How do you get your tan?
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Whether you go to a salon or use the bottled stuff, if you are going to fake tan you need to do a couple of things to avoid the orange streaky look.
exfoliate thoroughly, especially knees, ankles, elbows. Don't bother with an exfoliating cream, just use a loofah or rough flannel.
moisturise and moisturise again. The fake tan reacts to dry skin, the more you have the deeper the colour so you need to even it all out.
I'd recommend using a light colour or gradual tanner (the hint of sun stuff) so that you can build it up and avoid the awkward deep orange if anything goes wrong.
Fake tan takes a lot of effort if you want to look natural, but it can be done. Even the cheap supermarket brand stuff works.
if it goes wrong mix lemon juice with salt and rub/wash the orange off0 -
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Fake and bake babbby0
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I'm black. I was born with it
that makes two of us :laugh:0 -
I own an airbrush tanning business. Fake is the only way to go!0
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tanning bed!
I don't think it's dangerous if you use lotion, eyewear, and don't burn yourself. I've tanned for years and have great looking skin.0 -
I get mine from cycling, which means I have razor sharp tan lines.....
You can probably tell the make of my gloves by the dark patches on the backs of my hands,,,,,0 -
I'm Latina. Born with it. :drinker:0
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I would love to have darker skin but alas spray is just too expensive at this time. The sun is evil.0
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It's natural...and dirt helps0
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I was born with it!0
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I don't tan...
Please advise ...0 -
Mystic, I cannot tan! I burn, and then my freckles connect0
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Im one of the lucky ones I guess. I always have a tanned skin color. Just two weeks ago at my kids bus stop the other kids asked my kids why their mom was black. Huh??? Im tanned, but not that tanned. I've heard that all my life though. During the summer if I want to get darker then I just go in the sun for a few hours and then im good for a long time.0
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Melanotan II1
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Playing with kiddo in the backyard. Aussie sun eats right through that 30+ sunblock and sun hat!0
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I spray tan or use Banana Boat0
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In South Florida we chill by the pool year round--but we don't swim in the winter as the water is freezing.0
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I'm effing black...0
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lol....I show off my farmers tan! Seriously I was my tannest this past summer, because I wore tank tops and shorts almost everyday, and I walked/ran outside a lot, due to having no car.0
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