im going on a sun bed 3 times a week for 4 mins a time and its lovely,just a gentle glow

Im very fair skinned too, i lived in South Africa for 6 months and still came home white! If you dont tan naturally then dont even bother going on a sun bed hon, it wont do anything. You've got to have melanin in your skin for a sun bed to work! I tried once thinking it might help me tan but I ended up covered in purple blotches and blisters which scared the hell out of me.
I would go with a fake tan but dont get sprayed - they're rubbish nad very patchy! Go with one that they rub in to you like St Tropez. It's about £40 but they will exfoliate and moisturise you first then apply the lotion

I would never use a sunbed, especially after seeing my almost blue/ white friend get 3rd degree burns from one!!! Salons have some brilliant spray tans now and they are not that expensive .. I'd try one way before the big day see if you like the result. Home spray on tans always say they won't streak, and come out even .. RUBBISH!!! never found one yet that doesn't do either!! I always end up a blotchy orange colour xx

and i smell like a cornflake

i was thinkin that shelby then i can see wot its gona turn out like. it was just with my mate satin hers went wrong and im a spray tan virgin so just wanted to see how many had been botched. im really a bit scared to use a sunbed cos u hear so many bad stories. sum one my mam used to work with died a couple of years ago of skin cancer caused by sun beds and it really scared my mam. she used to sit in the sun all day with no protection and use sunbeds and she hasnt done either since xx

I'm really keeping my fingers crossed for a hot summer next year, then by the time I get married on the 30th July I should have SOME colour! I'm not going abroad for a honeymoon so I only need a head & shoulders tan lol xx

I dunno though I got quite a good tan in England last year, my trouble is I have to be doing something like weeding the garden or walking .. I can't just sit in the sun and tan ... I hate being all hot and sweaty YUK! x

lol @ strap marks ... I remember when I got married the first time over 8 years ago sitting in the garden with straps down and wearing a proper T-shirt any other time so I didn't get lines!!! I was OCD about it after a few weeks x x x

Too right!! xx

i had a spray tan that went awfully wrong! and i am like you pale to the point of see through! i avoid sunbeds coz they do nothing for me and use loreal sublime bronze which is fab! you can use it all over and its not gone wrong for me yet! x

will my top half is tanned now!! in 2days of being outside. but i still need to do my legs and belly!!! they never seem to tan :-( but i need them tanning by the 23 as im off for a weekend away with my sis who i have only seen once and that was 10 years ago!! so i need to make myself even!!! stupid question but will spay come off in the sea if i cheap???

yea it was number 3. very good film. i mite try my amre solaire one 2 see if i can do my back without it streakin. i dont think it wil cum off in the sea they usually just wear off x

this is a difficult one, i think sunbeds carry a risk to your skin, but who wants an orange tinge to the inside of their dress?? I'm not sure. I'm getting married in October so hopefully all my guests will be quite pasty looking by then an wont make me look like casper the friendly ghost!!

I am extremely fair as well and have always said I would NEVER go on a sun bed due to the risks.......so spray is my vote. However my H2B actually calls me his "friendly ghost" so probably won't have either for mine.

aww kat thats sweet.

ladies dont forget, sunbeds are exactly like the sun!! if you are carefull and dont use them too much then they are safe. 2 minutes a couple of times a week is all you need (at the very most!!!!!!!!!!) and make sure you take breaks so a couple of weeks are senbed free, all good sunbed places provide protective creams (like sunblock but for sunbeds).
* Are you aged under 16?
* Do you always burn in natural sunlight?
* Do you have a medical condition that becomes worse in sunlight?
* Do you have an excessive amount of moles and/or freckles?
* Do you have a history of sunburn, particularly from childhood?
* Do you have skin cancer or does any member of your immediate family have/had skin cancer?

This is the basic sunbed safety form, you HAVE to answer no to all these questions at any good tanning salon then they will give you a consultaion to check your skin type and melinin levels are fine for tanning!!
Sunbeds are fine if they are not used to regularly.
You must wear protective eye gogles and you must were at least a factor 15 sun cream for your first couple of sessions so you skin is not bombareded with too much UV light at once. Also make sure you have an attendant with yolu constantly and you are not left to operate the equiptment yourself. make sure there is a PANIC button in the booth, this shuts off the equiptment and calls the attendant.
Just thought i would give you some usefull information, i will be using a sunbed for 3 weeks prior to the wedding, then i shall be leaving it afterwards xxx

I've had a spray tan done once but it made me so dark and it looked so unnatural. Im naturally quite pale skinned as well although tan fairly easily but it didnt really look like me if that makes sense, everyone looks so different really tanned, lol and wouldnt want that for my wedding pics. Will def not get one for my wedding day, would like just a natural glow so i may just use the stuff out of the bottle as someone said above St Tropez is pretty good or i may go on a few sunbeds before if we dont have any nice weather in the couple of months running up to it. Ive never used sunbeds before but my sister has and as long as u put lotion on and dont go on for too long im sure it will be ok.x

I am the palest person ive ever met-honest! lol

I personally wont be doing anything as ive tried sunbeds before and i burnt (i did use them correctly) and ive also had 2 spray tans. One was awful-i had patches everywhere and the other was perfect but because im so pale i just looked odd with a tan! lol Im just going to stay natural and pastey white :D x

ps: my dress is ivory too-apparently the best colour for us ghosts! lol

NOOOOOOOOOOO sun beds ? st tropaz step 3 is a dark mousse u cant miss the white spots with this one and as the day goes on it get slightly darker too ,ive used it for yrs now ,but my sons g/f came round she looked fantastic she put on fake bake but dont know much about it x

Spraytan!I will Never ever ever get on a sunbed ever again.

I'm left with a 4 1/2 inch long, 1inch wide angry red scar on my left arm from a birthmark that turned cancerous coz of those horrible things. I lived on the things! I'm only 22!

i only really want it on my top half, just my arms and shoulders. i just worried the fake stuf wil cum off on my dress wen i sweatin xx