Why do some white girls wanna be darker or tan???

Question

Some of my friends that are white always complain about their skin tone being pale. I tell them that there isn't anything wrong with it and that their skin color is beautiful to me but they always complain about how pretty it is to be tan or light skin or have a darker tone. Why? Why? Why? White girls are pretty with out getting darker or getting a tan plus you can get skin cancer for trying to tan. To me white people shouldn't tan becuase it looks just fine the way they are as long as ur not pale as a ghost.

Answer 1

everybody wants to look beautiful.
different people has different perspective of beautiful.
maybe because being tan,you can bring out many clothes colour well.
cos tanned skin is a darker skin tone hence it can bring out bright coloured clothings.
plus many people thinks that bronzed like skin tone is healthy looking and can cover lots of scars which might be unsightly.
you wouldnt get skin cancer.
tanning is a healthy hobby.
morning sun actually contain vitamin E which is good for the skin and also cells to build.
as long as you do your preperation on skin protection against the sun.
example, sun blocks, moisturizer,tanning oil and all.
its important.
plus if you are fair toned,its difficult for the tan to last long.
hence your friends might need frequent visits.
=)

Answer 2

Back in victorian times, it was fashionable to be pale. It meant you were rich, you didnt have to toil out in the fields and the sun all day.
Nowadays, its fashionable to be tanned for the reverse. Rich people can afford to go on expensive holidays to places like the caribbean, where they get sun tans, so a tan is an obvious sign of wealth. Being pale means that your poor.
Secondly, the more tanned you are, the skinnier you look. If your pale, you look a lot more flabby. Also scars, spots and imperfections show up a LOT more easily.
However, im pale, and i love it. I know if i wore fake tan id look a little slimmer, but im unique as more people are tanned than not. I have an instant halloween costume, i can be a vampire =P and also, i love history, so im with the victorians.
Hope it answers your q!

Answer 3

lol well..i am one of those white girls who love a tan from now and then :D..i one time went too far with a self-tanning lotion...i applied too much cuz it seemed to be that it would never work...and the next morning when i woke up i looked like Beyonce :D i luuuuuuuuv Beyonce but apparently my family and friends thought it was too much and i looked unnatural and freaky :))...girl,not to mention that my fingers were half brown and half white...and the spots....it was such a disaster omg..
And u know its that thing...white people would like to be black for a while and the other way around..people always think the others look more interesting than them :D I don't think that generally white girls are preetier than black girls..no way...beauty or its lack is a matter of individuals,not race !! and everybody knows that a golden shade on one's white skin is sexier.personally i think that the only thing that is better for white girls is that some of us have blue or green eyes...i luv that...but Rihanna has both the tan and the colored eys...luuuv Rihanna

Answer 4

I think both tanning and bleaching skin is disgusting. I have pale skin and I've always liked my skintone. I am 23 and have better skin than many teenagers because I have never tanned and I always protect my skin from the sun. If you notice, white women tend to age faster than Asian, Indian or black women. This is because they spend far too much time in the sun and in tanning beds. A lot of Asian and Indian women also bleach their skin and they have this sickly unnatural skintone as a result of it. People should just appreciate the skintone that they have.

Answer 5

You are so right about white! Speaking from experience, tan makes you look healthy for some reason.
I'm a blue eyed, blonde with freckles. I had no business out sunbathing but spent way too many days baking my skin.
So now, at 53 I am paying a big price with skin cancer and other related problems. Back in "my" day we sunbathed with baby oil and iodine kind of stuff. NO suncreen much back then.
I did learn my lesson and taught my three kids to use sunscreen and at least a protective hat.
so back to your original question, a healthy glow. I use powdered bronzers now.

Answer 6

right, pale is not good. i am irish/italian so im pretty fair, but i enoy tanning and getting alittle darker most times.

as for the girls, i think, as they do too, that being tan has a more professional or modeling look that attracts more people to admire them.

Answer 7

well sometimes it makes us look sick. I dont tan personally, but its also about self-confiedence type of thing. Alot of girls look better tan so they try to do that. I think fake tans are the wrong way to go aroudn it , it seems very superficial and like people are trying to hard to make themselves look the way they usually dont.

Answer 8

I know what you mean!

im white but im italian so im tan, and all of my friends go up to me and they wont shut up about how lucky i am to be tan even during the dead of winter, and how they wish they were tan

im like stfu

lol


but i kno what you meen

-alexis

Answer 9

You ask why white girls wanna be dark or tan.Well have you ever thought about why black girl want long straight hair.To me a tan does make them look health and long hair improves their look,it's all just to make their appearance better.

Answer 10

I like to be tan because it is just the style now. But since I live in Southern Cali noone is really pale so idk, but I think that being pale is pretty because their skin looks so fresh.