Endless Summer: A Blog on (Un-)/Natural Tanning

No More Little White Gloves

2008-12-05T09:01:38Z

Back in the 50s women made themselves miserable trying to be the perfect housewives. They worked diligently in their small domestic sphere and were concerned when they didn’t feel satisfied with just hat. Women in the 50s wore little white glove...

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The Legend, the Myth, the Program: The Future of Tanning

2008-12-04T07:22:32Z

…a continuation of Is She Hot?: The Quintessential Question This video has changed my life. I knew that models on the cover of magazines had a large crew take care of their face, hair and eyes but it never occurred to me that all the images in ...

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Is She Hot?: The Quintessential Question

2008-12-03T06:03:55Z

I began this blog writing on my own self-image when I was a child and Karessa noted in her response that when she heard about my blog she thought I was insecure. This is partly true, so I want to discuss self-image in this blog post. I believe th...

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It's Mine Because I Bought It: The Cost of Glamour

2008-12-02T03:24:43Z

I want to touch upon modification and money in this entry. Today when we see celebrities on the cover of a magazine we often ask ourselves: is it real or fake? We often break people into parts when we wonder if that is real and if she bought ...

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The Beauty and the Cancer

2008-12-01T01:41:38Z

Can beauty be the cause of death? It can when you tan too much. This is the part about tanning that I don't understand. Why tan and put yourself at risk for Melanoma skin cancer? Yes, in this day and age we all know that we should use sunbloc...

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Don't Rain On My Parade: Sun Tanning Without Sun (cont.)

2008-10-22T22:02:40Z

In my previous entry I mentioned mass-market self-tanning and bronzing products but I also want to think about services. 1. The Spray Tan Booth. I find this one particularly interesting. Watch the first 30 seconds of this video. Is it really th...

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Don't Rain On My Parade: Sun Tanning Without Sun

2008-10-21T20:03:38Z

Tanning is a fashion trend. The ultimate fashion authority – Vogue Magazine, proves this statement. In 1929 they said, “the 1929 girl must be tanned,” (1). This mantra has stuck ever since. Today, there are many ways to tan but because of the r...

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Heliotherapy: Worshipping the Sun

2008-10-20T19:50:39Z

The sun is responsible for life on Earth. The process in which living matter on Earth absorbs the sun is called photosynthesis. The diagram above is an example of plant photosynthesis. Plants would not grow without it; animals and humans would b...

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Before the Bronze Era: A Brief History

2008-10-18T20:18:28Z

I’ve been doing a little reading on sun tanning in America to try to understand what American’s views on beauty were before sun tanning became popular. Perhaps, if I understand how the shift in ideals I can start to understand how it began and ...

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The Fairest of Them All: An Eastern Approach to Beauty

2008-09-25T04:52:15Z

Once upon a time, when I was eight years old I looked into my vanity mirror and saw the damage that sun exposure did to my skin. I was very tan. Milk chocolate tan. I felt so unattractive! I was so ashamed of how dark my skin was but I couldn't h...

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