Fashion + Beauty
Friday, November 20, 2009
Should You Tan Your Face to Match Your Body?
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Gov. Mark Sanford famously
told his Argentine lover that he was mad for her tan lines. But
we've noticed a trend toward tan lines that are anything but
sexy—a moon-pale, well-protected face atop a bronzed body, with a
"tan line" at the neck.
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The look seems especially pronounced in places like Miami, southern
California, and the Mediterranean, where a certain amount of
natural body tanning can be inevitible over time, but where women
at least are wrinkle-phobic enough to cover their faces with SPF,
hats, and big sunglasses. What's your opinion: Should these
two-toners be fake-tanning their faces? Taking more scrupulous care
of the area below the chin? Or should we just chill out and accept
this weirdly guillotined look?
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Posted by RodgersismyQB Thu Jul 9, 2009 9:17pm PDT
My face is not even close in color to my body. I'm all about letting makeup cover up that fact!
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Posted by Apple Fri Jul 10, 2009 7:55am PDT
I don't tan my face. I didn't realize this was a trend. More of a norm to me.
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Posted by MARSHA Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:20am PDT
I know tan is in, but healthwise, tan should be out. Tanning shows up later in wrinkles.
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Posted by Angel Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:42am PDT
My face is not as tan as my body... I use bronzer to hide that fact though... and occasionally get a spray tan (very light cause I fear looking orange) on just my face to even things up....
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Posted by Lisa S Fri Jul 10, 2009 1:39pm PDT
I use "Jergens Natural Glow Face Moisturizer"
It works great, I hate being un-even, I tan really easily, even w/ sunscreen, so I try to stay close to my arm color w/ that stuff.
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Posted by ah87 Sun Jul 12, 2009 9:39am PDT
People still tan on purpose? What happened to just being happy the way God made you?
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Posted by Candice Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:05am PDT
my face looks bad dark, but having a little darker body makes u look thinner. i use neutrogena spf 100+ on my face, knees, elbows, hands, & chest-the places that are hardest to correct-and mix it with regular lotion for everywhere else EVERY day...when people look @ u they see ur face, and judge the rest of ur skin tone by that. the difference between my face & body isnt radical, but it is there. i might add that im a native miamian, have perma-tan, & must have strange conceptions about the sun.
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