 So it's a couple of months before your Caribbean beach wedding, and you've been spending so much time planning the wedding, you haven't had a chance to get out and enjoy the summer sun. One look in the mirror and--eewwwwwww. You've just dicovered your skin is as pale as the shell of an egg.
So what are your tanning choices?
Get outside immediately and soak up as many rays as you can in twenty minutes before your next fitting. Or you can do it with bronzing make-up on the day of your wedding--but fair warning: if you sweat or cry, that bronzer is going to turn that white gown to brown. There's always a tanning booth, and perhaps the easiest of all--the spray-on tan. Spray-on tans have become extremely popular, especially with celebrities who want that California look without benefit of sun, which, as we all know, eventually turns your skin to leather if you soak up too much of it.
The truth about spray-on tans
The tanning salon is quick to point out that the chemical that turns you brown--dihydroxyacetone, or DHA--has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA,) and using DHA is also recommended by the Skin Cancer Organization, American Academy of Dermatology, The American Cancer Society and the American Medical Association.
What tanning salons don't tell you
As a service to brides-to-be everywhere, I want to alert you to a little-known danger of spray-on tans--the kind you get at a tanning service, where you go into a booth and get spray-painted like a car. DHA is cheap, fun and it makes you look great. But your tanning salon may not warn you to hold your breath. According to the Food and Drug Administration, DHA could be hazardous if inhaled or swallowed. There's no way to know because DHA was never tested for internal use, only external. The FDA has sent out a warning about DHA, recommending people cover their eyes, plug their nose, and protect their lips whenever using spray tans. Just keep that in mind when you step into the tanning booth.
  You're going to be a beautiful bride, whether your skin is as bronze as a third-place Olympic medal or as pale as a priceless, porcelain doll's. And your long-awaited destination wedding on the beach will be everything you dreamed it would be--assuming you're planning to thank your guests with delightful beach wedding favors. Here are just a couple of choices to tempt you, but there are dozens more at MyWeddingFavors.com. The Margarita Glass Gel Candle in its clever tiki hut gift box (left) is always a big hit. And have you ever seen a more perfect destination/beach wedding favor than the Flip-Flop Luggage Tag? You're going to have the time of your life, and remember--when the guests have taken their fabulous wedding favors and gone home, you'll be alone on the beach with the man you're meant to be with, getting tan the way Mother Nature intended. Hmmm, on second thought, you're on your honeymoon, so maybe you won't be on the beach...oh, nevermind! Just have fun!
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