Super tanned people everywhere!

Sunbeds are still popular

Some people myself included do not tan in the sun 😕

I'm pretty tanned this year and always wear factor 50 and a hat when out and about in the sun and never sunbathe. There has just been a lot of sun this year (and I have the sort of pale olive skin that tans well).

Just back from holiday. 2 weeks in the sun. We only wear factor 50 and regularly reapply. Have a deep tan and no burning.

The quality of fake tan has improved a lot is say

Where we live in the UK, there has barely been a day of rain since April. I think its rained once in the Summer holidays. Im a big fan of Summer, but its gone on so long, actually looking forward to cooler temps and abit of rain now.

Even if you worked full time and had no time off, every weekend has been sunny and most people get out and about in the nice weather.

We’ve had a week abroad and still have a deep tan many weeks later as its topped up all the time on walks, days out, park trips (haven’t done any specific sunbathing trying to get a tan).

I always wear factor 30 (50 at the start of Summer) and have a great tan. You would have to never be in the sun (which equally isnt healthy) to not have abit of colour this year.

I firmly agree. It’s not healthy to be inside all day either.

I’ve accepted that in 20 years my face may not match my body but hey ho. I also do not slap factor 50 on my kids all day either. They don’t burn but they need a bit of sun on their skin. I wouldn’t put it on for a 10 minute walk to school for example.

I don’t tan, at all. But the rest of my family is olive skinned and get a deep tan just from gardening, walking outside etc
I look like the random relative next to them!

I think the "all tans are unhealthy" mantra is probably wrong, and possibly dangerous.

This paper came out recently, adding to an increasing body of research suggesting that sunlight is really important for health. Even sunbeds may reduce mortality - although personally I won't be using them, especially in advance of any properly randomised controlled trials.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1353829224001564

My preference is to get a decent amount of sunshine, whilst trying very hard never to burn. I'm not at all convinced that supplements are an adequate alternative; I suspect it's like taking a multivitamin - better than nothing if you aren't eating fruit and veg, but inferior to the real thing.

I have a tan, and I accept that I may have a few more wrinkles as a result; it's the price I'm willing to pay for staying healthy.

It's been a very good, dry, hot summer! I work very part time, and spend a LOT of time outdoors! I have a lovely deep tan. I am not very pale anyway - quarter Italian - and I do tan so well, much to the disgust of my Irish husband who can't tan at all, and just burns!

This! ^

Not me! I generally stay inside when it's really sunny and stayed in the shade on holiday. I am pale and won't tan in a day/few days so I tend to avoid to protect my skin. I do think young people are regressing and going back to tanning. Social media misinformation doesn't help as sun cream is apparently 'toxic'.

I wear factor 50 whenever I’m out but I still have tanned arms and legs this year. See me in a swimsuit and you’ll see my back is still lily white as it’s uk tan not a beach tan.

The inside of my arms are brown as is my neck, I wear sun screen and don't sunbathe just caught a tan when out and about.

I think so, my neighbours older teenage dd is golden its more than likely fake.

I’m really tanned at the moment, my step daughter bought me some Shine Brown tan excelerator, I don’t know how it works but it definitely does the job.

Oh, and you can always tell fake tans, as the neck and backs of knees and insides of arms will be brown..... Which don't naturally catch the sun with normal sunbathing.

We've had a good summer, we now look a bit like the rest of Europe. It's only the Brits who obsess about staying out of the sun and covering their kids up. Sensible gradual exposure has been possible this year due to the sun being out since April. Here in South West Surrey we've had pretty much wall to wall sunshine, it's rained twice, and everything is brown and crispy including us!

I’ve not noticed it, but then I work with people indoors most of the day. My DH does sport outdoors and potters in the garden so he is brown. I don’t tan. Too blonde/fair. I use a bit of gradual fake tan else I just look rubbish when wearing summer clothes.

I have a deep tan. I've been abroad, have never used a sunbed or fake tan.

I’ve got Indian heritage and am usually very pale and I can burn. From a very unexpected bit of sun whilst camping in Devon (in 14c) in May, I got a bit burnt on my face and since then, even though I’m sat inside most of the time due to work etc I’ve got browner and browner.

Im very conscious of it as my ‘brown’ is a sort of orange fake tab colour. We are going on holiday next week so it’ll be factor 50 all the way but I was so dark when we returned last year I was embarrassed. I have a small child and do not sunbathe.

I presume good weather and more people going on Sun holidays.
I did meet a client a few weeks ago whom runs a Sun bed business, he rents them out privately he has about 50 of them, he said business is booming. He drops them to people houses and collects them a few weeks/months later. Some clients he rents to all year round for a monthly rent. Seems lots of people don’t want to be seen going into tanning studios but happy to do it from home.

It's something to do with actually having a summer this year.

You can be mindful of skin cancer but sunlight is good for you.

Jab-a-tan

Garnier gradual tanning lotion - doesn't leave streaks or marks on anything. It's amazing!