Questions for the women who Tan
 

OK, here's my deal. I just shaved my legs in an attempt to make them darker because my friends who do it say that their legs got tanner quicker when they shaved them, same goes for the arms (i already do that, though). Unfortunately, last weekend. I was laying out on the beach the whole day and eveyrthing got sun/tanned/burnt except my freaking legs!!! Anything I can do to help speed up the process? Lotion advice? Sunning advice?

Right now it's to the point where I can't go lay out to get my legs tanned because the rest of my body can't take anymore laying out for a couple of days.

Check local tanning salons- there are a few around here that have "leg tanners". You sit in a chair and stick your legs in the machine.
I don't think shaving your legs (hahahahaha) will help you tan. Go to the Body Shop and get some sugar scrub and seriously start exfoliating your legs, that will help sluff off dead / dry skin and you will tan faster. Also check with a local spa, they have body polishing they can do that helps prep you for tanning too.
Try to get the body polishing or exfoliating done, then hit the leg tanner (if you can find one) immediately afterwards.
Good luck!
-wendi

Is this alphagamalum wendi?

You mean the women's store in the mall? :confused:

Yes-- I was tired of having the alpha-gam part in my name, so John changed it for me!!

And yes I mean the smaller store in the mall. Bath and Body works also has a line out called "true blue spa". It includes some good scrubs.

Oh and make sure to mosturize well and very frequently, the more moisture in your skin, the better you tan. But check those ingridients to make sure there is no hidden sunscreen.

Nobody's legs ever get as dark as their arms & face naturally. Your legs don't get anywhere near the year-round sun exposure that your other parts do.

Yea, but the guys in muscle & fitness and people in magazines along with models have their legs as dark as their arms and faces. There has to be a way to get your legs just as dark as your arms.

Paris Hilton's legs are darker than her arms.

Probably because Paris Hilton's second home is in the Mystic Spray Tanning salon....

Yea, I used to get that done all the time. I got tired of throwing down 30$ a week on that crap. Thats a 120$ a month on tanning crapp. :rolleyes:

Please note the use of the word "naturally". I highly doubt that the pretty men or Paris Hilton have naturally dark legs!

Its does take time to get a deep, even tan.
Just take care of your skin and keep it well conditioned. My arms and legs are the same color right now, and I am pretty dark considering I am in Missouri and work in an office all day long-- but I have been tanning regularly for a couple of months now. It takes time for the most part. But doing the other things I mentioned will make your skin more "tannable"!

I hear that Bobby is really really ridiculously good looking, and he is Samoan, so he probably has really dark tan legs. Craig, I think you've just figured out the worst part about being white.

if you think your legs needs to play catch up, you're gonna have to self tan them probably. If you want the effect and look of mystic, L'oreal Sublime Bronze Any Angle Self Tanning spray is awesome, you can get it pretty much anywhere, and it's much cheaper than mystic.

Hahahaha...don't lie, you know you saw Bobby when he was in Florida. :D

I have found that Neutregena self-tanning lotion works well--it continues to get darker the more often you use it. It seems to work best on my legs, so maybe that would help you.

Where do you buy that at? Publix?

My legs are darker than my arms and face. But I am a self proclaimed tanorexic.

I don't know Craig-- I am blessed w skin that tans fast and dark and at 36, I have not a single wrinkle. lol my friends hate me for that.

I'm so glad I am also blessed that way and I don't have to put up with some of the stuff y'all have to go through!

Yay for Polynesian and Asian blood!

Isn't it great? :)

You could always get some "skin dye." Bodybuilders use a type of self tanner that stains the skin for a period of time. It can dramatically fake-bake the entire body or parts of the body in just one application.

If I can think of the name, I will tell you. I can't remember the name of the stuff right now. But, the stuff will get you trophy dark.

there are tanning salons that have the leg tanners. exfoliate before you go, use a tanning lotion that you can buy at the salon (or if you can find them cheaper somewhere else), but don't exfoliate afterwards cause you'll be scrubbing off the tan that you just worked on.

there are tanning lotions that have a bronzer in it. but i don't like them since it can look streaky.

Yay for being Irish? :(

Yea, I'm kind of a tanorexic and my legs and arms never get as tan as my stomach and back. I exfoliate and moisturize and that makes it easier to get darker, and I use Neutrogena self-tanner to balance it out.

Another Irish "former tanorexic" (great word, ADqtPiMel!!) here! I used to try everything - including being a lifeguard! - to get an even, healthy looking tan. I finally realized that the only way I'll ever be tan is if my freckles run together - and now that I've had a bout with skin cancer, it just doesn't seem quite as important.

I have a "bronzer" that comes in a lighter shade, though, and doesn't look quite so fake. I'll check the brand the next time I'm at my house.

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

okay, okay. Really, what you should do is

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA



yeah. That's all I got.

And a 3rd Irish tanorexic. My legs just won't get as dark as I want. I actually got a lotion that "gradually" darkens you each time you use it, but I am too lazy to look at the name. It works though, but if you use it 3 days in a row, you kinda get that orangey look. Of course, now I have a tanning memb. so I do that!

Neutragena Micro Mist Sunless Spray
The commercial for this JUST came on!!!

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Haha, me too. The only guys i've EVER known to shave their legs have been swimmers before their championship meets.

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I take it you havent met any body builders or men who lift weights seriously?

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nah, i tend not to hang around them, I think they're gross

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Hahaha ;)


They probably think the same thing about you. :p

That's because they think ALL girls are gross. :P

And you know this how?




-I'm asking because its not like any of them would be interested in you. :p

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Probably not. The other night one of the few I know at least kinda was trying to get me to come over and hook up with him. No thanks.

A lot of girls don't like guys with crazy muscles and veins and who shave their ass to prance around on stage in spandex in front of other guys. lol

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You win this thread.

For real for real.


I don't even know what to say about this thread, you guys.

i walk around ass naked if i need to tan.


<===always a golden brown.

I have never been tan. My freckles are teeny tiny tans. Yeah for being pasty white Irish! Thank you, SPF 25+! :p

I don't know about the good looking part...but he is a fat Samoan.

I'm sure she's really sad that they aren't interested in her. That's like me being disappointed that I'm too old to date a pedophile.

You need help. Seriously.




-Who the hell thinks about pedophiles? :confused: