Tanning

RoadDog
RoadDog Posts: 2,946 Member
edited September 2024 in Chit-Chat
Who tans? Spray Tans? Tanning Beds?

Year Round?

How do you tan? With bathing suit on? Nude? Topless?

Just had some conversations about it, so I thought I'd ask.

I spend a lot of time on my bike in the summer and usually vacation somewhere hot, so I start fake tanning about this time each year. Usually just keep my watch on, so I can see the difference as I get darker.

How about you?
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  • sillygoose1977
    sillygoose1977 Posts: 2,151 Member
    I usually just use a gradual self tanner on my legs. When I was younger and dumber and my dad didn't have skin cancer I went to the beds naked. Now I am an SPF 30 kinda girl.
  • savannahgur
    savannahgur Posts: 235 Member
    I have tanned and spray tanned and love both!

    I will also start tanning about now :) I'm excited, I only tan long enough to get a good base tan then I just tan outdoors, I'm extremly pale so whatever I get in the summer usually gts sucked up by my skin 2 months after I stop so I have no choice unless I blind ppl at the beach :)

    When I do use the TB's I wear panties or bathing suit bottoms because I know they wipe the machines down but it still freaks me out a bit
  • bbygrl5
    bbygrl5 Posts: 964 Member
    *hiss* I value young more than dark or orange, lol, but to each their own. I embrace my paleness.
  • Goal_Seeker_1988
    Goal_Seeker_1988 Posts: 1,619 Member
    I started in Feb. goin once a week for 8 minutes in the stand up tanning bed. I tan in the nude to get the all over glow. I have a slight tan. I am up to goin twice a week still just @ 8 minutes. Probally take it up to 9 minutes on Wednesday. Slow and steady is how I tan. Just like weightloss. LOL
  • minmatt
    minmatt Posts: 62
    I spray tan and tan. I would love to get sprayed all the time, but it comes off so easily when I work out so I usually only o that on occasion any more.

    I usually go twice a week year round except for summer I dont usually tan indoors.

    Def nude, no tan lines.

    "Cant tone it, tan it. "
  • pmorrison101
    pmorrison101 Posts: 72
    I tan in a 15min. bed and have been doing it for 20 years now year round....sometimes I might take a month of in the winter.......hate fake tan look..........
  • JenBrown0210
    JenBrown0210 Posts: 985 Member
    I love tanning. My husband doesn't because of the health risk. So I usually only go tanning a couple times a year. I am French so I tan really easy. We have a sun tan city close to my work. I go there in the basic bed for 10 to 15 minutes twice a week I tan naked because I do not want tan lines :) This year if I am thin enough I plan on tanning outside! I have 20 more pounds to go.
  • ZebraHead
    ZebraHead Posts: 15,207 Member
    Headed to the beach (2 weeks) planning to tan at a 'salon' ahead of time.

    In the past I burn myself everytime and am miserible for days afterwards. Not this time I plan on being ready to enjoy from day 1.
  • TheMaidOfAstolat
    TheMaidOfAstolat Posts: 3,222 Member
    I don't tan at all...but I'm also goth and pasty skin is the norm. I wear spf 65 year round and in the summer I'll wear 100+. I'd rather not have cancer....so if you do tan....only go with a fake bake. Your health and life is more important than to 'glow' for a few months.
  • xerinx2011
    xerinx2011 Posts: 222
    When its winter i dont really bother unless im going out somewhere, during the summer i spray tan once a week and only wear knickers for it. I wont go on sunbeds or out in the sun as i blister far too easy and i like to look after my skin.

    I spray tan at home as the last time i went to a salon i ended up orange! I like to look healthy rather than like a wotsit which seems to be the fashion around here!!
  • Becky1971
    Becky1971 Posts: 979 Member
    *hiss* I value young more than dark or orange, lol, but to each their own. I embrace my paleness.

    Amen to that!
  • porcelain_doll
    porcelain_doll Posts: 1,005 Member
    Like I said before, I wish I could tan. Spray tans are a pain, expensive, and don't last long. I did it a few times and when I couldn't even go into a pool without it streaking, I gave it up. I just remain self-conscious in silence. Although I am starting to change my attitude a little bit. I need to stop caring what other people think.

    I will say, though, that the aging factor has been a positive for me. I just turned 31 and someone at the gym last week guessed me at 23. My parents are both pale like me and they both look very good for their ages. I've even had people say that I look no different from what I did in high school (except for gaining 30-40 lbs.). I get compliments on my complexion from time to time, which also helps. So I am slowly changing my perspective as time goes on.
  • karenjoy
    karenjoy Posts: 1,840 Member
    I have to say never in my life have I met a man who uses a sun bed/fake tan, guess things must be different in the states.

    I have used a sun bed, in the past before I worked for the health service and learned what a terrible danger they are. I would use fake tan though, I have never had a spray tan but I would try one. I do sunbathe and usually topless (although not on my last holiday as it's illegal in Egypt!!!) My kids get bent out of shape when we go to the beach and I have no top on lol, but I am too old to be running about in a thong and nowt else nowadays, I like to just lay quietly minding my own beeswax. I use a decent sunscreen too, don't want to damage my skin any more than I have.
  • porcelain_doll
    porcelain_doll Posts: 1,005 Member
    unless I blind ppl at the beach :)

    This is how I feel when I go to the beach.
  • marchegt
    marchegt Posts: 156 Member
    I use sunless tanner lotion! My favourite is Jergen's Express for medium-dark skin tones, but that is more of a quick fix! I only have to use it once to start getting compliments on my excellent tan, people asking me where I've been! (and it's not a "self-tanner" like the ones that you only have to apply once and they work immediately... it is just a body lotion with sunless tanner in it that you use over a couple of days)

    Only problem.... boy does it smell funky! Not terrible but certainly not pretty!!
  • marshmallowmind
    marshmallowmind Posts: 82 Member
    I'm very pale, so pale that most foundation is orange on me haha. I've wanted to try tanning but when it comes to the bottled stuff, it makes me bright orange no matter what brand or how much I use. It's ridiculous. I'm tempted to try using sunbeds when I can afford to, ready for the summer. Fake tan just looks bad on me!
  • cmyrick75
    cmyrick75 Posts: 187 Member
    :) One of my only bad habits left! I no longer bite my nails or smoke and i am eating healthy and exercising more BUT i love to tan! I work in an office so I don't get to see much of the real sunshine so iot is my little mini vacation during the day.

    I just renewed my package and will start this week. I start out at 8 min everyother day and then in a few weeks, I'll be 15 min every other day or almost every day and then by July, I slow down again since I then get some sun on the weekends!

    I go nude. usually keep on my rings so i can see my progress. :)
  • ZebraHead
    ZebraHead Posts: 15,207 Member
    *hiss* I value young more than dark or orange, lol, but to each their own. I embrace my paleness.

    Okay I'm almost 54 lived most of my life outdoors. Hawaii for several years, construction for many. My skin is way past 'young'. So I'll take tan :)
  • porcelain_doll
    porcelain_doll Posts: 1,005 Member
    I embrace my paleness.

    **like**
  • Becky1971
    Becky1971 Posts: 979 Member
    I'm very pale, so pale that most foundation is orange on me haha. I've wanted to try tanning but when it comes to the bottled stuff, it makes me bright orange no matter what brand or how much I use. It's ridiculous. I'm tempted to try using sunbeds when I can afford to, ready for the summer. Fake tan just looks bad on me!

    Maybe it's just Oregon, I don't know, but fake tan looks bad on everyone.
  • whouwannab
    whouwannab Posts: 350 Member
    When its winter i dont really bother unless im going out somewhere, during the summer i spray tan once a week and only wear knickers for it. I wont go on sunbeds or out in the sun as i blister far too easy and i like to look after my skin.

    I spray tan at home as the last time i went to a salon i ended up orange! I like to look healthy rather than like a wotsit which seems to be the fashion around here!!

    What at home spray product do you use?
  • BlueEyedMomma88
    BlueEyedMomma88 Posts: 558 Member
    *hiss* I value young more than dark or orange, lol, but to each their own. I embrace my paleness.

    I'm right with ya on that one hun! I don't mind being pale. I guess if someone doesnt like me the way I am then they can go well u know what Im getting at LOL. :tongue: BUT tans are very pretty, just not my kinda thing!
  • RoadDog
    RoadDog Posts: 2,946 Member
    When its winter i dont really bother unless im going out somewhere, during the summer i spray tan once a week and only wear knickers for it. I wont go on sunbeds or out in the sun as i blister far too easy and i like to look after my skin.

    I spray tan at home as the last time i went to a salon i ended up orange! I like to look healthy rather than like a wotsit which seems to be the fashion around here!!

    "Knickers" Love that.
  • ashleynicoleb
    ashleynicoleb Posts: 376 Member
    I'm a redhead so of course my skin is very fair. I burn pretty easily and my parents have ALWAYS been adamant in making me use sun screen and to protect my skin in general. I can get burned badly enough to the point of blistering. I doubt I could tan in tanning beds even if I wanted to.

    I used to do the Mystic spray tanning regularly in the summer and really liked it. It definitely is hard to maintain when you work out regularly, though. It's also expensive and being a college student, I can't really afford to keep up with it.


    I love Jergens natural self tanning. It applies very evenly and is a great color for me :smile:
  • mjf0461
    mjf0461 Posts: 470 Member
    Tanning bed to get my base line tan and then I enjoy the pool or the beach. I cover my face so that the rays don't get to that and cause premature aging. I also make sure and moisturize after every event in the sun or tanning bed. Moisture is the key to aging. But as said earlier to each their own. I am almost 50 and very few people ever come close to guessing I am. I am usually put at 34 -36 yrs of age.. And I have done this for the past 10 yrs...
  • RoadDog
    RoadDog Posts: 2,946 Member
    Tan or pale, by the way, has nothing to do with beauty. There are beautiful women in MFP in every shade imaginable.

    As for the health risk, I am fairly certain that it is the bad sunburns that contiribute more heavily to skin cancer than tanning.
  • RoadDog
    RoadDog Posts: 2,946 Member
    I'm a redhead so of course my skin is very fair. I burn pretty easily and my parents have ALWAYS been adamant in making me use sun screen and to protect my skin in general. I can get burned badly enough to the point of blistering. I doubt I could tan in tanning beds even if I wanted to.

    I used to do the Mystic spray tanning regularly in the summer and really liked it. It definitely is hard to maintain when you work out regularly, though. It's also expensive and being a college student, I can't really afford to keep up with it.


    I love Jergens natural self tanning. It applies very evenly and is a great color for me :smile:

    No one is paler than my wife, Ashley. She glows in the dark! Last couple of years, she started tanning when I do. She now tans easily. Harder to find her in the dark now though, but that just makes it more fun groping around under the covers.
  • amber_hanners
    amber_hanners Posts: 388 Member
    when i was young i would tan but then i learned so much about the health risks i just quit and now after watching a tv show ( i think it was called obseesed not sure tho) i will never again get in a tanning bed. i do think that when i get to goal weight im gonna try out a spray tan though
  • mamagooskie
    mamagooskie Posts: 2,964 Member
    I tan in a bed, naked, only when I feel like it (so far February till June I plan on it) then I will stop most likely till fall or next year. In the summer I wear sunscreen only because I HATE TAN LINES!!!!

    I do have that tanning lotion you put on and it gives color over time and use that sometimes, and I have access to a spray tan whenever I want (although I hardly do it anymore, used to do it weekly)

    One of my best friends owns a tanning salon so it's sooooo convenient for me to go and I used to work in one for 5 years so I've gotten used to going off and on for the last 10+ years.

    My mom and I always say tanned fat looks better than white fat! LOL
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
    I think my picture makes it obvious to if I tan lol
    I dont mind being pale
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