Canola Oil & Tanning

[naughtylion]

...so does it work?

On the warm-ish weekend we've just had I tried desperately to tan a little. I figure this summer to be fat and brown is manageable, fat and pasty is not.

Anyway, with every faith in the UV rays struggling to get through to intermittent cloud cover, and with cask wine and laptop in tow, headed to the balcony. After about 15mins (and I'd already polished off a quarter cask) and realising i wasn't heating up the way a hot little slice like me should, turned to my bathroom only to discover there is no coconut oil. Heading to the kitchen to source an alternative I came across the canola cooking spray. Cooking spray is oil. Coconut oil is oil. Right?

I proceeded to coat my whole body in the shit, and I will admit it kinda looked a bit like snow as the mist landed on my hairsh, which I thought was delightfully ironic.

Anyway after 3 hours, rolling around occasionally in an oily drunken mess, I felt warm, but didn't feel the sizzle I could manage in winter's prior. Anyway after 3 showers and oily footprints all over the kitchen my boyfriend had better have cleaned by the time I get home this evening, I'm convinced the slight tinge of colour is on it's way.

Am I holding my breath for no good reason? Does the KIND of oil matter?

:cool:

[barabin]

that was hilarious.
I have no idea - I know about coconut oil but the actual tanning oil you get is full of crap.
You can get natural coconut oil from a few places or online.

I'd agree with you though - I am sure cooking oil would work ... it's shiny .. the sun likes shiny things.

[TheOldie]

well the first word thought crossed my mind was dickhead :) xxx

my advice

be fat and pasty and alive .

go get yourself spray tanned or get a good home one , dont do all your body pick something like say stomach or tops of legs and try it out. If it turns our orange then
you dont do the rest of your body but buy a decent one and it should look good. Just dont try and go real dark thats when you end up looking like a one of those people from Charlie and the Chocolate factory.

[velvety]

i agree totally Oldie....first word that crossed my mind too is dickhead as well....

Coming from a skin cancer survior

Be fat...pasty and alive....

[Jody Ekert]

You're lucky the sun didn't fry you and give you a melanoma just for being silly if you ask me. My dad has had various parts of his body cut off - including his bottom lip, from working in the sun for too long before we knew about cancer and such. Now we all know about it - so act appropriately!

[naughtylion]

I'm not a serial tanner, or a beach bum. I like a bit of colour approaching the warmer months.

Thanks all for the warnings though - how does the ciggie jingle go? Something like "everybody knooooows..... everybody knooooows....."

So thanks for not answering my question, which was half in jest anyway. Lighten up. Fuck.

[Jody Ekert]

Ha. I can see the new jingle. "Cancer - it's no laughing matter" and then have a photo of some guy missing his whole jaw due to skin cancer spreading LOL.

You'll get colour naturally as you walk around and be active and outdoors during summer - even if you are using sunscreen.

[velvety]

Ha. I can see the new jingle. "Cancer - it's no laughing matter" and then have a photo of some guy missing his whole jaw due to skin cancer spreading LOL.

You'll get colour naturally as you walk around and be active and outdoors during summer - even if you are using sunscreen.

hahaha yea jodes...or i could show my head scar that runs from the corner of my forehead to just behind my ear in a nice curve shape...

[Jody Ekert]

That's pretty full on. My Nanna had most of her forehead taken - and the skin graft technology was pretty lame back then so had a round patch at least 5cm in diameter that was always smoother than the rest of her skin. Add that to my Dad with no bottom lip and assorted other pieces missing and one Aunt with most of her forearm gouged out and in my family the worst sin you can committ on earth is to walk outside without sunscreen or a hat and sensible clothes! So far my sister and I are lucky - she gets skin checks all the time and I think I'll have to start too soon - pregnancy has made my skin more high risk I think.

[TheOldie]

I'm not a serial tanner, or a beach bum. I like a bit of colour approaching the warmer months.

Thanks all for the warnings though - how does the ciggie jingle go? Something like "everybody knooooows..... everybody knooooows....."

So thanks for not answering my question, which was half in jest anyway. Lighten up. Fuck.

Try the home tanning. As mentioned just do the tops of your legs first if you wear bordies ? so you can see what colour they turn out as everyone gets different reactions. Dont try to go too dark as you run the possibility of going orange.
Girl I work with does body building and she goes for the dark look and half the time
ends up looking orange but she looks much better when she starts out.

http://9am.ten.com.au/best-self-tanning-products.htm

and take note of the before preparation like exfoliating etc.

[velvety]

That's pretty full on. My Nanna had most of her forehead taken - and the skin graft technology was pretty lame back then so had a round patch at least 5cm in diameter that was always smoother than the rest of her skin. Add that to my Dad with no bottom lip and assorted other pieces missing and one Aunt with most of her forearm gouged out and in my family the worst sin you can committ on earth is to walk outside without sunscreen or a hat and sensible clothes! So far my sister and I are lucky - she gets skin checks all the time and I think I'll have to start too soon - pregnancy has made my skin more high risk I think.

Yea i had 35 stitches to sew my head up, i had no hair on one side for a while. It was amounst my hair.....i just thought i had an itchy spot!!! I was lucky...im fairly young and the plastic surgeons sewed amounst my hair to the back of my ear.... and there sewing took, so i didnt have to have any grafts ect....i was freakin lucky.... The photo was taken back in 08....i wore head bandanas in various pretty colours for ages.....I must say i am the same...im the pasty lookin one whose always in a hat and smeared in sunscreen...i dont wanna go thru that again.....

[camiseta]

Ling ling! Wrinkles are no jesting matter! Save the canola for a nice beefy roll ;)

[naughtylion]

Ling ling! Wrinkles are no jesting matter! Save the canola for a nice beefy roll ;)

I know right? But I just can't bring myself to deal with the pasty pasty bhudda belly and thunderthighs I'm sporting right now...what if I just like, moisturise heavier? I've got greasy wog skin anyway... lol

[rubyJacksonn]

baby oil is really bad to use on your skin when trying to get a tan you will just end up burning. i never sunbathe its really bad and causes premuture aging of the skin and even worse skin cancer. instead i use fake tan lotions the one i like best are the ones that build up a nice natural looking tan gradualy like dove or johnsons holiday skin. they are not expencive to buy.this is a far better option than causing long term damage to your skin by sunbathing.