So from my experience, when I first apply the moisturizer during the day, my skin seems pretty normal and its the usual color... as the day goes by after 8-9 hours... my skin is really dark and it looks somewhat unwashed and dirty... the moisturizer does make your face appear much darker.... caz when you wash your face at night... you can see ur natural skin color which is much lighter than when u actually have the moisturizer on!! Anyways to prevent this from happening.... ?!?!?!?!! Its really hard to be walking around at school when ur face looks like it hasnt been washed for couple of days.... and it looks somewhat disgusting..!!! :/