Weddingbee

being a “sometimes for special events mystic tanner”, I recommend trying it out a couple of times before hand to see if its for you… I sometimes dont apply the lotion they give you for your feet and hands very good and look like a streaky hot mess after a few hours when the tan develops. I recently started using the jergens tanning lotion, not sure of the name, but the one that works in 3 days instead of the usual week. I am going to buy stock in that stuff because it rocks!

the new nivea lotion - i just bought it. i got the express kind and you can see results in one day. my fiance HATES fake tans and he admitted that it looked natural (begrudgingly). you really don’t get dark at all though, i’m on the fourth day and i already feel like i’m still pale!

I became a tanoholic before the wedding! ha! But I really did like the L’oreal sublime wipes, they didnt come off on my dress. I am olive toned anyways so it really worked well for me.

I like the Jergen’s lotion and some good natural sun, from exercising outside or layout out by the pool. But I need a tan so that I won’t look ghostly in a pale pink BM dress in May, and I also want a nice base tan for our own wedding/honeymoon in August, so I thought I’d give bed tanning a try. I chose a new, high-pressure bed that supposedly is a better alternative to the older models. After three tans, I’m already getting close to the color I want… just a warm, natural-looking glow! I’ve been told that it only takes 1-2 tans/month to maintain the desired tan, once I get it to the level I want.

I was in a wedding 2 weeks ago and did Mystic tan for the first time. I was VERY afraid of being streaky and/or orange. I was pleasantly surprised, however, and thought it looked nice and natural! One of the other bridesmaids bought the Jergens (the accelerated one) lotion, and that worked really well too.

I have had 2 surgeries this past month for skin cancer. I will have a scar that is 5 inches ACROSS MY BACK!! (I am going forward and going with a dress with a low back, anyway!) I could not stress skin safety enough. I would suggest using a spray on/lotion kind… before the fake-n-bake. The only thing is… how healthy is putting chemicals on your body?! In 20 years will there be some study out saying the self-tanners caused some terrible disease?!

i hated the mystic tan. it was just like the friends experience (i had no idea when to turn), it was claustrophobic, the stuff smells gross, and you can’t breath when you’re in there. not good.

Please, please do not use a tanning bed!
Well, I mean, as long as people go tanning I will always have my job in cancer research…. but really, is the risk of skin cancer worth a little bit of color?
I’ll be embracing pale for my wedding… I think porcelain skin is gorgeous!

I’m very fair skinned, and I think that in general, tanning is ugly. What’s wrong with the colors we naturally are? In fact, I wish I could whiten a couple spots that are a bit darker than the rest of me.

I think fake tanning is even worse. I mean, who wants to look old? If you want to look tanner just use makeup, lotion, or spray-on.

When I was 18, we played guess your age on a family vacation. They guessed my mom 28. She was 40 at the time. Wear sunscreen, everyone!

Adding- I did airbrush tanning once before, too. That was good- no streaks, since a person applies it. The downsides: it has a temporary color in it for them to see where they are applying it (and that does come off on clothes), it smells bad AND you have to be completely comfortable in different states of undress in front of another person.

The Mystic Tans I see around here are all too orange. I guess that depends on your actual skintone.

I would recommend looking into spas that offer airbrush tanning or similar tanning treatments where an actual person sprays you with fake tanner or applies a tanning lotion to you. It’s a little more foolproof than Mystic Tan and obviously doesn’t involve the risks of fake tanning. These tanning professional can even make you slightly darker in areas to create a slightly more sculpted look (think abs or butt.)
Of course whatever you do, definitely test it out once or twice beforehand, and take pictures to make sure it doesn’t photograph orange.

I love my paleness…I embrace it like Nicole Kidman or Anne Hathaway.

Please don’t walk outside in a tube top with your skin unprotected and 1) You can get cancer and I promise you scars from removing moles are not pretty. It doesn’t take much. 2) Eventually it will catch up with you and you will look old(er). More wrinkles, brown sun spots, damaged skin, etc. It’s just not worth it.

Go with whatever lotion or spray you have to to get the color you feel comfortable with, just be smart and stay out of the sun.

Aww, nothing wrong with being pasty and proud, like me! Heehee

I like the Jergens and have used it and had good results… and i’m Nicole Kidman pale w/ freckles, so trust me it works! lol I get the medium and it gives me a nice glow.

Actually, Ebo, even if you don’t burn because of your base tan, you’ll still be getting all the harmful cancer-causing sun rays. I totally understand burning easily, if I’m not careful, I’ll burn like crazy in less than an hour on a sunny day.

What you should do is get the highest spf sunscreen you can find, especially one with zinc oxide, and reapply liberally every two hours and after you come out of the water. I spent a week in Greece on the beach, and using sunscreen like that, my super-pale Irish-German skin was every bit as white (and uv ray free!) as when I got there. Zinc oxide works like a charm.

If you decide to go with a spray tan, I suggest air brushing instead of the booth. I turned out orangish in places and had awful tan lines between my fingers… I kinda looked like an alien.
I agree that you should try it a while before the wedding to decide if it is for you.

I have olive skin so when I am pale I dont have that nice porcelain skin that some of you talk about, it is more of a “ghostly accent-the-under-eye-darkness” pale. I use Tan Towels throughout the winter. One a week usually does it for me. To avoid any streaking I apply lotion all over immediately after the tan towel. The best deal I found was on HSN. I highly recommend them! All of my friends are now hooked!

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