Lovelyish

The skin you were born with suits you best. As for me, I’m neither pale nor tan. Okay, I’m in between. I’d say beige-ish. I like my skin the way it is. The celebrities featured are beautiful because they embrace their pale skin and it suits them.

I am naturally pale so that’s what I prefer. 

I prefer sticking to the color my skin is naturally.  But, it is a little hard not to get a little color, even with SPF 50 in this sunny climate I am accustomed to.  I would have to say, a slight glow is way more desirable than Oompa Lompa orange or so bronzed that you look shiny and leathery.

I burn through SPF 100+ in winter, so I will stick to being deathly pale thanks

@heart_leigh@xanga - I agree. My skin is a natural tan color.

I’m pale, too. But I like it.

ah. Hathaway. lol. when i was a child, i thought that she used this old makeup my grandmother used XD

I prefer tan but not tanning is healthier….

I have very fair skin and I’m complimented by complete strangers on an almost daily basis on how beautiful my skin is – its my best feature. I personally prefer fair skin over tanned, but maybe I’m just biased, lol. I’ve never gone tanning; my friend’s sister died of skin cancer at the age of 25 so I refuse to even try it once. 

Yes, what wonderful pale women – we’ve seen this beauty all over the media.  We see an obsession with fair skin all over the world and I don’t understand why you are trying to promote this crap.  ”Pale” skin is not the right kind of diction to use.  Try – natural – or something culture friendly. There are “pale” or whatever women who are not WHITE.  So come on…TRY at least. Goodness.  Try to insert some diversity into your posts.  I come to the blog and can relate to very few things.  It’s sad.

dahkota fanning:)

thats an awful picture of anne hathaway :[

@pantheru - Yeah, I thought that too. The media focuses enough on whiteness as a virtue as is.

Why is it that women with pale skin can’t celebrate it..? I don’t think the point of this post was to put down anyone.

Tanning might not actually be that bad for you. Mind you, I’m talking about regular, moderate exposure to sunlight, not sporadic baking in a bed.

This summer, I’m going to try doing no sunscreen (except on day-long events, like amusement parks) and instead focus on covering up with clothing when I’ve had too much sun.

Also, what you eat can make a big difference in how badly you burn.

@Jenny_Wren@xanga - When white people celebrate themselves, it’s because they think they are racially superior.

Repping the pale girls Lucy Hale is another one, along with Zooey Deschanel.

I’m really pale. But it’s never really bothered me.  I live in New Hampshire, people only have to see my skin 3 months a year tops.

PS. That first girl has an awful haircut!

ROCKIN’ THE PALE.

AND I DON’T CARE.

I think whatever is someone’s natural color usually looks best on them. Same for hair.

All beautiful

@pantheru - Pale is the appropriate term to include all races.  White wouldn’t be so raceless now would it?  Pale skin is not so celebrated in America.  

@WaitingToShrug@xanga - What?  I celebrate my white skin because people are assholes about it.  I have super white skin (pale would be darker than I am).  It’s a backlash against a lifetime of teasing from every race on this planet, including white people.  

I am so white Casper the friendly ghost is darker than me.  I burn in a dark room.  I blind people when I leave the house in shorts.  Blah, blah, for my entire life I’ve dealt with some harsh statements.  Because I’m a redhead, I can’t tan or get darker.  I burn, I turn red, I peel, I go back to being white.  I have never tried to be darker, though I did try sunless tanner just to see the color change. 

I’ve had skin cancer already so I don’t care if I’ll get lost in a snow storm and the plow won’t find me.  And I don’t care who goes blind either!  Nobody has died because I dared to show my legs without a tan.  Though you’d reckon some people have considering their complaining. 

I have light skin with warm undertone. I love my complexion and wear sunscreen religiously.
Everyone should embrace the skin they’re born in; it’s the most beautiful.

Btw I don’t think emma stone should make the list here since she seems to recently been brought over to the blonde-and-tan-is-beautiful side of hollywood :\

I rock being glow-in-the-dark white. 

@wing_stock@xanga - In Emma Stone’s defense, she is a natural blonde.

I like being pale. Why? Because that is how I was born. Tans are for people born with tan skin. Any tan is bad for you. You should still get some sun exposure without sunscreen, but once your skin starts changing color, that means you are getting too much sun and your skin cells are being damaged.

I am pale and burn easily, even with SPF. Which stinks but at least I am trying to protect my skin.

Tanning is just another word for sunburn.

i used to dislike being pale because i was always termed to look like a vampire, and would try to tan myself as much as possible, but i’ve come to embrace the colour of my skin and i actually prefer being pale to tan now.  

@TiredSoVeryTired@xanga - I don’t know why, but I didn’t get an email notification abouot this comment. I wonder what else I’ve missed. :/

Buuut… I was being sarcastic. Some people commenting are all pissy at pale white women being the subject of this post. As if it hurts them for white people to be proud of their natural skin color- apparently that’s only cool for darker skinned people. I am always the lightest makeup shade as well, and it irritates me that anyone would think that my self-acceptance/celebration of my color is anything harmful. Or my looking to a celebrity who shares some of my features as a beautiful example as a bad thing, because I and she happen to be in the majority.

@WaitingToShrug@xanga - Ahhh!  Gotcha!  It is very irritating. I totally agree. But I run into that a lot too.  There’s a difference between think white people are superior and me thinking it’s all fine and dandy my skin is very white.  Totally two different things.

I like my skin color the way it is.