tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post4757519934757279251..comments2024-03-27T08:23:33.621-04:00Comments on Go Retro!: The Tanning CrazePamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-53583615036098484062023-02-16T01:15:13.707-05:002023-02-16T01:15:13.707-05:00I'm actually mad at my parents for letting me ...I'm actually mad at my parents for letting me get sunburned as a child. They knew better because my dad had melanoma and we still got sunburned from the AZ sun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-76796589211443299712011-06-13T12:43:27.877-04:002011-06-13T12:43:27.877-04:00I'd prefer to be pale also. Last year I got ba...I'd prefer to be pale also. Last year I got badly burned at the US Open because I wasn't too bright and didn't reapply the suntan lotion every so often throughout the day. I use the same lotion on my face and not a special one though. There is SPF 30 in my facial moisturizer so I guess that helps too.LaraAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15460415207474314306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-42004464262727506762011-06-12T14:18:49.551-04:002011-06-12T14:18:49.551-04:00Man, I need to go back to the early 20th century w...Man, I need to go back to the early 20th century with all the other pale people! Pass the 110 SPF please..Allisonhttp://ajobo.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-65248038521929796262011-06-12T05:48:01.679-04:002011-06-12T05:48:01.679-04:00Thankfully I cannot tan. I burn instead and get re...Thankfully I cannot tan. I burn instead and get really pink, plus I love being pale! It complements my style better that way.Heather Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11559509881772694672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-29169879508363298732011-06-11T21:50:29.368-04:002011-06-11T21:50:29.368-04:00My mom was one of those '80s teenagers who sme...My mom was one of those '80s teenagers who smeared baby oil over their skin for a faster tan. Yikes. I personally don't try to be either paler or tanner, but being German/Irish/Polish means I'm usually the former. <br />I saw somewhere (I can't exactly support this) about the British Invasion bringing back "that pale, British look" and I know if I'd been around back then, I'd try for that!<br />Fabulous vintage ads, by the way. As always ;)Kaitlynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10327748350535270727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-40378502447487515672011-06-10T10:46:18.126-04:002011-06-10T10:46:18.126-04:00I have always found pale skin or unbaked skin more...I have always found pale skin or unbaked skin more attractive in regards to those with melanin impoverishment (I guess like the Victorians did!) - that fake orange baked appearance and the ensuing reptilian, dried out Mount Rushmore look are far from appealing. I know of someone who died of skin cancer at age 21 from excessive tanning - it was haeartbreaking as she had a future worth living for but was deprived of it.Charliehttp://www.obscurityanddecay.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-3238853700994873742011-06-10T10:45:52.634-04:002011-06-10T10:45:52.634-04:00Being half-Mexican, I tan quite well (and being pa...Being half-Mexican, I tan quite well (and being part Italian and Irish, I can also get quite pale). As a child in the summers of Vegas, I got so dark that I remember having a photo taken in the shade where all that could be made out was my white bathing suit. We just didn't know better. Then I went through my late 80s "goth" period and from 14 - 34 I didn't see one ray of sunlight! OK, maybe one, I did hike a bit... Then at 35 I got addicted to tanning booths, which I know are unhealthy, but at the time I just didn't care. I did that for about a year before I decided to just be smarter about my body and health, so I gave it up. <br /><br />I agree, some of us have a love affair with tanning. I admit I am one. Is it smart of me? Certainly not, but there you go. I am so excited to be moving to house with a little gardening area. I think I know enough to protect myself, but I can still enjoy a little sun-kissed glow as well! I hope it becomes the happy medium! <br /><br />Btw, it's interesting to look at the Ban du Soliel ads through the years because in the 70s she would get about as tan as possible and then as time passed and awareness grew, she became more and more pale in each ad.Amanda By Nighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01910620012465381103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-53088510877384444602011-06-10T04:56:29.123-04:002011-06-10T04:56:29.123-04:00Oh, man... this reminds me of how as a child I wou...Oh, man... this reminds me of how as a child I would go to the beach in the hot baking Florida sun, and not use any sunblock . . . or not use enough of it. I was careless like that. I would return from the visit to the beach with sunburns all over. Painful, but at the time I just accepted it as part of "going to the beach." Now, looking back, it honestly scares me how I played "Russian roulette" with my skin. As a kid, I just didnt think of the dangers.<br /><br />http://retroawesomeness.blogspot.com/Lazlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037087843637735080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-69022957894168206062011-06-09T22:52:12.663-04:002011-06-09T22:52:12.663-04:00I'll tell you something... I'm quite prou...I'll tell you something... I'm quite proud of my ivory skin...because it has kept me essentially wrinkle free! (Combined with good genes, I expect...but some of my friends who worship the sun are leathery looking!)<br /><br />I once worked in a Cancer Center. NO THANKS....no melanoma for me.Marlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14877001080913199818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-36780449172853369352011-06-09T22:49:19.158-04:002011-06-09T22:49:19.158-04:00When I was a young kid my family and I went a few ...When I was a young kid my family and I went a few times to Wildwood and, well, suntan lotion wasn't even part of the vocabulary back then. I got a few sunburns and found it quite amusing to pull on patches of dried-up skin. <br /><br />Fast forward 35 years when I had to get two skin lesions urgently removed in my back. Luckily they were removed in time but since then I have to get checked up once a year by a dermatologist. It gave me quite a scare, especially when thinking bakc of all the time in my childhood spent outside under the raw sun with no protection. I won't even mention friends who, in the early eighties, smeared themselves with motor oil to accelerate the tanning process.Pluchehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02481283198811713375noreply@blogger.com