(Inspired by the Tanning Salon thread) Power to the Palefaces!

[LiteBrite]

Ok, all you fellow porcelain skinned beauties, stand up and say it with me:

Say it loud, I'm pale and I'm proud!

Growing up as a teenager in a Florida beach town in the 1970s, I looked at my very fair, never-tans-and-only-burns skin as a curse. Fortunately, with age comes wisdom, and now that I'm in my 40s and I'm reaping the benefits that came when I gave up on trying to tan in my early 20s, I love my fair skin. Hubby thinks it's beautiful, and I get compliments on it all the time, as well as dumbfounded expressions when people find out how old I am. My inability to tan liberated me from an obligation to tan, and now I love my skin just the way it is (even living here in that same Florida beach town, where tan worship is still a way of life).

Pale is beautiful!

 

[bananiem]

I'm so fair skinned I'm practically clear.

 

[Chicago526]

I come from a long line of pale faces!

My grandmother and mother both never tanned because they'd just burn. Both aged very, very well. I did tan very well as a child, but once I hit my teen years I didn't hang out at the pool so much, and most of my activities were indoors, so I haven't had a tan since maybe I was 13. I've been pasty white ever since, in fact now a days if I don't put on sun screen when I'm outside more than 20 minutes, I fry like bacon.

I'm too young to worry about wrinkles, tanned or not, but I'm willing to bet I'll look a lot better than some of my friends in about 10 years!

 

[Melissa M]

Another white girl here! I'd just burn, then peel. I gave up tanning long ago.

When people ask what I do to look so young, I tell them "sunscreen, sunscreen, sunscreen".

 

[minkydog]

Me,too It's always been a joke in our family--my Welsh blood doesn't allow me to be a sun-worshipper. My baby girl came out darker than me(her father's Greek ) What with the few but severe childhood sunburns, living in the Deep South all my life, and a few basal cell carcinomas under my belt(my brother died from melanoma last year) I'm very glad I was never a sun-babe.

 

[Marseeya]

I quit tanning when I got pregnant with DS when I was 23. I read in some medical book that you could get sunspots by tanning when pregnant, so I avoided the sun after that. I still ended up with a couple of spots on my face that I HATE.

Tanning is SO not worth it.

 

[cepmom]

I could never tan either....alays hated it as a teen with all my friends being Italian or otherwise dark skinned...now I love it ~ seeing how all my "tan-abled" friends look in their mid 30's after years of tanning and tanning beds...I'm feeling pretty good now!!

Let's create a club....we could call it "Proud To Be Pale"

 

[SleepyMom]

I have always joked that I could lay out from April to August and still be white as a ghost. I burn and peel back to white. My brother is the same way, only he gets really sick when he gets a sunburn so he really avoids the sun.

DD20 is like me, she has never had anything close to a tan. Once at a pool I was able to pick her out by the bright glare reflecting from her. DD12 takes after her dad a bit more and does get a little color just from being outside, I make sure to goop her up every time she goes out.

 

[dadto1]

We'll just call you all powder! I have to count myself in the you all by the way. If I was naked in the snow they'd never find me!

 

[mrsltg]

Irish - no tan for me!

 

[liamsaunt]

Count me in with the other palefaces. I really don't like to tan. I apply spf 20 to my face and neck every morning, and use spf 45 if I am going to be outside for an extended period. When I swim, I always wear a t-shirt over my suit for extra coverage, and I keep my hat on unless I am diving underwater. I wear long-sleeved swim cover ups and long pants to protect my legs. I wear suncreen everywhere that will be exposed, including my scalp. Always wear sunglasses with uv protection too.

It may seem a bit extreme, but my Dad has skin cancer, and I want to stay safe (and wrinkle free for as long as possible!).

 

[BeNJeNWaFFLe]

Lets see, I am Frech-Canadian, Irish, Italian, German, and English. Lucky me got the only Irish genes in the family. Hi, I am Jenn, and I am pale.

I have never, ever tanned. I am a wonderful shade of sunburnt all summer long. Wait a minute, I lied. I have tanned once before. Actually can you call it a tan? It was more of a slight shade of pink. I am still young but I am hoping my fair skin will show its beauty in a few years.

Two years ago I went on a cruise with DBF's family. They are italian and cuban. Expert tanners. In the group picture I stick out like a sore thumb.

 

[Sleepy]

I am one of those auburn haired, very fair skinned people. Gave up trying for a "tan" when I was 18. Burning is just no fun. Especially when it is on the top of your scalp. I just tell people to put on the sunglasses and ignore the flourescent pole lights (my legs) during the summer months.

 

[MzDiz]

As can be seen in my user pic, I'm so pale I glow in the dark.

 

[pirateofthecarolinas]

I'm English and Scottish.

I prefer to call myself alabaster!

Lori

 

[Blondie]

Another Irish/Welsh girl here! I can count on one hand how many tans I've had in my lifetime, and it took me all summer long to get them!

I haven't sat out in the sun for the reason of "getting a good tan" in over 15 years. The scare of getting skin cancer has kept me from sun worshipping.

 

[tar heel]

My foundation color is "Ivory" -- that about sums up my complexion. I have red hair, too. Unfortunately, I may still get skin cancer b/c of the "tanning" (in my case, getting a burn and letting it peel off) I did when I was a teen.

I'll never get tanning beds -- has to be one of the dumbest inventions ever. I've also got past thinking tanned skin looks healthy. I've got a couple of friends/relatives who do them and it's starting to affect their skin as we get up in 40.

 

[Blondie]

My foundation color is "Ivory" -- that about sums up my complexion.

Mine is Clinique's "01 Soft Bisque!"

 

[DisneyDotty]

In my high school P.E. classes (hated those polyester short sets!) my friends always called me Casper. I remember trying the Q-T self tanning gunk--always woke up with orange sheets and oranger legs. Also a great source of amusement for my P.E. class.
I am very proud to say I haven't been tan in 20 years, and my kids will never be tan (not under my watch, anyway!) (That's really not the best smiley, is it?)

 

[HaleyB]

I am a glow in the dark girl too.

I was asked a few weeks ago at my sons school if I was his older sister. Loved that. A few years ago I was at my oldests high school and was asked why I was not in class! They thought I was a student, lol.