I feel your wish and desire to want to be tan being i am queen of pale. However you just cant get in the sun like everyone else, but here is what you can do.
1. Self tanners-work great, need a extra set of hands and you have to use your brain and follow direction so not to streak. The ones with bronze toner in them are best because you can see where you have put it.
2. Spray tanner(mystic tans)/airbrush-Costly but works great, you can maintain it for not to much, and almost no streak having.
Now i sadly have very mean skin, so anything that isn't a facial cleanser breaks me out like a mad man all over my body. So i don't have the luxury of using these things anymore, but almost everyone i know does.
The third option is very time consuming and takes some patience but is what works for me.
3.Tanning bed-Will burn you just like the sun but you can make it work for you. Buy the special tanner helper they have avalible at the shop. I use the Aussie Gold. Go for 5 mins, wait a day, then 5 mins and slowy bump it up to 6 mins, then 7 until you have a base tan. It takes me about 2 weeks because you must WAIT a day or two between your next tanning. If you do this right it is actually pretty healhty and good for you because it protects you form burning when you do get out into the sun (though still pile up that sunscreen).
ok i have a question about sun and sunblock. i have pretty fair skin and ive also had minor loose skin, i was wondering it sun exposuer w/sunblock is healthy or not, becuase i really want a tan. THANK YOU! and if it is healthy, what type of sunblock is best? UBA UVB??