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hiya I'm shelly, I'm 20 and from England. I have the best boyfriend in the world and he means so much to me. I love to help people and I've just started using Advicenators again. I hope i can help you all with your problems feel free to email me x

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Alright, so I am going to Prom on May 24th, 2008 and I really wanted to get tanned and stuff to look nicer since my dress is bronze. I was wondering what would be better a spray on tan or use a tanning bed (is it too late, would a month make a decent tan?) I do get sunburned a little easier, so i dont know if thats of use, i just figured i wouldnt stay in the tanning bed that long if i chose that.

If you have fair hair and fair skin DO NOT use the tanning bed. It can give you burns. A tanning bed would give you an alright tan in a month depending on how often you use it (Dont use it everyday though).
If you are going to use a tanning bed only use it for 2-3 mins the first and second time, third time you could try 5 minutes and go up each time. DO NOT go over 10 minutes, this is when you start to burn and peel even if you have dark skin your skin can still peel, which wouldnt look very attractive in a prom dress lol.

I would go for a spray tan, that way it is even all over your body and less harmful than tanning beds. Go for a spray tan a couple of days (3-4) before prom. Sometimes having a spray tan can turn abit orange at first but if you do it a couple of days before it has a chance to fade a little.
I would suggest going to a salon where you are thinking of having it done and asking whether they have different shades of spray tan that they use and ask her advice of how long before prom you should get it done.

Hope this helps, sorry its so long and have a great prom
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