I’m Pale, Get Over It: A Fair-Skinned Manifesto

May 30, 2009 - 5:00 pm By Lauren H - The New School

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I was born with a skin-tone that falls somewhere between “fresh milk” and “blank paper.” I’ve heard every “where are the Seven Dwarves?” and “Ah! You’re blinding me!” joke in existence, replacing my joyful anticipation of summer with an ominous dread. As girls with non-glow-in-the-dark skin flounce down the street in their shorts and minis, my legs have been relegated to hot, dark jeans.

In years past, in order to reach the deep, savage “normal-people” color I have so longed for, I have resorted to the religious application of self-tanners, which, while making me darker, have also made me smellier. And we all know nothing is more appealing to a man than a girl who smells like chemicals and has weird, orange-streaked sheets. And to top it all off, after my daily self-tanning regimen, there would almost inevitably come the cruel mockery of the phrase “you’re so light!”

Sigh.

And so, after too many self-conscious summers, with my shorts (and skin) hidden away, I have decided to forget my regimens, leave the jeans at home and embrace the light. That’s right, I’m pale, so suck it! White is in this season!

Sisters of the Pale Force, let us unite! Forget about smelly self-tanners and tedious bronzers; slap on some sun screen and go. Go out in your shorts, your skirts, your tank tops and bikinis! Stop risking your health, your money and your time trying to be something that you’re not. Fair skin is beautiful and we should embrace it, not hide it! After all, in 20 years all those perfectly bronzed girls will be getting Botox and we’ll be getting the younger men!

I don’t know who decided that tan is beautiful; clearly they had never seen Dita Von Teese’s porcelain skin. Or Nicole Kidman’s. Summer ‘09 is the season of pale, so bring. it. on.

And to anyone who has a problem seeing past our legs: put on your sunglasses, that’s what they’re for.

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  1. Chelsy says:
    Sat, 30th May 20095:10 pm 

    I’m right there with you! I went out the other day and bought all kinds of shorts for the summer. I’m going to rock the hell out of these pasty-white legs this summer.

  2. Casey says:
    Sat, 30th May 20095:11 pm 

    Love it! I’m not pale (i have olive skin) but I think it’s great that you’re deciding to embrace your natural skin tone. Pale skin doesn’t HAVE to look bad! Find colors that bring out the best in it. I think reds and teal blue’s look good on pale skin, and maybe yellow? (I’m not an expert on colors and skin tones so maybe I shouldn’t be suggesting any lol) but good for you!

  3. Lisa says:
    Sat, 30th May 20096:08 pm 

    Me too! I’m pale, but whatever. I just ignore people. The amount of times I heard “You must have JUST got here!” while I was in Mexico was sickening. Bring on pale pride!

  4. Erin says:
    Sat, 30th May 20096:09 pm 

    My skin is pale and pinkish and I always burn. I never tan at all! It is so difficult for me to embrace it because I just wish I was sun-kissed… not a tomato. *sigh*

  5. Sam says:
    Sat, 30th May 20096:53 pm 

    I ALWAYS get called Snow White. I just don’t tan, if I’m out for a little bit of time I burn. It’s just not worth it. I guess having a black boyfriend really doesn’t help, he just makes me look even paler. haha But oh well, we’re beautiful the way we are.

  6. Jenny says:
    Sat, 30th May 20097:06 pm 

    I’m olive-skinned, but much more pale than the rest of my family (I’m Italian/Ecuadorian, so everyone else is pretty tan), and I get so many condescending comments about how I’m so pale compared to my family. =/

    I think porcelain skin is absolutely beautiful, so rock the short-shorts all summer long, girl. :)

  7. Brittney says:
    Sat, 30th May 20099:28 pm 

    Thanks for writing this! I am very pale, and have never been tempted to fake tan before (I don’t naturally tan, like many fair skinned people). I like being a little different from everyone else. Plus, both of my parents have had crazy amounts of skin cancer – I’ve seen first hand how much it sucks (Think skin cancer is not a big deal? Have fun getting your skin cut off and having gross scars). I think people in general need to stop being so unhappy with what they were naturally given and make it work instead of trying to fit in with what is considered beautiful. Being pale and loving how you look is more beautiful than slapping on fake tanner and hoping that people accept you (or doing anything else to change your appearance).

  8. Leese says:
    Sun, 31st May 200912:34 am 

    Oh I love this. I am pasty year round. I am definitely embracing it! Bring on the bright red lipstick!

  9. Natasha says:
    Sun, 31st May 20091:39 am 

    CoCo Chanel made tanning popular because one day she fell asleep in the sun and liked her glow.

    I am pale, and do not believe in tanning

    have you seen what those tanaholics look 20 years later ew?

  10. Ayla says:
    Sun, 31st May 200910:09 am 

    Holla to the Dita reference; she’s absolutely gorgeous.

    Yeah, I’m there with ya, only I don’t just burn, I FRECKLE. Maybe this is just a personal preference, but I prefer a milk and honey complexion with a light sprinkle than a LiLo-esque freckles-connecting-to-look-almost-tan. It’s just not a good look for anyone with any kind of red in their hair.

  11. ash says:
    Sun, 31st May 200910:33 am 

    Pale girls are nice im actually trying to get lighter
    alot of asian girls & models are light coloured and they look heaps nice and fresh

  12. Hailey says:
    Sun, 31st May 20091:18 pm 

    I’m pale and have lived my life in dread of the “Oh my god…you’re so pale!”. I also once got a “You’re so wonderfully pasty”. Thanks. it’s so rude. You wouldn’t tell a black person “you’re so black!”. Anyway, I embrace it and everyone else can revel in my glow-in-the-dark glory.

  13. Allison says:
    Sun, 31st May 20092:04 pm 

    While I wouldn’t mind getting a tan, I don’t even care about my paleness anymore. I’m pale and proud! And I don’t plan on covering up at all this summer.

  14. Erin says:
    Sun, 31st May 20092:16 pm 

    I’m so pale too, Irish skin, ughh. But I used to tan when i was young, I had beautiful dark skin, I dread to think of all the damage it has done to my skin now even though I’m 22. I’m proud of my pale skin but, because I am chubby and my legs don’t look so good I use a little bit (okay a lot) of self tanner to make my legs look more healthy and less like two large hams made from cottage cheese. But it only makes them look a little darker and healthy which is a good thing. I don’t like when people point it out though that your pale, it’s usually kinda rude and makes you insecure for a little bit. But I’m really glad to see that people are embracing their paleness! I love my pretty white neck and shoulders!

  15. Ace says:
    Sun, 31st May 20093:20 pm 

    Hurray being pale. My sister and I spent many a summer trying to tan our pasty selves to no avail. Now, I embrace my pretty porcelain skin. Thanks Dita, you make us all feel more lovely.

  16. chelle says:
    Sun, 31st May 20095:05 pm 

    go girllll! i feel you, i don’t hate the fact that people say i’m really white, or fair or light etc, but its that they say it while they are laughing about it. fuck them, i think darker skin is beautiful if its natural, i’ve always envied latinas chicks with golden olive skin. i esp hate when i can’t even find make up my color because i’m “off the charts white!” (as one MAC cosmetics lady told me once :l) buuut its just not in my genes cant do anything about it, so i’m starting to not care about it. whenever people tell me i need some sun or laugh at my pasty legs i just say “this is what Caucasian looks like bitch” :)

  17. Liv says:
    Sun, 31st May 200911:18 pm 

    Love this! I’m naturally glow-in-the-dark white so I def appreciate any article about embracing it. The other day, when wearing a skirt, a girl I work with asked me if I was wearing tights. That was a new one. The only thing I really mind about being fair is that a tan usually makes you look thinner.

  18. Willy says:
    Mon, 1st Jun 200912:16 am 

    white power!

  19. tissue says:
    Mon, 1st Jun 200912:57 am 

    I think porcelain skin is the most beautiful thing ever.

  20. Heather says:
    Mon, 1st Jun 20091:03 am 

    I too, am very pale, and have never gotten into the whole tanning thing. kudos for writing this article.

  21. Kelly says:
    Mon, 1st Jun 20091:07 am 

    Hailey: I always think the exact same thing!

  22. Engineer says:
    Mon, 1st Jun 20092:19 am 

    My beutiful nerd skin

  23. Sarah says:
    Mon, 1st Jun 20094:29 pm 

    That’s good for you! I’m glad you can embrace your beautiful fair skin. I’m actually quite envious of you. In my country, girls with pale/light/fair skin are considered gorgeous. I don’t have very dark skin, but I’m somewhere between light olive with a little shade of yellow and I’m an Oriental kind of Asian. Most people in my country are as white as milk, so I’m part of the “less attractive” bunch. I envy your nice white skin, so you should be very thankful for what you have :) Skip the tans, people! Tans aren’t as attractive as they seem. It’s not very pretty having shaded lines across your body :P

  24. Lauren H - The New School says:
    Mon, 1st Jun 20096:43 pm 

    Much love to all my fair skinned ladies and our supporters! i’m so glad to see this kind of support out there for embracing who we are (regardless of skin tone). Feeling very proud of all of us girls now!

  25. Patricia UT says:
    Mon, 1st Jun 200911:39 pm 

    I am glad I read this! I am considerably pale and I do spend too much money on “Mystic tan” and recently purchased a tan gun which put me back a few hundred. Their are times where I let my color be and others where I spray tan. My reason to spray tan is I LOVE the slimming effect a tan has and how certain clothes looks so much better. I cannot say I will stop spray tanning but I can say that I will be proud of being pale the times I dont.

  26. Lysa16 says:
    Sat, 6th Jun 200912:35 pm 

    Wow. reading this was super interesting, as I never thought that pale skinned girls actually felt self-conscious about their white skin. In my opinion there are many different types of beautiful,. Because I am naturally caramel golden colored, I see it as an everyday thing and while I love it I never thought it so spectacular. Sometimes Ill see a a very pale skinned girl, with red, or orange hair and think its very beautiful, seems very rare to me. So embrace your beaty, if u feel different rock out your unique features!!!!!!!!!!!!

  27. Megan says:
    Sat, 6th Jun 200910:00 pm 

    I have that wonderful Irish skin-tone also. Fair skin, red hair, freckles & being out in the sun gives me a nice red tint rather than a dark, bronze glow. The fact that I am so fair-skinned is something that I struggle with as I have spent hundreds of dollars over the past year & a half on those gradual tanning lotions just so that I have some color. For whatever reason, I cannot find a reason to say that fair-skin is attractive and I wish I could embrace my wonderful Irish genes. Maybe someday..

  28. Bubba says:
    Sat, 6th Jun 200911:16 pm 

    Gotta get me some white pussyy

  29. Ariel says:
    Sun, 7th Jun 200910:57 pm 

    Woot-Woot! I too am a member of the pale skinned women of the world, I have heard the numerous comments that were mentioned. But I too am done being insecure and am going to let my pale blind all their eyes this summer lol!

  30. amandahh' says:
    Tue, 9th Jun 20098:40 pm 

    im with all of yall! im not SUPER white but im pretty dang white. People at my school are always sayin stuff bout it to but screw them. Who said there opinions mattered anyways?(: If they really have a problem with they can shut their dam eyes or look the other way cause at least we arent trying to be somethen we’re not. So if you dont let being porcelain bother you, then it shouldnt bother anyone else. here’s to summer Ohhh’ NINE & shorty shorts!!(:

  31. Annie Spandex says:
    Sat, 13th Jun 20091:47 am 

    I’m totally pale too! It’s hard not to want a little tan in the summertime… but yeah even when I’m tan I’m pale compared to others.

  32. Sarah says:
    Tue, 16th Jun 20091:30 am 

    I really appreciated this article. I am going to Mexico at the end of the week with my boyfriends friend and his girlfriend. Well his girlfriend has been fake tannning almost everyday for like a month, and she told me “you better start base tanning”. Well I was super annoyed by her telling me this because I hear all the jokes, like “I know times are rough but the sun is free” and “Ahh I need to put on my sun glasses” and when I try to tan it just doesn’t stick. I am just simply white!!! Anyway I started losing my excitement about going to Mexico all because this one thing this girl said. So this article is good motivation of me to be proud of my pale white skin. Thanks Girl!

  33. David says:
    Thu, 18th Jun 20096:25 pm 

    I have been pale skinned all my life and have felt humiliated, laughed at, and the comments never have ended to this day. Yes, I am pale, I have fair skin, get over it. I was not born any darker and I will die this way. I think women are especially pretty showing their fairskin. Do not be ashamed with all the comments there are admirers in the crowd.

  34. Kara says:
    Sun, 21st Jun 20097:11 pm 

    Great article!
    Thanks for writing about us fair skinned girls! I hear comments all the time from my family — I’m half Irish, half Italian and my sister can tan in an instant and I turn into a lobster! And after years of hearing “Wow! You’re SO pale!” and “Why don’t you tan?!” I tried the Jergens Natural Glow stuff — and I turned ORANGE! So this summer (which I’m spending in London w/ other pale people!) I’ve told myself, So what? Vampires are SO in this year :)

  35. akrebecca says:
    Mon, 22nd Jun 20094:27 am 

    I knew there were others of my kind out there who felt the same way! I too have heard “Wow-you are white!” more times than I can count! The last time was from a Native Alaskan. My reply? Well, duh that’s what I am. What people don’t seem to realize is that making a remark about a person is rude. As Hailey said “You wouldn’t tell a black person “you’re so black!”.” Could you imagine the backlash if I a ‘really’ white person walked up to someone and said ‘Wow, you are like the color of midnight!’

    I am proud to be white. I like to wear hats to protect my face & I use sunscreen everyday. I am teaching my kids to do the same. Having had a skin cancer scare, I don’t want my kids to go thru the same.

  36. sparky says:
    Tue, 23rd Jun 20095:27 pm 

    i’m pale i’ve always been pale. but people always complement me. but it’s also hard to cover scares when you have pale skin

  37. Merilynn says:
    Thu, 25th Jun 20098:29 pm 

    Lauren! – we have always thought you had the most beautiful skin – remember snow white was the envy of her evil step mother!

  38. Ali says:
    Sun, 28th Jun 20096:13 pm 

    I’m right there with you! I always get comments on how pale I am and though it bothers me at times, I just say, “Pass the SPF 50! No wrinkles and skin cancer for in 15 years!” I feel like by trying ot be tan, I’m just following the herd and not being my true self. Fair skin can be just as beautiful if only everyone weren’t so self-concious in the first place.

  39. JOMOMMA says:
    Sun, 28th Jun 20098:54 pm 

    If you are pale you can get darker if you are darker you can not get lighter .Contrast is beautiful,
    Pale is hot

  40. Darlene says:
    Mon, 29th Jun 20091:23 pm 

    I probably have the palest skin in the world.
    I really wish i could get past it but i find it so hard!
    I cant stand the summer because i just end up feeling soo self conscious! I wudnt lay out in the sun all day or lay on a sun bed, ive thought about spray tanning but i’m worried il turn out orange.
    My skin wouldnt bother me so much if people didn’t comment on it all the time! It makes me feel so bad about myself.
    Sorry 4 the rant!

  41. melanie says:
    Wed, 8th Jul 20097:00 am 

    I love you guys, honestly..pale skin are so into the season! I have lots of people telling me how terribly pale I am and asked if I am sick! Nice of them to say that.. well as much as I hate my pale skin but you guys have given me a reason to smile and be happy about my skin colour once in a while so thanks! I think I will try show of my really “pale” legs which haven’t seen sun in oh, probably 8 months.. (if i can get to do it :) )

  42. tiffany says:
    Thu, 23rd Jul 200911:28 am 

    you go girl!! i had such trouble going to the pool as a kid. now, i just arm myself with come-backs, like.. “thanks” :) or, if they are being more rude.. “i’m sorry we can’t all look perfect like you, but don’t be so judgmental.” :) embrace the pale.. yeeeah! :)

  43. Clara says:
    Tue, 4th Aug 200910:05 pm 

    Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!! I hate the always comparing at the beach and by the pool during the summer. It pisses me off so much. I now feel a whole new sense of appreciation for my beautiful pale skin. I can’t wait to own it!!! thanks again! :)

  44. LMD says:
    Wed, 5th Aug 200910:46 pm 

    Just wanted to say years ago, I had a girlfriend who was very pale-skinned but was very pretty as well! She was what some would have called my soulmate. But through bad advice given by a family member, I lost her for good and for many years, regretted it. I hope she’s doing well these days and wish her nothing but the best. Pale skin is just as precious as any skin.I’ll never understand why people bug out over color issues but they do. I adore women of all hues, that includes pale!!!!!!

  45. HEYHEYHEY says:
    Mon, 24th Aug 20091:16 pm 

    HEYYY!!!!! asians girls i’ve seen look goergous in their pale skin n they love it soo why not yhoo??? well ones in america turn to tanning. i live in scotland lol some girls are tan some are tht brunette pale then the red hair pale n i have this bruntee pale like these gawjuss asian girls

  46. Eva says:
    Tue, 1st Sep 20099:23 pm 

    All right! I’m happy to see other people like being pale. I get teased all the time for being pale and people always calm me pasty but i LOVE IT! I brown hair and brown eyes, which pop because of my skin. I’m proud not to have fake tan skin. It’s one of my favorite features about myself!

  47. Sandr says:
    Fri, 25th Sep 20094:31 am 

    hi:) I have never had any problems with getting tan, but because of Dita von Teese I fell in love with porcelain white skin!:) So last summer I put a lot of sunscreen and now I have light skin, maybe it’s not white but whatever I like it. I even got my hair colored to red. I think pale and red looks great:) And I totally understand you. Since I decided to be pale my friends sometimes laugh and say “why you wanna be pale? do you want to look like EMOO?” I hate it but whatever. fuck’em all:)

  48. Darwin says:
    Sat, 26th Sep 200912:14 am 

    Pale/fair skin is super sexy. My friend once asked me, “Is there such thing as “too” pale?” I responded, “Nope.” Okay, that maybe taking it too far, but still. That’s hot.

  49. Brittni says:
    Fri, 2nd Oct 20097:08 pm 

    The “You’re so pale!” comments never fail do they? XD
    I’ve never really been sure how to respond to someone when they say that. I usually just say “Yep! My skin has no tanning ability, I just burn =]” right off the bat so they dont hassle me about trying to get a tan.
    Anyway, once people are around you they become used to it and really dont think anything of it. Well…thats been my experience anyways….
    I’m trying be become completely comfortable with my white skin, but I admit I do get uncomfortable around tan people at pools and such places.
    But at least we never have to worry about tan lines! =]
    <3 Power to ze pale =DD

  50. ella says:
    Sat, 3rd Oct 20091:22 am 

    wonderful article!

    i had no idea that some people with pale skin feel unconfomferable and wish to tan.BUT YOU MUSTIN!!!!!

    i love pale skin it seems so beautiful on people.im histpanic but i have some asian and other things thrown in there but i tan very easily, SO i am so JEALOUS of people with pale skin!

    emprace what you are with!many people with they could have your skin believe me!!!!I AM ONE OF THEM!!!!!!!

    i always complement people with pale skin ALWAYS telling them YOU ARE SO LUCKY!I WISH I HAD YOUR SKIN TONE! but if this makes them(people with pale skin uncomfertable i AM sorry i had no idea)

    im always trying to find ways to get paler(when i was younger i had some-what pale skin*more like peaches-and_cream skin* but i lost it!!!!!!:( so im tying to get it back but it seems so impossible)

    but love who you are!and for the people who do love their pale skin RIGHT ON!
    and for the others who are not when people insult you they are either jealous or just love to hurt people! try to ignore them and if you want and are brave enough tell them back “so what if im pale!what about you!your so_____ skin!

    kay!:) goodluck!

  51. dude says:
    Tue, 6th Oct 20091:50 am 

    I never had a problem with my pale skin, but maybe it’s different for guys and girls.

  52. Darwin - New York University says:
    Tue, 6th Oct 20097:30 pm 

    Whatever, girls should just stay the way they are. This tanning business has gone way too far to the point where girls are just looking out right disgusting with their unnatural darkness. Light skin can be just as beautiful as darker skin. Then again, I do prefer the light.

  53. Snow_White says:
    Tue, 13th Oct 20099:59 pm 

    I’m fair/light as well (not pale but very light), and personally, I love it! I think tanned or dark skin looks dirty. If I had the choice, I would definitely stick to the lighter look. Western society is the only place where tanned/darker skin is embraced. India, Asia, etc. all openly say the lighter the better.

  54. Condessa says:
    Mon, 14th Dec 200912:06 am 

    When younger, I used to be a tan-aholic -on and off- for almost 10 years, i used to feel like i was never dark enough, until one day I took some snapshots of my face, and noticed how uneven, damaged and stressed my skin was, my pores looked like swish cheese, and had a weird orange oxidized color that does not belong to me, making me look old and tired…. that was more than 4 years ago, since then i stopped the nonsense tanning, and now I use spf >50 even to go to the corner deli, I walk on the shady side of the sidewalk, etc. i hide from the sun like a vampire… also, for the last 6 month Ive been doing weekly lactic acid peels, and now I feel like I took off at least 8 years off my face, in fact someone recently thought I was 27, and im almost 37, I have my peaches and cream color back, my pores have diminished dramatically, and my face has a natural glow again, and it keeps getting better!. so no thanks im NEVER tanning again.

  55. scott w says:
    Mon, 14th Dec 20095:06 pm 

    people want tan? i want to be whiter, im a british-american, i live in arizona where tons of mexicans live and i am tanner than some of them i wish i were whiter

  56. emily says:
    Thu, 7th Jan 20104:31 pm 

    im really pale with really bond hair and light blue eyes
    id like to be some whoo wakes up in the morning and not think omg im soo pale quike ! put make up on
    its gettin to the point now were i cant go a day wihout make up on
    im not ashamed of my pale sskin
    ii jus cant stand the names and it makes me feel worthless
    x

  57. RIss says:
    Sun, 10th Jan 20106:29 pm 

    Wow, thanks Lauren you have made my day and it’s only 9am!

    I never thought that my Irish background contributed to my paleness (or ‘pastyness’)…I have even asked my doctor if there was anything I could do about it! Of course, she said it’s just a genetic thing and encouraged fake tan. I don’t do the fake tan thing. My boyfriend actually loves my pale skin, and encourages me to not get a tan!!!

    This thread has reassured me that my boyfriend isn’t just trying to make me feel better lol. I’m an aussie, I love summer and the cute clothes you can wear, so why not enjoy wearing them! And girls – boys LOVE summer dresses! And check out supermodels, actresses..the most beautiful ones are generally pale too!

  58. JustMe says:
    Thu, 14th Jan 201010:56 pm 

    I think pale skin on a woman is gorgeous!! Especially their legs, so smooth and porcelain-looking. It looks sooo much nicer than that oompa loompa leather hide look of those girls who insist on tanning. Lets not forget that disgusting look of those girls who use tanning beds but their eyes are still white because of the goggles…barf!!!!!!!! That looks gross!!!

    So wear your shorts…red or blue looks best with fair skin…and us guys who love that regal look will continue to ogle you from afar!! Actress Kat Dennings is a great example of a fair-skinned hottie!!!! Her fair skin MAKES her hawt!!

  59. Faith says:
    Sat, 23rd Jan 20102:00 pm 

    I’m olive skinned Arab, let me tell you’re right, be yourself I’m sick of people who don’t like pale skin i find it completely gorgeous much better than fake tanning, you have beautiful color no need for change, American people are so obsessed with tanning that’s why most of people there are not satisfied with their own beauty especially pale skinned, natural color/beauty should be more appreciated i blame it on the media LOL
    a Syrian female friend of mine has the palest skin i ever saw it was beautiful no need to compare we should celebrate diversity

  60. Pale says:
    Fri, 29th Jan 20107:04 pm 

    I’m white as a sheet naturally, and does occasionally use fake tan, but really can’t be bothered to do so all the time. So many people said horrible things to me when I was younger which lead to me covering up all summer for years. It makes me angry just thinking about it. Why should I be made to feel ashamed of my skin colour or the fact that I don’t tan very easily?
    Fact: Commenting on someone’s skin colour is racist. No one with a brain would ever consider saying to a black woman that she’s too dark, so why do people think it’s OK to tell a white woman she’s too pale? Idiots.

  61. la la la says:
    Fri, 29th Jan 201010:28 pm 

    this is so true im very pale && all irish babyy (: and i hate it i use the creams , i even tried tanning and that didnt work.
    but last summer i tried something new i went to the pool/beach and didnt put on sun screen i know sound dump and off course got burn. but when the painful sunburn went a way i was a little tan!
    i couldnt belive it i still have pictures and i look tan
    but now it winter and im pale again but thats what i did but i didnt lay out all day.

  62. Ashley the best says:
    Mon, 1st Feb 201011:54 pm 

    I seriously feel the same way! Stop the fake and bake! Look at those women in paintings from the 1800s! Images of beauty and they are white as hell. That is real beauty. No one likes leather skin

  63. H Jones Sanchez says:
    Tue, 2nd Feb 201011:19 pm 

    I agree! Your article is terrific. Pale is natural and beautiful… I really don’t see the point in exposing your skin to harmful UV rays and setting yourself up for ugly, damaged skin a few years down the road.

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