The Real Tanners' Thread

hustleNflow

hustleNflow

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Anyone else here do it the old-school way - sunlight or tanning bed? I'm beginning to think I'm the minority here, I'm allergic to DHA so I try not to use self-tanner. :?

If you frequent the "cancer box" like I do, let's hear about it :cool: Tips? Tricks? Favorite products?
 
correct...I go once a week when I am not near a comp(to maintain a base and not burn) and three times a week two weeks before the comp...I like hot amaretto with shimmer...I think it is by swedish beauty...costs a lot but delievers...I tan easily and don't burn unless it is the first time out and I have no base...I prefer it to the other options b/c I sweat more than most folks I know so it helps me to not have to worry about sweating my makeup off and I like not having to deal with getting that crap on my dresses...and I suspect I would do a rather crappy careless job with those tanners...and yes, i know all of the risks and do not take them lightly
 
fascination said:
correct...I go once a week when I am not near a comp(to maintain a base and not burn) and three times a week two weeks before the comp...I like hot amaretto with shimmer...I think it is by swedish beauty...costs a lot but delievers...I tan easily and don't burn unless it is the first time out and I have no base...I prefer it to the other options b/c I sweat more than most folks I know so it helps me to not have to worry about sweating my makeup off and I like not having to deal with getting that crap on my dresses...and I suspect I would do a rather crappy careless job with those tanners...and yes, i know all of the risks and do not take them lightly
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Don't you just adore Swedish Beauty? :D I use regular amaretto (have used hot, but it was just too much to bear for me) when I'm in the UV-A bed, and Pink Diamond (a tingle-2 Swedish Beauty lotion) when I'm in the UV-B bed. Also use a really good John Abate face lotion.

I too catch heat from others about tanning for real, but for me it works out better than the faux variety because 1) I'm allergic to DHA, 2) I have eczema, and the tanning helps, 3) I rarely burn, 4) it's a lot more affordable and long-lasting than the fake kind. Pro does a cocktail - he tans in a bed and also uses Pro Tan before comps. Having the base actually makes the Pro Tan look less "obvious".

The two times I used a self-tanner before a comp were both nightmares. That's how I figured out I was allergic to DHA...I was itching like crazy both times, and hence got all red and streaked my tanner. Didn't end up placing well, either, because I couldn't focus from itching so bad! :shock:
 
Nothing but natural UV here. Yes, I do have sun damage but people in higher UV exposure areas have lower incidence rates of prostate cancer so I'll take my chances.

Plus I never remember to put on sunblock anyway.
 
I don't go tanning per se (and I I'm a guy so I don't need to look quite as dark as the women). However, I do like to be outside in the summer. A few miles on the trail or in the pool w/o a shirt usually keeps me from looking too pasty.
 
I think the owner of my studio said he knows Corky. Want me to ask him to pass the word on to Mark?
 
nucat78 said:
I think the owner of my studio said he knows Corky. Want me to ask him to pass the word on to Mark?
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Sure, why not? "Hey, some random girl online says you're her boyfriend, you just don't know it yet. But now you know, so congrats on the new gf!" :uplaugh:
 
I, too, use a tanning bed, mostly to maintain a 'base' tan except when comps are nearing (then I up my attendance at the tanning salon.) I'm terribly allergic to all types of sunscreen (have had even dermatologist's prescriptions break me out in hives) so I try to keep the base for protection.
 
nucat78 said:
A random EX-HOOTERS girl. That's a big difference.
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Hahahah...true, but I'm sure Mark could have his pick o' the litter these days - a lotta teenyboppers have latched onto him since he's been on DWTS. I am proud to say that I liked him back when he was just another champion ballroom dancer, living in relative anonymity - back in the day, when the average person didn't know what the heck a rumba was and the hottest ballroom dancer they'd ever seen was *snicker* Swayze :uplaugh:

But anywho, I digress from the topic at hand: TANNING.

I empathize with you, NURDRMS, except I'm allergic to DHA...but they might as well be the same thing (spf protects you from the sun by creating a barrier, dha protects you from the sun by making it so you don't have to tan the real way! :tongue:) It's not surprising that you're allergic to sunscreen...I don't think people realize how chemical-laden a lot of sunscreens are, anyway...oxybenzone has been found to cause low birth weight in babies with mothers who used large amounts of sunscreen while pregnant. There have also been studies which suggest that the chemicals included in sunscreen are just as responsible for causing skin cancer as the sun itself! Makes one wonder if the only way to avoid cancer altogether is to stay indoors as much as possible, and only venture out while wearing a haz-mat suit :shock:
 
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