to tan or not to tan that is the question

So i was going to get spray tan for my wedding. . tried it out for my b pics and liked the way it looked but FH says while he liked it he missed my freckles. . so I think my dress looks better with a tan. . i was very tan when I bought it. . but am now not sure if I should go tan or not. . what do you thing girls

Ok, I've been going for real tanning for the first time in my life - in fact, bed tan 3 times the past week. Here are my thoughts - I am fair to medium skin tone. Meaning, if I wear sunscreen I tend to get nice color end of summer. If I don't wear sunscreen I burn. I have been doing a tanning bed gradually and LOVE how I look - gradual tan - no burn.

I have also done the spray tan before and been happy with how it looked but it always stained my clothes. I do NOT want spray tan on my dress so I am going to go against my Mother's wishes and keep tanning til the big day.

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Posted by lauraandrob2009

Ok, I've been going for real tanning for the first time in my life - in fact, bed tan 3 times the past week. Here are my thoughts - I am fair to medium skin tone. Meaning, if I wear sunscreen I tend to get nice color end of summer. If I don't wear sunscreen I burn. I have been doing a tanning bed gradually and LOVE how I look - gradual tan - no burn.

I have also done the spray tan before and been happy with how it looked but it always stained my clothes. I do NOT want spray tan on my dress so I am going to go against my Mother's wishes and keep tanning til the big day.

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yeah I thought about tanning but now I only have a week so think that might be out!

Since you only have a week I say go for the spray tan. When you did it was it like the booth spray they have at the tanning salon or was it airbrushed by a person?

I ask because I had airbrush done for our engagement party and I LOVED the way I looked. I also have freckles and I didn't think they were covered at all. I also wore a partly white dress and it wasn't stained at all. If we weren't going somewhere tropical for our HM I would have done it for the wedding too but I don't want to risk burning so I've been slowly tanning.

Anyway, FM if you'd like the info for where I went. I highly recommend them!

I did it by a person at Sundara in the city. . it looked good and natural but did stain my clothes for the first 24 hours. . after that I was okay though. .

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Posted by MoochsWifey

Since you only have a week I say go for the spray tan. When you did it was it like the booth spray they have at the tanning salon or was it airbrushed by a person?

I ask because I had airbrush done for our engagement party and I LOVED the way I looked. I also have freckles and I didn't think they were covered at all. I also wore a partly white dress and it wasn't stained at all. If we weren't going somewhere tropical for our HM I would have done it for the wedding too but I don't want to risk burning so I've been slowly tanning.

Anyway, FM if you'd like the info for where I went. I highly recommend them!

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Are you tanning already for your wedding? 4 months seems like a long time prior.

I did the mystic tan once, and although it looked fairly natural on me, i.e. not orange, I felt like I smelled like tanning agent, even after I showered, so I probably will never do it again.

If anything, I might use the neutrogena moisturizer that builds gradual color, but probably nothing. I BURN, so a tanning bed would be a disaster. My philosophy is stay pale!