Tanning

kluchetta · Jun 15, 2007

Originally Posted by Mirinae

Wow. I'm lighter than blonde or cream.

You know when you buy make-up, they have colours like "ivory" and "pale"? I'm paler than that.

I am so very, very white.

I agree! Is there like a "zero" number? LOL.

That's me.

I guess that guy was trying to be witty, but only made it half-way!

rockcat · Jun 15, 2007

I don't think tanning is the real issue here. Yelling "advice" out of a moving vehicle is obviously not meant to be helpful, regardless of the message.

renovia · Jun 15, 2007

Originally Posted by Trouts mom

Its stupid to yell at a complete stranger about something they know nothing about for sure

As far as tanning..I won't do it ever again..Simply because my grandma died of skin cancer and I am very fair skinned. Last year I tanned for about 7 months, and my skin got all weird and cancer looking, so its just not for me.

I have been using the Jergens body glow, and for me its a godsend..even though I am not brown...I feel alot more confident because at least I have SOME colour and not at my skins expense.

how did it get all cancer looking?? that must have been strange.

Originally Posted by twstychik

Nope... Besides I was going IN... not coming out! I know "healthy tanning" is an oxymoron but there is such a thing as safe tanning IMO. I'm somewhere between toast & mocha and actually I think I'm done. I'm not gonna bother w/ my last session next week.

I'm cream. I agree that there is no such thing as healthy tanning. But it's anyone's perogative and for me, I go once a week or less because it HELPS my skin not have excema breakouts. I don't have excema on my face or hands or lower arms or feet or lower legs, etc......the parts that get SOME exposure to UV on a daily basis....

I get it on the parts that never see the light of day - and that's the stuff that needs to look pretty for hubby....not pasty and cracked and itchy...So unless I want to walk around buck naked all day I'll stick with the tanning..

(ps. i've used just about every cream on the market and tanning is the only thing that really helps)

kluchetta · Jun 15, 2007

Originally Posted by Renovia

I'm cream. I agree that there is no such thing as healthy tanning. But it's anyone's perogative and for me, I go once a week or less because it HELPS my skin not have excema breakouts. I don't have excema on my face or hands or lower arms or feet or lower legs, etc......the parts that get SOME exposure to UV on a daily basis....

I get it on the parts that never see the light of day - and that's the stuff that needs to look pretty for hubby....not pasty and cracked and itchy...So unless I want to walk around buck naked all day I'll stick with the tanning..

(ps. i've used just about every cream on the market and tanning is the only thing that really helps)

Wow...sunlight helps eczema???? I'm gonna have to lie out so I can get that nasty area behind my knees taken care of. It's itchier than a mosquito bite!

roimata · Jun 15, 2007

O yeah? My skins so white it doesnt register on film!

trixie23 · Jun 15, 2007

Are you getting to dark or orange? This is a simple question because the only time I want to yell that to a person (and I dont, I mumble it to myself) is when it has been taken to the extreme! I don't tan because I am so fair skinned, I'd just be begging for cancer (I mean I am butt white). I use to go to the tanning beds until I started haivng a funky reaction... I would tan ten minutes and without any burn (later in the evening) my skin would feel like needles were trying to poke through from the inside out... It was like prickly heat... I would cry because it was so irritating and I couldn't use anything to stop it (since it was from inside, not my outer layer of skin)... I also gave up on tanning because it takes me forever to get one and I end up with more freckles regardless...which I dont need anymore of! I see nothing wrong with tanning for a wedding, we all know the hazards (there are many in life) and it's to each their own! I wouldn't do it daily for years, but I might for a special occassion! I hope your wedding goes perfect and who cares what that hag had to say about you, she is just jealous

shopcat · Jun 15, 2007

Too bad you couldn't have told that person to mind their own damned business!
I'm a coastal Floridian, so I am tan, & go to the beach for a little while one afternoon each weekend, weather permitting. We don't stay too long, less than 2 hours maybe. I don't cook myself out there like I used to.
I know there are risks, I know it's causing skin damage, but it's like smoking. We do it anyway. I know I look better with a tan, wrinkles & all, when my skin is winter pale, it looks greenish grey & shadowy to me, I can't stand it, & I don't like to wear much makeup.
I occasionally use some of the self tanners too, but don't like the way they make me feel greasy & sweaty. Wearing a heavy sunscreen feels like I am wearing a coating of wax. In this heat, it feels too suffocating, too heavy & sticky.
I don't really care much for tanning beds at all, don't care much for the color, & laying on a hard surface like that for any length of time just hurts.
I've been told many times that I look young for my age, but that's living in a land of lizards!

cococat · Jun 15, 2007

I think the sun has a lot of benefits that people just can't from indoors. Lots of vitamins that are useful to your skin and body in proper amounts. Anything in excess is not good, you have to know your limits of course. My grandparents owned and worked a farm, they didn't use sunscreen back then, they are still very old and healthy today, no skin cancer, they don't look bad either, they look a lot better than some of the ladies I know that tan excessively.

I am light skinned blue eyed too so do take precautions most of the time due to my skin color. But I don't think healthy is staying indoors or going to tanning beds. I am all for the natural sunlight and laying out at the beach - natural tanning if you will, I love the heat, I don't always wear sunscreen since I think the sun does more good than damage when in moderation (of course this doesn't go for long excessive amounts of time outdoors under the sun, in that case I apply different sunscreens or I know I will sunburn, and that is not healthy).

But I don't like tanning beds personally, I hate the way I feel inside there, but I don't mind spray tans. I did spray tan at a salon a couple of times for a wedding, it works really well. It works really fast too and can get your skin shades darker faster than the sessions at a tanning bed.

scamperfarms · Jun 15, 2007

I tan..ocassionaly. I usually work my way into a gradual tan over a months time. Because, I work outside alot in the summer with the horses and animals. and if i dont have a good base tan no matter how much sunscreen i slather on i am hopeless and burn. so i get a nice gradual base tan and i am done for the year and live with my sunscreen when working out at the barn.

starryeyedtiger · Jun 15, 2007

The way i see it- nowdays there is no good excuse to lay out or go to tanning beds - let alone no good reason to smoke(etc).....since we all now know how bad it is for us. I USED to go to the tanning bed before i knew it was bad for me (nobody ever took the time to tell me when i was younger) i'm sure i damaged my skin from all the tanning i did then- and the burns my mom let me get when i was little because she didn't always make me wear sunscreen. So now i try VERY hard to make sure that I wear sunscreen every single day. My risks for skin cancer are high- previous sun damage, peeling, freckles, pale skin, hazel eyes.....so i have no excuse now not to protect myself from a cancer that is completly preventable- not to mention nasty leathery skin and wrinkles down the road. I wear SPF 70 every single day religiously!

And i am proud of that- now that i know how bad tanning is- there is no way i'm going to continute to expose myself to a preventable cancer. That's just my opinion on this topic and i'll keep it at that. While i'm thinking about it- there is no such thing as a "base tan" - any skin color change to your skin is a sign of damage. If you would like a nice tan for your wedding- you might consider getting a Mystic Tan instead hon- you'll have no damage to worry about and only good color

It might take at least 2-3 good sessions for good coverage/color though.

That being said- i do not stay indoors like a hermit just to avoid the sun

I go outside (i work outside at least two hrs. most morning cleaning kennels/walking dogs) and have fun- i just make sure i'm responsible about sunscreen before heading outdoors.

scamperfarms · Jun 15, 2007

StarryEyedTiGeR;1834698 said:
That's just my opinion on this topic and i'll keep it at that. While i'm thinking about it- there is no such thing as a "base tan" - any skin color change to your skin is a sign of damage. QUOTE]

While I agree that damage is damage. From my own experience I cant agree with the no such thing as a "base tan" from my own personal experience with my skin, if i have no tan at all no matter how much or what SPF i put on of sunscreen i burn. however if i have some tan on me, I dont I am fine so..go fiqure.

i am by no means saying tanning is healthy. But imo for me getting some color is the lesser of two evils.

babyharley · Jun 15, 2007

I think it was quite rude of that person to yell that out to you!

I don't go tanning in a bed, because I don't have the money. I usually go about a month in the spring to get a decent tan, and I'm outdoors so much in the summer that it just stays with me.

I haven't gone tanning this year, and I probably wont. I'm outdoors enough the way it is.

I hope you get the perfect tan for your wedding day!

dragoriana · Jun 15, 2007

Having pale skin and been through a couple of bad burns (shoulders blistered and legs peeled and couldn't walk) i will never try to get colour ever again unless by some miracle there is a tanning product that doesnt streak and make me look like an oompa loompa.

the sun is evil!!!

trouts mom · Jun 15, 2007

Originally Posted by Roimata

Theres no such thing as a healthy tan.

There is when you use lotion

trouts mom · Jun 15, 2007

Originally Posted by Renovia

how did it get all cancer looking?? that must have been strange.

I started getting these weird bumps..and I would get these dark scaly patches..I have a bunch of red bumps permanently on my face now. You wouldn't notice it..but I sure do

Sun damage sucks, I can't beleive I did that on purpose! And it was because of peer pressure from my friends..."it'll make you feel more confident"..blah!! They can keep their skin cancer.

trouts mom · Jun 15, 2007

Originally Posted by Roimata

O yeah? My skins so white it doesnt register on film!

Mine is so white, I am transparent

dragoriana · Jun 15, 2007

eek i finally found it. in true spirit of my heritage

"And then some adenoidal typists from Birmingham with flabby white legs and diarrhoea trying to pick up hairy bandy-legged wop waiters called Manuel"

Well the first half before the toilet troubles is true!

Monty Python are scary

Yes this does have something to do with the tanning thread

renovia · Jun 15, 2007

Originally Posted by Trouts mom

I started getting these weird bumps..and I would get these dark scaly patches..I have a bunch of red bumps permanently on my face now. You wouldn't notice it..but I sure do

Sun damage sucks, I can't beleive I did that on purpose! And it was because of peer pressure from my friends..."it'll make you feel more confident"..blah!! They can keep their skin cancer.

that's strange, i've seen that on rashes people have gotten from unclean booths/beds....but to still have it, eek

Originally Posted by trixie23

I see nothing wrong with tanning for a wedding, we all know the hazards (there are many in life) and it's to each their own!

and i would classify a wedding as pretty hazardous

kluchetta · Jun 15, 2007

So...if a person had naturally olive skin, and it got darker in the sun...isn't that sort of ok? Because that's why they have darker skin to begin with? I'm thinking of my hubby who is 1/2 Italian, and therefore my daughter who also has dark skin. My hubby has been in the sun a LOT during his life, with Drum Corps and all, and his skin is smooth and unmarred. My skin is all freckly and icky.

breal76 · Jun 15, 2007

You should have given that guy the bird. People need to learn how to mind their own business.

I don't have a problem with tanners. As long as they don't go over board. I do not care for people who let their teenage children tan though.

I tan quite easily. I am pale, but for some reason catch color easy. I can be outside for 10 minutes, and have a tan. I do think that because I am half hispanic this counts for something.

For my face I do wear sunblock. I also use a self tanning bronzer on it at night. ( Chanel bronzer for the face is a god send )

I think in the end though, no matter what shade you are as long as you are happy with it that's all that matters.

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