Fair / Pale Skin

[ChloeFrancoise]

Ridiculous isn't it? Funny how everyone thinks Kristen looks so young though, maybe there's something to that sun protection, idiots...

I think she's mentioned that she has good aging genes, but those genes wouldn't mean anything if she was applying oil instead of sunblock.

 

[Mindbear]

Above all that, whats more boring than lying around cooking your skin? It makes you look old! The only tan I have ever had is just from running around outside, I would never ever fake tan...I find the obsession with it ridiculous. I was getting my hair done the other day and this girl, an 18 year old, was very very brown with a bleach crop...which looked quite horrid if I'm honest. She told me she had a sunbed at home, and she really was very very brown. It ruined her and her pretty blue eyes....I really don't get why you'd want to do that to yourself!

 

[Belowen]

I adore Valentino, but I know which of these I prefer...

lovelylivtyler

 

[kissablekae]

i have always been pale so its really all i know. in grade school my friends affectionately nicknamed me Powder...yes like the movie! it was pretty popular back then. i never got to finish the film but the parts of it that i saw i liked

with being pale, a lot normal shades of makeup are so dramatic on me when i usually go for a more natural & minimal look. i take these challenges and roll with the punches. though trial and error, ive figured out what makeup looks good on me and what doesnt.

a lot of times i forget how pale i am until people point it out. i never hated being pale, ive always accepted it. during the the Brazilian Tan craze of the early to mid 2000's i dabbled in faux tanning lotions which was all good fun until my favorite product kept changing its formula till i got fed up because it wasnt natural looking anymore...if people have problems with fake bake then all i have to say is "Lighten Up! It's Just Fashion!" it was smart alternative to attempting to get a 'real' tan especially when you're fair like me and burn very easily. im sorry but its definitely not worth the pain of my sunburns. although i have to admit i never too it to the extremes, the fake bake made me look 'normal' not tan except on Halloween because anything goes on Halloween! i was a very bronzy Lil' Red Riding Hood!

then came the wave of fair skinned models, 'twas *awesome*. it really helped me not just accept my fair skin but learn what compliments it and most importantly learn to love it.

^ me being sexy motherpucker, doing my thang just blending into my white work shirts and white walls...blinding people every where i go with my brootiful natural *glow*

so what made me post this? some random song lyrics!

Ya Boy "We Run LA"
one for the money
two for the show
hit the Louis store right on Rodeo
white SL the color of yayo

for some reason i heard it and thought skin the color of yayo!
by the by, have you guys seen the Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliners in Yeyo?! its mettalic white of course, very clever

photo of me by yours truly.

 

[HeatherAnne]

^ I think your skin looks radiant, what little I can see. I love dark hair and fair skin, it's striking. I'm a natural blonde with fair skin, not as exotic.

 

[kissablekae]

thank you HeatherAnne!i think blonde with fair skin is pretty too! did you catch Elizabeth Banks on Jay Leno, she's looked gorgeous, i love her complexion and colouring.

 

[Virginielle]

I was a lifeguard in high school, and so was always tan. I'm extremely fair, but surprisingly I don't often burn. I just wish I protected myself better in my late teens, when I was out in the sun all day.

I'm very into being pale now---I think the natural look is striking amidst a sea of tanorexics in the winter.

 

[kissablekae]

^ youre so lucky you dont burn.

i wish i didnt because its PAINFUL, im like a scared puppy hiding under the couch lol my burns are really really bad thats why i make such a point of not getting too much sun. im not totally gung ho on sunscreen. yes when i will be out all day i have to protect myself because its not normal for me to be out that long and this is usually during the summer months. but normal day to day basis no.

i practice moderation. you have to get enough sun to get your lovely vitamin d and good vibes because sun is good for you but i dont stay out too long and i know i burn very easily. there are always new studies on good and bad of sunscreen, its really someone's personal choice to wear it or not. i hate it when people preach to me as in they : regurgitate what theyve heard/read but dont really understand why.

i always prefer looking natural, whether it is natural or otherwise

it just kind of sucks because im the palest person in my family who burns the fastest. they be hogging all the melanin! its funny looking back on my old pictures of me as a kid, i was so fair even though i played outside everyday!

 

[mlsnts]

I think Alice Burdeu's (Australian model) skin is gorgeous! She's very very very pale almost to the point of whiteness!


style.com

 

[The_Ida]

I never ever burn, I tan easily but I'm fair even when I'm tanned That's kinda funny? I get freckles too

 

[goregeous]

hehe I have the same colouring as Alice Burdeu
I was wondering if anyone uses any products to even and brighten their skin out, I know lancome and clinique both have some but am always skeptical that they work, and lancome is too expensive to buy and not work. My skin is usually fairly even but sometimes it looks a little ruddy

ps: for the girls that bruise easily, it's not neccessarily that you're pale, you could be slightly enimic! My friend and I are both pale and have to take iron suppliments because of enimia, if we don't, we end up with bruises.

 

[Virginielle]

My skin is usually fairly even but sometimes it looks a little ruddy

I have the same concern. I love being fair, but I hate it when my skin looks sensitive and I get blotchy. And I hate that the skin on my face is slightly paler than that of my torso, arms, legs, whatever. I don't know what to do about it since the texture is fine (very soft and smoothe), but the coloring is inconsistent. I'm thinking lasers.

 

[Nicolerichienews]

I really dislike having fair skin, Id give anything for a little natural tan

 

[ChloeFrancoise]

I use to feel that way, but I started to like my coloring just the way it is. Plus I don't care to be bothered with self tanners and I'm not willing to screw up my skin with actual tanning.

 

[TheGlassAngel]

I have very fair skin and La Roche Posay's Rosaliac cream is amazing for keeping redness away

 

[foreverandnone]

Anyone else get made fun of for their pale skin?

Back in high school I was called the glowing caterpillar. because I had really dark hair, big eye brows and REALLY pale skin (that apparently glowed in the sun ). Well, I still have all these features

Now everyone is trying to jump on the trend of pale skin. I used to hate it, but now I love being pale. It suits me and I think contrasts really nicely with my other features.
All about acceptance !

Although, in the winter time it gets really red and is way more noticeable than most people's redness.

 

[nita-karoliina]

i have so white skin that some older grannys etc..always wonder am i sick. aegh!
but i like my skin colour, of course a bit darker wouldnt hurt.

 

[GasolineRainbow]

^One summer, a friend named me 'You-glow-girl'. There's another relevant thread, where there's a lot of funny posts about being pale:
http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/f47/pale-fair-skin-what-your-fave-products-44481.html

 

[goregeous]

TheGlassAngel: Where can you buy La Roche Posay's Rosaliac cream?

I was reading a lot of reviews on creams online, and I've heard nothing but raves about Lush's paradise regained moisturizer, I think I might pick up the sample size of it today and see if it actually does all it claims.

 

[jjbunny79]

Anyone else get made fun of for their pale skin?

my cousin once told my mom right in front of me that i should get a tan, because im too pale... and pretty much forget where i got my pale genes from.....