How to tan when you have white skin?
Publié le 01-03-2023 et mis à jour le 28-05-2025
That's it! It's summer, vacation time, we're going on vacation! We're about to sing seashells, crustaceans, and... sunburns. Oops. With your fair skin, you fear getting redness from the first exposure.
When you want to tan in the summer and you have fair and fragile skin, it can quickly become a nightmare for some. Don't worry, as always, D-LAB gives you its valuable advice to tell you yes yes: you can tan when you are white.
Becoming bronze-colored when you are white is a utopia for some people. Yet, it is possible. It takes several steps for safe and responsible tanning: prepare your skin before exposure, protect it during, and hydrate it after.
The skin's mechanisms before tanning
Before presenting these steps in detail, let's review the skin and the tanning mechanism.
When we tan, we activate skin pigmentation via melanocytes, which are our melanin-producing cells: the pigment responsible for skin coloration.
Tanning is actually a defense mechanism of the skin. When the skin receives UV rays, it defends itself by secreting melanin.
It is this increased production of melanin that colors our skin more intensely than normal and causes what is commonly called tanning.
However, for fair skin, this exposure step is painful and sometimes dangerous as it causes redness and burns and little or no nice tan.
Ideally, you would activate these melanocytes without exposure... Impossible, you say? Well, D-LAB did it. With our special tanning capsule: the Active Sun Complex, a tanning activator.
Indeed, skin dietary supplements are effective and recommended when tanning if you have fair skin.
Our Active Sun Complex contains carrot extract, which tans and enhances the skin.
Carrot is rich in beta-carotene and vitamins, very useful for tanning; apricot extract rich in antioxidants and pigments. Apricot optimizes tanning.
The formula also contains pomegranate extract standardized to 30% punicalagins. This extract has a strong antioxidant effect thanks to the powerful polyphenols punicalagins. It reduces hyperpigmentation and skin damage caused by the sun's UV rays.
Finally, the formula contains other actives such as beta-carotene itself, blackcurrant extract, and astaxanthin.
With this magical cocktail of protective and tanning precursor actives, you will get a tan before you start your sun exposure.
Antioxidants prevent the oxidation of free radicals that cause premature skin aging.
This tanning capsule will allow you to tan quickly, avoid freckles, sunburns, the risk of skin cancer, and you will get a perfect tan.
Besides having a healthy glow, you increase your sun capital, and thus, more and more often, we tan when we are pale.
Our practical tips for the beach and the pool
It's decided, this summer, we tan when we are pale. To protect yourself from UVA and UVB, apply sunscreen, high SPF sunscreens to delay as much as possible the time to get a sunburn.
It is best to choose waterproof ones to avoid polluting the sea, and go swimming whenever you want.
To prepare, there is no need to apply self-tanner since it is superficial and does not protect the skin at all.
Simply equip yourself with your Active Sun Complex and your sunglasses.
Down with the tanning booth, these actions are harmful and give you neither vitamin D nor protection against the sun's rays.
As soon as you feel that you are tanned, and the skin starts to tighten, don't hesitate to put a beach towel on yourself to pause the process.
Once a week, exfoliate your skin with a scrub to remove all dead cells and ensure skin hydration with aloe vera and vegetable oils like monoi oil, coconut oil, and carrot oil which intensifies the healthy glow effect.
Aloe vera is indeed a very good after-sun that soothes and hydrates. Even dermatologists recommend it.
For fair skin, forget about heavy grease. (Even for dark skin).
Hydrate your skin from the inside:
For deep moisturizing action, we have the Hyaluronic Absolute which acts like a water magnet and draws water inside the cells for hydrated and especially plumped skin.
Other dietary supplements to combine
Our Active Sun Complex is found in the Total Radiance duo, accompanied by the Soothing Skin Complex, a formula rich in SOD, a powerful antioxidant that protects the skin from external aggressions, including the sun.
You can also choose to get the Active Sun Complex alone, in a single formula.
To prevent the appearance of pigmentation spots, equip yourself with the Radiant Skin Complex. Rich in maritime pine OPC, a patented active ingredient, melanin secretion will be regulated so that it is not chaotic and does not cause small brown spots.
You can also complement these skin treatments with hair treatments since hair is also affected by the sun. The Keratin Absolute to anchor your hair to its bulb and strengthen it. The Hydra-Capillary Complex to hydrate your curly hair from within and intensely nourish it with its argan and safflower oils.
Finally, the Growth Complex to boost hair growth and the hair bulb to produce more hair and have a dream mane for the summer.
With all these valuable tips, you will get a gradual and even tan, and back at work, you can confidently say yes, you do tan when you are fair-skinned.
