I am terribly sick of being confused as a ghost when I walk down the street. Seriously, the other day this elderly lady almost fainted because she saw an "apparition" appear and walk towards her. It's because I'm so white you can almost see through me, and it was totally her fault for standing in front of the salon doors like that, I had to look menacing to make her move !
Suffice to say, I am self-tanning today. I am not allowed to see the light of day for more than a couple minutes because of the Accutane™, so I can't go out and get tanned like I would normally be at this time of the year. It's really been hard on my self-esteem to go from being a tanned god one summer to a pasty apparition-confused man-o-white the next.
If I am to be a sun-neurotic vampire this summer, I might as well be a tanned one !
I am using a Neutrogena self-tanner. I had an amazing shower this morning with intense scrubbing and exfoliation action going on. The medication specifically says I should NOT exfoliate my face during it, and therefore I don't know if it's a good idea to try and use the stuff on my face, even though it says it is safe for "facial use". I am starting out by using it on my legs and a small spot on my tummy. Hoepfully, in a couple of hours, that will look good and I can use it on the rest of my body.
I can't believe I have the spare time to do stuff like this, it is awesome. I love being a hectic flying-by-the-seat-of-my-pants student one day to a self-tanning, home spa-ing, yoga-doing fashionista the next.
UPDATE:
The Neutrogena crap turned my legs orange. In a fit of rage I went to the SunMist™ tanning salon downtown. I paid a little bit of money more, but now I have a gorgeous fake tan that looks like I just got back from the Bahamas. It's amazing. I had to wear a loose linen shirt all day, and even though I am kinda sticky, I can't shower until 5pm. At which point it will have been 6 hours since I had it applied.
I have to work tonight at a "cleaning party", which is yet another stupid idea that the corporate heads at Starbucks make their minions do every once in a while. I am not suppose to exercise for at least 24 hours after having it applied, but since I am to clean tonight, I imagine that will involve sweating and "working out". I am honestly considering calling in sick. I would, but my Manager already hates my guts for being a student that can't work as much as she wants, so this might be a tipping point. Meh, f*ck them.
I dropped off resumes at two restaurants yesterday, both of which I know people at, and they would love to have me as a server there. I can't wait to show off my gorgeous tan at some interviews. I told the Co-op office I will be looking for an intership for September, and they told me that there are far fewer people looking this September than there was in the summer. My chances should be good, but that also means no school for about 8 months, I would feel soo guilty. It may be nice though, to have money in my account, and no debt over my head. Hrmm.
I love my tan, I look SO summery ! WOOt to me !
My gorgeous self:
Thursday, May 04, 2006
Self-Tanning
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At the office I'm known as the ghost even though I've got my guinea tan already. Just one of the benefits of being part Italian.
In any case the reasons I'm called "The Ghost" are:
a) When it's time for pictures, I mysteriously disappear.
b) I can be there one moment and all they have to do is turn their head for a moment, then turn back and I'm not there.
Nice, a good effect.
I wish I had super powers !
LOL @ Neutrogena (Nivea, Banana Boat, etc) self tanning dung. Can't believe you fell for it!
Either get yourself some Lancome (Clinique, Estee Lauder, etc) or do a salon thing.
But I guess you learned the lesson already - and you look great. Woot!
:^)
I'm totally a Clinique sorta guy, or Clarins. Clarins has this awesome undereye serum that makes you baggy eyes and dark circles disappear in minutes, its truly amazing!
Yes, I learned my lesson ...
Ha? I NEED the name of that serum! Please!
ya what is the name of the serum? spread the wealth!
I am totally the queen of self tanner. You will just die. Around here we don't have spray on places, but I have a friend who is a beautician and she has an airbrush system where she can "apply by hand" and I seriously get naked and topless(cept for my underoo bottoms) once a month in the summer, in the spooky basement of the place, in a corner standing on a plasic bag, so that she can spray tan me. I also have found that I do not like Neutrogena but prefer banana boat and bain de soleil self tanners.
I also look like a ghost, and I just took my red hair back to my original and more au naturale summery strawberry blonde, so I am feeling more white-ish than usual. I was just thinking this weekend that I need to get applying.
Sometimes the orange stuff will get better with a second coat. But I do love bain de soleil. They even have a face one that I love.
I used to be a tanning bed gal, but I am so not up for cancer. So I have quit that. The things we do to be beautiful.
LOL !
That was awesome, I can totally see myself doing the exact same thing in order to look tanned in the summer !
I agree that it is just too risky to use tanning beds, but these self-tanners, I dunno. Maybe I'll have to give them a second chance, cause the spray thing was too expensive.
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