I have fair skin and have always burned. A few years ago, I just gave up on even trying to get a tan. I just accepted that I'm pale and always will be. It didn't help that I was gaining weight and kind of stopped caring about how I looked all together.
And I definitely didn't want to lay out in a bathing suit. I was more the type of person where if I had to be in a bathing suit, I'd have a cover up on (or wear capris while everyone asked, "Aren't you hot?!") or be in the pool the entire time.
But now that I've lost weight, my opinions and beliefs about myself are changing. Why couldn't I try to get a tan?
So I got tanning lotion, which I'd never bought, and started going to the pool a couple times a week and laying out. And guess what? It worked and I got tan! You can see tan lines! I thought it was just impossible for me to get a tan, so I am pretty happy that I can turn my skin to a shade of normal!
It's the little things that make you stop and realize how much has really changed.
7 comments:
Thumbs up to this post!!!
MO
Take good care of your skin! And remember, in time tanning will become easier, as you skin "remembers" it... kind of... (my belly and legs remain white, no matter what I do, but my arms do tan nicely, mostly because I wear short sleeves no matter what).
Bravo! I've never been able to get much of a tan, either.
Awesome ! I've got tan lines this year also because I am getting outdoors more this year than in recent years!
I am totally Casper. I mean zero color. Good for you!
Yay for tan lines!!! I loooooooove summer and tanning season. So glad you're a part of it!
That's a nice NSV! It's always good to care about how you look.
Post a Comment