Farmers tan impact dress decision?

Use a sunless tanning lotion from the local Target to even it out.

I’d try a spray tan or self tanner to even it out.

I walk my dog often and I have noticed the sports bra tan lines and my dress is off shoulder. I may start wearing a t shirt but worse case I never go to tanning booths (I am black so not needed lol) but I will need to figure out something for the day of.

Do you use sun screen? The tan should clear in a couple of weeks or a month, but you really should always protect your skin. As pp said, you could always even out with a sunless tanner.

I wouldn't stress and just plan to do a sunless tanner to even yourself out. 😉 the professional places won't turn you orange or use product that will bleed on your dress.

You could just work with the tan and get a dress with sleeves.

Find the dress you love and then figure out what you want to do about the tan lines when you have your dress. Don't limit your dress choices because of a weird tan line because there are ways to hide them (spray tan, sunless tan lotion, etc.)

I agree with PP that you should pick a dress first and then work out the tan line issue later. Is sunscreen and/or very thin long sleeve shirts for a couple weeks before the wedding an option? Or, on the flip side, are sleeveless shirts an option for certain times at work or on your own time to even things out?

I wouldn’t worry about tan lines when picking your dress. There are things you can do to lessen your tan. On a side note, when I was commuting for work, I kept a long sleeve spf shirt in the car to throw on and wore lots of sunscreen on my face.

I'm fair skinned and burn pretty easily, and we got married in late May, so still pretty early in the summer. I was able to avoid any tan lines (even with a 5 day trip to Florida) at all by being SUPER diligent about applying sunblock and wearing long sleeved shirts whenever I could.

However if you always have a bit of a farmers tan, aren't good at being consistent with sun protection, and are planning a later summer/fall wedding, I'd definitely consider how much effort you want to put into avoiding getting a tan or evening out tan lines when selecting your dress. While you can use makeup and products to tan your untanned skin, getting an exact match is tricky and anything like spray tan or makeup has the possibility of coming off on your dress or other's clothing. If you feel like you are not going to make a habit of doing sunblock or protective barriers (like long sleeved clothes) then I'd pick a dress that can more easily disguise an uneven tan.

View Quoted Comment My tan definitely get lighter in the winter due to living in a cold weather environment and having to wear longsleeves all winter. I also know from years of experience ever after being fully covered up in the winter, my tan lines will still be there once spring/summer come around. If I'm super protective next year and wear long sleeves and apply sunscreen I may get it to be a bit less but I'm pretty sure they'll still be there.


I also wonder whether my MUA could do body make up... hmmm