Apply Sunless Tanning Lotion and Avoid Skin Cancer Risks Share

There is something to be said for a golden, Queensland-style tan, but spending hours tanning under the blazing solar disk is more of a skin-cancer risk than it is a fine tanning option.

You could go all out and spend loads of dollars getting a spray-on tan from a salon every week, but you risk being broke within a month.

For a few measly bucks, you can hide those pasty legs with tanning creams. Neutrogena's Instant Bronzer is my fav. It's a soft foam that provides instant colour. And Olay and Dove do a great light tan which you can get from any local store like Coles or Woolworths.

Tanning lotions and creams are basically a way of dying your skin a lovely, summertime hue without exposing yourself to harmful radiation. Tanning in its most primitive form is the same thing: UV rays interact with the melanin in your skin, turning it brown and dying you from the inside out.

With a store-bought tan and bronzer, you can start out golden, and any incidental colour you happen to pick up in the course of your summer is just gravy.