Tanning tip for college guys

Here are some tips to keep your body looking good in tanner skin

1) Before you tan, shave any body hair that you may later shave. Hair keeps the sun's rays from hitting your skin. You can read info on shaving body hair and trimming pubic hair.

2) Before you tan, use a loofah or similar tool to rub off dead skin from your body.

3) If you are tanning in a tanning bed within 48 hours prior to your photo shoot, be sure to be very clear about asking the intensity and age of the bulbs. Showing up to a photo shoot with red skin ruins everyone's time!

4) Add moisturizer before or after you tan. Remember, you are drying out your skin by tanning. Moisturizer keeps water in your skin.

5) Drink lots of water beforehand and make sure a fan is running near the tanning bed.

6) If you are using a tanning bed, you should cover your crotch. The skin on your scrotum is very sensitive. You can either fold your underwear and place it on your crotch to blocks the rays or put your penis and scrotum inside a stretchable sock.

Don't Get Too Dark

Tan lines are bad, but it is possible to get too dark of a tan. Besides being a cancer hazard and aging your skin prematurely, dark tans sometimes do not mesh well with male model photography and definition of skin tone is lost. Male models can appear as a silhouette on film, so do not overdo it.

Do Not Tan Your Face

Most importantly, do not tan your face. If you wish to tan yur body, go ahead, but cover your face with a towel in the tanning bed. Tanning ages you and shortens the number of years during which you are hot.

Add a sunsrcreen in the morning - even on winter days. When tanning in a tanning bed or outdoors, cover your face with a towel.

Apply Moisturizer

Most importantly, apply moisturizing lotion to your face skin. Your skin is an organ that stretches and should not be dried out.

Avoiding Tan Lines on your upper body and arms

Male models should avoid tan lines by tanning nude. When the job needs to get done, sometimes you cannot worry about who is around. If you don't feel comfortable wearing briefs in public or cannot find a location to tan nude outdoors, tan in the shortest shorts available or limit yourself to tanning booths.

If you must be in the sunlight for extended periods of time, wear long pants. It is better to block sun from your legs completely than to develop a tan line from shorts. Be sure to go shirtless or add sunscreen on your arms if you are wearing a shirt. Showing up to a photo shoot with tan lines from a tank top is very bad.

Tan Lines On Butt and Legs Frequent Problem

A frequent challenge in the past has been avoiding "shorts-type" tan lines — the untanned area on your legs that extends past your buttocks from wearing shorts in the sun. Avoid tan lines from wearing shorts! It doesn't look appealing in photographs in which a model wears underwear and prevents him from showing his rear end. You can read how to correct tan lines on your legs using a tanning bed.

Tanning-Advisor's Indoor Tanning Tips

Indoor tanning tip #1. Are you using any prescription medications?: blood pressure medications, antibiotics, skin problem medications are just a few categories of drugs you preferably should not be taking if you are tanning or spending lots of time outdoors. Refer to the photosensitizing medication chart in your local tanning salon to be sure the medications you are taking are not listed. These medications can effect the results of your tanning, making it more difficult to tan and you are more prone to burning.

Indoor tanning tip #2. Why you should always use a good quality indoor tanning lotion: It will help your skin to absorb the UV, which will aid in the tanning process. There are also special ingredients that stimulate melanin production, such as Tyrosine, which will give you the most out of every tanning session. Your skin tends to dry out during the tanning process and if you don't use a good quality indoor tanning lotion, your skin will exfoliate faster, become more dry and flaky, and you will lose your tan faster.

So the bottom line: for a deeper, darker, longer lasting tan, you need to use quality indoor tanning lotion. It's best to apply indoor tanning lotion immediately prior to your session or 1-2 hours prior is even better if you can. Applying it ahead of time allows your skin to absorb the lotion better so you will get the best results from your tanning session.

About The Sun...

Too much sun is not a good thing. But measureable doses can be healthy. To achieve a nice bronzed healthy skin color be sure to keep safe from too much of the the suns harmful rays. Or at least don't over do it in the sun. Try using an indoor tanning facility to get measurable amounts of UV based upon your skin type.

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