Skin type - what is yours?
@sprite1950 (30461)
Corsham, England
April 7, 2018 1:50am CST
I have a very pale skin which burns quite easily in the sun and I don't tan very easily. I always envied people who could just walk about in the sun for a few hours and get a lovely bronzed look.
As I have become older I realise how important it is to protect my skin so I use a very light fake tan to give myself a glow (not the Donald Trump type!) but I would love to have a skin that tanned naturally.
Are you light or dark skinned and do you spend time sunning yourself?
Image from Pixabay
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@Jessabuma (31696)
• Baguio, Philippines
7 Apr 18
In Philippines we called our skin type or color as " kayumanngi" . It is not black and it is not also white..
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
7 Apr 18
That's interesting. Does it tan easily?
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
7 Apr 18
@Jessabuma I guess there are different shades of kayumanngi. From your picture you look as if you would tan.
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
7 Apr 18
"irish"..that should be self explanitory.
i never can find a foundation that matches..EVER.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
7 Apr 18
Blue eyes, dark hair and pale skin. Is that accurate?
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
7 Apr 18
I always imagined you as dark. I think it's because of your profile pic. Do you have dark hair?
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
7 Apr 18
@LadyDuck I love green eyes, my daughter's are green. Mine are blue with yellow flecks and I have lightish blonde hair (with a little help these days
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@LadyDuck (502379)
• Italy
7 Apr 18
@sprite1950 My hair is dark blond, green eyes, light skin.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
8 Apr 18
i am fair skinned; in fact i have the fairest skin among us siblings. i do not apply lotion with those SPF thingy. i moisten my face with oil of Ulay given by my brother .
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
9 Apr 18
@ridingbet I have tried many over the years but always go back to Olay. Is it still called Ulay where you are? It used to be called that here but then they changed it to Olay.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
8 Apr 18
I use Olay which has a sun factor in it on my face. Sun creams always irritate it too much.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
9 Apr 18
@sprite1950 Ulay i believe is the first facial moisturizer that i used, up till now
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
7 Apr 18
Yes I'm especially careful now but I wasn't when was younger.
@morgoodie (2644)
• United States
8 Apr 18
I am light skinned but I am not the light type that burns easily other than my face. I will tan if I am in the sun for any length of time. However, I don't sunbathe since that is very bad for the skin. I have never understood the way people go crazy with tans like those that become orange and think they look good. To each his own I guess.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
9 Apr 18
@morgoodie Fancy taking a 5 year old in with her! I look healthier in the summer even though I don't tan well. I usually have a glow but it fades quite quickly once the sun disappears.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
8 Apr 18
Yes the Trump look! I used to sunbathe when I was young in an effort to get a tan but I know it couldn't have done it any good.
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@morgoodie (2644)
• United States
9 Apr 18
@sprite1950 A few years ago, a woman was on the news because she supposedly had her 5 yr old in the tanning booth with her and they were claiming that she was having her use the tanning bed. This woman was addicted to tanning. She was white but tanned so much that she turned herself black. It was horrible looking.
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
7 Apr 18
I would say my skin is medium, not too light and not too dark. I try not to stay deliberately in the sun for not more than 30 minutes. I used to lie in the sun but now am more concerned. I do not use sun tan protection as I think they do more harm than good.
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
7 Apr 18
@sprite1950 
I don't think that everything needs to be the sun, at least not in public areas. That's why we have shade!
I don't think that everything needs to be the sun, at least not in public areas. That's why we have shade! 1 person likes this
@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
7 Apr 18
@1hopefulman That's what I think
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
8 Apr 18
I have a wheat complexion - neither black nor brown an in between.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
8 Apr 18
@sprite1950 And here in India girls go for 'Fair and Lovely' creams (lol)
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
8 Apr 18
Perfect! I would like to be darker skinned.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
8 Apr 18
@allknowing What's that? Do they make your skin lighter?
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
7 Apr 18
He's probably like me, goes red, peels and then goes white again!
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
7 Apr 18
@JudyEv I have had sunstroke before and it's really horrible so I hope he wears a hat. Your weather is so much hotter than ours in the UK.
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@JudyEv (382019)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Apr 18
@sprite1950 That's exactly what happens unless he is very, very careful about how much sun he gets.
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
7 Aug 18
@sprite1950
I know someone that she walks outside in the sun and gets tan. I have always been lucky that when i get red it turns to tan and I get a very nice tan in summer.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
7 Aug 18
I don't go out in it much now because I am afraid of getting skin problems. I am very fair skinned.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
8 Aug 18
@Hannihar I sit in the shade with lots of sun cream on! I get a light tan if we have a good summer.
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
7 Aug 18
@sprite1950
I can understand that. I love the sun that is why I love nice weather. I love to sit out on my porch and get sun.
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@YrNemo (20254)
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7 Apr 18
This is the funny part, I have pale skin, yet I tan easily. Whenever I went to Singapore or Hongkong (or similar places with that sort of weather), I would be dark tan. Then out of those countries, a week or two later, I will be fair again, funny right? (I come from Count Dracula's family! 
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
7 Apr 18
Ha ha, you must do! My granddaughter is like you. She has fair hair and skin in the winter but she goes a lovely golden brown in the summer.
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@mlgen1037 (29882)
• Manila, Philippines
7 Apr 18
I am brown-skinned or "morena" as well call here in our country. That is the reason I do not wish to be fair skinned or to be "too" white because I can soak under the sun. 
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
7 Apr 18
@mlgen1037 That would be lovely!
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@mlgen1037 (29882)
• Manila, Philippines
7 Apr 18
@sprite1950 hehehe. I can share some with you, my good friend. 
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@ihasaquestion (8273)
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21 Jul 18
You sure have a nice skin tone there. I come from a mixed parentage so I'm kind of tanned. I think any color that a person was born in, they are just amazing just the way they are. 
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
22 Jul 18
That's not me in the picture. I am much fairer than that. I would love to have a tanned skin like yours
@snowy22315 (208846)
• United States
7 Apr 18
I don't tan easily, but I don't burn easily either. I am fair skinned although my skin has darkened a bit since I am living a bit near the equator than where I grew up, and am exposed to more sun.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
8 Apr 18
I got a small red patch on my arm which the doctor told me was a keratosis. It's not cancerous but if exposed to the sun it could become that way. I got some cream to get rid of it but I know I will have to be more careful this year.
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@wongchoiyee (7413)
• Malaysia
7 Apr 18
I have a yellow skin not white enough. I put lotion to my skin whenever I took a bath afterward.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
8 Apr 18
Yes it's good to keep moisturised.
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@cmoneyspinner (9218)
• Austin, Texas
12 Apr 18
I'm a light-skinned black. I made a mistake once. I thought black people could stay in the sun all day. I went to the beach with friends. I got sunburn; not a suntan. Not only that but I became extremely upset when my skin started peeling days later. Then I found out that people could get skin cancer if they stayed in the sun too long! I'm like … Forget this! I have avoided the sun ever since. That was not easy to do since I grew up in Miami, Florida. Land of sun and fun.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
13 Apr 18
You know I always imagined you with pale skin and red hair! I bet it's because of your profile pic on FC with the red fox . Now I shall have to change my mental image of you .. it's going to be hard after all this time .
Yes sunburn is extremely unpleasant, I have to be really careful with my skin type.
. Now I shall have to change my mental image of you .. it's going to be hard after all this time .
Yes sunburn is extremely unpleasant, I have to be really careful with my skin type.1 person likes this
@dgobucks226 (37621)
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7 Apr 18
Being half-Italian I am more on the darker skin side. I will still burn easily so I make sure I have my sunscreen when outside for long periods of time. I do develop a nice tan as the summer progresses.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
7 Apr 18
I would love to have skin like yours.
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@MrsPumpkins (466)
• Philippines
7 Apr 18
I am an asia, with fair complexion. When exposed to sun, my skin becomes reddish. I have never tried tanning my skin, i guess we don't need it.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
7 Apr 18
Some people think that a tan makes us look healthy but too much sun is quite bad for the skin.
