Comments on: Tanning Beds and the Case of the Rogue Loonie

By: Emily Jane

Emily Jane — Thu, 20 May 2010 18:31:35 +0000

Okay I must admit that when I read the title I was imagining a rogue loonie in the actual bed WITH you leaving an unsightly hexagonal white spot somewhere ON you lol… I still probably would’ve thought Someone Up There was trying to tell me to stop tanning though too though, haha… and kept trying stubbornly!!

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Wed, 19 May 2010 02:42:15 +0000

Oh, I love milky white skin, and wouldn’t go into one of those coffin-like thingies even if you paid me!
That’s a funny though, your crazy loonie story!

By: Hey Lady!

Hey Lady! — Tue, 18 May 2010 15:23:19 +0000

Woah, someone caught on FIRE from tanning bed use?!?!? Horrifying. I run outside, I’m always trying to keep sunscreen ON (it’s hot in Texas, I can’t find anything sweat proof).

I recommend the Neutrogena self tanner. It’s REALLY gradual and you’ve got to make sure to exfoliate your skin ahead of time, but it looks pretty good. I have not tried to Aveeno one someone else recommended, but thats a good brand for other product, it’s probably good.

By: *uncorked

*uncorked — Tue, 18 May 2010 03:05:06 +0000

Still your tanning experience was less humiliating than my spray tanning experience I recently blogged about. In an effort to not be bad, I was mortified. I guess we all pay our price for “a little color.”

By: Candice

Candice — Tue, 18 May 2010 02:33:17 +0000

@JoAnna: how much does that sorta thing cost? did it stain your clothes?

@J: me too, but damn it isn’t easy when people keep telling you how health you look with a glow. /irony

@basia: oh man, a guy in AB actually got trapped in one that caught on fire sometime last year…he made it out safe, but that sounds like a nightmare!

@maggie: baaahahahaha! i didn’t even realize you were four years older than me. i remember the twoonie well.

By: maggie

maggie — Sun, 16 May 2010 18:11:29 +0000

Your comment made me feel old, so I looked it up. I was 5 when the loonie was introduced. Which led to me looking up your birthdate on facebook…. and YOU WERE ONE YEAR OLD. So, yeah, I’d imagine you don’t remember that ;P (but at least your were alive. I don’t know if I could be friends with you if you weren’t alive before the loonie…)

By: basia

basia — Sat, 15 May 2010 23:01:06 +0000

I have this huge fear of getting “stuck” inside one of those tanning beds and roasting like a burnt sausage! Hmm, since I’m whiter than rice, I can recommend an Aveeno one, that actually looks pretty “natural” (as natural as it looks to have a pasty body and tanned legs, since that’s the only place I’ve tried it!)

By: J

Sat, 15 May 2010 21:07:48 +0000

I think about tanning beds all the time…but I’m just so pale…I can feel my skin screaming at me after 8 minutes.

I’m trying to embrace the albino look…

By: JoAnna

JoAnna — Sat, 15 May 2010 01:23:22 +0000

I did a spray tan for my sister’s wedding and it worked like a charm. Even coating, lasted for a week, and people commented on my tan. No bad sun rays invited.

By: Candice

Candice — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:09:51 +0000

@Linlah: AAAND our $2 coins are called Twoonies!

@Taylor: what a charming gentleman! Maybe it was his pick-up line?

@Carissa: I swore them off FOREVER but I needed to feel warm one day…it was the best therapy EVER after months of winter

@Maggie: I don’t remember when the loonie came out! But I remember the twoonie…an dhow there was that story going around about how if you could remove the gold part in the middle, it would be priceless someday

@Cammy: Yeah, I totally understand, and sorry about your loss. Not trying to justify my decisions but I only go twice a week at the most, for 10 mins. It’s weird to think about skin cancer when, around here, we can go for months without sun, know what I mean? Recommend a good self-tanner and I shall try it.