Ladies, ? about self tanners

AmentsChick

know1 wrote:

I think tan is over-rated.

Then you've never seen my legs! :eek:

NY PJ1

know1 wrote:

I think tan is over-rated.

yes because the pasty white look is the way to go :rolleyes:

Phantom Pain

CityMouse wrote:

I was thinking, why don't guys use stuff like self tanners? My ex used to complain incessantly about not being tan, but he wouldn't use it.

Its called HAIR !

We are too hairy for that stuff...I dread putting on suntan lotion

Arms,legs....yuck

decides2dream

know1 wrote:

I think tan is over-rated.

agreed.


sure, a bit of color is nice, but i don't think necessary to be attractive. especially if you are quite fair, i personally don't think a 'tan' is worth the risks. beyond that, not a big fan of the self-tanners, i am all for natural, whatever is natural for your skin. however, i will agree that the jergens is probably one of the best, and less pricey options, out there if you really want to warm up your skin tone a bit. whoever said 10-15 minutes of sun a day and that's good....i kinda agree. getting a moderate amount of sun exposure, a little at a time, i think is a good thing. just don't bake yourself. me, i just stay white. it is rare that i allow myself to get even a wee bit of color, i usually avoid the sun at the peak times for gtting color, but sure on occasion i get a very light tan.

GraySaturday wrote:

thanks for your help friends!

I'd have no problem getting a little color on my arms/legs/face from being outside, but I want to tan to wear a bikini, and I'm just not going to lay out on my roof top deck in a bikini because its shared with the other people in my building, and thats a little much for me. So I need a natural looking lotion. I will try jergens for sure! Thanks guys!

ooooooooooooo...congrats on the bikini! i know it's been a goal of yours, so kudos! sure, a wee bit of color will go great with your new bikini body! :cool:

GraySaturday

decides2dream wrote:

ooooooooooooo...congrats on the bikini! i know it's been a goal of yours, so kudos! sure, a wee bit of color will go great with your new bikini body! :cool:

Yeah thats why I would be doing it. I am already very nervous about wearing a bikini for the very first time ever, and I feel like I'd fit in a little more if I had a little color at least to make myself not stand out. I don't really want any attention drawn to me, and the fact that I've really never seen anyone in a bikini as stark white as I am. Its more to take the edge off. I'm not looking to win Miss Hawaiian Tropic.. hahaha.

BizGirlVA

GraySaturday wrote:

Okay, so its mid summer, and I'm looking a lot like Casper the friendly ghost. I don't "go tanning", because I refuse to crisp myself into skin cancer, but I am looking for a self tanner that WILL NOT turn me oompa loompa orange.

I am scared to just go out and try something because I am so pale that if I turn orange it will be REALLY obvious.

I am going camping on a lake/beach in Michigan in a month and I do not want blind people with my fierce white skin.. please help!

I work PT at Bath and Body Works. Try the Solar Power Self Tanner, you may have to buy it online since it's probably no longer in the stores, but you may be able to find some in stores. It's in a spray so you can apply it to the hard to reach areas like the back. Just once over should give you stuble color and then you can re apply every three days to maintain, if you keep spraying more each day it will eventually turn you really dark. You probably want to just do it every three or four days. It costs $15 so get one of those $10 of $30 coupons and buy two and save yourself $5 on each.

Let me know how it works for you!

libragirl

NY PJ1 wrote:

go take the sun instead of using that fake shit

hooray for skin cancer!

NY PJ1

libragirl wrote:

hooray for skin cancer!

with all the problems in the world..............

and i notice the pasty white people are the ones who say this

the tube of glue look isn't happening lol

eyedclaar

Phantom Pain wrote:

Its called HAIR !

We are too hairy for that stuff...I dread putting on suntan lotion

Arms,legs....yuck

I stomp my feet and squirm and try to run off when my wife goes to put sunblock on me. I hate putting any kind of lotion on.

CityMouse

NY PJ 1-

everyone would prefer to be in the sun (and I do agree that small amounts of sun are probably healthy) but who has time to go to the beach? I spend a lot of my free time outside in the process of things, but I find I never really get a "tan" unless I lie out on the beach. Plus, tanning requires wearing a bathing suit in public, which I personally have vowed never to do again.

Heineken Helen

CityMouse wrote:

NY PJ 1-

everyone would prefer to be in the sun (and I do agree that small amounts of sun are probably healthy) but who has time to go to the beach? I spend a lot of my free time outside in the process of things, but I find I never really get a "tan" unless I lie out on the beach. Plus, tanning requires wearing a bathing suit in public, which I personally have vowed never to do again.

hmm... 'knowing' NYPJ1, I'm guessing he only means the 5'7 supermodel looking blondes anyway... otherwise he'd probably tell you you've no right being on a beach.

chime

I'm about as pale as you get and for a while use to use fake tan on my legs but now choose just to accept I'm pale and stay white year round and if it bothers any one to look at my pasty white legs that's their problem. Don't want to risk burning and skin cancer.

And for GS from friends have heard the tinted body moisturisers seem to work a lot better for the subtle colour than the actual fake tans. I know a few people that use Johnson's Holiday Skin

CityMouse

Heineken Helen wrote:

hmm... 'knowing' NYPJ1, I'm guessing he only means the 5'7 supermodel looking blondes anyway... otherwise he'd probably tell you you've no right being on a beach.

ahhhh...one of 'those'...I see...

Heineken Helen

Chime wrote:

I'm about as pale as you get and for a while use to use fake tan on my legs but now choose just to accept I'm pale and stay white year round and if it bothers any one to look at my pasty white legs that's their problem. Don't want to risk burning and skin cancer.

And for GS from friends have heard the tinted body moisturisers seem to work a lot better for the subtle colour than the actual fake tans. I know a few people that use Johnson's Holiday Skin

I used Johnsons for a while when it came out first... and it came out patchy just a bit... probably only enough for me to notice... but also enough for me to feel paranoid. I hear they've improved it since though.

NY PJ1

CityMouse wrote:

NY PJ 1-

everyone would prefer to be in the sun (and I do agree that small amounts of sun are probably healthy) but who has time to go to the beach? I spend a lot of my free time outside in the process of things, but I find I never really get a "tan" unless I lie out on the beach. Plus, tanning requires wearing a bathing suit in public, which I personally have vowed never to do again.

hey thats what the weekends are for,,,the beach or pool

as for the bathing suit thing

im overweight and i could care less about wearing a bathing suit,,,someone has a problem with it they can come tell me

i mean are u gonna be afraid to wear a bathing suit and ruin your fun?
thats crazy

chime

NY PJ1 wrote:

im overweight and i could care less about wearing a bathing suit,,,someone has a problem with it they can come tell me

:cool:

... and similarly a person shouldn't feel they have to have a tan to wear a bathing suit to the beach, a skirt in the summer etc ... shouldn't have to feel ashamed of being pale and like you have to have a tan ...

CityMouse

NY PJ1 wrote:

hey thats what the weekends are for,,,the beach or pool

as for the bathing suit thing

im overweight and i could care less about wearing a bathing suit,,,someone has a problem with it they can come tell me

i mean are u gonna be afraid to wear a bathing suit and ruin your fun?
thats crazy

weekends, unfortunately, are for exercising, cleaning the house, grocery shopping, and even working.

as for the bathing suit thing...spoken like a true guy. womens bathing suits don't even cover your legs. it's like walking around in your underwear, even if you wear a one-piece. there is NOWHERE to hide. and they're made of spandex!!! SPANDEX!!! I'd love it if my "bathing suit" were baggy shorts down to my knees! plus, it's far more acceptable for men to be overweight and go to the beach as such. and it's not just about being over weight, either. for a woman to go to the beach she has to shave/wax in certain areas that can cause her to break out and look even worse than having hair (that's been my problem with wearing a bathing suit since I was 12- I can't not shave, but if I do, I show up at the beach with 6 inches of disgusting red acne down my legs). Plus some women have cellulite or other skin issues body shapes they don't want to advertise...whatever. Putting on a bathing suit requires weeks of preparation, choosing the right one for your body (impossible, and the worst shopping trip of your life, every time, and for some reason, they cost about as much as a winter coat), spending $X on waxing every so often, etc.

haha sorry, but all that for a tan I'm going to cover with pants the next day...I don't think so.

meme

Heineken Helen wrote:

hmm... 'knowing' NYPJ1, I'm guessing he only means the 5'7 supermodel looking blondes anyway... otherwise he'd probably tell you you've no right being on a beach.

name me a 5'7'' tall supermodel :eek:

NY PJ1

Chime wrote:

:cool:

... and similarly a person shouldn't feel they have to have a tan to wear a bathing suit to the beach, a skirt in the summer etc ... shouldn't have to feel ashamed of being pale and like you have to have a tan ...

hey if your cool with the pale look fine,,, all im saying is alittle color gives u a healthier look imo

libragirl

well Im not pasty..Im Italian..I have olive skin. . I get sun when im walking around but I don't actually go out to "tan".

NY PJ1 wrote:

with all the problems in the world..............

and i notice the pasty white people are the ones who say this

the tube of glue look isn't happening lol