We've got it! It's summer, it's vacation, we're going on vacation! We're getting ready to sing about shellfish, crustaceans and ... sunburn. Oops. With your fair skin, you're worried about getting a red rash as soon as you're exposed to the sun.
Quand on veut tan l'été et qu'on a la peau claire et fragile, ça peut vite être un calvaire pour certains et certaines. Ne vous en faites pas, comme toujours, D-LAB vous donne ses précieux conseils pour vous dire que oui oui : on bronze quand on est blanc.
Becoming bronze-colored when you're white is a utopia for some people. But it's possible. All you need is several steps to safe, responsible tanning : prepare skin before exposure, the protect during, and moisturize it after.
The skin's mechanisms before tanning
Before presenting these steps in detail, let's take a look at the skin and the tanning mechanism.
When we tan, we activate skin pigmentation via melanocytes, which are our cells that produce melanin: the pigment responsible for skin coloration.
Tanning is actually a skin defense mechanism. When UV rays strike the skin, 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 a tan.
However, for fair skins, this stage of exposure is painful and sometimes dangerous, as it causes redness and burns, and little or no tan.
Ideally, you'd like to activate these melanocytes, but without exposing yourself... Impossible you say? Well, D-LAB has done it. With our tanning capsule special: the Active Sun Complex, a tanning activator.
Indeed, the skin food supplements are effective and recommended when you tan when you're white.
Our Active Suncare Complex contains carrot extract, which gives skin a golden glow and magnifies its appearance.
Carrot is rich in beta-carotene and vitamins, very useful for tanning; apricot extract is rich in antioxidants and pigments. Apricot optimizes tanning.
The formula also contains pomegranate extract with 30% punicalagins. This extract has a strong antioxidant action thanks to powerful punicalingin polyphenols. It reduces hyperpigmentation and skin damage induced by the sun's UV rays.
Finally, the formula contains other active ingredients such as beta-carotene itself, blackcurrant extract or astaxanthin.
With this magical cocktail of protective and tanning precursor ingredients, you'll get a tanned complexion before you start your sun exposure.
Antioxidants prevent the oxidation of free radicals that cause premature aging of the skin.
This tanning capsule will enable you to get a quick tanAvoid freckles, sunburn and the risk of skin cancer, and you'll get a perfect tan.
In addition to looking good, you increase your sun capital, and so, more and more times, we tan when we're white.
Our practical advice for the beach and the pool
It's decided: this summer, we'll tan when we're white. To protect ourselves from uva and uvb rays, we're applying sun protection creams with high protection spf to put off sunburn as long as possible.
The best thing is to take waterproof ones so as not to pollute the sea, and go swimming whenever you like.
To prepare, there's no need to use self-tanner, since it's superficial and doesn't protect the skin at all.
All you need is your Complexe Soleil Actif and sunglasses.
A beats the tanning booth, these acts are harmful and give you neither vitamin D nor protection against the sun's rays.
As soon as we feel that we are tanned, and that the skin starts to pull, we do not hesitate to put a beach towel on us to put in pause the process.
Once a week, we exfoliate our skin with a scrub to remove all the dead cells and we ensure the hydration of the skin 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 moisturizes. Even dermatologists recommend it.
For light skins, forget milking grease. (Even for darker skins).
Moisturize your skin from the inside:
For a deep moisturizing action, we have Absolute Hyaluronic which acts like a water magnet and attracts water inside the cells for a moisturized and especially plumped skin.
Other food supplements to combine
We find our Active Sunshine Complex in the Total Radiance Duo, accompanied by the Soothed 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 purchase the Active Sunshine Complex on its own, in a single formula.
To prevent the appearance of pigmentation spots, use the Luminous Skin Complex. Rich in OPC of maritime pine, a patented active ingredient, the secretion of melanin will be regulated so that it is not anarchic and provokes small brown spots.
We can also complete these skin cures with hair cures since they are also affected by the sun. The Keratin Absolute to fix your hair at its bulb, and to coat it. The Hydra-Capillary Complex to moisturize your curly hair from within and intensely nourish it with its argan and safflower oils.
Finally, the Growth Complex to boost growth and the hair bulb to produce more hair and have a dream mane for the summer.
With all these precious tips, you will obtain a progressive and uniform tan, and back at work, you will be able to affirm that yes, you tan when you are white.