Spray Tan or Sunbed for wedding?

I'm pondering on this for my wedding at the end of Feb....Thoughts and experiences please!

I don't know which way to go I had originally thought spray tan but then have recently heard bad stories about people looking orange and it rubbing off badly on the wedding dress but then others have said they didn't have any problems...So now I'm confused

If anyone had a good experience with a spray tan and a white dress (LOL) what brand/company did you use?

T.I.A

I sunbeded and loved it.

Im getting married at the end of Feb too, and Im far too disorganised to think about my tan haha

SPRAY TAN! I am anti-sunbed coz of the cancer risk too. I had a spray tan for my wedding at Easter and it was my second one ever - the first was the trial I did about a month prior. I'd definitely recommend trying it out ASAP so that your first one isn't the one you do for your wedding.

We spoke to the lady in the salon about the timing - she recommended getting mine done Thursday morning for a Saturday afternoon wedding. Best to get it done in the morning because you can't shower for about 8 hours (I think it is) afterwards, so you want to be able to stay out of bed too!

I did find the tan rubbed off a bit in bed the first night - it's not the actual tan though, it's what you see when they spray it on IYKWIM? It takes a while for the actual tan to develop.

I had tan lines before the spray tan but you couldn't tell in my wedding pics so I guess the spray evened them out One thing it does do is make your freckles/moles look darker which was a bit freaky That seemed to fade by day 2 as well.

Sorry for the novel, hope it helps though

Yep I support the Spray tan as well! I used to Sunbed but now TOTALLY against it because of skin cancer!!!

I agree wth Chelle and kiwisj, if you can get a trial and wear white or light coloured clothing over that time to see how you go.

Edited by rianna08

I was going to do sunbeds but was too scared to be honest!

I did a spray tan trial though and wasn't happy with it at all - it was pretty patchy and I was so so glad that I had not gone ahead without a trial. I was on a tight budget towards the end and didn't want to pay to try someone else out so I used Dove tanning moisturiser every day in the lead up to the wedding. I also had a little bit of sun here and there(using lots of sunscreen of course!). I wore a strapless top whenever I left the house for the whole month prior as I was so paranoid about lines! (I had a strapless wedding dress).

Quite a few people commented on my tan on the day and saying what a great job either the spray tan or sunbed was - when I told them it was a bit of sun & dove lotion they were surprised!

Edited by monkey33

I've never done spray tan but am keen to try as well. Mayby the best bet would be to get a spray tan done now and test drive it.
My sister got malanoma from tanning beds but she was a massive user. I'm sure using it once or twice wouldn't hurt. But better safe than sorry

yep Id go with neither and use a self tanner, the Johnsons ones are good and Im using an oil of olay one at the moment which is great!! Just got it from the supermarket too!

I would reccomend getting a spray tan. the trick to getting a even tan that is n't patchy is to exfoliate .

Edited by Danni-chick

I am against sun-beds - I have fair skin and a high risk of skin cancer. I do suggest that if you are doing a spray-tan you do a trial run now well before your wedding. And you get the tan done a week or so before the wedding so it has a little time to wear and fade a bit. You definately dont want to be looking all orange on your wedding day!

I think the self tanning moisturisers are probably the way to go so that you can layer it up to the colour you want - again I suggest trying it now.

Have fun and all the best for your wedding.