To use fake tan?

[tamora]

Apparently it is frowned upon on MN.

I wear fake tan every day, i use St Moritz, its cheap (£2.99) and is a lovely colour.

I think of it as bb cream but for my whole body.

I did and loved it. Very natural looking.

Then it started peeling near my bra when I was sweating at the gym. Now I look like I have skin disease all over where I am peeling.

I am letting it fade then trying again. I obviously did something wrong as the product was a good one. I looked much healthier to start with, covered a multitude of sins.

And I don't think it's sad to want to change the colour of my skin.

I am weight training and darker skin really helps show muscle definition. It also helps cover stretch marks from having five kids.

Lightening cream doesn't bleach your skin, it's the same as using a dark spot cream, just evens tone. I use Chanel whitening all the time and as one of the only white people in my department, I don't see anyone looking like Michael Jackson despite them all using it.

I think you'll find that in many Asian and African countries there is widespread use of creams which do in fact actually bleach the skin.