kissablekae
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^ youre lucky! i live in norcal, about two hours away from beach and a lot of people here seems to be a lil obssessed with getting a tan especially in the summer.
i know like two people who arent. one of my best friends is naturally very pale and never gets a tan no matter how long she stays out. the other tans easily but wears sunblock when she will be out for long periods of time. she doesnt like to tan like she used to, she relies(sp?) on sunless tanning lotion or just stays au naturel when she wants. i think i really got the message across to her that its not worth it to tan so much because she has spots she wants to get rid of and staying out in the sun makes it worse for her. when she was younger she would sit out in her backyard in a bikini just to get a tan but now she doesnt care if she is a little bit pale.
so thats two people i know other than myself. but my siblings, friends, co-workers are more concerned with getting a tan now that it is summer. they go swimming or whatever with no spf and put on tanning oil to speed up the process. i just dont want to say i told you so when they get all wrinkly and sunspotty(or scary things like the M word) when they get a little bit older.
i do think that the whole beach culture spawned by MTV LAGUNA BEACH in 2004 or something had a role to play in it. right after that show started airing i saw a lot of orange oopmaloopa looking people. my sisters ex best friend used tanning beds once a week for a while and she is already pretty tan as it was.
i know like two people who arent. one of my best friends is naturally very pale and never gets a tan no matter how long she stays out. the other tans easily but wears sunblock when she will be out for long periods of time. she doesnt like to tan like she used to, she relies(sp?) on sunless tanning lotion or just stays au naturel when she wants. i think i really got the message across to her that its not worth it to tan so much because she has spots she wants to get rid of and staying out in the sun makes it worse for her. when she was younger she would sit out in her backyard in a bikini just to get a tan but now she doesnt care if she is a little bit pale.
so thats two people i know other than myself. but my siblings, friends, co-workers are more concerned with getting a tan now that it is summer. they go swimming or whatever with no spf and put on tanning oil to speed up the process. i just dont want to say i told you so when they get all wrinkly and sunspotty(or scary things like the M word) when they get a little bit older.
i do think that the whole beach culture spawned by MTV LAGUNA BEACH in 2004 or something had a role to play in it. right after that show started airing i saw a lot of orange oopmaloopa looking people. my sisters ex best friend used tanning beds once a week for a while and she is already pretty tan as it was.
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