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Women Fake Tan and Being Orange...Why?

  • 29-12-2008 12:40PM
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 377 ✭✭


    Can someone please explain to me what the story is with women and fake tans? I can understand why pasty skinned people would want a little bit of colour to look like their more exotic Latin Cousins. But the fake tan colour of choice here seems to be orange and I can't remember seeing any women who live in sunny climes being orange.
    It looks ridiculous. Naturally tanned women must think ye are mad. Relatives from South Africa recently visited here for a wedding and were convinced that many of the women in attendance were of mixed race due to their odd colouration.
    How can ye find this even remotely attractive? It must do horrid things to your skin. What type of man does it attract? (The sunbed/colourblind kind I'm guessing). It's so bizarre I need it explained to me...


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,266 ✭✭✭MysticalSoul


    I have only worn fake tan a few times, however some brands are just rubbish and has this effect IMHO. It is about shopping around to find one that suits your colouring, same as with make-up. I know a girl who goes overload on the make-up with a very obvious tideline. Less is usually more IMO.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,649 ✭✭✭✭CDfm


    Can someone please explain to me what the story is with women being orange.

    because they are worth it;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    Some people don't know how to apply it, some people use crap products, some people don't know when to stop, and I'm pretty sure that some peoples' skin will turn out that colour no matter what!

    On the other hand, there are people who apply it very well to the point where you can't tell they are wearing fake tan.

    I am neither. I am as pale as it gets.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 377 ✭✭garrincha62


    I dunno Janeybabe, even well applied it looks unnatural...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    Nah there are definitely women out there who wear it well and you wouldn't be able to tell if they had just been on a sun holiday or not.

    Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of oompa loompas out there, and I'm not a fan of fake tan, but to say everyone looks unnatural is wrong.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,534 ✭✭✭FruitLover


    What type of man does it attract?

    The kind that think Ben Sherman shirts are the height of fashion.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,469 ✭✭✭Pythia


    Wow, a thread about fake tan. How unusual and original.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    Pythia wrote: »
    Wow, a thread about fake tan. How unusual and original.

    Yeah we've read it all before but why not try to convince people again that some women look natural with fake tan? That's always fun. ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 377 ✭✭garrincha62


    Ye Gads! A sarcastic response!! How original and perceptive.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,571 ✭✭✭herya


    But the fake tan colour of choice here seems to be orange

    It's not about choice - all fake tan products are based on one substance called dihydroxyacetone (DHA) which gives your skin this orange tinge. Some products are better than others in hiding it if some xtra colouring is added to make the shade more bronze or golden but you can't eliminate the orange shade completely since it's what DHA is about and in most cases it comes out anyway as the tan settles or is striking in some types of light and less obvious in other.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 377 ✭✭garrincha62


    herya wrote: »
    It's not about choice - all fake tan products are based on one substance called dihydroxyacetone (DHA) which gives your skin this orange tinge.

    Why take the risk?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,571 ✭✭✭herya


    Dunno. I'm pearly white and proud of it :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,469 ✭✭✭Pythia


    Ye Gads! A sarcastic response!! How original and perceptive.

    Do a search. This has been brought up countless times already so it's a fair point. Also, you used one of the words in your retort that I used in my original response, fail.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 377 ✭✭garrincha62


    Pythia wrote: »
    Also, you used one of the words in your retort that I used in my original response, fail.
    What exactly have I failed in? Your idea of a response competition? If so, I'm glad as you sound like an idiot.
    Pythia wrote: »
    Do a search. This has been brought up countless times already so it's a fair point.
    A fair point. So why respond?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,286 ✭✭✭SprostonGreen


    Fake tan looks good, too much of it does not. Its simple really.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,571 ✭✭✭herya


    Not really. Myself and my sisters and friends have tried countless products of various type and strength over the years and the result of these "tests" was that the only thing that matters is your natural skin colour. If you have darker complexion the tan will blend in nicely but if you're pale the tan will always turn out yellowish as there is nothing to blend with (which also really emphasizes any possible streaks).

    There are girls who will always look unnatural no matter what they use and how carefully they apply it and if they say otherwise they need to check themselves in the mirror outdoors. And check behind their ears!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 355 ✭✭Aurther Hugh


    How well you can carry off fake tan depends on what your basic colouring is:
    If you have very dark hair naturally and medium skin tone then go for it in moderation. If you're blonde but tan easily in the sun proceed with caution, if blonde and pale - avoid. Red hair - regardless of the skin tone - shop assistants shouldn't even sell it to you.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,787 ✭✭✭g5fd6ow0hseima


    tastless, bland, crowd following, insecure Irish women.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,787 ✭✭✭g5fd6ow0hseima


    Fake tan looks good, too much of it does not. Its simple really.
    None of it does. I have no time for any girl who wears it. It looks fowl in all cases, all it serves to do is publish the fact that those who wear it arent the happiest being themselves. We are Irish for god sake, any fella who expects a girl to have a dark complexion is a bollox,


  • Posts: 53,068 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    It is true that the quality of the product depends on whether you turn out orange or not, you do need to spend big bucks on the good stuff to get a "natural" tan, and the truth of the matter is that the reason people think all fake tan wearers are orange, is simply because they can't tell that the "good" wearers, are wearing it at all!

    at the end of the day, isn't it better to cover yourself in that kind of muck than it is to go on sunbeds and riddle yourself with skin cancer!


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  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,368 Mod ✭✭✭✭RacoonQueen


    Firstly, who cares if there's been 100 threads on it before? This one is new, it's a new conversation. Get a grip.

    Secondly, fake tan is rubbish. Idiots lining the pockets of people who are already very rich just to make themselves feel more confident. I'm Irish, I'm meant to be pale. As has already been said, marketed towards insecure girls, many of whom also wear fake nails and have a fake hair colour. Fake girls. Some guys are into fake girls though so...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,649 ✭✭✭✭CDfm


    If a woman feels she needs it well why not. Maybe some overdo it.

    Anyone remember the tanning tablets years back- I worked with a blonde girl who took them and who had a healthy orange glow- which faded to yellow over time. The pills were carretine - extract of carrot used in food colouring.


  • Posts: 53,068 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    and make-up - suppose that makes you totally insecure too seeing as it's covering up what god gave you? and push up bras to make your boobs look bigger, and anyone who has ever dies their hair, must be totally insecure. and anyone who tried getting a tan on holidays - must hate the way they look seeing as they're "meant" to be pale.

    seriously.
    mp1972 wrote: »
    Some guys are into fake girls though so...

    and some guys are into girls who don't bother their arse to make an effort.....everyone's a winner


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,469 ✭✭✭Pythia


    It looks fowl in all cases

    Personally I don't feel it makes me look like a chicken.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,571 ✭✭✭herya


    A roast chicken?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,571 ✭✭✭herya


    It is true that the quality of the product depends on whether you turn out orange or not, you do need to spend big bucks on the good stuff to get a "natural" tan, and the truth of the matter is that the reason people think all fake tan wearers are orange, is simply because they can't tell that the "good" wearers, are wearing it at all!

    Not true - no matter how nice they think they had it applied nothing betrays a milky white Irish girl better than her white scalp and hairline, and ears.
    at the end of the day, isn't it better to cover yourself in that kind of muck than it is to go on sunbeds and riddle yourself with skin cancer!

    Surely it's not between one and the other. Who said you need to be tanned at all? If you're not naturally and it doesn't suit you.


  • Posts: 53,068 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    herya wrote: »
    Not true - no matter how nice they think they had it applied nothing betrays a milky white Irish girl better than her white scalp and hairline, and ears.

    there you go - you've proven my point, if you see this, it means it's not applied correctly!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,571 ✭✭✭herya


    How do you apply it to your scalp correctly? Or ears? :eek:

    I don't mean that they are doing it wrong, you can tell it's the best you can get (judging by these girls outfits and handbags). It's just that some areas are not meant to be fake tanned - and you can spot it easily.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,649 ✭✭✭✭CDfm


    herya wrote: »
    A roast chicken?
    chicken a l'orange


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,129 ✭✭✭Nightwish


    I'm pale and pasty...like nature intended me to be. I personally hate fake tan. Its always obvious to me anyway, when a girl is wearing it (and I've seen it on guys :eek:). It rarely looks natural, however, if you must tan, its better from a bottle than from some cancer rays.


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