I ♥ self tanners too!!! In fact I use self tanners almost more than I use UV tanning... (hello spray tan!!) its a great way to boost your color and keep your tan up without drying out your skin.
Self tanners are actually a very important part of the tanning industry. Most of the tanning lotions I have on my shelf include "bronzers" which is just a fancy word for self-tanners, and I sell a ton of tinted lotions (and use one myself almost every day). At my salon we actually suggest that people use self tanners along with regular tanning to achieve the best results. Spray tanning & airbrush tanning are awesome ways to boost color for people who have reached their "tanning plateau".
For instance, my skin does not naturally tan very dark, which also tells me that nature did not intend for me to roast myself in the sun for days on end, and also tells me that yes, duh, i would be more susceptible to skin cancer if I do what nature did not intend for me to do. However, my skin does have the ability to tan and it does so naturally so nature must have intended for me to see the light of day at some point. Since I own my own business and work 80+ hrs a week and I live in Washington State (um hi what's with the bi-polar weather lately anyway??) my skin sees the natural sunlight um... pretty much... never. So I pop in a tanning bed once or twice a week and let my skin do it's natural process, boosting my vitamin D levels and mood, and then slather up the self tanner to achieve the "of course I have all the time in the world the leisurely lounge on the beach" look.
You know, that's actually one of the things with all the bad media about tanning right now that actually pisses me off... there are ways to tan responsibly and reasonably to get the benefits from the sun that obviously we are supposed to have. I think it's so ridiculous how the cosmetic industry has convinced us all that the sun was made to kill us, obviously evolution figured out a solution -- tanning.
Over-indulgence in anything is a bad idea. Duh.
Self tanners are actually a very important part of the tanning industry. Most of the tanning lotions I have on my shelf include "bronzers" which is just a fancy word for self-tanners, and I sell a ton of tinted lotions (and use one myself almost every day). At my salon we actually suggest that people use self tanners along with regular tanning to achieve the best results. Spray tanning & airbrush tanning are awesome ways to boost color for people who have reached their "tanning plateau".
For instance, my skin does not naturally tan very dark, which also tells me that nature did not intend for me to roast myself in the sun for days on end, and also tells me that yes, duh, i would be more susceptible to skin cancer if I do what nature did not intend for me to do. However, my skin does have the ability to tan and it does so naturally so nature must have intended for me to see the light of day at some point. Since I own my own business and work 80+ hrs a week and I live in Washington State (um hi what's with the bi-polar weather lately anyway??) my skin sees the natural sunlight um... pretty much... never. So I pop in a tanning bed once or twice a week and let my skin do it's natural process, boosting my vitamin D levels and mood, and then slather up the self tanner to achieve the "of course I have all the time in the world the leisurely lounge on the beach" look.
You know, that's actually one of the things with all the bad media about tanning right now that actually pisses me off... there are ways to tan responsibly and reasonably to get the benefits from the sun that obviously we are supposed to have. I think it's so ridiculous how the cosmetic industry has convinced us all that the sun was made to kill us, obviously evolution figured out a solution -- tanning.
Over-indulgence in anything is a bad idea. Duh.
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