Indoor tanning tips please

phedre79
phedre79 Posts: 3
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I am considering using an indoor tanning bed to obtain an even skin tone for my fair skin. My bridesmaid dress is gorgeous, but I have a "farmer's tan" with three different shades visible. I'm concerned about getting a spray tan because I don't want everything to be three different shades of darker. Will wearing sunscreen on the darker bits slow down tanning on those areas?

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  • tiptoethruthetulips
    tiptoethruthetulips Posts: 3,372 Member
    Health over looks:
    http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Solariums
  • HeidiCooksSupper
    HeidiCooksSupper Posts: 3,831 Member
    Indoor tanning beds are just as, if not more dangerous than, the sun. Do not do it. Spray tan is the way to go if you must.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    Just use a good fake tan on the whiter areas ☺
    I find White to Brown excellent, it smells nice and doesn't pong as it develops either. It'll last a week if you keep moisturising.

    Be safe as sun beds damage the skin (as does any form of sun tanning)
  • dMonster01
    dMonster01 Posts: 214 Member
    Yes it should.
  • _SantaClause
    _SantaClause Posts: 335 Member
    Go outside.
  • dMonster01
    dMonster01 Posts: 214 Member
    Go outside.

    Naked?
  • dMonster01
    dMonster01 Posts: 214 Member
    Indoor tanning beds are just as, if not more dangerous than, the sun. Do not do it. Spray tan is the way to go if you must.

    My lizards sit under a sun lamp all day and they haven't had any problems. Our skin is somewhat similar.
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    damn conscience...

    have a great thread.
  • _SantaClause
    _SantaClause Posts: 335 Member
    Go outside.

    Naked?
    '

    That's what I do.
  • leggup
    leggup Posts: 2,942 Member
    Just use some bronzer to even out the lines instead of going for full coverage. Think of it as ombre.
  • Cliffslosinit
    Cliffslosinit Posts: 5,044 Member
    Tanning Recipe

    When you're ready to tan the skins, assemble the following:

    7 gallons water
    2 pounds (16 cups) bran flakes
    16 cups plain or pickling salt (not iodized)
    2 large plastic trash cans (30 gallon) and one lid
    4 foot wooden stirring stick
    3 1/2 cups battery acid (from auto parts store)
    2 boxes baking soda
    wood rack or stretcher
    neat's-foot oil
    nails
    wire bristle brush

    This recipe makes enough tanning solution to tan four large animal skins; or ten rabbit skins; or about six medium-sized pelts such as groundhog. (Cut the recipe in half for fewer skins).
  • phedre79
    phedre79 Posts: 3
    I've tried that but then my neighbors with the two story house suddenly had pieces missing out of their blinds. No joke. Also, being surrounded by two story houses cuts down on when I actually get sun in my yard so I wasn't able to lay out.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Oh going to the tanning bed a couple times before a wedding is not going to hurt you. I don't know anything about how to even out the farmers tan though. I avoid farmers tan at all costs.
  • socalkay
    socalkay Posts: 746 Member
    I avoid farmers tan at all costs.

    Oh, heavens, no! You wouldn't want to actually develop some muscle and "farmer's tan" from doing hard work outside. Avoid at all costs! What you gals pump for these days is what I had in my 20's from being a wildland firefighter.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I do hard work outside...Just in a tank top with sun block
  • SaintGiff
    SaintGiff Posts: 3,679 Member
    I am considering using an indoor tanning bed to obtain an even skin tone for my fair skin. My bridesmaid dress is gorgeous, but I have a "farmer's tan" with three different shades visible. I'm concerned about getting a spray tan because I don't want everything to be three different shades of darker. Will wearing sunscreen on the darker bits slow down tanning on those areas?

    STEP 1: Go outside. Because that is where the sun lives.

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