ummmm.......where can u buy tanning oil?......and can olive oil work as good as tanning oil, to make u tanner?

Answer 1

No oil will change the rate at which the sun tans your skin unless it has some property which blocks the sun. What oil does is help keep moisture in the skin, and make you look shiny and pretty while you are tanning. Olive oil, corn oil, expensive body oil, all will do the same thing.

What tanning oils do is either add a bit of external color to the skin (self-tanning oils), or block some of the most harmful rays to help protect against burning (sun screens or blocks).

You could get a perfectly lovely tan with no oil whatsoever by simply tanning for short periods each day, carefully avoiding burning.

If you enjoy being outdoors in the sun, use a sunscreen to avoid burning, increasing or decreasing the strength to meet your tanning needs, again, carefully avoiding burning.

If you do burn, no oil, lotion or cream can fix the skin that has already been damaged. If creams and oils could fix damaged skin, we wouldn't need burn centers. If you peel, it is because that layer of skin is dead, and we haven't yet found anything that can bring dead things back to life. Use whatever makes your skin ~feel~ better.

So no, oil will not make you tanner. Only the sun will make you tanner. Save your money.

Answer 2

m_soulliere is the only coherent response here. Olive oil is amazing to tan with… Coco butter more than pales in comparison. I have been using olive oil for years. 3 times a day on my stomach when was pregnant, And no stretch marks. Could never tell I have a child. And WHen I use it to tan with the tan is so even and healthy. And it seems that I don't get freckles. If I go tanning in the tanning bed I have to use the tanning bed lotions because oils ruin the beds.. I always get a lot of freckles with the lotion. Well I wanted to see what would happen if I used the olive oil in the bed….SO I chose the standing up bed so that I didn't cause any damage to the bed. And I was amazed that I didn't develop the freckles using the olive oil. Olive oil restores the moisture barrier of your skin. I love coconut oil also. Olive oil is anti microbial, but it pales in comparison to coconut oil as an antimicrobial. Ingesting extra virgin coconut pills or combats things like yeast like noooo other. To all of the ladies, if you have a yeast infection, buy the pills at your local health food store, or order online Jarrow is a good brand. THe yeast infection should be gone with in the second to the third day of beginning the treatment. I would recommend taking it everyday. Male or female. Men have yeast problems also. It usually looks like a round pot belly on a man.

Answer 3

You can buy tanning oil at your local drugstore, but save your money and use your olive oil. I don't know any reason why it wouldn't work to make you tanner.

Answer 4

Olive oil will give you a beautiful tan, but keep in mind it doesn't have any sunscreen in it, and cause you to burn very badly, especially if you don't already have a tan. It would be better to use a lotion or tanning oil with sunscreen in it, to protect your skin.

Answer 5

Baby oil with a drop of iodine works well for tanning. However, withouth sun block protection to some degree, you're putting yourself at high risk even for darker skin types that don't burn.

Answer 6

Olive oil?? Do you WANT skin cancer??? Buy a tanning oil anywhere... you can buy it at a drug store such as walgreens. Make sure you get one with an SPF, it's very important.

Answer 7

usually you'd want to use baby oil, i have found that to work the best..... you can probably buy tanning oil at walmart or maybe even a pharmacy place... like CVS

Answer 8

any oil should work but may not be good for you. tanning oil is available almost anywhere, even convenience stores.

Answer 9

Try motor oil. Preferably used motor oil.


Trust me, you will get darker.

Answer 10

Take Tuesday SS's advice. She knows what she's talking about.