Fashion + Beauty

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  Posted by easymarshhead Fri May 30, 2008 9:44am PDT

  awww haha. I personally like white skin that's what makes us all different.

  I'm naturally tan but my sister has white porcelain skin and even though she wants a tan, its her china doll skin tone that makes her so unique when compared to me.

  Pale is gorgeous!

  live it like it love it

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  Posted by optiva Fri May 30, 2008 10:01am PDT

  I've been self tanning and tanning in the sun for years and have not become more sensetive to the sun,but I tan in the sun very easiely. So maybe it's just people who are already sun sensitive. Tomorrow they'll say it's safe and good for the skin,so do what ever it's your body anyway. I love to be tan,and my skin is in great condition.

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  Posted by coolhands Fri May 30, 2008 10:03am PDT

  Ah no. Veiny and splotchy is not sexy. Smooth powdery white skin is however sexy. If you've got the blemishes going on, just go out in the damn sun. You need the Vitamin D anyway.

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  Posted by E Fri May 30, 2008 10:07am PDT

  I love how so many people want to be tan but don't find darker people (such as ones of african or asian origin) beautiful. Everyone finds pale skin beautiful. Where have you been for the past 1000 years.

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  Posted by Cammie Fri May 30, 2008 10:13am PDT

  Funny how society views such things as the tanness of our skin. I mean way back in the day having white skin was a sign of how high in society you were because if you had porcelain skin it meant you didn't have to work. Everything we eat, drink, smell, look at or even think about is going to kill us anyway, so why not just enjoy life. :)

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  Posted by Jennifer Romolini, Shine staff Fri May 30, 2008 10:14am PDT

  E,

  I'm telling you, yes, porcelain skin (like Nicole Kidman), is thought of as beautiful. Skin like mine (and Philip Seymour Hoffman) that's red and splotchy...no one wants. Think about how every white person in Hollywood gets those super spray tans before a big event. They all want to be darker, I swear. Also, I love the skin tones of African and Asian and Latin origin.

  Jennifer

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  Posted by up too late Fri May 30, 2008 12:45pm PDT

  it's a cultural thing. in america, bronze is beautiful. we advertise self-tanners. in asia, i found that pale skin is beautiful and they advertise skin-bleachers! that's when i realized that the culture has an amazing ability to drive what people find attractive. whoa. so i don't care about getting a tan, i just care about protecting my skin. i don't want to have leather-textured skin, wrinkles and age spots when i get older, so i could give a hoot what this particular society touts as beautiful. i'm beautiful as i am, dammit.

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  Posted by ash Fri May 30, 2008 12:50pm PDT

  that has been the style in the past. everyone forgot heroine chic? personally i love tawny skin but china doll is also very beautiful, as are all skin colors. And i agree with camijona; everythings gonna kill us so live life while you can! we cant live forever, the worlds crowded enough.

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  Posted by taste_of_jin Fri May 30, 2008 1:21pm PDT

  I love to have some tan on my skin! It's OK for health and looks good!

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  Posted by pinkblushz Fri May 30, 2008 2:14pm PDT

  beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. There is no such thing as the hottest person or the best looking skin color. Not everyone is beautiful but there is beauty in every color. some people like tan and some like pale or black thats just how it goes, thats way we have different color people on earth and that means different opinions about everything. LET'S LEARN, LOVE AND SHARE.

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