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Not-So-Endless Summer
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11/30/08
Though I was a Goth kid when I was teenager so that might be why. But I still love me some pale skin. I use that MAC primer that's SPF 50.
Unfortunately my cheeks are always pink no matter what I do, but whatever.
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I was walking around my neighborhood last night and saw plenty of greasy looking, weird tanned, fake everything girls.
But I do live in the EVIL that is Hollywood....
I'm going to the rooftop pool to get some sun now....
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Who in his right mind thought that that looked natural? And who didn't have the balls to say "Uh, Valentino? You look like a satsuma. Maybe we should put the spray tanner down now before someone from the CDC comes over?"
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I like being pale. If I do get sun (which is pretty common as I live in Southern California), I turn a hideous shade of yellow. Blech.
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What's wrong with this picture?
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Anyway, it's not just about looking Caucasian. Extremely pale skin has always been in fashion in Asia, even before contact with Europeans, for the same reason it used to be in America - it shows that you're rich and don't have to labor in the sun all day.
And that's why tans became popular in America - once the average peon went from the farm to a cubicle, being tan showed you had lots of leisure time and weren't stuck in an office all day.
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You're probaly right about the whole "pale skin = sign of affluence and class" bit, but in Korea and parts of China, for example, not only is whiter skin prized, by more Caucasian-influenced features such as larger, full-lidded eyes and straighter noses are also widely sought after. I also understand that skin-whiteners are very popular in India, but with them it seems to be more of an issue of social status than wanting to look Westernized. Or perhaps it's a conflation fo both.
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That said, I would never spray-tan. I tried it once at home and all the colour came off in wierd streaks when I shaved my legs. Yikes, and I had to throw away a good razor!
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