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Post by midjd on May 22, 2014 16:09:10 GMT -5
The pantyhose thread got me thinking…
My legs are a color not generally found in nature. (DD was born in November, literally did not see the sun until she was about a month old, and was still darker than me.) in past years I have done the self tanner lotions, etc., with varying levels of success. I don't want to be dark, or even necessarily "tan," but would like to not scare children.
I thought it might be easier to get an overall body spray tan as sort of a base and then just touch up throughout the summer.
Has anyone done this? Any tips? How much did it cost? How long did it last? Recommended vendors/chains?
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2014 16:12:36 GMT -5
My recommendation is get a little sun.
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Post by Rocky Mtn Saver on May 22, 2014 16:16:07 GMT -5
Not all of us tan in the sun, believe me. I've spent a lifetime dealing with being pasty and pale no matter what I do. Unless I'm red, which is all the sun does for my skin tone. I'm curious about Mid's question because I've recently developed some kind of allergy reaction to the bronzed lotions that I used to use. Now I break out in itchy rashes when I tried 3 different brands.
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Post by zibazinski on May 22, 2014 16:44:40 GMT -5
The first time I did a spray tan, it shocked me that it was cold! I don't like the look of spray tans. If you can't get the real thing, go to a bed.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2014 16:47:23 GMT -5
Buy some panty hose. Much healthier for your skin.
I am going to edit this to add that I have severely sun-damaged skin and never really tried to tan in my life. I never had the patience and would only freckle. I only got sunburned once and it was on my legs. (Legs propped up while boating did it.)
But years and years of going without sunscreen (you used tanning lotions back then to HELP you tan) has left me with fragile skin. If I reach for a soft drink and the edge of the carton grazes my arm, I need a Band-Aid. Except band-aids rip the skin off. So I often have to do an ace type wrap.
If you don't want this to be you, slather on the sunscreen and quit worrying about a "tan." Certainly stay away from trying to get some "sun" and tanning beds.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2014 16:53:54 GMT -5
The first time I did a spray tan, it shocked me that it was cold! I don't like the look of spray tans. If you can't get the real thing, go to a bed. seriously? nobody uses a tanning bed except idiotic teens....but if cancer is your end game, definately go to a tanning salon
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Post by Sam_2.0 on May 22, 2014 16:55:50 GMT -5
Mid - just dye your hair black and go with the vampire look
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Post by zibazinski on May 22, 2014 16:56:14 GMT -5
Seriously, there's all kinds of tanning beds. I don't know any idiotic teens.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2014 16:56:45 GMT -5
Mid - just dye your hair black and go with the vampire look Forget mine, go with this!
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Post by taz157 on May 22, 2014 17:00:04 GMT -5
Mid - just dye your hair black and go with the vampire look Forget mine, go with this! Yeah that!
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Post by whoami on May 22, 2014 17:03:22 GMT -5
I know too many people who have had skin cancer to go without sunscreen especially on my face. I have a good friend who is 9 years older than me who was a tanner...she looks 70+ and is in her mid 50s. She was mistaken for my mother once. I am 46. She also had a large area of skin cancer on her arm removed last year.
I use Avon Skin So Soft satin glow. Its like a regular lotion and I put it on every 3 days or so until Im happy with the color. It doesnt fade weird and doesnt stink too much like self tanner. Its really not that much trouble and doesnt get streaky or stain your hands as long as you wash them good. Its a nice brown color too, not orange. I dont put it on my face though, a little bronzer and I look tanned.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2014 17:04:43 GMT -5
Seriously, there's all kinds of tanning beds. I don't know any idiotic teens. really so they have ones that are perfectly safe and don't age skin or increase your risk of cancer?
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Post by Cookies Galore on May 22, 2014 17:14:22 GMT -5
Seriously, there's all kinds of tanning beds. I don't know any idiotic teens. really so they have ones that are perfectly safe and don't age skin or increase your risk of cancer? It's probably one of those machines that use kittens to gently lick on the color. Oh wait. They don't exist. Though that does sound awesome!
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Post by gooddecisions on May 22, 2014 17:24:51 GMT -5
Don't bother with the overall body spray at the salon. It won't work to maintain on your own and you'll look like you have a skin disease. Just buy a self-tanner moisturizer at the drug store and use that instead of lotion on your legs. It works great and looks natural. Nivea and Jergens both work fine. I only get the salon full body spray in the winter when I have to wear a slinky, strapless or backless dress. Self-tanners and pools/beaches do not mix all that well- at least if you plan to get in the water.
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Post by Tiny on May 22, 2014 17:30:21 GMT -5
I think you should go with the spray on tan. It's fun to see blotchy radioactive orange people walking around. Makes people watching so much more interesting. A friend does the spray on tan multiple times over the course of the summer. Here's MY recommendations based on my friend's ever changing skin color: 1.) it takes a couple two three days for the color to 'settle down' and look vaguely natural. During that 2-3 days you MAY scare people if you go out in public. You might want to plan your life accordingly. 2.) during the initial few days you may find the color rubs off on everything - so you might NOT want to wear/use your really expensive clothes/PJs and bed linens and towels. 3.) You may want to have the spray coating done professionally - especially if you are doing this for some big Event. The first couple of times my friend did her own spray on tan - she looked especially scary since it didn't go on very evenly - she was radio active orange for nearly a week AND had streaks and blotches that lasted longer than the week. I think it took her 3 or 4 times doing it herself before she got the hang of it and now only looks odd for a few days. I think you'd look alot less scary being lilly white than being radioactive orange.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2014 17:36:57 GMT -5
So, I hear ingesting spray tan can cues lung cancer ... I suggest you go with this bit of advice from egg and I ... "Accept your color as your cross and do nice things for poor people"
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Post by midjd on May 22, 2014 17:40:26 GMT -5
Buy some panty hose. Much healthier for your skin.
I am going to edit this to add that I have severely sun-damaged skin and never really tried to tan in my life. I never had the patience and would only freckle. I only got sunburned once and it was on my legs. (Legs propped up while boating did it.)
But years and years of going without sunscreen (you used tanning lotions back then to HELP you tan) has left me with fragile skin. If I reach for a soft drink and the edge of the carton grazes my arm, I need a Band-Aid. Except band-aids rip the skin off. So I often have to do an ace type wrap.
If you don't want this to be you, slather on the sunscreen and quit worrying about a "tan." Certainly stay away from trying to get some "sun" and tanning beds. I am a sunscreen aficionado. Hence the question on spray tans, since I'm not getting the real thing (It's different than a tanning bed. No UV lights, just liquid dye or whatever it is that's used).
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Post by midjd on May 22, 2014 17:44:25 GMT -5
So looks like the consensus is no? Damn. I had one summer when I used the Dove lotion that gives you a slight "glow"... It worked pretty well but smelled awful. Maybe it's improved since then.
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Post by gooddecisions on May 22, 2014 17:58:46 GMT -5
The salon version doesn't smell that great either and you can't shower for several hours.
Give it a try. The ones I've gotten have always come out great, look perfectly natural and are not orange at all. I've done the shower stall mystic tans (not the ones in the salon where a person hand sprays you). I just wanted to warn you that summer isn't necessarily the best time for them because sand will scrub it off and chlorine will make it dissolve. Also, it takes a couple of times to perfect how to cover your fingers, wrists, elbows, knees, hairline, ankles and feet so that those areas come out right. Hard exercise like running, will cause it to come off on your feet and any areas sweating and rubbing. I only do it for special events because going every week would be expensive and add unnecessary maintenance to my routine. It will start to look bad within about 5 days, shorter if you exercise, swim or exfoliate.
If it's just your legs you're worried about, I think the ones at the drug store will meet your needs much better.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2014 18:14:00 GMT -5
DD got a spray tan for her prom and she looked great.
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Post by kittensaver on May 22, 2014 18:18:24 GMT -5
The salon version doesn't smell that great either and you can't shower for several hours. Give it a try. The ones I've gotten have always come out great, look perfectly natural and are not orange at all. I've done the shower stall mystic tans (not the ones in the salon where a person hand sprays you). I just wanted to warn you that summer isn't necessarily the best time for them because sand will scrub it off and chlorine will make it dissolve. Also, it takes a couple of times to perfect how to cover your fingers, wrists, elbows, knees, hairline, ankles and feet so that those areas come out right. Hard exercise like running, will cause it to come off on your feet and any areas sweating and rubbing. I only do it for special events because going every week would be expensive and add unnecessary maintenance to my routine. It will start to look bad within about 5 days, shorter if you exercise, swim or exfoliate. If it's just your legs you're worried about, I think the ones at the drug store will meet your needs much better. I agree. If you just want to go bare-legged in a nice (or casual!) dress, exfoliate your legs well and use a few day's worth of the drugstore stuff in place of moisturizer. I like the Nivea. (At least to me) it doesn't really add much color, but it does smooth out my skintone.
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Post by raeoflyte on May 22, 2014 18:35:17 GMT -5
The spray tans are awesome. Sure there are bad ones out there but done right you'd never know it was a spray tan.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2014 18:38:59 GMT -5
I guess this is another area in which I don't understand how replacing the natural with chemicals is supposed to be better for you...
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on May 22, 2014 18:45:12 GMT -5
I could have written the OP, and actually planned to start a thread like this in the next day or two.
I have been invited to a wedding in a few weeks. The dress I WANT to wear is sleeveless. I thought I'd ask you all about preferences between self-tanners and spray tans. I was leaning toward spray tans since I can use self tanner easily enough on my legs and lower arms, but how do I apply it on my bad, neck, and shoulders (DH HATES ointments, LOL, and would not help with this).
Oy. Now I need to rethink the dress. I do have a couple of cute shrugs/boleros and a sweater that I could wear over my arms, but if it turns out to be a hot day, I will melt.
Are you certain spray tans look day-glo and not natural?
GRG<<<<------that Casper the Ghost Irish girl from Boston who has already had skin cancers removed, whose sister had stage 3 melanoma, and who would never be caught dead in a tanning bed or trying to get the real thing but still wants to mellow the sharp contrast between her paper white skin and the navy dress she bought to wear (and loves).
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2014 18:51:35 GMT -5
Just be white GRG... Embrace the pale!
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Post by Tiny on May 22, 2014 19:01:11 GMT -5
Maybe it depends on your skin and whatever color it is naturally for getting good results. My 'alien looking for a couple days' friend is naturally a greyish/bluish white and does get a tan of sorts if she's out in the sun. Another friend is paper white and turns red in the sun and then returns to paper white (once the red goes away). I'm more of a peachy-flesh toned/pink white, I do get tan ish from the sun, but I turn red first. Guess I'm pointing out that there are different kinds of 'white' tones. I guess I'd suggest trying out the spray tan (or a professionally done one) but if I wanted to be 'tan' for some occasion, I'd probably treat myself to potentially TWO tans... one as an experiment well before the Big Event and then if I was happy with the results I'd do it again before the Big Event (based on how long the color lasts). That kinda solves all the problems - you get to try out a 'faux tan' and if it works you get to enjoy it a second time along with a fun event.
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on May 22, 2014 19:20:19 GMT -5
Do you get a spray tan naked, or wear an old bathing suit that you don't care if it gets ruined by the tanning solution, or do they give you one of those goofy paper bikinis?
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Post by Miss Tequila on May 22, 2014 19:27:32 GMT -5
The first time I did a spray tan, it shocked me that it was cold! I don't like the look of spray tans. If you can't get the real thing, go to a bed. That is horrible advice. I had melanoma...no one should ever go to a tanning bed.
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Post by raeoflyte on May 22, 2014 19:35:42 GMT -5
I guess this is another area in which I don't understand how replacing the natural with chemicals is supposed to be better for you... Not better for you but not bad to do sometimes either. Sent from my ADR6410LVW using proboards
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Post by qofcc on May 22, 2014 22:09:48 GMT -5
My legs are naturally pasty pale so I've been using that Jergens natural glow lotion in the light shade. I put baby oil on in the shower then towel off then put a little of the Jergens stuff on then some shea butter lotion over it.
I do it every day or two. I tried using it by itself but I kept getting streaks. Using something before & after makes it much more even. The smell isn't bad & goes away quickly. I'm not aiming for the really tan look just closer to the color of my hands.
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