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I've Self-Tanned Since Middle School, and I Swear By These 8 Drugstore Formulas

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Believe it or not, the headline for this story is not clickbait or an exaggeration for dramatic effect. I've used  self-tanner on an almost-weekly basis since I was in eighth grade (the result of being endlessly teased for how naturally pasty I was). Lacking parental permission to increase my skin cancer odds by going to tanning salons like many of my peers, I always felt like the odd one out, so I became dependent on the drugstore aisle filled with bottles and spray cans of Jergens and L'Oréal Sublime. At the time, I was convinced a fake tan would be better than looking like I had never had a wink of sun exposure, and it was then that my obsession with self-tanning was born. I've come a long way since then and now love my tan-free fair skin. These days, I generally skip self-tanner and spray tans . That said, I still consider myself a connoisseur in the art of self-tanning and all the offerings on the market. No joke, I have an entire cupboard at home brimming with mous