Fake tan: What's the problem?

VinLieger · 24-06-2013 10:17AM

If it looked in anyway realistic or good id have no problem with it, but you can instantly tell whether its fake or not and just looks like the painted themselves orange

XxMCRxBabyxX · 24-06-2013 10:17AM

Cienciano wrote: »

LOL, you think people wear fake tan because they're "ashamed" of their skin colour!

Well why else do they cover up their natural skin tone?

ShadowHearth · 24-06-2013 10:26AM

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

Well why else do they cover up their natural skin tone?

And why do woman put make up?

Meangadh · 24-06-2013 10:28AM

Always makes me laugh when men say they prefer women who don't wear fake tan or loads of make up, and yet when asked who they are most attracted to you'll find the majority of the very women they choose are without doubt wearing fake tan and a decent amount of make up. You can be doing the "natural" look and still be wearing primer, foundation, concealer, eye shadow, mascara, highlighter, powder, blusher, lip gloss, eyebrow liner/shader, tan and bronzer. Nothing "natural" about it but that doesn't mean it's a bad thing if it makes someone feel and look good.

I know it's become a bit of a cliche (especially around here) but it is genuinely all about how you apply it- both make up and fake tan. You can wear a small amount applied well and it can really look good. There are people who go OTT but that doesn't mean it's all bad.

cletus van damme · 24-06-2013 10:34AM

apart from the application disasters or extreme slobberings of it - I have to say I'm a fan of a well dressed lady with fake tan.

nothing wrong with pale skin - but a tan (fake or not) it quite attractive.

fake tan on your sheets? get the fcuk - you just got laid ffs.

actually anybody who complains about tan on their sheets after a ride deserves a good kick in the balls.

XxMCRxBabyxX · 24-06-2013 10:36AM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

And why do woman put make up?

The same reason. I'll easily admit that about myself. I feel like I look better with make up on - having covered my face.

lertsnim · 24-06-2013 10:37AM

Boofle wrote: »

Surely it's better than the pale, pasty look?

Wrong. Another huge problem I have with it is most people have no idea how much to use. Looking like an Oompa Loompa isn't that great.

ShadowHearth · 24-06-2013 10:42AM

Meangadh wrote: »

Always makes me laugh when men say they prefer women who don't wear fake tan or loads of make up, and yet when asked who they are most attracted to you'll find the majority of the very women they choose are without doubt wearing fake tan and a decent amount of make up. You can be doing the "natural" look and still be wearing primer, foundation, concealer, eye shadow, mascara, highlighter, powder, blusher, lip gloss, eyebrow liner/shader, tan and bronzer. Nothing "natural" about it but that doesn't mean it's a bad thing if it makes someone feel and look good.

I know it's become a bit of a cliche (especially around here) but it is genuinely all about how you apply it- both make up and fake tan. You can wear a small amount applied well and it can really look good. There are people who go OTT but that doesn't mean it's all bad.

Like in any situation, you will get hypocrites. Most men love make up and nice light tan skin tone. Problem is majority of woman in Ireland have no sense on the amount of make up and tan is enough ( most young ones) . To make it worse, girls don't know how properly apply products too.
I have seen countless times when a girl puts fake tan incorrectly and she ends up in Brown stains instead of fully covered in light tan. I am not even talking about putting way too much of it in the first place.
Same issue with make up. I bet that everyone of us had seen girls with "make up masks". You can clearly see that she just put make up directly on the front of her face and the rest of the head is natural colour. So you get a mask effect, which looks dumb. Girls just can't blend in make up to make it look natural.
I love to see beautiful woman. If they need make up or don't need make up its up to them. No matter how they achieve it, the most important things is final outcome.

XxMCRxBabyxX · 24-06-2013 10:42AM

Boofle wrote: »

Why do a lot of men seem to hate it on girls?! Surely it's better than the pale, pasty look?

Once upon a time being pale was considered to be true beauty. Somewhere along the line this changed and now it's practically the opposite.

I don't wear it myself but wouldn't judge others for wearing it as long as they can put it on properly.

NIMAN · 24-06-2013 10:48AM

Can't blame women only for bad fake tans

http://shechive.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/spray-tan-7.jpg

leahyl · 24-06-2013 10:48AM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Like in any situation, you will get hypocrites. Most men love make up and nice light tan skin tone. Problem is majority of woman in Ireland have no sense on the amount of make up and tan is enough ( most young ones) . To make it worse, girls don't know how properly apply products too.
I have seen countless times when a girl puts fake tan incorrectly and she ends up in Brown stains instead of fully covered in light tan. I am not even talking about putting way too much of it in the first place.
Same issue with make up. I bet that everyone of us had seen girls with "make up masks". You can clearly see that she just put make up directly on the front of her face and the rest of the head is natural colour. So you get a mask effect, which looks dumb. Girls just can't blend in make up to make it look natural. I love to see beautiful woman. If they need make up or don't need make up its up to them. No matter how they achieve it, the most important things is final outcome.

Amen to that! I can't stress enough how important it is to blend your makeup with your tan so that your neck and shoulders are the same colour as your face - nothing worse than a bronzed face and then white pasty neck and shoulders....

Legs.Eleven · 24-06-2013 10:49AM

You hear men go on about how much they hate fake tan and women with lots make up yet these are the very kinds of women who get the most attention. At least be honest about it!

Like anything, I think it can look great if applied properly. Not something I wear myself because I live in a country where I can get a real tan (:P).

Cienciano · 24-06-2013 11:00AM

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

Well why else do they cover up their natural skin tone?

Any number of reasons. Because it's more fashionable to look like you have a tan? The people who do it like the look?
Are women who wear make-up ashamed of their looks? What about women who dye their hair? Women who sunbath?
I had a shave this morning, I'm obviously ashamed of my facial hair!

GLaDOS · 24-06-2013 11:03AM

I quite like pale looking girls anyway, even compared to naturally tanned women. SO I definitely prefer pale to fake tanned..

the_syco · 24-06-2013 11:04AM

Boofle wrote: »

Why do a lot of men seem to hate it on girls?! Surely it's better than the pale, pasty look?

Done correctly, it looks like the woman has a tan.

Done incorrectly;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZhs7w-FzeI

And it can be spotted easily.

Candy_Girl · 24-06-2013 11:09AM

I always look like casper in photos, I wish some girls weren't so heavy handed with the tan.

Boombastic · 24-06-2013 11:11AM

bumper234 wrote: »

Yup.

Women dye their hair a different colour.
They wear heels to make themselves taller.
Add hair extensions to make it longer.
Wear fake tan change to colour.
Wear push up bra to make tits look bigger and perkier.
Add fake eye lashes to make them look longer.
Wear corsets to make them look skinnier.
Wear fat pants to make there ass look smaller.

I have yet to go out, meet a girl, take her home and wake up with the same woman! Then they have the cheek to claim men are liars:eek:

That reminds me of this song

After the ball was over
Nellie took out her glass eye
Put her false teeth in water
Corked up her bottle of dye
Put her false leg in the corner
Hung up her wig on the door
And all that is left goes to bye byes
After the ball.....

If all the money spent over the year on fake tan was saved, they'd get a nice week in the sun!!

XxMCRxBabyxX · 24-06-2013 11:12AM

Cienciano wrote: »

Any number of reasons. Because it's more fashionable to look like you have a tan? The people who do it like the look?
Are women who wear make-up ashamed of their looks? What about women who dye their hair? Women who sunbath?
I had a shave this morning, I'm obviously ashamed of my facial hair!

Well maybe ashamed was a bad word but they're clearly uncomfortable enough about it to have to cover it up.

Katgurl · 24-06-2013 11:17AM

Nobody is wearing tan because they are ashamed of anything, it's because a real tan ironically makes you look healthier; younger, fresher, toned, white teeth.

As for fake tan, it's all in the application. I've been wearing fake tan for 15 years and not one boyfriend has ever copped it. In fact my 'lovely sallow skin' (hahaha) gets loads of compliments along with comments like "tg you don't wear that fake stuff, I can't stand it".

Apart from streaking, smells etc loads of girls are fake tanning up to a colour that no human being has ever tanned to. Absolutely disgusting. Sometimes I want to walk around with a Brillo pad and go to work on some of the horror shows I'm confronted with every day.

Cienciano · 24-06-2013 11:23AM

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

Well maybe ashamed was a bad word but they're clearly uncomfortable enough about it to have to cover it up.

Uncomfortable isn't the right word either.

John_Rambo · 24-06-2013 11:23AM

Kold wrote: »

The ugliest thing about a girl is having such low self esteem that theyre ashamed of their skin colour. In Asia they whiten their skin to do similar. It just reeks of shallowness and poor confidence. I've found girls with all types of complexions attractive as long as it's theirs.

Bloody hell. Judge, jury and executioner here when it comes to the women!

FizzleSticks · 24-06-2013 11:32AM

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Leftist · 24-06-2013 11:35AM

it looks absolutely repulsive. can't understand why thicks like putting it on.

flanum · 24-06-2013 11:36AM

Women wear make-up and perfume because they are ugly and smelly! fact!

Vicar in a tutu · 24-06-2013 11:38AM

Leftist wrote: »

it looks absolutely repulsive. can't understand why thicks like putting it on.

Do you think every woman that ever wore false tan is thick?

bumper234 · 24-06-2013 11:40AM

flanum wrote: »

Women wear make-up and perfume because they are ugly and smelly! fact!

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Leftist · 24-06-2013 11:48AM

Vicar in a tutu wrote: »

Do you think every woman that ever wore false tan is thick?

not what I said.

Seriously though if you're standing behind someone on the train and you can see the borderline between orange and grey translucent skin right along their jaw line, then you probably wouldn't expect that person would be capable of holding down a conversation that doesn't involve herself, her social life or her fave celebs.

flanum · 24-06-2013 11:49AM

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Nailz · 24-06-2013 12:25PM

It's in absolutely no way better looking than nice pale white skin on a girl, and of course that good and natural which tends to suit the person anyway. I don't understand this female thinking that implies pale skin looks bad, I think it's lovely...

Fake tan: What's the problem?

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