Comments on: Love Your Skin Movement

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:34:35 +0000

Thank you for this. I am naturally very very very pale (and very light blond too) and I am so sick of people telling me that I need to be orange in order to be attractive. I know that people think that they are just joking or teasing, but when people tell me I need to cover up my whiteness because it’s too bright, or too ugly, or too blinding, it’s hurtful. I like myself, I like the way I look, but I’m tired of hearing about something I already know: I’m fair skinned. My mom had cancerous moles removed from her face and neck when she was 45, and she’s worn sunscreen as long as I can remember (although she didn’t while growing up on a farm). Maybe when all the nasty commenters are 30 and look 40, but I’m 30 and still look 20 they’ll finally get it.

By: Oh She Glows » Blog Archive » Husband Blog Trivia

Oh She Glows » Blog Archive » Husband Blog Trivia — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:57:31 +0000

[...] with a tan. I almost went this week…I was so close to going…and then I made myself re-read the Love Your Skin Movement. That was all I needed to kick myself in the butt for even thinking I needed a tanning [...]

By: boogieing in barbados « happy go lucky

boogieing in barbados « happy go lucky — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:00:08 +0000

[...] I’ve been burned so many times before and the risk IS NOT WORTH IT (check out Angela’s post on skin damage). People never use enough sunscreen. A bottle should not last you all summer, it should last you a [...]

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:08:47 +0000

OMG! thank god, someone finally raises this issue. I’m 15 and currently in highschool in australia, the world’s capital of skin cancer. Many people in my family have had cancers removed, and my Aunty died of cancer at a very young age. I have very pale skin, and wear sunscreen, and seek shade as often as possible. At, school I am constantly bombarded with negative comments on my pale skin such as “You’d be so pretty if you weren’t pastey” or “Why the hell would you wear sunscreen all the time. Do you want to be pastey?” These comments put me under tremendous pressure to tan which i think is horrible since there is enough warnings in teh media about the consequences of tanning. I hate the fact that people are always so negative about smoking because it’s bad for you, but then go out and tan and think thats alright. In my mind, tanning and smoking go hand in hand, and tehres no reason we shouldnt be causious of tanning, the way we are with smoking. Anyways, i love my pale skin as its clear, wioth no moles and frecles form the sun and at the end of the day, i feel i clearly win this battle with the rpize being my life.

By: Carms

Carms — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:45:21 +0000

OMG! I tottaly agree! I do not salon tan or whatever thats called but I have sat out in the sun trying my very BEST to soke up the sun! Then my older cousin told me I had a nice taan and I was instantly insalted- tans are not as pretty as natural beuty tans HIDE natural beauty!

By: Jenn

Jenn — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:08:54 +0000

When a group like the World Health Organization is classifying tanning beds in a similar carcinogenic risk category as mustard gas and tobacco smoke it’s all the “research” I feel that I need to do. I’m pretty sure that I’m not going to die of a Vitamin “D” deficiency anytime soon….soooooo I’ll take my chances and forego the tanning booth.

By: Kristianne

Kristianne — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:00:48 +0000

This one made me smile. The “educational” website especially.

I’ll bet dollars to donuts you work in the tanning industry and have a vested interest in promoting the use of devices such as tanning beds ’cause somehow I just don’t buy it that your life’s mission is to ensure that all of the young women of the world have enough Vitamin “D”.

By: John

John — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:21:46 +0000

Problem is, most people just listen to what they are being told, usually thru the media, without researching anything themselves. Soon the sunscreen makers will come out with Moonscreen and have you wearing it to bed because they have scared you some more.

By: JavaChick

JavaChick — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:41:26 +0000

I was a child in the 70’s/teenager in the 80’s and as a fair-skinned red head I was forever being told I needed to get some color. I’m just not capable of tanning (unless I get a sunburn which will eventually fade to a tan – not worth it to me) and it used to bother me, but I’ve got to the point where I just don’t care. I’m pale skinned. That’s just the way it is.

My family camps for a couple of weeks every summer, and even now, after everything we hear about skin cancer, my Mom and sister (who is a nurse by the way) will spend an hour or two every day on the beach to “get some color”. Blows my mind.

By: Stacey

Stacey — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:59:22 +0000

I too have recently learned to embrace my pale roots. This summer was the first summer I decided not to lay out to try to get a tan. If I got sun while out on a run, great, but if I didn’t, that’s great too. I was reading through some of the comments and I noticed a few people concerned about the chemicals in their sunscreens and I thought you may like to check out this website:

http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/index.php

You can search for any product and it will give you a rundown of the chemicals in them and any safety concerns. You can click on skin care and then sunscreen at the top of the screen and it will take you to a list of all the sunscreens beginning with the most recommended. Hope you find it helpful!