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By aubree_munar
Updated 08/28/2008
Mermaids like Darryl Hannah might not have to work so hard, but for the rest of us, we've got to pay due diligence in order to land us a Tom Hanks circa 1984. To get more than a second degree burn at that Long Island or New Jersey Beach this summer (or...
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Whether you believe in God or Bob Ross, someone took the time to mix those colors on their palette and meant for us to walk around in the shade we were dealt. I am one of those. When I went to Beach Bum Tanning, I had the goal of maintaining a pale pink, freckled “funburn” that I had developed over the Fourth of July. Well what I got for my $26 and seven minutes of UVB heaven was a fuschia nightmare. Really, someone who looks as though they could hop right into the cast of Riverdance has no business in a tanning salon in the first place, and the very helpful woman at the counter did tell me that it would take at least three visits to achieve the desired effect. I recommend the spray-on variety for those a whiter shade of pale.