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By: Karina Gertsikova

Karina Gertsikova — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:13:34 +0000

I always wanted to be a model and one day I made friends with a man named Antonio who was a professional photographer and artist. His artistic photography stunned me. It was beautiful. All his models had sparkling eyes and creamy coco skin with a golden tint. As I commented notably on every picture in his collection, he offered me the opportunity to work with him on his next shoots. I agreed immediately. As soon as I got home I started searching the net for San Francisco's best tanning saloons. Not only was I searching for the perfect tan, but also some places with reasonable prices. I read the reviews on some that I found interesting, then made my choice. There weren't as many reviews on my choice but the ones that were there were excellent. The prices looked just about right too. When I got there I was greeted by friendly young man with a slight tan on him. The place was kind of small but still had a good vibe to it, and I noticed I was the only one there. He led me to a room where I laid down in under a UV Bed. When I got out my skin looked a little reddish, barely at all different from the color I went in with. I wanted BIG, noticeable… I was thinking "sex symbol", so I insisted he let me do the spray tan after my skin would cool a little. When I was done with that I took a look in the mirror and my jaw instantly dropped. I looked amazing! My skin looked just like I wanted. Creamy, golden, gleaming, smooth, and classic. Eagerly looking at the cracks of light through the curtains, I finally stepped outside. Ready to show the world my new look. Instantly, I was blinded by the light outside and then, I saw something horrible. Something that made me want to resort to life as a cave woman and live in isolation forevermore. My skin was orange, no less orange than an orange itself. I realized there was no turning back so I tried calming myself down by telling myself things like "Nah, it's just the light", "In a couple hours the color will cool down", and "It's just different, it's not bad, I'm not used to it yet.." Deep inside I knew all that was garbage. I looked like a carrot, and soon I began to feel like one too. On my way home I took the bus and got stared at. One girl went so far as to blatantly yell out, "Gir you're like orange!" I was so embarrassed. It had been a horrible day. As I sat in front of the mirror desperately, my phone rang. It was Antonio. My jaw dropped again. In a moment of such shock and so little time for logical thought, I agreed to doing the shoot. I proceeded to try to cool myself down with previous garbage. When the shoot came I was still orange. I was so glad when it was over. It was SUCH an embarrassing experience. When I saw the pictures, right away I wished I would've pursued my first idea of becoming a cave woman. I looked like a nervous orange wreck. Every single picture. Antonio never called again, and neither did I. That was the end of my "modeling" career, and boy, did my ego go down.

& that was my nightmare,

Sincerely,

Karina!

By: Kerri

Kerri — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:03:28 +0000

My most tramautic self-tanning experience was before my best friend's wedding when I first started self-tanning. I had been at the beach recently and I had tan lines. The bridesmaids dress for the wedding was strapless, so I felt that this was the perfect opportunity to try my new self-tanner. I very carefully applied my self-tanner where my tan lines were. I stayed very still while it dried and thought I had done the right thing. Unfortunately, at this point, I did not understand the concept of blending. Needless to say, I was the only bridesmaid with reverse tan lines.

By: joanna smith

joanna smith — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:05:39 +0000

I have to say that my most traumatic self-tanner experience really isn't anything we all haven't experienced before. It just embarrassed me. I once had a date with this really hot amazing guy, It was, if I remember correctly a Saturday night in early August long before I was married. I had really wanted to go out with this guy and when he finally asked me to go out for dinner I was so excited. He asked me a week in advance because we couldn't coordinate our schedules to get together sooner so I knew I had a week to get myself spiffed up for the date. So since I was working full time and getting real sun was not going to happen for that whole week I used a self tanner. Well, long story short, I had great color, no complaints there. I didn't turn orange, I didn't streak or anything like that. But what I didn't realize, was how bad my skin smelled. I guess I had gotten so used to it, it didn't bother me as much as perhaps someone who had never smelled the after effects of self tanner before, and some apparently like mine, can be nasty, lol! So, we have a nice dinner on our date, and again long story short, when the night was over and he leaned in to give me a nice goodnight kiss, he said, what the H**L is that awful smell, I have been smelling it all night! I was mortified beyond belief, I thought I had died, I was so embarrassed. I had put cologne on before we went out but apparently it had worn off and all "he" could smell was my fake tan, yikes! Okay, so now you know! Thanks for letting me share it with you all.

By: eve @ confessions of

eve @ confessions of — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:25:53 +0000

God, right before my wedding I got a spray tanner from a drug store nd tried to use it, I am VERY pale so it ended up making me orange and blotchy- it was horrible, I ended up getting the alteration lady throw together some sleves for my dress to match (like a see through white tulle) you couldn't tell unless you saw my hands- i cried and cried!!

thanks so much for the chance to win this!

By: Cynthia Richardson

Cynthia Richardson — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:55:32 +0000

I always use bronzer/self-tanner in the summer. Once I got caught in a rainstorm and it all melted onto my white shoes. Gross!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:42:48 +0000

I went to a big parade and when I got home I saw that there were long drips down the back of both of my legs.

By: Heather C

Heather C — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:03:24 +0000

Well, I was young and averse to reading directions, so I didn't know you were supposed to wash your hands after putting the bottle tan on the bod. My hands were tan for quite a while…

By: Gianna

Gianna — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:35:04 +0000

I've never tried one before so I don't have a story to tell. I would like to try though

By: kathleen yohanna

kathleen yohanna — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:17:22 +0000

I added iodine to baby oil and laid out in the sun. All I did was burn.

By: kathy pease

kathy pease — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:09:03 +0000

i tried self tanner once and looked like an oompa loompa that was it for me