I'm so ridiculously pale, but I've embraced it. I used to try to tan but my skin just doesn't go that route. Nothing happens. I don't tan, I don't burn, I don't get freckles, I just...nothing. I'm half scottish and my coloring leans to the very pale, dark hair, blue eyed scot.
The *one* time I managed a light tan I was out by the pool tanning for two hours every single day. And it barely showed. I gave up after a month or so and enjoy my pale now. :) I actually enjoy it (other than the hassle of finding foundation light enough for me that doesn't make me look jaundiced or like an Oompa Loompa) because pale people can wear way brighter/more fun eyeshadow colors than someone with a tan underneath. My ghost white skin shows my makeup way better.
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Date: 2010-05-27 12:08 am (UTC)The *one* time I managed a light tan I was out by the pool tanning for two hours every single day. And it barely showed. I gave up after a month or so and enjoy my pale now. :) I actually enjoy it (other than the hassle of finding foundation light enough for me that doesn't make me look jaundiced or like an Oompa Loompa) because pale people can wear way brighter/more fun eyeshadow colors than someone with a tan underneath. My ghost white skin shows my makeup way better.