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"Not with a man other than my fiancee. With a tanning bed. I know, I know: Have I gone crazy? But before you jump all over me, just hear me out. If you read this blog regularly, you know I am so against sunbathing, let alone approving of tanning-bed usage. I regret every minute I spent cooking in a tanning bed in college. I wear sunscreen every day now, and I utilize hats and umbrellas to further minimize sun exposure when at the beach. However, after going for my first wedding dress fitting a couple weeks ago, I haven&amp;#x27;t been able to stop thinking about how much nicer the ivory would look against skin that isn&amp;#x27;t ... well, basically exactly the same shade of ivory. I am pasty-pale, no thanks to the crap weather here, which has not allowed me to get even the slightest hint of glow. Yes, I am going to Africa in two days, but I plan to be super diligent about sunscreen there in order to avoid any sort of tan lines that will show in my gown. So if I want to not be white as a sheet at my wedding, here are my options, as I see them. 1. Use self tanner. Drawback: It&amp;#x27;s hard to get the color completely even all over your back, and my dress reveals my back. Plus, I find that my stained-bronze skin sheds onto the white towels at the gym, so why should I believe it won&amp;#x27;t shed onto my beautiful ivory gown? 2. Get a professional spray tan. Drawback: Same as above, with the bronzed-skin shedding. Even with professional spray tans, I find that my skin produces flakes that are kind of orange, even days after getting the tanner applied. However, the nice folks at Rita Hazan Salon have suggested I come in and give spray-tanning another try, and I&amp;#x27;m going to, so stay tuned. 3. Lay out. Drawback: The back of my dress dips so low that even a bandeau top will probably leave a tan line. I&amp;#x27;d have to lay out topless. I&amp;#x27;m not really the type. Nor is it legal to tan topless in Central Park. And yeah, then there&amp;#x27;s the whole skin cancer/aging issues. 4. Go to a tanning bed. Drawback: Tons of guilt about wrinkles and the risk of skin cancer. But zero tan lines, and I just need the tiniest bit of color--not even a full tan. It will seriously be my last fling with the tanning bed EVER--I have not visited a tanning salon in at least 8 years! Can you see why I am leaning toward this option (yet hating myself at the same time)? What do you guys suggest I do? Am I total hypocrite if I go to a tanning bed before my wedding? Am I sending the wrong message to girls everywhere, as a beauty writer, if I do it? Be honest! Talk me down! I think I am losing my mind with T-minus two months to walking down the aisle! We now return to our regularly scheduled stay-the-hell-out-of-the-sun programming: * A great new accessory for sunscreen slackers. * Sunscreens that won&amp;#x27;t clog your pores and cause severe acne situations. * One good way to get your guy to use sun protection. More Cool Ways to Get Glamour.com Wherever You Go! Add glamour.com to your Google homepage, follow The Girls in the Beauty Department on Twitter, or friend us on Facebook . Photo: iStock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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