Advice on tanning solution for VERY pale white girly

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Not sure where to pop this as couldnt see a beauty thread!

I am unbelievably pale. Actual snow white, can see my blue veins in my skin pale. Particularly my legs. Dont tan, dont burn they just reflect sunlight. I often wear tan coloured tights but they are clearly tights as the white shines through.

I have recently tried dove gradual tan and found that it felt like it looked like the tan was on top of the white (does that even make sense) and looked kind of yellowy brown. So I looked dirty pale!
I dont want to have a spray tan cos I want a longer term solution I can do at home and dont feel I want my whole body tanning necessarily. I dont want to look brown just not like Casper. I wouldnt know how to begin looking after a spray tan and my husband's ex did spray tans and ruined multiple bedsheets so hes against the idea.

Anyway, Im looking for advice or product recommendations or anything for a pale white girly. I have a dress for my cousins wedding that has a slit on each side of my legs and want them to look just...normal 😅

Garnier Body Summer Gradual Tan. The Light Sun Kissed Glow is perfect for my pale skin. Exfoliate then massage the lotion in. Repeat the next day for a slightly darker tan.

Also Europeans includes Greeks, Spaniards, Italians etc, many of whom have naturally olive skin tones. If you’re going to bleat on about ethnic pride, at least make your post factually correct.

This is a total misunderstanding of the risk involved, and if you've already read and aren't convinced, there's no hope for you.

There is indeed a big old whiff of white supremacy along with the stink of misogyny, what a lovely combo.

@MalcomVexx using tanning beds doubles your risk of developing melanoma. Even just after a couple of uses. 20 minutes on a sunbed is equivalent to 4 hours in direct sunlight. Sunbeds are classed as class 1 carcinogens like tobacco.

They are very aging too.

I look better with a tan. I'm blonde with green eyes... either Scottish blue or overheated pinkish red do not look great on me. I also have almost transparent eyelashes and eyebrows. The eyebrows I can dye, the lashes I'm resigned to makeup. With nothing, I look like a glistening piglet (I may have pale skin but I have glowing skin!)

If I was a delicate pale with freckles who looked like a painting and stayed that way I might reconsider.

But without some colour I look washed out, harassed or old.

I have been fake tanning for YEARS and I have finally managed to get to a stage where I know what works for me.

I used to use the Bondi Sands gradual tan and loved it but then I found the Sienna X gradual one and find that far better!

How is that fucking racist? Nobody should feel that there’s something wrong with their skin tone an there’s nothing wrong in being proud of your heritage.
Would you say that to someone talking about pride for their (for example) Asian heritage? I’ll answer that for you - no. No you definitely wouldn’t.

And as to the other poster telling “the why not stay pale people” to fuck off, YOU fuck off. It’s a valid opinion, and it’s an important one to express. Just because YOU like to tan doesn’t mean that other women and girls don’t experience embarrassment at their skin and feel pressured to want to change it. And that’s unacceptable. Your type of aggressive policing of the conversation is harmful and has real life consequences for people.

I spent 2 years as one of only two White girls in my class in secondary school and among the usual “gori bitch” comments, I was having to put up with constant comments about my pale skin. Even from so-called “friends”. It fucked my self esteem up for years. It’s my SKIN. It covers my entire body. I can’t (and shouldn’t) change it.
Thankfully once out of that school and in a more diverse college, meeting open-minded friends from all over the world with their own perspectives, I realised that those comments had come from a very narrow-minded and insular attitude. I was able to learn to love my own skin. I think it’s beautiful - which is a healthy mindset to have.

So NO I won’t fuck off. And whenever I see a conversation like this I will encourage people to love the skin they’re in and see the beauty in it. Just on the off chance that there are people reading who have been conditioned to feel ashamed. And that goes for people of all skin tones.

ETA the “fuck off” poster was the poundshop Kardashian. Incase you don’t recognise yourself.

"Glistening piglet" 🤣🤣🤣
Oh @DailyMaui that's cracked me right up!! I think of myself as pretty pale but not THAT pale; I do have freckles and sometimes they even join up. I'm really glad you've found a tan & makeup solution that works for you, I bet you look fab. It's not about "pride in our heritage" or anything like that. If we'd rather not stick out like a blue or pink sore thumb, that's our business. 👊🏻