So who saw Nicola Roberts 'Truth about Tanning' programme on BBC3 last night? It was shocking to see how many people still flock to UV sunbeds without taking any precautions, and there's really no excuse for those 'tanning junkies' who are going on the beds EVERY day, where is their common sense for self-preservation?
Everyone these days knows the risks of over-exposure to UV rays, that's why there's so many daily moisturisers on the market with sun-block. Too much exposure = at the very least more wrinkles appearing sooner, and at worst skin cancer, which could kill you. So if there's a completely safe alternative that delivers the same results why don't more people choose it?
I don't agree with the UV junkies opinions that self tanning is messy, nasty, smelly, etc - it's simply all the reasons they're looking for not to use self tan and instead take the easy option of laying still on the sunbed. Sure, if you go down to the highstreet and buy a self tanner for £2 you're going to end up looking like an Oompa Lumpa stinking of biscuits, but it's the old adage - you always get what you pay for.
If these tanning junkies invested in a proper self tanner - one that costs more because it is made using more expensive ingredients and therefore gives you much a better and more natural looking tan - one that doesn't smell, streak, go messy, etc, then maybe they'd realise that there is a viable and easy alternative for them - they just need to realise this before it's too late!
I didn't however really agree with everything that Nicola said, she was very keen to promote paleness as 'the look' people should go for - the natural look, as she put it. Fair enough about overdoing the UV tanning, but people will always want to look confident in their own skin and most women will use some form of make-up to enhance their natural beauty, so why isn't fake tan also seen as make-up? People use lipstick to change the colour of their lips, eye make-up to shade and enhance the areas around the eyes, bronzer/blushers for the cheeks, so why shouldn't people also use a fake tan lotion in the same way on their skin? Fake tan lotion is to skin what lipstick is to lips, it's a completely safe form of make-up, so Nicola please don't try and push people away from fake tan when really it's just the cancer-inducing UV tanning you should be campaigning against.
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I completely agree on your point regarding Nicola promoting "the natural look" - she wears so much eye make-up it's hardly a natural look like she's campaigning for!
ReplyDeleteI think it's all about personal choice. I've never used sunbeds and never will, but I do wear fake tan - love your products Dave! - but I only apply it once or twice a week and it looks natural, not fake. I don't understand these people that use fake tan every day, if you find a good product you only need to apply it once a week max, so you don't need to have an obsession over fake tanning, especially considering people apply make up every day but that's never classed as an obsession.