Everyday Life & Interests - Tanning Lovers #1: We're All Golden Brown and Lovin' It!

Hell on Heels · 05-15-2007, 10:37 AM

I didn't see a thread for this here so I wanted to start one. I hope that's okay?

If you tan indoors or outdoors this is the place for you. Do you have a favorite lotion, do you even use tanning lotions, do you fake bake (self-tanners), are you addicted? Have any questions you want answered?

Rules
- If you don't agree with tanning, it's best you don't preach here. I'm sure we've all heard all the warnings and we don't need to hear them again. Thank you.

Nele · 05-15-2007, 10:43 AM

Cool idea

I don't really use lotions to tan because most of the time it turns orange on my skin

I do like the new Dove creme with a bit of summer glow, it tans your skin a little bit

Hell on Heels · 05-15-2007, 10:52 AM

Thanks.

And I'm the same, most fake bake lotions turn me orange and I get horribly blotchy. I almost look like Lindsay Lohan.

I got really dark like two years ago but I stopped tanning. I just started back up again. I've went three times now, my chest and upper stomach got pink, not red, the second time I went tanning and faded before I went tanning two days later. I got a star tattoo sticker and I can see a change in color already which makes me very excited. I love how defined you look with a nice golden color so I'm very impatient. *grin*

I don't have any tanning lotions yet. I live in a small town and the salon I go to only sells a few expensive samples in a vending machine. I've researched and found two different lotions (Halo and Brown Envy) I want and I'm going to have to order them on the internet. I need to get a good moisturizer as well and I've heard Hempz Herbal Moisturizer is awesome.

Nele · 05-15-2007, 11:55 AM

Well I don't really get a tan from laying in the sun

I just burn get all red and then white again... my skin is really really pale

Dove summer glow I heard Dove is really expensive in some countries but here it only costs around € 5 for a bottle

Hell on Heels · 05-16-2007, 03:38 AM

I can't lay out in the sun either, I'll get some color but I'll burn mostly. With tanning beds I can control the amount of 'rays' I take in and build a base tan so when I do lay out in the natural sun, I don't burn at all.

I haven't tried Dove Summer Glow but I've heard it's good stuff. I've used Loreal Sublime Glow lotion and that stuff works pretty good.

-Kelly- · 05-16-2007, 08:51 PM

Wow...I use "Johnson and Johnson" and I found this

Quote:

Trade Practices – Tanning lotion: the difficulties with comparative advertising

In brief: Another case has demonstrated the care that must be taken with comparative advertising, this time in respect of tanning lotions: Johnson & Johnson Pacific Pty Limited v Unilever Australia Limited (No 2) [2006] FCA 1646.

By David L Yates, Senior Associate

Johnson & Johnson created a new product called 'JOHNSON'S HOLIDAY SKIN BODY LOTION' which worked as both a moisturiser and a tanning lotion. The product became very successful. Unilever launched a competing product, 'DOVE SUMMER GLOW BODY LOTION', in March 2006. Unilever's advertising and promotion for its new product was based upon a comparison between its product and the Johnson & Johnson product. That comparison was said to be supported by market research that established that users of 'HOLIDAY SKIN' preferred 'SUMMER GLOW'. Johnson & Johnson alleged that, in advertising its product in this way, Unilever engaged in conduct that contravened s52 of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth). Johnson & Johnson applied for, and was granted, interlocutory orders restraining Unilever from advertising 'SUMMER GLOW' in this manner. The proceedings then came before the court for a final determination.

The case primarily concerned Unilever's television and print advertisements. Johnson & Johnson alleged that the representations in each advertisement included: that seven out of 10 users of 'HOLIDAY SKIN' preferred 'SUMMER GLOW' to 'HOLIDAY SKIN' for its tanning attributes; and, that 'SUMMER GLOW' is the best tanning body lotion available. Johnson & Johnson complained that the study did not justify the representations because:

* at face value, the study did not show that seven out of 10 users preferred 'SUMMER GLOW' to 'HOLIDAY SKIN' for its tanning attributes;
* the study only tested the respective Dove and Johnson light variants; and
* deficiencies inherent in the study methodology meant that no general preference claim was justified.

The court upheld Johnson & Johnson's complaint and found that each of the representations was misleading and deceptive. The case provides a useful discussion of the nature and scope of representations that may be made on the basis of a study comparing limited product variants among a specific participant age bracket, and on what can be said about quantitative results of participants' responses.

Hell on Heels · 05-17-2007, 05:22 AM

^ That's very interesting.

I'm going tanning today. I can't wait. It'll be my fourth session.

-Kelly- · 05-17-2007, 08:06 PM

Is it the machine tanning

I don't like the idea of that...I've heard bad news about them

Hell on Heels · 05-17-2007, 09:09 PM

Yeah, it's tanning bed. I always say it's dangerous to walk across a street too.

girltalk · 05-18-2007, 08:07 AM

i think i'm going to bronzage on monday! it'll be my first time ever so it should be interesting. i really want to get tanned

i hate hate hate being pale.

Hell on Heels · 05-18-2007, 08:47 AM

Hey welcome to the thread, girltalk.

I've never used a bronzer before. I'm still working on getting my base tan. Then I plan on trying that stuff. The idea of using a 'tingle' freaks me out a bit.

girltalk · 05-18-2007, 03:20 PM

thanks!

using a tingle?? i'm a bit nervous to go tanning, i'm scared something will go horribly wrong and i'll get scarily burnt. haha i just have to pray that that doesn't happen (though, it probably won't

)

Hell on Heels · 05-18-2007, 03:46 PM

It won't happen if you researched well. I went 5 minutes my first time and I didn't get burnt at all. Just go slowly and don't rush it. My biggest problem is being impatient.

Nele · 05-18-2007, 11:30 PM

Yes I think 5 minutes is good to start with, not longer if it's your first time

I did 3 sessions last year because if I don't have a little tan I get sunburned too quickly

Hell on Heels · 05-19-2007, 07:31 AM

I'm tanning to get my base tan. I've gone five times now and I'm only at 6 minutes but if I go over that I get red instead of a little pink in the chest area but I am getting some good color. I even put my legs in the bed longer than the rest of me since they are the hardest to tan and don't burn easily.


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