Tan Lines

[KSH]

Ok, I've got 'em and I've often wondered if there were any way to get rid of them-besides sunbathing nekkid? I've thought of but not tried fake tanners. I
A) Don't want to be Oompa Loompa Orange
B) Think I'd just end up with a darker, oranger version of the tan lines I've got.

It's not a big deal but it would be kind of nice to wear swimsuits, shorts and tanktops in the "real" world. If I'm meant to be spotted and striped then so be it. The "real" world can all kiss my blinding white behind!

Well, I always wear sunblock on the bike.

Then I tan naked in a tanning bed.

No tan lines. Less exposure to the sun too.

[singletrackmind]

Multiple SPF's. I hadn't thought of that one.
I've never been able to hold still long enough to sunbathe-I guess that's why I still occasionally get carded-so a tanning bed would also be out of the question.

I think my favorite suggestion so far (but you won't catch me with my all-natch post baby slightly overweight body doing this in plastic-town) is walking the dogs in a bikini! Multi-tasking and scaring the heck out of the neighbors! Now that's what I live for.

[smurfalicious]

So today I was at the Pearl Izumi store shopping for a mother's day present for myself. The animals agreed I needed a jacket. Anyway, the gal was telling me about the lightweight arm warmers they got, and I told her about the biker tan line remedy. She said she was gonna use that to sell them. *grins* Ahhh, insanity is a blast!

[yellow]

I have to put in a plug for Aveda sun source "sunless" tanning cream. No streaks, nice color. I exfoliate using some exfoliating gloves I got from the Body Shop. They are pretty cool.

I so don't care about tan lines. What I use the cream for is to give my legs and arms a bit of color early in the shorts season. My legs are not the prettiest to begin with, and they are so very pasty white in the winter. My belly and butt stay white all the time. No sunbathing or tanning bed for me...I'm wrinkled enough as it is, thanks to a childhood in the sun on the beach!

And I wear sunscreen every day, even those days where I may not spend much time outside. It only takes one bad mole, and your whole perspective changes...

[bikerHen]

All this tan line talk and no one mentioned lily white hands attached to the ends of tan arms! I always ride with gloves and by June it looks like I'm wearing the old sunday school white gloves 24/7. This is the only tan line that really bugs me. Does anyone make a glove that the sun can shine through? BikerHen

[CorsairMac]

lace mitts?.....maybe we can start a whole new line of gloves - padded lace mitts for that "no tan line" look!

[SadieKate]

Well, in the olden days we had gloves with crocheted backs (much cooler to wear). I found a pair at the PI outlet last year. Snatched them up so I can have teeny-tiny checkerboard tan spots.