I am Seminole Native American ..so kinda tending to the dark anyway, it
turns me a really dark brown for about 4 days. Unfortunately, you will burn
like heck when you stay outside (no sun protection at all.)

What is your persona, do you want to be brown on exposed surfaces or pretty
much all over?

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Judith Epstein <judith@...> wrote:

>
>
> Thanks, Ron! Will it turn me brown, though, or orange? I've heard of
> canthaxanthin before but not tried it myself. I really want to avoid
> an orangey color if possible.
>
>
> On Jul 9, 2009, at 11:05 AM, Ron Osceola wrote:
>
> > Canthaxanthin is sold in several health food places I've been as a
> > tanning
> > agent for bodybuilders. Canthaxanthin is stored in bodyfat. Your
> > palms/soles
> > of your feet will be the first places to show signs of canthaxanthin
> > and
> > will also show it strongest. It is always a good idea to load
> > canthaxanthin
> > (3-6 tabs a day taken with meals) and as soon as your hands turn
> > orange/red
> > cut the dose to 1-2 tabs a day (taken in the morning). If after a
> > month you
> > notice your color fading and if you want to darken up more you can
> > reload.
> >
> > Another thing I have heard (but not tried personally) is iodine
> > mixed with
> > baby oil and rubbed onto the skin. Obviously you would have some
> > control of
> > the color by how much iodine you put into the baby oil.
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Judith Epstein
<judith@...<judith%40ipstenu.org>>
>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm pasty-pale, and I want my persona to be quite dark. I know it's
> > > okay to be pale even when one has a pale persona, but I LIKE darker
> > > skin, and would love to have it, even if for only a few days out of
> > > the year. I'm very pale, freckled, red-haired (or, ahem, I was a
> > > redhead before it all started turning darker and then white), and
> > I'm
> > > going for... well, as dark as I can get, anything from deep black
> > like
> > > a Nubian to a cinnamon brown like an Indian or dark Arab. I can't be
> > > the only person who's tried this, but I hope someone out there has
> > > been more successful than I have! Here's what I've tried without
> > > success, and why it doesn't work for me:
> > >
> > > 1. Henna. Turns me orange, not brown.
> > >
> > > 2. Make-up/cosmetics. Washes right off, especially my hands, which I
> > > wash often for hygiene. Also, it smears onto my clothes.
> > >
> > > 3. Walnut hull. It goes on dark, changes my hair color and any cloth
> > > it touches, but then washes right off my skin as if it were never
> > > there. Sad, because this was my best bet so far.
> > >
> > > 4. The solution from "Black Like Me," tanning pills plus an
> > injection
> > > of a certain chemical. I've spoken to my doctor about this. It works
> > > by damaging the skin cells and making them extremely sun-sensitive,
> > > which I don't need; it puts a person at a higher risk of skin
> > cancer,
> > > which I also don't need because it already runs in my family; and
> > it's
> > > expensive.
> > >
> > > 5. Tanning pills. Either they don't work, or they turn the skin
> > orange
> > > like henna.
> > >
> > > 6. Self-tanning lotions. I've only tried a handful of these, but so
> > > far, they've all turned me orange instead of brown.
> > >
> > > Any thoughts? Ideally I'd only have to apply it once (or daily
> > over a
> > > period of a few days) in order for it to last at least the
> > duration of
> > > a weekend-long event, complete with showering and lots of hand
> > > washing. Even better if it would last for the duration of, say,
> > > Pennsic (I can't go this year, but I'm hoping for next year).
> > >
> > > -- Judith / Divash
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Love and Blessings,
> > Ron Osceola, CHT
> >
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bearintuitions
> > 804.385.0485
> >
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Love and Blessings,
Ron Osceola, CHT

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