tanning

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Posted by catsgirl

I started tanning against my own better judgement, it is something I normally do not do. but I am actually starting to like the color of my skin, I just hope I do not ruin my skin. I just dont want to look to pale in my gown. do any of you tan at the salon?

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I'm worried about this too and I don't want a real tan because i won't look like myself. But I think I definitely want to look sunkissed -- maybe I can get this effect with make-up, like a bronzer?

i like the bed ive used in combination with the lotion i use, looks more natural. I am going to go a few times before the wedding, and hoping i get some color when im in vegas 2 weeks before the wedding so it will be both half fake and half real tan i dont want to be TOO tanned though so im trying to figure out how many times to go before, the bed i use gets you pretty tanned, but its a bronzer so dont get orange or anything hahaha nor red

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Posted by Espo22

i like the bed ive used in combination with the lotion i use, looks more natural. I am going to go a few times before the wedding, and hoping i get some color when im in vegas 2 weeks before the wedding so it will be both half fake and half real tan i dont want to be TOO tanned though so im trying to figure out how many times to go before, the bed i use gets you pretty tanned, but its a bronzer so dont get orange or anything hahaha nor red

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oh yeah, i forgot to add that i also use Jergens natural glow firming lotion. Thats supposed to give you a natural sunkissed glow after a while

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Posted by jeanyus27

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Posted by Espo22

i like the bed ive used in combination with the lotion i use, looks more natural. I am going to go a few times before the wedding, and hoping i get some color when im in vegas 2 weeks before the wedding so it will be both half fake and half real tan i dont want to be TOO tanned though so im trying to figure out how many times to go before, the bed i use gets you pretty tanned, but its a bronzer so dont get orange or anything hahaha nor red

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oh yeah, i forgot to add that i also use Jergens natural glow firming lotion. Thats supposed to give you a natural sunkissed glow after a while

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YES BUT please be careful. I used it for a week and yes got nice color but after a week i noticed that when i would get out of the shower and dry myself off SO much would come off on the towel and i mean alot. Infact i started testing it out after that and if you rub the towel on your skin the color came off, so bc with your dress

last week i started tanning too. this is only the 2nd time i tried. i am only going until the wedding too. i want a natural sun kissed glow. so far i really like it BUT i promised myself i won't get addicted.

good luck

i was thinking about this too. i have used the jergens before and i usually use tan towels. they work pretty well and give you a nice color. only thing is at times they tend to rub off on towels, clothes, etc. i'm afraid of this happening on my dress. i mean, it would be on the inside of the dress and i don't think anyone would see, but just the same I don't want anything on my dress. i've been tanning before, but i'm so pale that I think it's even more dangerous for me.

I was thinking about that tanning place people have talked about in great neck. does anyone have experience there? does that tan rub off like the other products?? TIA!

I'm starting this week. Like some of the others, I don't want to look too different, just sun-kissed. I think it really makes a difference. I'll probably be going a couple times a week for a month before the wed.
I've tanned before, just for a couple of years, but I usually only go right before summer so I don't look so pasty in summer clothes. haha I don't think it will too bad for your skin if you do it just a little. Now if you tan everyday, that's a different story!

I used to work at a tanning salon many years ago. There was this bed called the ultra bronze. It doesn't have any UVB rays so it doesn't burn the skin and gives you a beautiful 'glow'. I don't know where you could find one now, the place I worked at in Queens has since closed.
BUT a word of advice.....I tanned quite a bit since I got to tan for free. I did devlop the beginnings of skin cancer. Thankfully I found it early enough and it was successfully treated.
From what I remember, one of the worst machines you could use is the stand up b/c of the high level of UVB rays.
I've just come to accept that pale is beautiful. Just a little heads up for you ladies! Safe tanning.