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Sunbeds - confused!!
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-Emmz-
That's okay! How many minutes did you go for?
I've only just started going for myself so I've got a bit of a tan for a ball and I'm already looking browner
As for the cancer thing - practically EVERYTHING gives you cancer.
I've only just started going for myself so I've got a bit of a tan for a ball and I'm already looking browner
As for the cancer thing - practically EVERYTHING gives you cancer.
The shortest time availlable was 4 minutes so I went on for that, and it was surprisingly ok. I'm going again on Friday and I'm gong to carry on going twice a week until I've got the colour I want then cut down enough to maintain it, which is what they recommended at the salon. How long do you go on for?
Reply 21
I'm going in for 6 minutes about twice a week atm. Been fine so far and I'm loving having a bit of colour!
mbm1087
I would wear sunscreen! But have you considered a spray on tan? My friend gets it done and it looks great- alot more natural than I would have thought! Plus, spray ons are alot safer!
Spray-on tans wouldn't look natural on me though as I'm a red-head and therefore I get lots of freckles...
Reply 30
I pay £15 for 60 mins.
Reply 33
Mine is £2 for 6 minutes ^_^
Reply 35
Mine is £5.75 for 15 minutes, £6.00 for 20 minutes and £6.25 for 25 minutes. Does anybody else get red patches on their skin (particularly legs) after using a sun bed, which go away after about 20 minutes? Or is that just me? lol. x
Reply 36
Woah you go on for 15 minutes AT A TIME? kerazy..hmm i used to go on them but then stopped for a couple of months cause i was worried cause theres skin cancer in my family, but im goin on holiday in just under two weeks so im planning on having about 4 or 5 sessions on a sunbed before i go to build up abit of a tan! Would probably go on for like, 5 minutes at first and then build up a minute or two more each time..i think thats what i used to do! Cant even remember though, the longest i ever had was about 8 minutes! round here its pretty much 50p per minute. About the red patches..are they hot to touch? I got that once when i went on for abit too long, i got home and moisturised throughly and it was fine teh next day, i think i had burnt myself though cause i was pretty pale then. the redness did go away quite fast, like an hour or some3thing but i knew id been on too long! think it was were the rest of me was browner, so that was fine, but it was like the top of my legs that got burnt which were white cause of bikini. Make sure you go on wearing a cream of some sort, they usually provide them sometimes free and there just a moisteriser, or sometimes there around a pound or two for a sachet. The last time i bought a sachet one i was REALLY happy, it really worked and its worth the extra money. Do people find some places they go are stronger than others? And has anyone been in the stand-up ones..i hate them SO clostrophobic and my goggles always fall off!
Reply 37
I was told that going on the sunbeds/booth can actually help if you have low levels of vitamin D like me, as we get most of our vitamin d from the sun and unfortunately we don't see much of it here lol. I wad in one of the boots today for the first time ever for 6 minutes. It felt great :-)
Reply 38
Original post by twiga
I want to start going on sunbeds but I'ma bit confised about a couple of things:
1. What do you wear when you're actually on the sunbed?
2. Do you have to put suncream on before you go?
I know they're really dumb questions but I really would appreciate some answers! Thanks xxx
1. What do you wear when you're actually on the sunbed?
2. Do you have to put suncream on before you go?
I know they're really dumb questions but I really would appreciate some answers! Thanks xxx
1 - It is entirely up to you. You can go in completely naked or underwear or just pants. Personally, I wear my knickers simply so I can compare afterwards my skin that has been exposed to the UV rays and the skin underneath the knickers!
2 - No you don't wear suncream. Just moisturise to help your skin to develop a tan easier.
Reply 39
Original post by abc137
Mine is £5.75 for 15 minutes, £6.00 for 20 minutes and £6.25 for 25 minutes. Does anybody else get red patches on their skin (particularly legs) after using a sun bed, which go away after about 20 minutes? Or is that just me? lol. x
I tend to when the sun bed has been used immediately before me as the subbed is SO much hotter than if it hasn't been used in a while!!
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