"Pale is the New Tan"

[Shelley]

I think all skin colors are beautiful, from pale to dark. For myself I have yellow/olive undertones and tan easily. In my younger years, before skin cancer was discussed, I would bake in the sun. My uncle did get skin cancer about 6 years ago and had the lesions removed. Since that time I am more careful. I live in a climate where it is winter is 4-5 months out of the year and enjoy the warmth of summer and the sun. Although I have to say that now I am more careful, such as wearing sunscreen, and about the amount of time I am outdoors.

 

[kimberleyyy]

aww im pale

and i wish i was more tanned.

 

[han]

Originally Posted by Saja /img/forum/go_quote.gif I love my tan, I look good with a tan, but I dont spend hours on it. I get tanned by going to soccer games, playin in the water at the beach, and doing yard work. One of my best friends though, hates tanning...and she looks good pale. Healthy or not, I am not staying out of the sun, i do lots of things that arent good for me!! i agree^^ i love being active out doors, i live in florida and do like to go to the beach and pool and water parks. im not gonna hide from the sun either.. im more worried about wrinkles than cancer.. i think a sunkissed tan is super sexy.i also find pale sexy too like rose mcGowen(duno if i spelled her name right)

 

[abridget]

people like Liv Tyler blow me away, with their gorgeous sun-virgin skin. I avoid the sun now but I grew up in southern california and always loved the water - I was sunscreen conscious though I did tan moderately (spray tans are so great now, why would anyone leather their skin anymore?)

I've just always been an all-things-in-moderation type of person. My beauty icon when I was a little girl was Christy Brinkley and she wrote a beauty book that included suntanning - then a few years later she retracted all the things she said about the sun being healthy! I used to tan and I know tanning beds can be addicting because they make you feel really good! The endorphins your brain produce are very addicting because it's definitely relaxing.

There's no need for tanning bed tans anymore. Isn't there a Mystic Tan near you people who want a tan? Or use that Jergen's gradual tan lotion that gives the most natural looking tan ever.

 

[Lissaboo]

well I hope pale is the new tan because honey I'm Irish and it aint changin anytime soon! lol

 

[redcar1]

no its defenatelly not healthy but ur toned muscles are more visible and that glowing skin is great

 

[-KT-]

Originally Posted by Lissaboo /img/forum/go_quote.gif well I hope pale is the new tan because honey I'm Irish and it aint changin anytime soon! lol I can definitely relate to that.

 

[mbull1]

that would be wonderful, because no matter how hard i try...i am destined for pale!!!

 

[starkraving]

I'm Scottish- tan is never going to happen for me either- and I used to feel bad about that until I went to college. There were a ton of Phys-Ed majors that did total tan overkill to make their mucsles look better. They somehow managed to turn themselves so orange that I was afraid they would be attacked by rabits thinking they had hit the carrot mother-load.

It completely cured me of any urge to hit a tanning salon. But I still fake and bake my legs every once in a while so I don't blind people with the white glare that comes off them.

 

[Flawless_Skin]

I'm an Asian and for us we like to be Fair skin than Tan. Thus I used alot of Product with Kojic Acid which is a good lightening product.

 

[mabgab]

I am pale and have never wanted to be tan, and I don't tan anyway

 

[hillarymarie32]

I used to go tanning a couple years back, I never got too dark though as I'm a pretty fair skinned redhead [burn once in the summer, tan after that] but I used to hit the tanning beds every few days or so. Eventually I just got tired of going, not to mention the only tanning place in town where I'd been living at that time had raised their prices [$20 higher] so I decided to just stop going & saving my money instead. I prefer to be pale now than tan.

 

[LisaLu]

I tanned back in the 70s using baby oil. In my 20s, I began using sunscreen on my face b/c of hyperpigmentation. By the time I reached my 40s, the sun damage from the past surfaced mainly on my neck, chest & arms b/c I wasn't as diligent with the sunscreen in these areas & it ain't pretty. What looks like a lovely glow in your 20s may come back to haunt you in your 40s. I'll probably need laser treatments to get rid of some of this ugly damage. Wish I knew then what we know now.

 

[han]

this thread crack me up

pale is the new tan like big is the new skinny..

 

[KikiKristal]

I am pale, always has been and always will.

I'd like to have a healthy tan. Just a little bit.

But I would never use selftanning. A couple of girls in my class,

are a perfect example on why not.

 

[Momo]

 

[Hanamizu]

^ hahahahaa, nice

 

[beautyshopgirl]

That's great! I think younger people grew up hearing about the dangers of sun exposure and with more knowledge about protecting the skin from the sun. I'm pale and so are my kids. We cover them with sunscreen when they are outside.

 

[SierraWren]

Originally Posted by momokins /img/forum/go_quote.gif http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/041907/mostly-safe-tan-removal-sys.gif

...I am trying a self-tanner for the first time in my life today(I've used gradual tanners before, but never ones which work in an hour) from Clarins and am very excited to see the results.If it comes out well I'll post Before and After pics in my profile.(Hopefully these will not be "Albino" and "Radioactive Orange"...)

 

[snowhite_pia]

I'm shocked to know that even with the abundance of information on skin cancer, people still DARE go under the sun ON PURPOSE to get a tan. They say they look better with a "caramelized" color but don't they realize the danger they're in?