To tan or not to tan?

Cira Posted: May 10, 2002 08:50 AM

To tan or not to tan?

Is anyone tanning before the wedding? I want to, but am hoping for some nice weather to tan naturally before I go to a tanning salon. I don't want much, just a little color.

I thought I'd take a poll and see whose tanning and whose not!

Thanks,
Cira

Suzanne Posted: May 10, 2002 08:53 AM

Re: To tan or not to tan?

I AM!!.. i am going to hollywood tans.. 60.00 for a month unlimited!!! thats the best price ive seen for an 11 minute stand up.. but if you go becareful they try to sell you the more expensive package and do not even mention the 60.00 pack.. and they try to sell you lotion (EXPENSIVE LOTION).. i am very pale so i needed the tanning salon..

angie3 Posted: May 10, 2002 10:10 AM

I'll get a base

I'm very fair so I need at least a base or else I am going to fry like a hamburger in Maui on my honeymoon!

Melissa Posted: May 10, 2002 10:46 AM

Re: To tan or not to tan?

I'm going to start tanning in June for my August wedding. I'm going to a tanning salon. I've been to one a few times before and love it. Tanning in a salon is so much faster. I love myself with a tan, I think I look so much better. Yeah, I buy the expensive bottle of lotion. But you need to use a lotion, because it helps your tan, and also it's the only lotion you can use in the beds. You can't use Hawaiin Tropic or anything like that. I'm looking forward to it.

Cira Posted: May 10, 2002 10:53 AM

Re: To tan or not to tan?

Where is hollywood tans?

jlf41 Posted: May 10, 2002 11:13 AM

Re: To tan or not to tan?

What about self-tanner? There are some great ones out there. You can try a few over the next few months until you find one that you like. Tanning beds are so bad for you!!

Suzanne Posted: May 10, 2002 01:33 PM

CIRA

go to www.hollywoodtan.com (make sure you dont type tans thats a different place) they are all over the island... im SURE youll find one close to you..let me know if i can answer any questions for you

DeniseMang Posted: May 10, 2002 01:48 PM

Re: CIRA

I agree with JLF41. Tanning bads are VERY VERY bad for you. They say you have 5 times the rate of getting skin cancer then when you tan naturally. Please consider an alternative. I haven't gone in years. I have a few friends who have already developed cancer, and we are only 28. We all did it in HS, it was the thing to have color. You life is more precious! Plus you get more wrinkles when you get older and your skin feels like leather, YUCK!

Suzanne Posted: May 10, 2002 02:55 PM

CIRA

I dont think that youll develop cancer from a month of tanning, but it is good advise about not abusing a tanning salon..

02bride Posted: May 10, 2002 03:53 PM

I'm going!

Yes, it's not healthy to tan, however I'll probably go about 5 times and I think it will be better to tan a couple times than fry once (on my honeymoon). If you are willing to try the sunless tanning lotion, go for it!

Bride02, I love your account name!

Suzanne Posted: May 10, 2002 08:19 PM

Re: I'm going!

Right back at you 02bride

Suzanne Posted: May 11, 2002 12:27 PM

UPDATE ON HOLLYWOOD TAN

I just came back from Hollywood tan in Massapequa and they have a special of 125.00 for three months unlimited..thats like getting a month for free!!! also they have a machine called the instatan and thats a machine that sprays self tanner at you for 6 seconds and then you just wait and in 24 hours you have a tan.. not something im willing to try before my wedding, but for some of you who like the self tanning they promise no streaks and a natural looking tan..

DianaL Posted: May 11, 2002 09:27 PM

Re: denisemang

I am sorry to hear your friends developed cancer at such a young age. My mother died from skin cancer at the age of 53. She was never one to sit in the sun that I knew, however they say the damage is done when we are young. She said she had a bad burn in her late teens.

yabbobay Posted: May 12, 2002 06:20 AM

self tanners

I am going to florida to work on a tan, and will try to hit the beach once a week..

BUT if anyone is interested in a GREAT self-tanner...Neutragena has a great one..it is the one in the yeloow spray bottle...I used the light to medium last summer and no one can tell the difference..