit drugs/alcohol). Which goes back to WHY the Chinese are that worried about sun exposure. Also, poor aging on scale is usually the result of economic class, not race. Compare black people that live in industrialized nations (USA, Europe, etc.) and you'll probably see them age much better than poor black people still living in the wilds of Africa. Fact!

I agree that there are many, many beautiful black women. But also Chinese. And white. And hispanic. I wonder how loud you would have cried if someone had said white women age better than black women. Anyone not afro-centric is racist, hunh!

Perfect Stance: It has nothing to do with pretending to be rich or poor. Asian culture sees pale/spotless skin as a sign of beauty just like caucasian think full lips are attractive, as simple as that.

We used to have the same attitude about pale skin-- 100 yrs ago. I fact, I cant think of a single culture where darker skin is associated with higher class. Not even in africa and india. Wierd.

We used to have the same attitude about pale skin-- 100 yrs ago. I fact, I cant think of a single culture where darker skin is associated with higher class. Not even in africa and india. Wierd.

In America darker skin is associated with higher class. You see actors and actresses like Brad Pitt with tans all the time. Even Kate Middleton and her sister is tan. I see news anchors with fake tans all the time. Every time Mitt Romney does an interview I can't help but notice his orange complexion like someone painted him over with a brush. Almost all of the popular multi-million dollar athletes have a darker complexion.

We want to tan for the same reason. Back in the day, working people worked long days and six days a week in factories. They were very pale. You had to have money to have the time and leisure to lay out in the sun. So our like of tanned skin (which really only came about after WWII is for the same reason!

BLS-744646 wrote "Most caucasian women aged 30 look well. "

By age 35, the facial fat that makes them look more like children disappears, and then, they look more like men, only with thinner skin. These Chinese practices to preserve a youthful appearance should supercede the ridiculous tanning culture of the US. Tanning produces a healthy set of leopard spots.

Because you're not there.

...to enjoy the water. It's not just about going to make your skin look like worn out leather.

on another note, this is facekini should sell as well as the Shamwow and Schticky

Well....all i can say is that after enjoying the "salt" water in those things they might end up rethinking the benefits to their skin idea. Salt is as abrasive as sandpaper and after a long day frolicking around in those things... when they peel them off they are liable to look like somebody took a circular sander to their faces.

Having their nose and lips and eyelids exposed and protruding through those little holes with a bunch of course salt crystals grinding around in there every time they turn their heads will end that fad pretty quickly i suspect.

The salt in the ocean is dissolved, and as such there are no salt crystals.

huh?

oh boo hoo its racist to want fair, undamaged skin. get over yourself! I bet there is a hell of a lot less skin cancer over there. so let me guess you're one of those "america F--k yeah! i'm superior to everyone that walks amongst me" types? let me take you down a few pegs buddy; you are no better than anyone else even the facekini people. get over yourself, you'll never get laid with an attitude like that, sunshine.

I dont understand why you think its racist. They want fair skin...so what? It doesnt say only rich people can buy it, i doubt its all that expensive so anybody can get one. Sounds like somebody got bullied in school.....

he thinks its racist due to the wording of the article. i guess uneducated people such as perfect stance dont realize what a great big world we live in and that some cultures view things differently than others. the bullying thing may be on the mark as well.

I do agree with Perfect Stance that many Asian cultures, especially Japanese, want to be white but at the sme time loathe whites and think they are superior to Europeans. It is really rather weird when you stop to really consider it all. Impossible for most to be pale though because most of them are really dark, especially Vietnamese that live in the interior of the country--they look almost negroid in the face and hair texture. Really strange looking at them in my uncle's war pictures, I almost thought they were some rarely seen African tribe. LOL!

Perfect Stance, when I have to be around people like you it makes me wonder why people think racism is so bad. You almost make it seem like common sense. By your grammar and syntax, I doubt you are very highly educated. Maybe 8th grade grammar with low report card grades. Did you struggle when you read the Twilight books? Try to pay more attention in school this year. There's still hope for you, son.

They don't want to be white! Where the hell did you hear that? The asian cultures have viewed porcelian skin on women as a sign of beauty and breeding for about a thousand years before Marco Polo walked down the silk road. I'm thinking that you truly believe Asian people are yellow.LOL. Now that's racist...if you want to go there! Why did people think they were yellow? Well...because that is the hue that exposure to the sun turns them. Thus...just like European aristocrats,those people in Asia who wanted to announce their linneage through appreance avoided the sun,so as not to be looked upon like a common laborer,but hey if you want to attach racism to something that is a cultural practice thousands of years old! Then more power to you!

Perfect my garden is doing quite well actually. My impatiens are coming along beautifully, thanks for asking. and my dahlias are growing amazingly well and smell absolutely wonderful. As far as education goes, I had a college reading level when I was in 8th grade thank you very much. By time I was in 10th grade I had colleges lining up around the block to get me on full academic scholarships. I've probably read more books in one month than you have ever seen in your life. I have a university education my dear and for a 28 year old woman I am doing quite well so lets not go there, you and I. And, hunt79 is absolutely right! they do not want to be white, they want to stick with their culture that has been around for thousands of years before our culture was even thought of.

It's funny isn't it Mary? How these people ridicule cultures for being different and actually arrogantly suggest that they want to be more like us,when in truth and as has been known by well traveled souls on this earth for hundreds of years, that the American culture is the outcast society by large majority! It's amazing to me how some people in this country have become so comfortable sitting in judgement of the very cultures that helped to create their own society.

Do they not know what America is? And if not... how in the name of God have they managed to miss that one? Our society is or should i say "was" the culmination of world culture in a diverse blending. The so called "melting pot" yet they have somehow come to believe that the rest of the world is the subculture and we are the standard by which they are all derived. It's laughable really..but it's not one bit funny!

This attitude, though not altogether new to this nation has taken on epidemic proportion in the last 12 years and it is fairly obvious to me that the primary goal of crashing those planes through the twin towers has been overwhelmingly achieved! We have in short order become a society of pure fear and loathing, an intolerant and insular nation that was once birthed out of diversity and uniqueness and if we allow this proprietal hatred to continue to fester un -checked those ghouls who orchastrated 9/11 will have achieved their victory!

it's funny in a sad way. it's also insanely ignorant as well to have the beliefs that american culture is the only culture and all others should conform. american culture is relatively new compared to that of china or japan. our country is still a baby when compared to others. My family is from Hungary and they brought over their love for their culture whereas my husbands brought theirs from Ireland. Melting pot as you said. too bad people like Perfect have nothing better to do than drink beer, scratch balls and watch football on TV and occasionally troll news sites.

I'm glad that somebody still thinks that white also is beautiful, not just colored.

What a brilliant idea!!!! Let's call them ski masks!! Why didn't I think of that???

*chuckles*

Ha! Best response of the day.

They may be dressing a lot smarter than you. Melanoma is one of the deadliest forms of cancer. Guess where it comes from?

My husband has been battling metastatic melanoma for 3 years now. He wears something very similar when he is cutting the grass on the riding lawn mower.

The best advice we EVER received regarding Melanoma came from my husbands ASIAN surgeon. Very intelligent and straight forward, not like some of the American doctors ( some not all) that are obviously more concerned about their wardrobe or status.

Not always. A lot of us are smarter than that. But we aren't wearing ski masks to the beach. Sunscreen and hats people! Why go to the beach if you can't feel the ocean breeze in your face?

sunscreen if FULL of chemicals. Cotton masks to protect from the sun or long sleeve cotton shirts are much better than sunscreen. Like I said above my husband wears these to cut the grass. They are very comfortable and light. He would wear it to the beach if he wasn't afraid he would be ridiculed by people like you.

Most people who go to the beach don't get in the water.

You're aware that people are born with a wide variety of skin tones, right? Some of those include tan skin. I was BORN with it - I didn't choose to "damage" it and "turn it into leather."

And then YOU throw the term "racist" around? Do you even read what you write?

Most people who go to the beach don't get in the water.

Having spent some time at the beaches in Shenzhen I'll say the Chinese do go in the water there.

I assume you are speaking of dark skin that became dark unnaturally??? Because brown people are NOT viewed as having rough or 'dirty' skin--naturally dark tan to mahogany brown and all the shades in between are some of the prettiest skin around AND so is fine English porcelain skin--truly equally beautiful. I am certain your semantics were just unclear here.....

Have you ever noticed in India that the ruling class is very light skinned and the darkest color skin come from the untouchables?

As I said above, this notion of "light-skinned superiority" is widespread and deeply-rooted in different cultures; the Indian caste system, Chinese and African-American self-loathing, European and Japanese superiority complexes. Our entire human experience is anchored by "Light > Dark," and this has helped taint our relationships with one another for centuries. It will take some time for our species to get over it, but it might never go away for good.

A Hunan thing you mean?

Yeah, just give it a hundred years when the current generation (and accompanying mindset) dies off and society modernizes. Then the thought process will be the affluent ones are the ones traveling and getting some sun, and the poorer ones are staying indoors working. Then everybody will want to be tan.

England in the late 1500's sugar was a new and expensive treat only the wealthy could afford, and it blackened their teeth. The less afluent would blacken their teeth artificially to keep with the fashion. All in all people are an odd lot.

yea, you earthlings are crazy. ;)

I heard that. A co-worker invited me to go out with her and a group of her girlfriends after work so '......can get to know you'. I replied, i thought you all disliked dark skinned people. She looked puzzled for a moment, then something registered and she replied 'Oh! that's over there, but you are supposed to look like that' :-) :-)

FYI, Redneck has nothing to do with the sun..The term Redneck was given to union, yes union strikers in the coal mines that self identified being in the union with a RED KERCHIEF WORN AROUND THEIR NECK. So-o-o if you are a union member..you...are....a....redneck......Period! Now, as Paul Harvey used to say..that IS the rest of the story.

The term Redneck does NOT just have that meaning sir....sorry. Been in the Deep South ALL my life. It refers to a derogatory definition of poor, undeducated, rural whites that worked in the fields primarily in the South, causing the sun to burn their skin, especially their necks...the word is sort of similar in meaning as terms like"poor white trash"....The wearing of the red neckerchiefs came almost a century later at the beginning of the 1900s (a few decades before your coal miners started using the term) when poor whites in the Deep South began to own the term with pride instead of being ashamed of it, wearing these items around their necks to show solidarity and pride in being "rednecks" and Southern Democrats (different from the national Democratic party platform).

I got a 'Farmers tan' including a redneck. I'm sooo confused.

You're both wrong. "Redneck" is a term originating in England. Look it up. A particular group of people wore red scarves. When they came to the New World, they settled predominantly in the the South. They were quite the boisterous/uncouth bunch, both in England and after coming here. Those characteristics stayed with them and they lost the scarves so over the years it was assumed that "red neck" referred to sunburned skin resulting from the way of life they adapted to in the US. Perhaps the union scarves were an homage to the original rednecks or maybe it was just a coincidence and the same moniker was given to them. Either way, the term did not originate with the unions and it did not originate from sunburns on the back of necks.

*The More You Know....*

really so go through 10 layer of makeup, spend hr on makeup or plastic surgery is not crazy bunch. different culture has different values. you might want to travel abit instead sit on sofa all day and watch fox news.

The Chinese maybe crazy, but you Americans sure are dumb when it comes to tanning.

Culture is seldom distillable down to simple pithy statements. In some part of China, black TV personalities and newscasters (African emigres) are all the rage now (just like how Asian newscasters were in the US, once upon a time). China is a complex, diverse place, large enough do its own thing, just like the US is. It's generally a good thing not to generalize too much, I think.

You don't know what you are speaking of...."blacks don't like real dark mates..too jiggy".... no one in the black community even uses that term. Good Hell! LOL! So because of this stupid statement, I must get way off topic....I hope the community will forgive me but this deserves a rebuttal.

And what is this "Real" blacks term? You do know they come in all shades and features, EVEN in sub-Saharan Africa and especially in the Americas where race mixing was so prevalent between black women and white men--a black that is not "mixed" can, as a result, often look more "mixed" than a person that actually has a white parent but actually have very little outside blood--just pulled recessive genes from that relative. There are no REAL blacks in commercials because WHITE mostly Jewish men control Madison Avenue idiot! They have always tended to use lighter skinned blacks/Latinos in plain sight because that is what makes THEM feel more comfortable and they believed we felt the same way. The Madison Avenue compromise of the 70s--"yeah we will start showcasing blacks, but using blacks that don't look like blacks" as sort of a way to not offend the Southerners while advertising that product. EVERYONE knows this apparently except YOU! So blacks aren't making those decisions--corporations determine which ad agencies and for that matter which ad campaigns they want to use. If you go to Western Europe (minus the Iberian peninsula) where whites are no where near as self-centered and appreciate all beauty, beautiful black models--especially from the Afro-Carib islands, are all over billboards. Notice this same Jewish white media also is determined to shove black guy/white girl down everyone's throat when most black men date black women, and most white women date us, and the most common interracial pairing is WHITE/ASIAN but we never see them depicted anywhere. (Info from U.S. Census Bureau)

They also continue to 'feminize' the white male and are insistent on making him look "square", out of touch with society, "corny", weak and/or racist and ignorant. While painting the black male to be a stock broker on Wall Street with a degree from Morehouse---well we all know that only a fraction of their group have this life. More black women go to college (15:1 ratio of black women vs black men college degrees) but they are often portrayed as the 'welfare queen'. I can go on and on....and let us not get started on how the media portrays poor Mexicans. RME!

Beauty comes in all shades and is subjective. I don't care so much about color as I do skin damage. All shades of skin can be gorgeous or hideous depending on its condition.

I mask the flavor of their Happy Family with soy sauce

I wonder if you can get one of Hello Kitty?

Consider that many Asians look at Americans the same way.