Ladies, before TTR do you fake bake, spray tan, or both? In the past I've always used a tanning bed for a week prior. I'm starting to become more conscious of my skin and too much sun. Worried spray tan won't last being in and out of the pool.
I wouldn't recommend getting a spray tan to help prevent burning before going to cancun. The best is just to fake and bake few weeks prior and do a minimum amount of time. Spray tans are more for the look and won't help give you a good base tan. I'm sure the chlorine would wipe out the spray tan after a few days too. Don't ask how I know so much about fake n baking :banghead:
NO tanning at all for me..I use 30 to 40 sunblock when I am there. fake and bake is nasty.. I cant get what someone asked me about the sun beds out of my head.. they asked me if you knew what happens to a grape when you leave it in the sun? enough said!!... I am the white canadian girl at TTR and pround of it... white is the new tan.. haha!
I will be the white, red-headed gal for the first couple of days and then the horribly burned, red-headed gal the rest of the time. Scarlet is the new tan!!
you need total block.. and even with that you will get sun but try to remember to put it on more than once a day.. lol suncreen with every drink.. ahah!
I tan pretty well so prep tan is mostly just for looks...I will burn the 1st day if I forget to block but it will be tan the next day. I don't want to look like a prune in 10 years but I really like the sun. I drink too fast to apply block with every drink.
when I did tan in the booths, a trick i used was, I used sunblock and a towel on my face.. the rest of your body can take it a bit more but the face is different.. If i did tan a bit it would be this way, last few trips I didnt bother and I tried to stay under an umbrella.. and ended up with a tan anyways.. lol
I don't do anything, just very careful whilst over there and make sure I apply sun block regularly. I've heard there's vitamin D tablets you can take that help to stop you burning, but not sure if they work.
I am a really white girl so I must Fake and Bake before we go or I will fry. Even after tanning before and using 50 sunblock I will still burn but not as bad as if I didn't prep my skin. I know it is not good for me but neither is all the other things I do to my body.:cool014: :ernaehrung015: Debbie
