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Sunbed question - please help !!

Snavie

2005-05-16 11:04:07

Hi,

Sorry not sure where to post this question but hope someone can help me.

We're going to Majorca in June for a week and as I always end up going red and freckly for the first week anyway I thought I would have a few sessions on the sunbed before I go to prepare my skin a bit.

This might sound like a really silly question, but can anyone tell me if I'm supposed to use cream before I go on. I've been going to one of those stand up sunbeds for about 3 mins a time but yesterday went for 6 mins and my legs seemed to burn a bit. Is this normal or should I be protecting my skin with SPF cream like in the sun?

alizda

2005-05-16 11:21:13

you can get special cream made purely for sunbeds - i bought mine from matalan - there are five stages from starting the sunbed from scratch up to quite advanced stages - cost approx £2.50 a bottle - but i think it is best to use something

Snavie

2005-05-16 11:29:33

Thanks alizda, will see if I can get some.

Pippy

2005-05-16 16:50:05

You definitely shouldn't use the usual sun creams on a sunbed, but as already stated there are various preparations on offer in the tanning salons, most vastly over-priced in my opinion!

I've never used any creams when I've used sunbeds, but I've also never burnt, so best to take advice from the staff in a reputable salon.

Philippa

cyberspacekadette

2005-05-16 17:30:17

Most tanning salons sell a variety of lotions and potions, but they are generally very expensive. If you have a branch of Bodycare near you, they have very reasonably priced sunbed creams. But the cheapest shop I know is Quality Save/Home Bargains/Half Price Or Less - they sell a variety of Solaresse creams for about £1.50ish. They often have the Hawaiian Tropic Solarium Gel too. You can sometimes find Solaresse creams in markets and other discount toiletries stores.

tisonlymoi

2005-05-16 17:47:45

I've never ever used sun creams when using sun beds - just use Body Shop body butter afterwards to keep my skin lovely and soft! use it on holiday as aftersun too!

niki_tam

2005-05-16 17:53:47

I usualy go on a sunbed just before my hols. I never use any creams when I go on and I dont get burnt.You can get creams for the sunbed in bodycare,much cheaper than in the sunbed shop. Make sure you read them first though as some are made to make you go very red and hot!! I just cover myself in cocoa butter when I come off

Da Do Ron

2005-05-16 20:34:14

Solaresse, found it in Wikinsons, looks a bit weird orange and yellow in one bottle bit like oil and water mixes when you tip bottle up. Was a bit sceptical at first, thought what a load of :swear

but hey it was cheap and it works :lol:

Sun showers so much better than bed, I can walk out of sun shower, back 'locks' on sun bed leading to potentially embarassing situation :oops:

lisaeugene

2005-05-17 05:39:46

I find that the creams make me uncomfortable, therefore I use none but I always go brown and never red. If you were ok with 3 minutes why not stick to that and go on regularly?

Some of the creams are what they call tingle creams and they are supposed to bring the melanin? to the surface of the skin which accelerates the tanning process.
They just feel like radium B to me.

Snavie

2005-05-17 08:34:23

Thanks for all your tips everyone.

The reason why I moved up from 3 mins to 6 is that I'm going to run out of time before my hols unless I go on every day, which I haven't got time to do! It's so annoying though, I'm starting to change colour to a faint golden yellow it's just that there are two patches on my inner thigh just above my knees that have burnt, everywhere else is fine.

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