Sunless Tanners

I'm not white, but occasionally I look at my legs and it occurs to me that they could be more golden. The sun is free of charge, but not free of cost. About two years ago I lived next door to this one girl that was super tan to the point of looking like a leather purse. One day, she was scantly clad in a spaghetti top and on her right scapular area was a pink-ish scar that appeared to be a precancerous mole that a dermatologist had removed. So, there is a price to be paid for sun-kissed skin. Hers, however was more "tanning bed-ravaged" than "sun kissed."

Anyway, in my quest to look hot while still keeping my health, I occasionally dabble in the use of sunless tanners. L'Oreal Sublime Bronze tanning spray is not a particularly great buy. I got it on sale at Albertson's for $1, so I'm not super mad at it. However, regular price is about $8-9. The bottle says it dries quickly and leaves no greasy residue, but that is a lie. It left me feeling like a french fry for about 4 hours after I applied it. And, it actually left me streaky. I suggest asking someone else to spray tan you so that you don't have to use as much and you get every area. The bottle said it works at any angle, but the bottle is a little bit of a liar. Furthermore, it leaves super dark areas in my abdominal area, my navel in particular. It actually makes my navel look dirty.

I would much rather recommend the Neutragena version of this, it costs about the same and smells less putrid. My one complaint with the Neutragena version is that the aerosol mechanism is more likely to get stuck and you have to wait like 5 or 10 minutes for it to decide to work again. So, you can't use it in a hurry because you don't really know how much time you need to spend on it.

Neither develops immediately, so you must plan in advance if you intend to look tan for a formal or something.

If you mess it up, exfoliate, and wipe yourself down with hydrogen peroxide. It's kind of a gentle skin bleacher. I use it to clean my piercing and it leaves a white stain where it pools.


It gives a good color, but it's not foolproof, so use with care.








The circled, lighter area is not due to the sunlight, but to poor technique. Like I said, it's not a foolproof method.

My Birthday

I didn't do anything special for my birthday, which wasn't recently, per se. However, I did decorate my abdominal area. Both of my sisters got their belly buttons pierced about five years ago when it was still cool. I usually jump on the bandwagon when half of the people have already gotten off.


I also got a hair cut. It makes me look drastically different than the "Luz" I know and love. I've been told it looks good by many people and I have chosen to beleive them. Someone almost fell in love with me again. This has been my general pattern when I cut my hair. When I cut it I feel like there's a stranger in the mirror. But after 2 weeks and 2 days I'm starting to feel like I've had bangs my whole life. They were doing something weird this morning, and I had to wear a head band due to lack of time. Then, I didn't quite recognize myself in the mirror.