What You Need to Know About Tanning

How to Fake a tan

The best method recommended for you to achieve a tan and still take care of your skin simultaneously is to apply a self-tanning product on your skin. They come in bottles and tubes and improve, season after season, but you have to follow the instructions indicated to get best results. This temporary staining can be very satisfactory if you start with a base color first which you get from actual sun. For best results, exfoliate skin first and ask someone to assist you achieve an even glowing tone even on hard to reach areas. To prolong a tan, you can apply self-tanning lotions and gels at least three times a week.

If you want to acquire the kind of tan that is good for you and makes you glow with health, then you must have patience and protection. If you are in the sun for the first time for many months, take it slowly. Avoid the midday sun completely and sunbathe for half an hour in the morning and late in the afternoon. Increase time each day, but still avoid the hottest part and don’t be misled into thinking a cool breeze off the sea has taken the sting out of the sun – it is only disguising the burning rays, you still need protection. You also need protection in and out of the water. It is no good putting on a sunscreen first thing in the morning believing you are safe for the day – a lot will be lost in natural perspiration. You must keep reapplying a sunscreen on your face and body.

Some burn more easily than others, but every skin needs protection to stop it from dehydrating. Very fair skin lacking in melanin will never tan deeply and red-heads with freckles will just get more freckles! Fair skins burn quickly and take time to build a tan while warmed-toned skins of the olive variety on the other hand will be able to take more sun before burning. But whatever your skin tone is, remember, all skins become dryer in the sun if they are not moisturized and well protected.