Spray Tan?

Amadeus.

Because of the obvious skin problems(ageing) with sunbed use, I have decided to sell my sunbed along with the spare tubes. Anyhow I am now reconsidering my options and thinking about a spray tan .
How many of you guys would consider doing it and should I feel embarrassed about getting one?
Also having to exfoliate would be a hassle, is it worth it?
There are also tanning pills I can get online, but unsure about side effects.
Any thoughts on the above?

PrettyBoy

Amadeus. wrote: »

There are also tanning pills I can get online, but unsure about side effects.

This is something I have been thinking about too, especially the tanning pills. Any thoughts appreciated.

Giselle

If the (I believe its a form of beta-carotene?) ingredient in the tablets are potent enough to colour you on the outside, I'd be fairly concerned about what was going on behind the scenes inside.

Dr Galen

ok, we'll leave this thread to discuss the spray tan aspect of things, but there is to be no doscussion on how to obtain tanning pills online. You'd really need to be a class of mad to be thinking of going down that route OP.

cheers

MM

Otis Driftwood

Can I ask why do you feel the need to be perma-tanned?

Im not trying to be smart or rip the piss here but even females with year round tans make me laugh so why do you feel its neccessary?

Just to answer your question,no,I have never nor would I ever consider spray tan,the thought of it makes me cringe.

Finally,just on your overall tanning practice.You've said you have to stop using your sun bed as its having a negative effect on your skin and you are considering taking tanning pills (didnt even know there was such a thing and as Giselle said,if they change your outside appearence what could they be doing to your insides?) so do you not think its time you re-evaluated your (presumeably) need to look cosmetically pleasing?

Is being tanned really that important?

Again,as I said above,Im not taking the mick,Im just genuinely curious as to why you think its neccessary to risk long term physical damage just to be browner.

Amadeus.

nedtheshed wrote: »

Can I ask why do you feel the need to be perma-tanned?

Im not trying to be smart or rip the piss here but even females with year round tans make me laugh so why do you feel its neccessary?

Just to answer your question,no,I have never nor would I ever consider spray tan,the thought of it makes me cringe.

Finally,just on your overall tanning practice.You've said you have to stop using your sun bed as its having a negative effect on your skin and you are considering taking tanning pills (didnt even know there was such a thing and as Giselle said,if they change your outside appearence what could they be doing to your insides?) so do you not think its time you re-evaluated your (presumeably) need to look cosmetically pleasing?

Is being tanned really that important?

Again,as I said above,Im not taking the mick,Im just genuinely curious as to why you think its neccessary to risk long term physical damage just to be browner.

Ok, I will try and answer them in order. I have no problem with the questions either m8. Being tanned makes me feel more attractive and gives me lots of self confidence. The sunbeds had to stop as it was increasing wrinkles thus more money spent on botox etc.
I am giving up on the idea of tan pills as that may not be worth the risk.
To put it simply, the browner I am, the happier I am inside.
Lots of girls do it and look great for it, so why not guys?

Otis Driftwood

Thats fair enough but for me,fake tan is fake tan,its fairly obvious when its out of a bottle or off a sunbed whether on a female or a male and it just looks silly when its in place 365 days a year.

However that is just one mans opinion,once you are happy in your self thats the main thing.


Cheers for the answer!

Mackman

Jesus, Whats next? men walking around in high heels cause it makes them feel sexy???:eek:

No i would NEVER consider doing it. I think its rediculous. Fake tan (i include sunbeds as fake tan) is for women, and even then its totally noticable, therefore negates the pro's of doing it.

For me, a tan doesnt enhance someones attractivness, i find the more natural look attractive.

cruizer101

The whole fake tan baffels me a bit too, but if it makes you feel ood go for it.

I'm glad you say you've given up on the sunbeds as that would just lead to a good chance of skin cancer.

In terms of fake tans a lot of them are pretty obvious they are fake, i can't imagine they are great for your skin either.

Why not try the body lotions with a small bit of stuff in them, meant to build up a bit of tan over time, Holiday skin and summer glow type stuff.

Odysseus

Mystik Monkey wrote: »

You'd really need to be a class of mad to be thinking of going down that route OP.

cheers

MM

What about the people who inject the stuff, they are turning up at neddle exchanges now, its becoming a common enough thing. That is taking vanity to a new level.

Valmont

I genuinely thought that only men in sitcoms wanted fake tan. I don't understand it all but to each his own.

As a side note, I find nothing more alluring than a porcelain beauty willing to show she doesn't need an orange goo on her to look good.

Chet Zar

Just make sure you don't count Mississippily...

yogy

This thread is wrong for so many reasons.

Nobody in their right mind uses sun beds these days due to risk of skin damage.

Spray tans make women look like glowing, tangerine messes. A girl with a naturally pale complexion is much more attractive than one with a spray painted orange one. You might feel more confident but no doubt you will be the but of many a joke (probably behind your back).

You are looking for trouble buying pills off the internet, who knows where they are coming from or what is in them.

Amadeus.

Amadeus. wrote: »

To put it simply, the browner I am, the happier I am inside.

To hear anyone man or woman say this. I would find it worrying.
It is normal to get an esteem boost when you look good.
But once it gets to the stage where, you feel unhappy without your beauty fix.
Your missing the point tbh.
Maybe a tan break, would be good for you?
Give you an opportunity to find a more balanced sense of self esteem, by focusing on you and your lifes other qualities.

But otherwise I don't see anything wrong with a guy getting a fake tan.
Exfoliating makes a massive difference, it prevents the tan going patchy, and makes it last longer.
When you book in, you will be given exfoliating advice.

Mr Yellow

I get ya with relation to being tanned & being more confidently happy. But look where its got our wimmens, the umpa lumpa effect!! Dont let such an image take things to an unhealthy level

Personally, i wouldnt touch pills or go near a sunbed, real deal or nothing. In a changing nation, im sure the more metrosexual males accept spray tan as well as more traditional buff males

The cash you spend on such....products would get ya to spain for a weekend every so often

Lothaar v2

The oompa-loompa look is what happens when fake tan is done wrong. When it's done well, you don't notice it. So, the problem is not the fake tan, it's the person who applied it.

Also, going to Spain instead of fake tanning defeats the purpose. Sunbathing damages the skin, which the OP wants to avoid.

Just clearing that up, as most posters so far don't seem to understand those points. Personally, I wouldn't use fake tan, but each to their own, says I.

Leucifer

I would never consider using fake tan/ sunbeds, etc.

I don't get the obsession some girls have with it either. I think most girls look great with their natural skin tone and I personally prefer pale skin girls to those that are "bronzed".

Chet Zar

It's actually amazing the number of orange women I see about the place!! Even going to work it's unreal the number of girls you see who literally look like they've dipped themselves in a vat of Tango make-up before leaving the house.

SLUSK

I would never ever use spray tan or go to some sort of solarium. Why would you wanna do that?

I have seen many British and Irish girls use spray tan and it looks horrible to be honest. If you can't get a natural tan don't even bother.

Herbal Deity

Mackman wrote: »

Jesus, Whats next? men walking around in high heels cause it makes them feel sexy???:eek:

What would necessarily be wrong with that?

Why are so many things arbitrarily considered feminine?

Tanning pills sound dodgy, and sunbeds are dangerous, but there's absolutely no reason a man shouldn't use fake tan if he wishes to.

Chet Zar

Herbal Deity wrote: »

there's absolutely no reason a man shouldn't use fake tan if he wishes to.

If he's straight then he shouldn't.

Dr Galen

Chet Zar wrote: »

If he's straight then he shouldn't.

nonsense

directly linking a mans straightness to how much interest he takes in his appearance is bollix.

Chet Zar

Mystik Monkey wrote: »

nonsense

directly linking a mans straightness to how much interest he takes in his appearance is bollix.

A man taking an interest in his appearance = shaving and getting a regular haircut, buying clothes, slapping on some moisturiser. Getting a spray tan is a different kettle of fish altogether.

Bottle_of_Smoke

Chet Zar wrote: »

If he's straight then he shouldn't.

how do you know he's 'straight' ?

Gay men can post in this forum. Its for guys, not just men who are attracted to women

Chet Zar

Bottle_of_Smoke wrote: »

how do you know he's 'straight' ?

Gay men can post in this forum. Its for guys, not just men who are attracted to women

Well I don't. That's why I said 'if'

liah

Chet Zar wrote: »

A man taking an interest in his appearance = shaving and getting a regular haircut, buying clothes, slapping on some moisturiser. Getting a spray tan is a different kettle of fish altogether.

Why?

Jip

I think we need an Irish version of Snog, Marry, Avoid !

L31mr0d

The problem with fake tan is in the name, it looks fake.

A real, natural, sun kissed tan is not even and uniform, parts of your skin will be in the sun more and tan darker accordingly. This is why fake tan looks so fake, it's an even colour change, even to parts of the skin that would not have tanned as dark.

What the OP needs is to travel around Asia for a bit. I only spent a few weeks there and the number of men particularly that where complimenting me on my untanned skin, it seemed a bit weird that they'd even comment on it. The whiter your skin over there the better it seems, and there are just as many skin whitening products over there as there are skin darkening products over here.

It's all a bit mad really though... and pointless tbh. On their deathbed I'd doubt these compulsive tanners will think "I'm glad I spent so much of my time and money keeping my skin tanned for as long as possible"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgu96y6o5No

Glenster

I dont think anyone would disagree that getting a spray tan is not a particularly masculine thing to do. Like getting a manicure or a facial it would tend towards the feminine end of the scale.

There's nothing wrong with it per se and the only thing that makes you gay is having sex with blokes (yes most women are gay).

Herbal Deity

Glenster wrote: »

I dont think anyone would disagree that getting a spray tan is not a particularly masculine thing to do. Like getting a manicure or a facial it would tend towards the feminine end of the scale.

Only by arbitrary social standards though.

All "masculine" means in the context you're talking in is "more normal for a man", and I don't think we should look down on others for doing things which are a bit abnormal if it makes them happy.

Generalizations are baaaaad.

L31mr0d

Glenster wrote: »

I dont think anyone would disagree that getting a spray tan is not a particularly masculine thing to do. Like getting a manicure or a facial it would tend towards the feminine end of the scale.

Is a man who works on a ranch and buys a pair of jeans for his job less manly?

I remember arguing this point regarding manliness on one of the many entertaining arguments I used to have with the guys I got a lift to college with.

After a few days I finally boiled it down to this.

If you take a man dressed for work on a cattle ranch in the middle of the US and plonk him in a party in Milan, people are going to think he is gay (imitating the village people or something). But if you where to likewise take a typical man who works in the metropolitan heart of Milan and plonk him on a ranch, the people there would think he is gay, with his preened hair, fitted Italian suit and soft skin hands.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, it's all relative.

Glenster

L31mr0d wrote: »

Is a man who works on a ranch and buys a pair of jeans for his job less manly?

Of course it's all relative, but in our society (presuming you are middle class and live in the industrialised west) fake tans, like manicures and brazillian waxes, are feminine. Why are dresses more feminine? 'Cos society says so.

Also on your cowboy point, I think you are confusing gay cowboy comedy clothes with real cowboy work clothes, real cowboys dont just wear the chaps, they have jeans on underneath.

L31mr0d

Glenster wrote: »

Of course it's all relative, but in our society (presuming you are middle class and live in the industrialised west) fake tans, like manicures and brazillian waxes, are feminine. Why are dresses more feminine? 'Cos society says so.

My point is that the cowboy, like the metrosexual male, alters their appearance to better succeed at their work. A man who works in a business where he will be shaking a lot of hands and his visual appearance of health and youth is integral for his profession is no more effeminate than the cowboy in chaps walking down a high street.

In the "industrialised west" physical prowess is no longer needed. To visually indicate ones professionalism and intelligence males will create an air of tidiness, cleanliness, youth and health. In the west a tan is viewed as a sign of health

Tans I have no problem with, however this endeavour to look healthier often backfires with fake tan or tanning beds as it looks obviously fake, leading to a viewer, instead of seeing health, seeing an individual that is either narcissistic or uncomfortably over-conscious.

Chet Zar

L31mr0d wrote: »

My point is that the cowboy, like the metrosexual male, alters their appearance to better succeed at their work. A man who works in a business where he will be shaking a lot of hands and his visual appearance of health and youth is integral for his profession is no more effeminate than the cowboy in chaps walking down a high street.

In the "industrialised west" physical prowess is no longer needed. To visually indicate ones professionalism and intelligence males will create an air of tidiness, cleanliness, youth and health. In the west a tan is viewed as a sign of health

Tans I have no problem with, however this endeavour to look healthier often backfires with fake tan or tanning beds as it looks obviously fake, leading to a viewer, instead of seeing health, seeing an individual that is either narcissistic or uncomfortably over-conscious.

It's not all relative - a guy dressed as a cowboy, arriving in from somewhere like Utah to a party in Milan full of blokes dressed up to the nines would not be seen as gay! He'd be seen as a bloke who is a cowboy arriving in from Utah! The only gay cowboy at the party would be one arriving in as such (fancy dress or what have you).

I definitely object to the whole 'it's all relative' deal. Let's face it - a straight bloke who gets a spray tan is a bit of a girl. No wait - he is very very much a girl. Don't fear the PC brigade - it's ok to say it.

Herbal Deity

Chet Zar wrote: »

It's not all relative - a guy dressed as a cowboy, arriving in from somewhere like Utah to a party in Milan full of blokes dressed up to the nines would not be seen as gay! He'd be seen as a bloke who is a cowboy arriving in from Utah! The only gay cowboy at the party would be one arriving in as such (fancy dress or what have you).

I definitely object to the whole 'it's all relative' deal. Let's face it - a straight bloke who gets a spray tan is a bit of a girl. No wait - he is very very much a girl. Don't fear the PC brigade - it's ok to say it.

Why is he more of a girl and why is it ok to say it?

Does getting a spray tan make a guy grow boobs and his knob morph into a pussy?

L31mr0d

Chet Zar wrote: »

Let's face it - a straight bloke who gets a spray tan is a bit of a girl. No wait - he is very very much a girl. Don't fear the PC brigade - it's ok to say it.

You're drawing an arbitrary line in the sand. You seem to be okay with a man using a moisturiser right (post #23), but not okay with a spray tan. So what about a tanning moisturiser? Is that manly to you?

Again, I am not saying I think spray tanning is necessary, rather it is no more female than male. I'm trying to show you that your opinion amounts to nothing more than "I made something up in my brain, so it must be true, believe it!"

kateisabella

Hi guys,just reading the post and i have to laugh,i stumbled on this posting.

i am a female!shock horror!

and i am gay(i like men)

but that has absolutely no baring on wether i use spray tan or not?corrct.
if girls wear guys sweat pants and fragrance does that make her a lesbian.

it may seem strange to the average man another man using fake tan,but tbh there is nothting stange, in my opinion the average man i have met is only a fraction into their apprence compared to us girls,and to the average(in my opinion,i cannot stress)man,a man that put the same amount of effort into apprences as a women must be gay,but to be honest average joes out there-most women love the straight guy who will take time to moisturise,and shave and shop for nice clothes-there the most atrractive men.
in such case most girl like tans because most people look healthier and prettier with a tan-ask any girl(hence why we use tan)

obviously if girls look orange its the brand of tan or the way theyve lashed in on,but thats the person not the tan.

its a product thats out there,on the market for people to but,if people choose to buy it and wear it,thats there own business but it certainly does not define there sexuality. if the person feels good and looks good,go for it.

some people who wear it these days are addicted to it,because there used to being brown rather than white.

but i am happy getting my natural tan out here in the sunny country of australia:)

happy tanners and happy anti tanners:)

Chet Zar

L31mr0d wrote: »

You're drawing an arbitrary line in the sand. You seem to be okay with a man using a moisturiser right (post #23), but not okay with a spray tan. So what about a tanning moisturiser? Is that manly to you?

Again, I am not saying I think spray tanning is necessary, rather it is no more female than male. I'm trying to show you that your opinion amounts to nothing more than "I made something up in my brain, so it must be true, believe it!"

You could say the same for your opinion I reckon so!

We're not talking about tanning moisturisers. We're talking about spray tans. Getting a spray tan is a girly thing to do right? So it's not a massive leap to say that a man who gets a spray tan is more than likely a bit girly.

grrrrrrrrrr

Whats the story with tinted moisturister etc for just your face!

pikachucheeks

Fair play to you for getting rid of your sun bed, OP. They're nasty things and they do a lot of damage.

If you really want to look more bronzed, then faking it with product is definitely the safer option.

There's hundreds of salons offering spray tans for 15 - 25 euro, at the moment. That lasts about a week, I believe.

Gary ITR

pikachucheeks wrote: »

There's hundreds of salons offering spray tans for 15 - 25 euro, at the moment. That lasts about a week, I believe.

Place I was working in for a bit was offering them for 15 and they came out well. Fully automated too and lasted 7/8 days, I should know I got the stuff all over my hands when I was fixing the machine and I was stuck with patchy brown hands for a week

--amadeus--

I would guess it's considered feminine because it's just a step away from cosmetics and very few "manly" men wear lip gloss and eyeliner!

I don't get the point either - but if the OP wants to do it then good luck to him