Who fakes n bakes or spray tans??

[MusclePack]

Living up north I don't see any sun really. I'm pretty pale when it comes to not being exposed to the sun which is normally only summer time for me.

Just wondering who fakes n bakes here or spray tans? I've fake tanned for the past 2 summers. But I just hate the idea that the rays produced by the blue lights are bad/dangerous for the skin.

There's the alternative of spray tanning, but apparently that only lasts for about 1 week and yet costs $30. But how does that affect the skin???

Basically just wanted to vent out that I am pale and want to do the fake n bake but it's dangerous/bad for skin.

[imperfectly_lou]

Wise move in staying out of the solariums... unless you want to end up with wrinkles and the potential for melanoma...

I use gradual tanning moisturiser and get a spray tan for special occasions.

[mobofreeze]

I like to keep a little darker complection, it looks great and feels great. Over exposure to UV light causes Melanoma, not 7 minutes 2 times per week.

[NightSprite]

I do both.

[Emoore]

I tan once or twice a week.

[nicoledominique]

I used to, but I can't justify the time or the money anymore...

Plus the thought of wrinkles and skin cancer scares me a lot more than it used to.

[Amanda76]

I fake-n-bake in high-pressure beds in the spring and summer. I don't do it in the winter.

I can't find a product that will turn me the right color, doesn't smell or feels as good as laying on something warm. It's theraputic. :p

[xocheerbabe9]

Living up north I don't see any sun really. I'm pretty pale when it comes to not being exposed to the sun which is normally only summer time for me.

Just wondering who fakes n bakes here or spray tans? I've fake tanned for the past 2 summers. But I just hate the idea that the rays produced by the blue lights are bad/dangerous for the skin.

There's the alternative of spray tanning, but apparently that only lasts for about 1 week and yet costs $30. But how does that affect the skin???

Basically just wanted to vent out that I am pale and want to do the fake n bake but it's dangerous/bad for skin.

I worked at a tanning salon for a few years, so I picked up a few things. I tan about twice a week (keeps color..but doesn't look FAKE), always wear moisturizers or lotions..if you keep your skin well hydrated in there it is less likely to end up wrinkled :] When I want an extra boost of color I grab a spray tan from the CVS or Walgreens. If you have a base tan, they look very natural on you and not "orange-y". HTH!!

[drtysanchez]

fake n bake

[guest89]

Male opinion here but I think a fake bake looks TERRIBLE on anyone if its overdone, seriously. As for the spray on I've never known anyone who's done it and I'm not sure if in public I could spot the difference from a "fake bake" or a spray on.


I usually like females with a bit of a tan, a 'real' tan from the sun though. If I had to choose between pale or fake I'd say pale any day.


If you can figure out a method that looks realistic more power to ya, the problem is a lot of people go around thinking they look 'good' with a tan when in reality they look ridiculous and people comment behind their back on it. Unless you have a friend who's going to really tell you how it looks you may end up thinking you look good, but in reality people laugh a little behind your back.


Just sayin... Be careful. ^ And this isn't just my opinion (no offense to anyone here). This is purely what I've observed from others.

[Emoore]

Male opinion here but I think a fake bake looks TERRIBLE on anyone if its overdone, seriously. .


Good observation. I have a natural looking tan. I go once or twice a week and I don't go the full time, just enough to have a little color. A lot of people that I see at the tanning salon are DARK and I've heard them mention they go nearly every day. Not a good look unless you're in Hawaii.

[Emma-Leigh]

As I have said to others before - Bed tanning is to the skin, as smoking is to the lungs...

And if you would never smoke... And if you eat well, train hard and aim to live a healthy life.... then why in the world would you then go and tan? :confused: Doesn't make sense...

[Tulsa28]

Guest89 I agree. Thats my sister getting made fun of. Hello,we're in the midwest, that does not look at all natural in the winter!! SHe looks like a oompa loompa in the family picks at the holidays!

[FitMeg08]

Guest89 I agree. Thats my sister getting made fun of. Hello,we're in the midwest, that does not look at all natural in the winter!! SHe looks like a oompa loompa in the family picks at the holidays!

Lol!

I use the beds in the beginning of spring for about 6 weeks. But that's about it. I don't care in the winter.

[Chef K-Lo]

I do both... got a package at my gym for $40/month for unlimited tanning in the 250 bed and UNLIMITED use of the VersaSpa (spray tan). I do a "cocktail" of the two. It's sooooo hard for me to get color otherwise. I also have some points if I want to use a higher level bed/lounger

I love the VS; it's far superior to any kind of sunless tanner you can pick up at the store, and blows "mystic tan" out of the water. Nice even coverage, not yellow or orange.

[LaGamine]

Pale skin is healthy. I prefer it. My dermatologist is thrilled I am pale, hehe. Where I live, he sees so much skin cancer in young woman from tanning, and much of it is done in tanning beds.

If I want a touch of color for summer (say, on my legs), then I use modelco tan in a can once a week, max. It smells good, is always even, and has a natural brown color. I only use a little, as I don't really want to look tan, just not glow-in-the-dark. You can layer it if you like to be darker though.

[IzzyJ]

tanning beds are a big no no in my books! especially after watching the campaign against them by a young girl with skin cancer she died at 23!!

not a fan of diy fake tan on anyone unless they do it right looks terrible when it comes out all streaky.

otherwise i'm a spray tanning girl myself, but only special occasions and never too dark other wise i look like an oompa loompa!

[dungeonmistress]

Living up north I don't see any sun really. I'm pretty pale when it comes to not being exposed to the sun which is normally only summer time for me.

Just wondering who fakes n bakes here or spray tans? I've fake tanned for the past 2 summers. But I just hate the idea that the rays produced by the blue lights are bad/dangerous for the skin.

There's the alternative of spray tanning, but apparently that only lasts for about 1 week and yet costs $30. But how does that affect the skin???

Basically just wanted to vent out that I am pale and want to do the fake n bake but it's dangerous/bad for skin.

i don't do either. i'm proud of my palid complexion.

[AmandaFL]

I'm from Florida, but I've done both. Mostly fake baking with high pressure beds (they filter uvb rays), and a self tanner whenever I want that extra glow.

Since you're not comfortable with tanning beds/booths, you should probably go for the spray tans. They don't do anything to the skin from what I know. Just have to worry about streaking and finding the right color.

[sweetbecky]

I used to OWN a tanning bed. I LOVED tanning. Until I had a biopsy done on my nose and other parts of my body. When you get stitches on the bridge of your nose, it's tough to get back in a tanning bed.

I have Mystic Tanned for special events, but for daily color I use the Jergens moisturizer for medium skin, and after a few days, I have nice color.

[ainedb]

After watching my father get numerous skin cancer spots removed year after year (and we're both of the same complexion) just from spending normal time in the sun throughout his life, I have a hard time imagining getting into a tanning booth and doing it to myself on purpose.
I tried some of the sprays and lotions to add tan, but they tend to sweat off in the gym, which is pretty gross and stains my clothes.
Mostly, I've just given up and accepted that I'll always be glow-in-the-dark-white.

[deserusan]

The only time I do either is when I'm going to appear on stage. Other than that, it's either from the sun or just dealing with being pale. Tanning isn't healthy in the long term so unless you are doing so for a specific reason, it's not worth it for casual vanity.

[VanillaSie]

I am extremely pale but I have never really felt compelled to tan.

My aunt tanned a lot when she was young and even though she is only 36, she looks about 46, whereas my mother who never tanned looks like she is 38 when she is 48.

I did however find an alternative to tanning though.....

Tattoos! :p

Finally I can really appreciate my pale skin because all the colors show up beautifully! :D

[mattf485]

I tan at least once a week.

[CTB]

My younger sister tans (shes 24) and she already has crows feet around her eyes. People think she's older than me. I think that tanning is such a ridiculously vain concept considering the damage you do to your body while tanning just so that you look a little browner.

I dont tan, and I havent used a fake tan cream in years. When I need a tan for an event or something I just go in for a spray tan. I think my skin will thank me in years to come.

[Beefcupcake]

Health wise, tanning should be out. I prefer to use tan lotions than to deal with melanoma. I like to use this lotion since it looks very natural http://www.famousdavestanner.com/

Beauty wise, you be the judge:
1) Pale with healthy/beautiful skin
2) Tanned with wrinkly skin - that makes you look older than you are.

I prefer #1 :)

[solstice]

Mystic Tan is actually pretty good. Some salons give a discount for membership. I have a lifetime card at my local one and get it for $10 a session.

[Nicksmommy52]

I wish I could tan in a bed and have beautiful dark skin, but it's too dangerous. I did throughout High School, and now I'm afraid I've caused enough damage as it is. I want to keep the fine lines to a minimum for now.

Sometimes during the summer I do use fake tanner, but even if I'm really careful with that stuff I end up with funny dark splotches. So I try to be happy being little white me.. despite that fact that during the summer people start telling me to get some sun.

[4mantx]

Has anyone used the Melanotan injectibles? I would like to, but the results are permanent....so what if they are bad?

[CTB]

Has anyone used the Melanotan injectibles? I would like to, but the results are permanent....so what if they are bad?

I know someone on this site who used it.... he didnt like it at all, said he had kidney pain when he used it. Titania is a rep though, she uses it and seems to be fine!

[lisast42]

I have fair skin so I don't tan I have to get sprayed all summer long or use lotions

[Skorpia]

would love to tan if i had the money - its very relaxing :D but right now i use lorel sublime glow on my face (fair skin) and Malibu tan hemp golden glow self tanner (gradual) - love the results from both :)

[Rogerthat]

I can see a lot of you are misinformed about tanning and have bought into the lies perpetrated by the dermatology industry. Its actually very safe and quite healthy if done properly. Lack of sunlight has been proven to cause colon, breast, and other cancers plus bone diseases.

Melanoma kills 1200 people a year, colon and breast cancer kill almost 200,000 a year.

If you moisturize and don't burn you chances of getting cancer from a tanning bed are less then .002 %. You are 10,000 times more likely to die in an auto accident and 1,000 times more likely to die from a bucket of water.

The dermatology cartel make billions off this misinformation they spew.

The 23 year old lady who died overdid tanning 100 times more then was normal. She was a addict.

Tanning is good for mental and physical health. Do some in depth research and don't just listen to the odd news scare who thrive on scaring the public.

[CTB]

I can see a lot of you are misinformed about tanning and have bought into the lies perpetrated by the dermatology industry. Its actually very safe and quite healthy if done properly. Lack of sunlight has been proven to cause colon, breast, and other cancers plus bone diseases.

Melanoma kills 1200 people a year, colon and breast cancer kill almost 200,000 a year.

If you moisturize and don't burn you chances of getting cancer from a tanning bed are less then .002 %. You are 10,000 times more likely to die in an auto accident and 1,000 times more likely to die from a bucket of water.

The dermatology cartel make billions off this misinformation they spew.

The 23 year old lady who died overdid tanning 100 times more then was normal. She was a addict.

Tanning is good for mental and physical health. Do some in depth research and don't just listen to the odd news scare who thrive on scaring the public.

LOL the dermatology cartel.... mate there are clear links between UV radiation exposure and melanoma. It isnt just the DYING from melanoma people have to be wary of. Do you really think the kind of person who would spend their money in solariums maintaining a tan would be particularly happy sporting massive scars from the removal of melanoma? Its not just removing a mole you realise, its a HUGE amount of tissue that is taken.

One tanning company here in Australia just got buttraped by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission for going on about the same crap youre talking about.

[Rogerthat]

LOL the dermatology cartel.... mate there are clear links between UV radiation exposure and melanoma. It isnt just the DYING from melanoma people have to be wary of. Do you really think the kind of person who would spend their money in solariums maintaining a tan would be particularly happy sporting massive scars from the removal of melanoma? Its not just removing a mole you realise, its a HUGE amount of tissue that is taken.

One tanning company here in Australia just got buttraped by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission for going on about the same crap youre talking about.

Yeah but what are the chances of getting melanoma from them? Virtually nil. You are using general scare tatics typical of someone who wants to validate there weak position.

There are 1500 deaths per year from skin cancers. There are 1500 deaths per day from other cancers. And alot of them are from lack of vitamin D. This is scientific fact. The chances of getting skin cancer from tanning beds are extremely rare.

Here are some exerts from REAL studies. Not you "scare tatic" technique.

"Sensible sun exposure should be encouraged, not maligned. If one avoids sunburn, the sun?s health-giving benefits far outweigh its detrimental effects. A large body of evidence indicates that sunlight does not cause the most lethal form of skin cancer, malignant melanoma. A U.S. Navy study found that melanoma occurred more frequently in sailors who worked indoors all the time. Those who worked outdoors had the lowest incidence of melanoma. Also, most melanomas appear on parts of the body that are seldom exposed to sunlight (Arch Environ Health 1990;45:261?267). Sun exposure is associated with increased survival from melanoma (J Natl Cancer Inst 2005;97:195?199). Another study showed that people who had longer lifetime exposure to the sun without burning were less likely to get melanomas than those with less exposure (J Invest Dermatol 2003;120:1087?1093.)

The rise in skin cancers over the last 25 years parallels the rise in use of sunscreen lotions, which block vitamin D-producing UVB radiation but not cancer-causing ultraviolet A radiation (UVA). (Newer sunscreen lotions also block out UVA.) Each year there are 8,000 deaths from melanoma and 1,500 deaths from nonmelanoma (squamous and basal cell) skin cancer. Surgical excision of nonmelanoma skin cancers cures them, except in rare cases where the growth has been allowed to linger for a long time and metastasize. Dr. John Cannell, Executive Director of the Vitamin D Council, makes this point: 1,500 deaths occur each year from non-melanoma skin cancer, but 1,500 deaths occur each day from other cancers that vitamin D in optimal doses might well prevent. (The Vitamin D Council website is an excellent source of information on vitamin D.) ...

[CTB]

Dont put it back on ME using scare tactics, its common knowledge. I'm an Australian, we have some of the harshest climates out here and when it is sunny, the UV risk is extreme. I know MANY people who have had things cut out of them due to prolonged UV exposure and let me tell you, the scars arent pretty!

Not to mention the fact that the UV one encounters under a solarium IS NOT the same as the UV encountered when youre outside in the sun. It is a concentrated burst of a single wavelength from the UV spectrum.

Not to mention youve gone from saying that all you need to do to not get cancer is to make sure your skin stays moisturised, to bringing up sunscreens also - not what you had originally stated at all. I know what UV radiation does to DNA - I am a research scientist with qualifications in biomedical science and chemistry. Trust me, from a scientific view point, I'm pretty sound. I have actually formulated sunscreens in previous jobs, I know about ultraviolet radiation.

If you want to do some 'research' I think you'll find the volume of information to be heavily supporting my side of the argument. In terms of health, there is no need to be spending time in solariums, it takes only a very small amount of UV radiation in order to get your required Vitamin D - as little as six to eight minutes on a surface area as small as your face, hands and arms in an Australian summer.

You want excerpts? Go to scholar.google.com and type in UV radiation, melanoma. Wade through the 30 odd thousand papers that come up.

[Rogerthat]

Dont put it back on ME using scare tactics, its common knowledge. I'm an Australian, we have some of the harshest climates out here and when it is sunny, the UV risk is extreme. I know MANY people who have had things cut out of them due to prolonged UV exposure and let me tell you, the scars arent pretty!

Not to mention the fact that the UV one encounters under a solarium IS NOT the same as the UV encountered when youre outside in the sun. It is a concentrated burst of a single wavelength from the UV spectrum.

Not to mention youve gone from saying that all you need to do to not get cancer is to make sure your skin stays moisturised, to bringing up sunscreens also - not what you had originally stated at all. I know what UV radiation does to DNA - I am a research scientist with qualifications in biomedical science and chemistry. Trust me, from a scientific view point, I'm pretty sound. I have actually formulated sunscreens in previous jobs, I know about ultraviolet radiation.

If you want to do some 'research' I think you'll find the volume of information to be heavily supporting my side of the argument. In terms of health, there is no need to be spending time in solariums, it takes only a very small amount of UV radiation in order to get your required Vitamin D - as little as six to eight minutes on a surface area as small as your face, hands and arms in an Australian summer.

You want excerpts? Go to scholar.google.com and type in UV radiation, melanoma. Wade through the 30 odd thousand papers that come up.

That is all fine and I agree that it is a risk. But it is a very very small risk. Australia has the highest skin cancer rate in the world but it is still only number 15 on Australia causes of death. Suicides is number 14. Skin cancer is from burning in the sun and is usually from an area of the body that hardly ever gets exposed to sun and it takes many many years to develop. It also has a 99% 5 year survival rate.

I am just saying if you take the necessary precautions and use common sense then tanning beds are not the evil that the dermatology industry wants us to think it is.

You have a exponentially greater chance of dying in an auto accident then ever dying of skin cancer. So since we are staying out of the sun maybe we should stop driving. Its all relative to how much enjoyment you want to eliminate from your life on a small chance of something happening. I guess we look at things from the other sides.

I enjoy debating with you.

[CTB]

That is all fine and I agree that it is a risk. But it is a very very small risk. Australia has the highest skin cancer rate in the world but it is still only number 15 on Australia causes of death. Suicides is number 14. Skin cancer is from burning in the sun and is usually from an area of the body that hardly ever gets exposed to sun and it takes many many years to develop. It also has a 99% 5 year survival rate.

I am just saying if you take the necessary precautions and use common sense then tanning beds are not the evil that the dermatology industry wants us to think it is.

You have a exponentially greater chance of dying in an auto accident then ever dying of skin cancer. So since we are staying out of the sun maybe we should stop driving. Its all relative to how much enjoyment you want to eliminate from your life on a small chance of something happening. I guess we look at things from the other sides.

I enjoy debating with you.

I understand where youre coming from, but I dont see removing the use of solariums from my life as a big sacrifice in order to remove the 15th largest killer in my country as a possibility of my demise. I know the risk is lower than other things (car accidents are also huge in my country) but you tell the families of the 1500 people who die from skin cancer a year that its not a big deal...