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I have pale skin, and I feel like no matter what SPF sunblock I use, I always end up with a sunburn. I would love to have a natural tan without using self tanning creams or tanning salons, and I don't know what to do!
I'm sure that's normal. People have different types of skin, if yours burns easily, it's normal. Don't get to worried.
Are you a redhead, by any chance? I've been told that redheads tend to be very sensitive to the sun and burn easily.
I used to be like that too! My skin would burn within like 15 mins! But I have conditioned my skin - moderately. I'd apply sun screen and go out in the sun for short periods of time. I have NEVER EVER gone tanning, and I never will! Don't plan on it anyway. But yeah, just be careful in the sun. And maybe your skin will eventually get a little more used to it. Good luck! :)
Coco Chanel sported the "healthy glow" as mentioned above. I'm pale and I love it. I could tan if I wanted to but I get compliments about my skin as is and I'd rather not ruin that. Love who you are!
Please don't tan! Tanning, even without burning, is a sign of damaged skin. It leads to early wrinkles, leathery skin and skin cancer. Please fight the "healthy glow" mentality in America. Only a century ago, pale was more beautiful.
If you lay out in the sun, try a half hour on each side every other day. Then over a week or so try to add 15 more minutes to each side. That's what I did. It worked out well. It took a while because at that time I was sooooo pale.
Good luck to you.
Those self tanning creams are horrible. It rubbed off in teo days from where my flip flops were.
get outside more but not so long you burn if you keep going in this order your skin will get use to it and you will have the natural tan