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Have you tried any of the gradual self-tanner lotions? I use a lovely (and cheap!) hemp lotion from Walmart that adds a nice, subtle color. I am also very pale, so you may have different results with olive skin, but since you have a few months maybe try playing around with a few different self-tanner or gradual self-tanner lotions. I'd hit the tanning bed as a very last resort...one day of tan goodness is not worth the wrinkles or skin cancer later. 

Everytime someone posts a question about tanning I quickly read all the responses b/c I am also trying to decide what to do!!

I have olive skin too, and I do not necessarily want to be dark or look like i have just come from the beach...but I do want to have more of a warmth to my color.

I think after hearing what a lot of bees have had to say- a few trips to the tanning booth is probably what I'll do- i have never been to a tanning booth, and will never go again...Isn't it dangerous if it is a regular habit? Maybe I'm wrong, but that's what I've always assumed...

There is no way I'd risk having some of the spray tan sweat onto my dress...yikes.

@Mrs.tobe: Thank you Mrs. Tobe, I am reading now.

@Mrs.tobe: I'm glad your spots were not cancerous and that you took care of them!

I read the link you gave me, and it does not mention the extent to which someone would have to tan in correlation to the extent/likelihood of negative effects.

Of course, health is more important than a tan! I just still (maybe stupidly) wonder if tanning 5 times in my entire life would really make an impact?

Do the self tanning lotions really make a visible difference? If so, I would conider doing that instead- that wouldn't rub off, right?

You should check out any spots you have just to put your mind at ease, if for any othe reason.

@Mrs.tobe: I understand it's difficult and your dreading it, but imagine how relieved you will be emotionally to know they are being taken care of...and they may say it's nothing!

:)

@Evie19: I think the self-tanning lotions do make a visable difference. I have spray tanned once (never again...I was snookie/oompa-tastic!) but when I use my self-tanning lotion for 3 days in a row (it's a gradual tan) is when I get the most compliments and people ask if I've been tanning. It doesn't rub off on my clothes, and if you're really concerned about it you can test some out at night and sleep in a white night shirt and see how the morning turns out. 

@NDBee: Wonderful! That's what I'll go for...and also, itll be nice to just have to do something in-house rather than add one more "chore" in the weeks before the wedding to have to keep going to a tanning bed.

Which self tanner lotion works best for you? I have olive skin, does that matter?

Congrats ladies you have protected me from UV rays AND saved my time. :)

I don't want to overdo it at all, but i do want to add some warmth to my skin tone. It will be Jan. and I will be at the very pale end of olive. Also, when I have a glow I feel like I look a bit thinner and more toned.

@Evie19:@Samantha7: I pick up this super cheap Malibu Hemp Golden Glow lotion from Walmart of all places!

It is a really great moisturizer, and I like that it's not a 'self-tanner' in the way that you put on gloves and rub it all in and do all this fanciness, I just apply it everywhere like a regular lotion you'd put on after a shower, let it dry just a bit, and get dressed and go. Since I am SO pale (blonde, blue eyes, and in ND where exposing your skin to the sun = frostbite 8 months of the year, hehe), I alternate it with regular lotion every other day rather than putting it on each day for 7 days, just so I don't get too tan. 

@runnerdoc26: I hope it works out well for you! For my face, I mix a dab of the tanner with a dab of my moisturizer, just so that it doesn't all suck into a dry spot and get blotchy. I'm curious to see how this works for olive/darker skin tones!