So wait... I had shimmer's to my lotion, and I wear bronzer's why wouldn't I want a healthy sun kissed glow! White folks wanna look like us.. all I do is bring out the natural glow to my already brown skin! Most black women look dry an rusty! I just inhance that! I don't tan! But I never leave home with out bronzer! Smh!
I can understand why a very light skinned person would tan, and I know a few who do. This isn't a new phenomenon, but a rare one. People also need to realize that no matter how pale a black person is they will always tan much more quickly than a white person. So there is still less of a chance of getting sun cancer. I doubt Toni ever went again anyway because I've never noticed her being overly dark. Probably just tried it because her sister asked her to.
I'm a mixed chick and I live in the NorthWest. During the summer I get extremely tan and I have a reddish undertone and during the winter I get pale and grayish yellowish. Unfortunately because of where I live I cant just step outside and enjoy the sunshine because it rains 80% of the year! I'm not old enough to go tanning but I would still like to get my color back does anyone know of any self tanner products that work?
I didn't know women tanned for fun, but I did know that black women who are competing in fitness/bodybuilding/figure competitions HAVE to tan in order to make their muscle definitions pop. (The men do this as well!)
Some black women, I can only speak for my family...when in summer we all get a really pretty reddish undertone. Now I love ny tone and I scatter in the sun. Lol. But some may want to achieve that undertone which is natural to them, and in keeping a more....balanced, even skin tone. Tanning also does help acne. I think that's why.
What is the big deal as long as you protect your skin I see no problem with tanning most black people are not even toned so tanning can help achieve a more even look.
wha???? ive watched that show some too and tamar is usually the reason it gets on my nerves...with that said...WHA?? why the hell would ANY black woman or man artificially tan?? now ive laid out at the beach and let whateva happend happen and do tan quickly and yes 'glow' a bit after BUT those braxtons otta be ashamed! what the hell? gotta be for ratings. i refuse to believe they dont know better - ok maybe tamar but tony???
This made me laugh _ I did work experience in a tanning salon when I tried it out. I go sunbathing and I use tanning lotions that ''build a naturally looking tan''- I love how my skin contrasts with colourful clothes when I'm darker --and my legs bronze-brown and its wonderful and trust me the public agrees!
@regina2ok Glad I could entertain lol :) Btw, thanks for the info. Several ladies of color have told me some really interesting facts/benefits of tanning like evening out your skin tone. Gives me something to really think about.
I live in Bermuda so stepping outside is an instant tan in the summer. I haven't ever planned to get a tan, if it happens, it happens. I use shea butter on my skin which makes my skin more golden when I do get tanned.
I went to the tanning salon with my bestfriend who is italian I am one to say don't knock it before you try it. I went tanning I did about 15 minutes it wasn't something I'd do again because I tan faster from the sunlight and I felt constricted.
I could understand black women tanning not as much a white women. I work outside and hate to wear shorts, so my legs are yellow and my arms are chocolate. I have never been to a tanning salon, but have wondered what it would be like. Some of us just want to be the same color all over.
My sister knows a black girl that tans. lol she told my sister that she likes to be the same color all over. I have dark skin, but I have no idea why some black women tan. hahaha.I think it's kind of silly.
Yo... I am with you on this vid. When I heard that Janet Jackson does this... I was just as Shocked. Trust me... some people are just so caught up with what other women do. What is the bloody point of this tanning thing? You are not alone, girl.
@bbnne11 Its all good. Tanning is just another gateway activity to skin cancer, and making it a habit will crack your skin earlier. So more power to the women who like wasting their money. But the moral dilemma I have is... would I rather see sistahs do this, instead of the lightening skin cream??? I would choose yes between these two evils... but they're still 2 evils.
Respond to this video... But it almost seems like whatever the other race does so do we. I could have sworn dark skin was hated now light and dark skin girls are getting them. Why be mostly because other nationalities (preferably white) are. I bet if whites started shaving their heads bald and bathing in poo for easy tanning, we would be right on board!
I'd dont get it either. Niecy Nash was having a prewedding show and she said all she should have worry about fefore her wedding is 'spray tan or no spray tan'...I was thinking isnt she naturally tan?
Interesting and Ironic. Playing the stupid heliophobic game so common amongst Asian and black Americans (Canada-Chile) is lost on a very dark women, like me. But even I notice very desirable results when I tan 1) VIRTUALLY FLAWLESS SKIN 2) By July, white looks fluorescent on my skin 3) BRIGHT COLORS! BRIGHT COLORS! I feel really beautiful. I remember people thinking I was crazy for loving my dark black skin in the summer, but then again, some people still might think I'm crazy...lol
I went to tanning salons in my college years back in the late 80s - early 90s. I wanted to even out my color for my dance performances at school. Now, if I have a performance or a special occasion that would require me show my legs, back, or midriff, I use self tanners. I'm too vain to go out two-toned.
I luv BFV also and show that episode as well. I have never heard of black people tanning as either. I think for, Tamar, it's a hollywood thing. I think a lot of those celebs, black and white, do the tannig thing. For blacks it's spray tanning.
I noticed that my acne blemishes go AWAY in the summer time! I have thought seriously about going to get a tan just for that reason and even out my skin tone. I get annoyed with having so many different tones. I dont think I would need foundation if I did it. Just my opinion but its nice to know real people do it:)
I'm what most people consider a light skinned black girl, and I naturally tan with the smallest exposure to sun. I'm from Alabama and it's HOT here, too. Years of wearing t-shirts during the summer has given me a perpetual farmer's tan, so last summer before I went to the lake I used a fake tanner to even out my skin tone. Yeah, I ain't ashamed. LOL
Some do it to even out there skin tone... It was recommended to my sis n law after she experienced a break out with her skin on her entire body. Her skin was ver ,blotchy..So yeh the sent her to a tanning Salon! She got a lot of stares from the other clients there.
THAT IS CRAZY!! Anyone, black or white can get cancer from too much sun, artifical or real. So why take the chance when we are naturally tanned? doing the normal runs for the day gives me a tan so why add to it? That makes no sense to me. My fiance is white amd I won't let him tan to protect his health. To me they are trying to get OUR complexion. So why do we have to try to get something we already have?? Question of the day... Just love yourself and what God has given u. And WEAR SUNSCREEN!
I don't go tanning, but I will get darker due to my occupation and active lifestyle being outside during the summer. I agree with others that it evens my skin tone and gives me a natural glow. I do have friends that actually "lay out" no matter the complexion, from light to dark! :)
A lot of famous black men and women tan. I think its better to use a spray tan or bronzer. I would never use anything that would make me get skin cancer. If I want a natural glow I will get some sun or use a bronzer. Also I use SPF to protect my skin. I love my color period.
Toni's sister is weird and ridiculous. There was no need for the fake tan. Toni's skin is gorgeous. If she wants to looks a little tanned and more even, all she needs is a little bronzer.
I wouldn't call it a phenomenon. I am a beach bum as are most of the women in my family and tanning comes with the territory. I don't shy away from sun, water or anything associated with being on the beach. On the other hand taking a trip to the tanning salon isn't my cup of tea. I enjoy the beach too much.
I do go tanning, but not artificially, because I don't feel it's save, healthwise. I'm from northern Europe and we don't have much sun shine. And because I'm biracial (blond dad/black mum) I lose my color (I get pale) during the winter, therefore I try to get as much sun exposure as possible during the summer to get my color back (that will stay with me halfway through autumn). Friends of mine (also mixed) do go to tanning salons during the winter to keep up their color.
This is so funny. I DO NOT go to a tanning salon. However, I do like to get a tan. I will lotion up, SPF 30, and sit out in the sun to get a nice tan. I get really bright in the winter. I like to get darker in the summer. I think it is just because I can. Variety is the spice of life. I am not very light skinned but my skin color can range between paper bag brown to a darker color. I think some black people may not want to tan or get darker because they feel that it makes them less beautiful.
@getlonghair really my range is olive/sand tone (two-toned by the way) to a golden copper tone through the seasons my complexion changes all the time but I dont tan I use 70spf sunscreen
Growing up (in Barbados) I could never be dark enough. My grandmother used to chastise me for laying out in the sun for h-o-u-r-s. I would slather suntan oil on myself to get the maximum tan possible. I have no idea where this came from, but I just think dark, dark skin is so gorgeous. My mother is light and my father is dark, so I'm not that dark but I do think that when I'm "tanned" I have more of a glow. I would never do a salon though. I prefer natural sunlight. It gives me energy!
ladies that used come to my salon in the UK to even out their skin(all skin shades) using fake tans, people assume that tanning is just used to darken the skin which it does,however look at it like foundation for the the face which evens out the skin tone,spray tan works in much the same way to the body if the correct shade is used. The sun hardly comes out here and when it does you can end up with dark exposed areas of skin, we used the spray tan to even the overall appearance.
When I was much younger (teenager and early twenties) I used to go and take a tan outside. It was relaxing to lay in the warm sun and it gave me a nice even colour (I'm light-skinned). Once I learned about the effects of the sun on skin I stopped doing that and I believe that is why I have no wrinkles and look younger than my 49 years.
More importantly, I'm not increasing my risk of skin cancer. Nobody (of ANY skin tone) should go to a tanning salon. If you want the colour, apply makeup.
I live in Canada and sometime when you have a dark complexion, your face is the darkest part of your body. Light chest, stomach, legs, etc. Helps even out my skin and makes it look pretty.
I'll go twice per week for 10 minutes at the most. It also feels good mentally. You feel refreshed and happier for some reason...can't remember right now.
When you live further from the Earth's equator, you don't get the kind of sun your skin needs.
" when you have a dark complexion, your face is the darkest part of your body. Light chest, stomach, legs, etc. Helps even out my skin and makes it look pretty."
For those that want to tan a lot, think about the effects that it has had on a lot of white women.. They have wrinkles and skin looks crazy when their older... We are made beautifully no need to tan in tanning beds.. Go outside..
I have heard of it... I live in Oklahoma and my mother told me about it... If I am to ever get married then I will tan bc ALL eyes will be on me... My mother says it brings out ur natural "glow". And in a light colored dress like orange, yellow or white our skin after tanning looks beautiful...
Hello, everyone! When I was little, I lived in Minnesota and I was the only freckle around, so I tanned (laid out) with my friends because they did. I stopped doing that after I got a SERIOUS burn...it never occurred to me as a child that black folks didn't do this - my parents never stopped me. However, when we moved to Texas and my friends would go to the tanning beds, I refused. One, it scared me to be closed up like I was in an oven. Two, I still had memories of that vicious sunburn. :-)
I would never go to a tanning salon, but I do try to get darker in the summer ( I just put on some coconut oil and expose my skin) cause I really like it when my skin is darker. Its a more even tone and it matches the rest of my body that is normally exposed to the sun. The coconut oil protects from the harmful rays of the sun and it makes me all pretty and shinny and we all know black girls look extra pretty when we are shinny
I'm the same complexion as you and also love my complexion. I too have known people who try to avoid getting a tan and I know people who prefer to be darker (they tend to be light skinned) but I have never heard of Black People getting artificial tans. I must be living in a bubble as well LOL.
Maybe I'm the one who lives in a bubble b/c I'm a chocolate brown woman and I artificially tan. I live in Michigan, there is very little sun during the winter months. Upon moving here after living in Georgia, I noticed a huge difference in my skin tone so I began to occasionally artificially tan (only during the winter mths). I LOVE how rich/silky my chocolate skin looks during the summer mths so I "winter tan" to keep that look. It smoothes blemishes, which means less foundational makeup usage.
@shayla2471...YOU have enlightened me. I just read your response and afterwards I checked out your channel. You and I are the same complexion and your skin is absolutely radiant but I am in shock that you tan in the winter. Now I do use foundation during the winter months because the line that I use has spf, uvb etc which protect my skin during the winter but tanning has never crossed my mind. I have no plans to go to a tanning salon in the Winter (I live in Jersey). You've enlightened me.
I could understand doing it if she was pale..like me...and wanted a tan, but didn't want any hyperpigmenting of any scars/blemishes you might have. It would be more beneficial to get a spray tan to even it out rather than getting a natural tan and risk your blemishes getting darker.
Agreed never knew about it. This is news to me lol. No wonder my mom used to suggest i work at a tanning salon. I'm like mom i'd look a fool I'm naturally dark why would i want to be the only naturally dark skin in such a artificial place where black women don't even go!!!! But i guess she was ahead of me in the trends lol
I'm around the same complexion as singer Brandy and I get tan at the beach or on vacay. Not something I intially pursued but one time I came back from bahamas and everyone told me how I looked sun kissed.. Had bikini tan lines and everything. Lol doubt if I'd pay to lay in that cancer bed but I like a sun kissed look every now and then.
I will never go to a tanning salon, but I do use the spray tans and lotions like jergens natural glow, I have a light complexion but I like to look warmer I guess, but if I was tony braxton I really dont see a point
I have a friend who is mixed but of a similar complexion to me... In the winter she gets a lot lighter than I do though and she runs to the salon. I don't get it either but - to each her own? She's done this since we were teens!
I have considered going to a tanning salon in the winter because i feel that i lose a lot of color in the winter. i am deep caramel in the summer but I feel washed out in the winter. i love when the weather warms up, i find all kinds of reasons to be in the sun.
I like it when I get a "Reddish" brown Glow to my skin and I think of myself as brown skinned. The sun/ sun tanning will give you a obvious "Glow" it will bring out you red undertones in your skin, give it a try and use you bathing suit straps as an indicator, to see the color difference... the before and after.
i dont get it either!!! i'm dark skinned as well. and in the summer, my skin does tend to get darker. but it's all natural. my thought is why a salon, when God gave us a natural salon. just go outside, protect your skin from those bad rays of course, but that's all it takes. Everythin is so backwards these days
According to some ladies I know they are looking for a glow to their skin. I don't get it. If I wanna glow I just put some coconut oil on or something. (?)
Some of us (probably most) have multiple colors on our skin and the spray tanning or sun tan just evens it all out to one tone. I've done the spray tan and it evens me out to one color instead of the brown/yellow/orange undertones that I have
I'm a brown girl/medium toned black female & I like the way my skin looks after laying out...I have a nice darker sun kissed look & my complexion is evened out, but I have never done the artificial tanning, I prefer laying in the sun a bit
I'm a medium toned black female from Vancouver where it rains half the year and honestly, I considered fake baking before my last trip to the Caribbean. The sun gives me a nice healthy glow... which is hard to get during the 2 months of real sun we get here. My husband on the other hand is a dark tone but when he came back from a trip to Ghana his skin just looked amazing, darker and very even toned - he won't admit it but I'm sure he's thought of going to the tan salon too.
I have a very dark complexion & tan on a regular basis. LOL, I have never been to a tanning salon but I love the "sun kissed" look. Tanning also evens out my complexion. Sun tanning really does bring out a "glow" & it makes you look illuminated.
as pale as I am winter, spring, summer & fall, never thought of getting an artificial tan. Howerver i used to swim when i was younger & in the summer time i loved the way my skin would take on this lovely, baked caramel/toasted peanut butter shade, LOL. and you know what, I have ALWAYS been in love with dark chocolate skin.....& i've always wanted at least one of my children to have it .......it's nothing wrong with light skin,brown, yellow or white, but i just luv the richness of dark skin.
I live in the same bubble as you! I was shocked and confused when watching the show. I do not get it; however, the idea is interesting to learn about. Please do your investigation and discuss your findings : )
Like you, I was puzzled by black females getting tans, i.e. Vivica Fox talked about her suntanning rituals one time when she was on Oprah. But I realized that I am several different shades especially on my face. When I was home, i.e. Florida, for several weeks I tanned beautifully and my skin complexion evened out and I looked alot better. Now that I am back in England I feel that I might go to a tanning salon when my skin lightens up and look washed out and uneven.
Interesting topic. I knew that some lighter skinned black women went to tanning salons. The reasons I heard given were bec they wanted more color or to appear darker. I am dark skinned and I don't tan for two reasons. 1) It ruins the skin. I rode the bus with a woman who was tan every day of the year. The skin on her neck was in roles. Yuck!! 2) It can cause skin cancer. God has blessed me with gorgeous dark brown skin. Yay!! Although I do like my summer color also.
@lovecate1 I'm sorry, but there's a continent full of black folks that spend much of their time outside. In the sun, without sunscreen and skin cancer is not an epidemic. ALL cancers are on the rise, but it's not because of the sun. It's because of the level of carcinogens in the environment total. All of a sudden everyone is so concerned about this, but clean water, a healthy diet, and low pollution levels will diminish cancer -causers much better than anything on the market.
@bootfruity The most common cause of skin cancer, whether melanoma or non-melanoma, is exposure to sunlight and ultraviolet radiation. Any human being, of which I am one, can develop skin cancer. Regardless of how dark the skin is. True darker skinned people have more natural protection in the sun but that doesn't mean we can't develop skin cancer. What is the true death rate from skin cancer in sub-saharan Africa? Esp in places where there isn't great medical care. Plus, it just ruins the skin!
wow all i can say is wow i mean people not wanting to go in the sun because they might get darker that say's a lot about the mental state of our people :(
Ummm...I didn't think black people tan. There's no need for it. But then again...this is the world we're talking about...anything is possible. I thought African American's especially took pride in being light skinned anyway...IDK??? I never heard of it because I just step out in the sun and bam!!! Plus...I'm brown so I see no need for it....But like I said, the times we're living in, it shouldn't be a surprise.
@kitabare76 ALL African Americans (Canada - Chile) DO take great pride in their light skin. BELIEVE THAT! If white people weren't going to tanning salons, TRUST ME, BLACKS WOULDN'T BE DOING IT EITHER. MUCH OF THAT SALON BS IS STATUS CRAP.
I don't do tanning salons! I prefer the sun. I sunbathe in summer so my already chocolate skin gets deeper and more chocolate (lol) I've also noticed a lot of sistas have more of a noticeable glow in the summer too.
I am dark skin naturally, but I love when the summer rolls around so I can have a natural tan!! I spend lots of time in the sun!! I love dark skin! and I already have dark skin! lol
I like going tanning... I don't do it that much because the nicer places are a little expensive and I'm still on a student budget. But I like tanning outside and enjoy the experience in tanning salons. My non-black friends always wonder why but I really like the way I look tan, and don't see why I can't enjoy enriching my skin tone like everyone else. Maybe it's it because I'm from Jersey lol, but I know quite a few black women that go tanning, even if only to even out their skin tone :)
I go tanning in the summer. I like dark skin. Also when I go to Jamacia I get tanned all the time. I have light skinned friends that go to the tanning salon. Black people tan for a darker glow. I look forward for my sun tan every yr by the natural sun. You can't judge it. It's great we embrace our want -to -be darker self. lol.
I don't have cable. So, I'm shocked too! Thanks for filling me in. LOL! That's very strange. If you want to look more bronze or have a glow... Can't you just put on some type of special body lotion/bronzer for that purpose? *Shrugs*
I don't sit out in the sun for the purpose of getting a tan .... but I also don't run from the sun for the fear of getting darker. My skin has red undertones, so that naturally shows more in the summer anyway. I don't mind it.
I don't go to the tanning salon.........As a black woman, I will sit in the sun, ie "lay out" to get a deeper color in the summer and fall. When I go to visit Fl , I lay out all day long. Why? Well I have some scars from childhood, that I don't like and I am very self conscious about. When I tan those areas, they are harder to see, and I can wear dresses, skirts and shorts and not feel to "weird" about it. I have done this for many years, and will continue. Yes, I've been sun burnt too!
That was something new to me also. You're right, I've grown up hearing black people (more women than men) say that they want to stay out of sun because they don't want to get darker. Well, things have changed now. Apparently lighter-skinned blacks may tan for color and darker-skinned blacks may tan to get a glow, bronzed or dewey look. An article on the internet said that artists like Beyonce, Ciara and Keri Hilson get spray tanned.
I can understand it. I'm brown skinned but in the summer I spend a lot of time outside and the summer tan evens my skin tone out. Removes appearances of blemishes. The darker my skin the more attractive I feel. I don't lay out or go to tanning salons I just hike, bike and do my normal outdoor stuff. I know some blacks are repelled at the idea of having their skin be darker than it is. That is what I'm more confused (saddened) about. All skin shades are lovely as long as the skin is healthy.
@iamsillywarm Now that I can agree with! I feel like there should be more shock value in bleaching or being aversive to being darker....than in enjoying the changing tint of melanin that is brought about by sun or tanning bed exposure during the seasons.
@iamsillywarm This was a really good point. Personally, I love my dark skin. I'm just was surprised that some women opt to get artificial tans rather than natural suntans. Do you know what are the differences between the two? Are there any health benefits/risks to get artificial tans? I'm shocked by the whole thing, but I'm definitely not downing any sisters who do it. Evening out blemishes was something I never knew it did. That really intrigues me.
@AFR0ST0RY I don't know much about artificial taning but I have heard in the news that it is NOT a risk free procedure just like prolonged sun exposure has risks for light AND dark skin. Luckily we dark skinned folks of all races have some genetically built in sunscreen (melanin) that gives us added protection especially used with a sunscreen. I'm 44 years old and get mistaken for being in my late twenties all the time. Hooray for melanin which lets me play in the sun and still look young :)
@AFR0ST0RY I haven't seen the show. Maybe the artificial tans are less damaging than the sun's rays. But, I haven't researched this theory. I like to "tan" naturally to even out my skin tone. It gives me a natural glow.
My older sis has always enjoyed tanning, whether going to a salon or laying out in the sun. She's not ritualistic about it or anything, but if she's at the beach or pool best believe she's oiled up and not hiding from the sun in the least bit.
She see's the beauty in her own complexion as well as richer darker complexions, and tanning is an outlet to the versatility that the melanin in her skin grants her naturally~~ Or atleast that's how I see it.
I don't tan. I'm dark skinned and I live in Florida as well. As far as the glow aspect, I do notice that in the winter I tend to look more washed out, not saying that i look lighter but there is just a different look that my skin has kinda similar to when I'm sick. I tend to wear more blush during this time to "add some color" to my skin.
yea its shocking. i dont understand it either. when i went to california a couple of years ago, the guy in the shop said that it is not unusual to see blacks in a tanning salon. They go for different reasons, to get rid of tanning lines, or if they are in certain competitions. But I live in the north, and it is unheard of that blacks go to tanning salons. I guess its a new fad
You are not the only one who has been in a bubble. Watching this vid. just opened my eyes, I never heard of this. This is really weird, like u said Tony is not High Yellow. I just don't get it either. Sorry, I could not help but I just wanted to comment to let u know that u are not the only one who is hearing of this.
I don't believe everything that is on tv. Its "reality" but its not real. Producers do crap all the time for ratings. Be careful not to get sucked in. I'm not saying black women don't do it. I'm just saying beware of the tell lie vision and how black women are portrayed and who controls the final way we are portrayed. its entertainment at the end of the day and you were most definitely entertained.
@wallykit True, but like I said, I even had a friend close to me that was tempted to do it, so it's not just Reality TV. It was shocking to me that black women (in the "real" world) would even consider it. For those who have, I'd like to know why.
So wait... I had shimmer's to my lotion, and I wear bronzer's why wouldn't I want a healthy sun kissed glow! White folks wanna look like us.. all I do is bring out the natural glow to my already brown skin! Most black women look dry an rusty! I just inhance that! I don't tan! But I never leave home with out bronzer! Smh!
beautytherapy101 1 week ago
I can understand why a very light skinned person would tan, and I know a few who do. This isn't a new phenomenon, but a rare one. People also need to realize that no matter how pale a black person is they will always tan much more quickly than a white person. So there is still less of a chance of getting sun cancer. I doubt Toni ever went again anyway because I've never noticed her being overly dark. Probably just tried it because her sister asked her to.
msbernie1970 1 week ago
I do the the same thing and I live in Ohio.
olfolktv 1 month ago
I'm a mixed chick and I live in the NorthWest. During the summer I get extremely tan and I have a reddish undertone and during the winter I get pale and grayish yellowish. Unfortunately because of where I live I cant just step outside and enjoy the sunshine because it rains 80% of the year! I'm not old enough to go tanning but I would still like to get my color back does anyone know of any self tanner products that work?
blynbb 3 months ago
@bbnne11 tanning evens out your skin tone and makes you glow, doesn't have to make you darker
thinkJAS 3 months ago
Mdrrrr.. Elle m'a tuer la meuf!!
biercok 3 months ago
I didn't know women tanned for fun, but I did know that black women who are competing in fitness/bodybuilding/figure competitions HAVE to tan in order to make their muscle definitions pop. (The men do this as well!)
NaturaleeHappee 6 months ago
Some black women, I can only speak for my family...when in summer we all get a really pretty reddish undertone. Now I love ny tone and I scatter in the sun. Lol. But some may want to achieve that undertone which is natural to them, and in keeping a more....balanced, even skin tone. Tanning also does help acne. I think that's why.
kaekaeme 7 months ago
What is the big deal as long as you protect your skin I see no problem with tanning most black people are not even toned so tanning can help achieve a more even look.
nigerianhurr90 7 months ago
Hahahaha the world is getting crazier by day, i love the sun.
iborg21 7 months ago
wha???? ive watched that show some too and tamar is usually the reason it gets on my nerves...with that said...WHA?? why the hell would ANY black woman or man artificially tan?? now ive laid out at the beach and let whateva happend happen and do tan quickly and yes 'glow' a bit after BUT those braxtons otta be ashamed! what the hell? gotta be for ratings. i refuse to believe they dont know better - ok maybe tamar but tony???
cynthiarf 8 months ago
This made me laugh _ I did work experience in a tanning salon when I tried it out. I go sunbathing and I use tanning lotions that ''build a naturally looking tan''- I love how my skin contrasts with colourful clothes when I'm darker --and my legs bronze-brown and its wonderful and trust me the public agrees!
regina2ok 8 months ago
@regina2ok Glad I could entertain lol :) Btw, thanks for the info. Several ladies of color have told me some really interesting facts/benefits of tanning like evening out your skin tone. Gives me something to really think about.
AFR0ST0RY 8 months ago
I live in Bermuda so stepping outside is an instant tan in the summer. I haven't ever planned to get a tan, if it happens, it happens. I use shea butter on my skin which makes my skin more golden when I do get tanned.
Something5802 8 months ago
I like to tan because it helps to even out my skin tone
ttbrown206 8 months ago
I went to the tanning salon with my bestfriend who is italian I am one to say don't knock it before you try it. I went tanning I did about 15 minutes it wasn't something I'd do again because I tan faster from the sunlight and I felt constricted.
YellowStarrx3 8 months ago
I could understand black women tanning not as much a white women. I work outside and hate to wear shorts, so my legs are yellow and my arms are chocolate. I have never been to a tanning salon, but have wondered what it would be like. Some of us just want to be the same color all over.
karabooXD 8 months ago
You and I have been stuck in the same bubble girl, this is crazy to me, just ridiculous!
pookinapp16 8 months ago
idk why blk women do it either...it's just silly to me smh
eleisha26 8 months ago
black people don't need no tan! SMH!
jenkies85 8 months ago
My sister knows a black girl that tans. lol she told my sister that she likes to be the same color all over. I have dark skin, but I have no idea why some black women tan. hahaha.I think it's kind of silly.
buraburayoshi 8 months ago
Yo... I am with you on this vid. When I heard that Janet Jackson does this... I was just as Shocked. Trust me... some people are just so caught up with what other women do. What is the bloody point of this tanning thing? You are not alone, girl.
Filmchica 8 months ago
@Filmchica I know this reply is late but.. THANK YOU! Always trying to copy what other women do!
bbnne11 4 months ago
@bbnne11 Its all good. Tanning is just another gateway activity to skin cancer, and making it a habit will crack your skin earlier. So more power to the women who like wasting their money. But the moral dilemma I have is... would I rather see sistahs do this, instead of the lightening skin cream??? I would choose yes between these two evils... but they're still 2 evils.
Filmchica 4 months ago
@Filmchica I understand your point there lol
bbnne11 4 months ago
Respond to this video... But it almost seems like whatever the other race does so do we. I could have sworn dark skin was hated now light and dark skin girls are getting them. Why be mostly because other nationalities (preferably white) are. I bet if whites started shaving their heads bald and bathing in poo for easy tanning, we would be right on board!
bbnne11 4 months ago
I'd dont get it either. Niecy Nash was having a prewedding show and she said all she should have worry about fefore her wedding is 'spray tan or no spray tan'...I was thinking isnt she naturally tan?
cdb48340 8 months ago
Interesting and Ironic. Playing the stupid heliophobic game so common amongst Asian and black Americans (Canada-Chile) is lost on a very dark women, like me. But even I notice very desirable results when I tan 1) VIRTUALLY FLAWLESS SKIN 2) By July, white looks fluorescent on my skin 3) BRIGHT COLORS! BRIGHT COLORS! I feel really beautiful. I remember people thinking I was crazy for loving my dark black skin in the summer, but then again, some people still might think I'm crazy...lol
bootfruity 8 months ago
I love getting darker too...Im already brown like ur complexion but I love to darker. Dark skin is soo sexyy and I like to get natural tan though...
curvybody2 8 months ago
I went to tanning salons in my college years back in the late 80s - early 90s. I wanted to even out my color for my dance performances at school. Now, if I have a performance or a special occasion that would require me show my legs, back, or midriff, I use self tanners. I'm too vain to go out two-toned.
deanrene 8 months ago
I luv BFV also and show that episode as well. I have never heard of black people tanning as either. I think for, Tamar, it's a hollywood thing. I think a lot of those celebs, black and white, do the tannig thing. For blacks it's spray tanning.
naturallyfree01krj 8 months ago
I noticed that my acne blemishes go AWAY in the summer time! I have thought seriously about going to get a tan just for that reason and even out my skin tone. I get annoyed with having so many different tones. I dont think I would need foundation if I did it. Just my opinion but its nice to know real people do it:)
roseeleven 8 months ago
I cud be wrong, but I think that the reason those chicks were tanning was to produce content for the reality show.
maximuslyricus 8 months ago
I'm what most people consider a light skinned black girl, and I naturally tan with the smallest exposure to sun. I'm from Alabama and it's HOT here, too. Years of wearing t-shirts during the summer has given me a perpetual farmer's tan, so last summer before I went to the lake I used a fake tanner to even out my skin tone. Yeah, I ain't ashamed. LOL
iheartURhair 9 months ago
Some do it to even out there skin tone... It was recommended to my sis n law after she experienced a break out with her skin on her entire body. Her skin was ver ,blotchy..So yeh the sent her to a tanning Salon! She got a lot of stares from the other clients there.
godsflame2 9 months ago
LOL you are funny
tyronerodriguezuno 9 months ago
That is completely ridiculous!,if all black women start tanning then we all will be walking around looking like pieces if fried chicken! LML jk
Seriously.....black chicks are tanning?, some women are so superficial, why can't people just be who they are??
NaturallyTee718 9 months ago
THAT IS CRAZY!! Anyone, black or white can get cancer from too much sun, artifical or real. So why take the chance when we are naturally tanned? doing the normal runs for the day gives me a tan so why add to it? That makes no sense to me. My fiance is white amd I won't let him tan to protect his health. To me they are trying to get OUR complexion. So why do we have to try to get something we already have?? Question of the day... Just love yourself and what God has given u. And WEAR SUNSCREEN!
sterlingking 9 months ago
I don't go tanning, but I will get darker due to my occupation and active lifestyle being outside during the summer. I agree with others that it evens my skin tone and gives me a natural glow. I do have friends that actually "lay out" no matter the complexion, from light to dark! :)
modhutch 9 months ago
I don't know any body who ans, Black or otherwise. If i want a summer glow with out the skin damage, i just wear bronzer.
afrikurl 9 months ago
A lot of famous black men and women tan. I think its better to use a spray tan or bronzer. I would never use anything that would make me get skin cancer. If I want a natural glow I will get some sun or use a bronzer. Also I use SPF to protect my skin. I love my color period.
Missyplaymate3 9 months ago
Toni's sister is weird and ridiculous. There was no need for the fake tan. Toni's skin is gorgeous. If she wants to looks a little tanned and more even, all she needs is a little bronzer.
20feettall71 9 months ago
I wouldn't call it a phenomenon. I am a beach bum as are most of the women in my family and tanning comes with the territory. I don't shy away from sun, water or anything associated with being on the beach. On the other hand taking a trip to the tanning salon isn't my cup of tea. I enjoy the beach too much.
Msleft1 9 months ago
I do go tanning, but not artificially, because I don't feel it's save, healthwise. I'm from northern Europe and we don't have much sun shine. And because I'm biracial (blond dad/black mum) I lose my color (I get pale) during the winter, therefore I try to get as much sun exposure as possible during the summer to get my color back (that will stay with me halfway through autumn). Friends of mine (also mixed) do go to tanning salons during the winter to keep up their color.
OneSummerSky 9 months ago
LOL girl you are not alone, I don't understand it either. No matter how many black talk to me about it....I'm still buggin'.
I really don't understand it lol
nck08 9 months ago
This is so funny. I DO NOT go to a tanning salon. However, I do like to get a tan. I will lotion up, SPF 30, and sit out in the sun to get a nice tan. I get really bright in the winter. I like to get darker in the summer. I think it is just because I can. Variety is the spice of life. I am not very light skinned but my skin color can range between paper bag brown to a darker color. I think some black people may not want to tan or get darker because they feel that it makes them less beautiful.
getlonghair 9 months ago 5
@getlonghair You make an interesting point about how some may associate dark skin with being less beautiful.
AFR0ST0RY 9 months ago
@getlonghair really my range is olive/sand tone (two-toned by the way) to a golden copper tone through the seasons my complexion changes all the time but I dont tan I use 70spf sunscreen
NIJEECAPRICORN20 8 months ago
I would try to tan myself just to even my skin tone and match my skin marks more.
nuturevsnature 9 months ago
Growing up (in Barbados) I could never be dark enough. My grandmother used to chastise me for laying out in the sun for h-o-u-r-s. I would slather suntan oil on myself to get the maximum tan possible. I have no idea where this came from, but I just think dark, dark skin is so gorgeous. My mother is light and my father is dark, so I'm not that dark but I do think that when I'm "tanned" I have more of a glow. I would never do a salon though. I prefer natural sunlight. It gives me energy!
AfroTee 9 months ago
@AfroTee I think I have a nicer look when Im darker as well.
getlonghair 9 months ago
ladies that used come to my salon in the UK to even out their skin(all skin shades) using fake tans, people assume that tanning is just used to darken the skin which it does,however look at it like foundation for the the face which evens out the skin tone,spray tan works in much the same way to the body if the correct shade is used. The sun hardly comes out here and when it does you can end up with dark exposed areas of skin, we used the spray tan to even the overall appearance.
meadowarch 9 months ago
Tracy Bingham tans. She says it evens out her skin tone.
jessicaberry87 9 months ago
Basically, TaMar and Toni did it cause they were Bored, they looked like Ooompa Loompa's just like one of their sisters mentioned.
ConnectedToMeNow 9 months ago
When I was much younger (teenager and early twenties) I used to go and take a tan outside. It was relaxing to lay in the warm sun and it gave me a nice even colour (I'm light-skinned). Once I learned about the effects of the sun on skin I stopped doing that and I believe that is why I have no wrinkles and look younger than my 49 years.
More importantly, I'm not increasing my risk of skin cancer. Nobody (of ANY skin tone) should go to a tanning salon. If you want the colour, apply makeup.
TheSupasweet 9 months ago 3
My sister is black and she used to go to the tanning salon all the time.
jadaguil 9 months ago
I go because I want my body to even all over.
I live in Canada and sometime when you have a dark complexion, your face is the darkest part of your body. Light chest, stomach, legs, etc. Helps even out my skin and makes it look pretty.
I'll go twice per week for 10 minutes at the most. It also feels good mentally. You feel refreshed and happier for some reason...can't remember right now.
When you live further from the Earth's equator, you don't get the kind of sun your skin needs.
2damnfunny 9 months ago
@2damnfunny
" when you have a dark complexion, your face is the darkest part of your body. Light chest, stomach, legs, etc. Helps even out my skin and makes it look pretty."
so true, I thought it was just me.lol
ebonyrose316266 9 months ago
For those that want to tan a lot, think about the effects that it has had on a lot of white women.. They have wrinkles and skin looks crazy when their older... We are made beautifully no need to tan in tanning beds.. Go outside..
chocolategoinnatural 9 months ago
I have heard of it... I live in Oklahoma and my mother told me about it... If I am to ever get married then I will tan bc ALL eyes will be on me... My mother says it brings out ur natural "glow". And in a light colored dress like orange, yellow or white our skin after tanning looks beautiful...
chocolategoinnatural 9 months ago
I don't know anybody who goes to a tanning salon, but my sister who is fair skinned likes to get a tan in the summer .
GyrlBlaque 9 months ago
Hello, everyone! When I was little, I lived in Minnesota and I was the only freckle around, so I tanned (laid out) with my friends because they did. I stopped doing that after I got a SERIOUS burn...it never occurred to me as a child that black folks didn't do this - my parents never stopped me. However, when we moved to Texas and my friends would go to the tanning beds, I refused. One, it scared me to be closed up like I was in an oven. Two, I still had memories of that vicious sunburn. :-)
nswr1104 9 months ago
I would never go to a tanning salon, but I do try to get darker in the summer ( I just put on some coconut oil and expose my skin) cause I really like it when my skin is darker. Its a more even tone and it matches the rest of my body that is normally exposed to the sun. The coconut oil protects from the harmful rays of the sun and it makes me all pretty and shinny and we all know black girls look extra pretty when we are shinny
LovelyHerbanRenewal 9 months ago
I'm the same complexion as you and also love my complexion. I too have known people who try to avoid getting a tan and I know people who prefer to be darker (they tend to be light skinned) but I have never heard of Black People getting artificial tans. I must be living in a bubble as well LOL.
exoticeyes32 9 months ago
Maybe I'm the one who lives in a bubble b/c I'm a chocolate brown woman and I artificially tan. I live in Michigan, there is very little sun during the winter months. Upon moving here after living in Georgia, I noticed a huge difference in my skin tone so I began to occasionally artificially tan (only during the winter mths). I LOVE how rich/silky my chocolate skin looks during the summer mths so I "winter tan" to keep that look. It smoothes blemishes, which means less foundational makeup usage.
shayla2471 9 months ago 5
@shayla2471...YOU have enlightened me. I just read your response and afterwards I checked out your channel. You and I are the same complexion and your skin is absolutely radiant but I am in shock that you tan in the winter. Now I do use foundation during the winter months because the line that I use has spf, uvb etc which protect my skin during the winter but tanning has never crossed my mind. I have no plans to go to a tanning salon in the Winter (I live in Jersey). You've enlightened me.
exoticeyes32 9 months ago
I could understand doing it if she was pale..like me...and wanted a tan, but didn't want any hyperpigmenting of any scars/blemishes you might have. It would be more beneficial to get a spray tan to even it out rather than getting a natural tan and risk your blemishes getting darker.
TheRoyalEmpress 9 months ago
Agreed never knew about it. This is news to me lol. No wonder my mom used to suggest i work at a tanning salon. I'm like mom i'd look a fool I'm naturally dark why would i want to be the only naturally dark skin in such a artificial place where black women don't even go!!!! But i guess she was ahead of me in the trends lol
chickieD614 9 months ago
I'm around the same complexion as singer Brandy and I get tan at the beach or on vacay. Not something I intially pursued but one time I came back from bahamas and everyone told me how I looked sun kissed.. Had bikini tan lines and everything. Lol doubt if I'd pay to lay in that cancer bed but I like a sun kissed look every now and then.
yeaeeyeaee 9 months ago
I will never go to a tanning salon, but I do use the spray tans and lotions like jergens natural glow, I have a light complexion but I like to look warmer I guess, but if I was tony braxton I really dont see a point
jazzyjthefrshprncss 9 months ago
p.s. On the side of your video, suggestions come up with some brown skinned people tanning!
TepsZii 9 months ago
I have a friend who is mixed but of a similar complexion to me... In the winter she gets a lot lighter than I do though and she runs to the salon. I don't get it either but - to each her own? She's done this since we were teens!
TepsZii 9 months ago
I have considered going to a tanning salon in the winter because i feel that i lose a lot of color in the winter. i am deep caramel in the summer but I feel washed out in the winter. i love when the weather warms up, i find all kinds of reasons to be in the sun.
chellye12 9 months ago
I like it when I get a "Reddish" brown Glow to my skin and I think of myself as brown skinned. The sun/ sun tanning will give you a obvious "Glow" it will bring out you red undertones in your skin, give it a try and use you bathing suit straps as an indicator, to see the color difference... the before and after.
unlimitedbrooks 9 months ago
i dont get it either!!! i'm dark skinned as well. and in the summer, my skin does tend to get darker. but it's all natural. my thought is why a salon, when God gave us a natural salon. just go outside, protect your skin from those bad rays of course, but that's all it takes. Everythin is so backwards these days
tkquel 9 months ago 2
According to some ladies I know they are looking for a glow to their skin. I don't get it. If I wanna glow I just put some coconut oil on or something. (?)
polifonyann 9 months ago 11
@polifonyann LOL
iiFufi 9 months ago
Some ladies do it for the glow and to even out stretch marks. For what I hear it can almost make stretch marks disappear.
nappiguistri69 9 months ago
Some of us (probably most) have multiple colors on our skin and the spray tanning or sun tan just evens it all out to one tone. I've done the spray tan and it evens me out to one color instead of the brown/yellow/orange undertones that I have
007newnew 9 months ago
I'm a brown girl/medium toned black female & I like the way my skin looks after laying out...I have a nice darker sun kissed look & my complexion is evened out, but I have never done the artificial tanning, I prefer laying in the sun a bit
OperaStar1913 9 months ago
I'm a medium toned black female from Vancouver where it rains half the year and honestly, I considered fake baking before my last trip to the Caribbean. The sun gives me a nice healthy glow... which is hard to get during the 2 months of real sun we get here. My husband on the other hand is a dark tone but when he came back from a trip to Ghana his skin just looked amazing, darker and very even toned - he won't admit it but I'm sure he's thought of going to the tan salon too.
shalymecca 9 months ago
I have a very dark complexion & tan on a regular basis. LOL, I have never been to a tanning salon but I love the "sun kissed" look. Tanning also evens out my complexion. Sun tanning really does bring out a "glow" & it makes you look illuminated.
DejaVu807 9 months ago 2
im a dark skin girl and i looovvveeee the summer cause it makes my skin look soo perfect;) like butter smooth
nycapples1 9 months ago 2
as pale as I am winter, spring, summer & fall, never thought of getting an artificial tan. Howerver i used to swim when i was younger & in the summer time i loved the way my skin would take on this lovely, baked caramel/toasted peanut butter shade, LOL. and you know what, I have ALWAYS been in love with dark chocolate skin.....& i've always wanted at least one of my children to have it .......it's nothing wrong with light skin,brown, yellow or white, but i just luv the richness of dark skin.
ChaoticCurlz 9 months ago
I live in the same bubble as you! I was shocked and confused when watching the show. I do not get it; however, the idea is interesting to learn about. Please do your investigation and discuss your findings : )
PoshWife0809 9 months ago
Like you, I was puzzled by black females getting tans, i.e. Vivica Fox talked about her suntanning rituals one time when she was on Oprah. But I realized that I am several different shades especially on my face. When I was home, i.e. Florida, for several weeks I tanned beautifully and my skin complexion evened out and I looked alot better. Now that I am back in England I feel that I might go to a tanning salon when my skin lightens up and look washed out and uneven.
lostnspace001 9 months ago
Interesting topic. I knew that some lighter skinned black women went to tanning salons. The reasons I heard given were bec they wanted more color or to appear darker. I am dark skinned and I don't tan for two reasons. 1) It ruins the skin. I rode the bus with a woman who was tan every day of the year. The skin on her neck was in roles. Yuck!! 2) It can cause skin cancer. God has blessed me with gorgeous dark brown skin. Yay!! Although I do like my summer color also.
lovecate1 9 months ago
@lovecate1 I agree with you
adesania 9 months ago
@lovecate1 I'm sorry, but there's a continent full of black folks that spend much of their time outside. In the sun, without sunscreen and skin cancer is not an epidemic. ALL cancers are on the rise, but it's not because of the sun. It's because of the level of carcinogens in the environment total. All of a sudden everyone is so concerned about this, but clean water, a healthy diet, and low pollution levels will diminish cancer -causers much better than anything on the market.
bootfruity 8 months ago
@bootfruity The most common cause of skin cancer, whether melanoma or non-melanoma, is exposure to sunlight and ultraviolet radiation. Any human being, of which I am one, can develop skin cancer. Regardless of how dark the skin is. True darker skinned people have more natural protection in the sun but that doesn't mean we can't develop skin cancer. What is the true death rate from skin cancer in sub-saharan Africa? Esp in places where there isn't great medical care. Plus, it just ruins the skin!
lovecate1 8 months ago
wow all i can say is wow i mean people not wanting to go in the sun because they might get darker that say's a lot about the mental state of our people :(
mightybee101 9 months ago 2
I don't understand it either. lol Cudos to you for not judging....me on the other hand...I think it's plain silly.
Kerieism 9 months ago
Ummm...I didn't think black people tan. There's no need for it. But then again...this is the world we're talking about...anything is possible. I thought African American's especially took pride in being light skinned anyway...IDK??? I never heard of it because I just step out in the sun and bam!!! Plus...I'm brown so I see no need for it....But like I said, the times we're living in, it shouldn't be a surprise.
kitabare76 9 months ago
@kitabare76 ALL African Americans (Canada - Chile) DO take great pride in their light skin. BELIEVE THAT! If white people weren't going to tanning salons, TRUST ME, BLACKS WOULDN'T BE DOING IT EITHER. MUCH OF THAT SALON BS IS STATUS CRAP.
bootfruity 8 months ago
I don't do tanning salons! I prefer the sun. I sunbathe in summer so my already chocolate skin gets deeper and more chocolate (lol) I've also noticed a lot of sistas have more of a noticeable glow in the summer too.
ExoticByNature 9 months ago
I am dark skin naturally, but I love when the summer rolls around so I can have a natural tan!! I spend lots of time in the sun!! I love dark skin! and I already have dark skin! lol
AfroMohawkable 9 months ago
lol one of my friends which is black...goes to tanning salons she wants to be darker
MsAfroBeauty 9 months ago
I like going tanning... I don't do it that much because the nicer places are a little expensive and I'm still on a student budget. But I like tanning outside and enjoy the experience in tanning salons. My non-black friends always wonder why but I really like the way I look tan, and don't see why I can't enjoy enriching my skin tone like everyone else. Maybe it's it because I'm from Jersey lol, but I know quite a few black women that go tanning, even if only to even out their skin tone :)
bmw0688 9 months ago
I go tanning in the summer. I like dark skin. Also when I go to Jamacia I get tanned all the time. I have light skinned friends that go to the tanning salon. Black people tan for a darker glow. I look forward for my sun tan every yr by the natural sun. You can't judge it. It's great we embrace our want -to -be darker self. lol.
beautiful4days 9 months ago
I don't have cable. So, I'm shocked too! Thanks for filling me in. LOL! That's very strange. If you want to look more bronze or have a glow... Can't you just put on some type of special body lotion/bronzer for that purpose? *Shrugs*
I don't sit out in the sun for the purpose of getting a tan .... but I also don't run from the sun for the fear of getting darker. My skin has red undertones, so that naturally shows more in the summer anyway. I don't mind it.
bookishnatural 9 months ago
I don't go to the tanning salon.........As a black woman, I will sit in the sun, ie "lay out" to get a deeper color in the summer and fall. When I go to visit Fl , I lay out all day long. Why? Well I have some scars from childhood, that I don't like and I am very self conscious about. When I tan those areas, they are harder to see, and I can wear dresses, skirts and shorts and not feel to "weird" about it. I have done this for many years, and will continue. Yes, I've been sun burnt too!
blueisis02 9 months ago
@blueisis02 I am a very dark black woman I can't say enough about darkening the skin. I've only been burnt badly once. I was 17 in Destin, FL.
bootfruity 8 months ago
That was something new to me also. You're right, I've grown up hearing black people (more women than men) say that they want to stay out of sun because they don't want to get darker. Well, things have changed now. Apparently lighter-skinned blacks may tan for color and darker-skinned blacks may tan to get a glow, bronzed or dewey look. An article on the internet said that artists like Beyonce, Ciara and Keri Hilson get spray tanned.
cocoa8872 9 months ago
I can understand it. I'm brown skinned but in the summer I spend a lot of time outside and the summer tan evens my skin tone out. Removes appearances of blemishes. The darker my skin the more attractive I feel. I don't lay out or go to tanning salons I just hike, bike and do my normal outdoor stuff. I know some blacks are repelled at the idea of having their skin be darker than it is. That is what I'm more confused (saddened) about. All skin shades are lovely as long as the skin is healthy.
iamsillywarm 9 months ago 25
@iamsillywarm Now that I can agree with! I feel like there should be more shock value in bleaching or being aversive to being darker....than in enjoying the changing tint of melanin that is brought about by sun or tanning bed exposure during the seasons.
NotoriousLYNappy1 9 months ago
@iamsillywarm This was a really good point. Personally, I love my dark skin. I'm just was surprised that some women opt to get artificial tans rather than natural suntans. Do you know what are the differences between the two? Are there any health benefits/risks to get artificial tans? I'm shocked by the whole thing, but I'm definitely not downing any sisters who do it. Evening out blemishes was something I never knew it did. That really intrigues me.
AFR0ST0RY 9 months ago
@AFR0ST0RY I don't know much about artificial taning but I have heard in the news that it is NOT a risk free procedure just like prolonged sun exposure has risks for light AND dark skin. Luckily we dark skinned folks of all races have some genetically built in sunscreen (melanin) that gives us added protection especially used with a sunscreen. I'm 44 years old and get mistaken for being in my late twenties all the time. Hooray for melanin which lets me play in the sun and still look young :)
iamsillywarm 9 months ago
@AFR0ST0RY I haven't seen the show. Maybe the artificial tans are less damaging than the sun's rays. But, I haven't researched this theory. I like to "tan" naturally to even out my skin tone. It gives me a natural glow.
Niafloda 9 months ago
@iamsillywarm i too love the summer sun for evening out my complexion, and making blemishes disappear. Don't need makeup
FROMFATTOTHIN 9 months ago
My older sis has always enjoyed tanning, whether going to a salon or laying out in the sun. She's not ritualistic about it or anything, but if she's at the beach or pool best believe she's oiled up and not hiding from the sun in the least bit.
She see's the beauty in her own complexion as well as richer darker complexions, and tanning is an outlet to the versatility that the melanin in her skin grants her naturally~~ Or atleast that's how I see it.
NotoriousLYNappy1 9 months ago
I don't tan. I'm dark skinned and I live in Florida as well. As far as the glow aspect, I do notice that in the winter I tend to look more washed out, not saying that i look lighter but there is just a different look that my skin has kinda similar to when I'm sick. I tend to wear more blush during this time to "add some color" to my skin.
cocoahunni 9 months ago
yea its shocking. i dont understand it either. when i went to california a couple of years ago, the guy in the shop said that it is not unusual to see blacks in a tanning salon. They go for different reasons, to get rid of tanning lines, or if they are in certain competitions. But I live in the north, and it is unheard of that blacks go to tanning salons. I guess its a new fad
migy031 9 months ago
You are not the only one who has been in a bubble. Watching this vid. just opened my eyes, I never heard of this. This is really weird, like u said Tony is not High Yellow. I just don't get it either. Sorry, I could not help but I just wanted to comment to let u know that u are not the only one who is hearing of this.
victoria0402 9 months ago
I don't believe everything that is on tv. Its "reality" but its not real. Producers do crap all the time for ratings. Be careful not to get sucked in. I'm not saying black women don't do it. I'm just saying beware of the tell lie vision and how black women are portrayed and who controls the final way we are portrayed. its entertainment at the end of the day and you were most definitely entertained.
wallykit 9 months ago
@wallykit True, but like I said, I even had a friend close to me that was tempted to do it, so it's not just Reality TV. It was shocking to me that black women (in the "real" world) would even consider it. For those who have, I'd like to know why.
AFR0ST0RY 9 months ago