Thursday Tanlines

Da Beast is shocked, shocked by Trump’s Shocking Fake Tan Line Revealed in Brutal Pictures. 

Before Trump landed in Texas for midterm election rallies on Tuesday, he wore no tie and left his dress shirt collar unbuttoned as he briefly spoke with reporters before boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews.

This casual move exposed the dramatic color difference between the president’s makeup-covered face and pale white neck. It was no different when he reached Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, where he was stumping for incumbent Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the Republican candidate for Senate, state Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Really? Politicians wear makeup in public events? And they don't slather it on their whole body? What is the world coming to? 

I did notice his tan seemed faker than usual last night, but whatever. 

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Last of the Autumn Light up on time and under budget.

Tuesday Tanlines

Padma Lakshmi

At Indian Express, Why Indian skin tans so quickly

Celebrity dermatologist Dr Jaishree Sharad, in a recent chat with host Priyali Mahtani, explains why Indian skin tans so quickly, while breaking down the role of eumelanin – the pigment responsible for the brown tones in our skin.

Priyali asks her if it’s patchy skin where the face is a different skin colour from the hands, chest, or tummy, or if it’s a characteristic of Indian skin types more than any other? Is it something unique that is commonly found with our Indian skin tone? 

Deepika Padukone

 

Dr Sharad explains why Indian skin tans so quickly: it’s because of
the pigment called eumelanin. Melanin is of two types: eumelanin and pheomelanin.

“Now, melanin is something that is giving us colour. So if you have eumelanin, you’re getting a darker shade. If you have pheo, you get more red shades. We have shades of brown. So when you have more eumelanin, you tan sooner. So you don’t need to make an effort to tan,” she says.

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Casual Friday Redux up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Thursday Tanlines

E Online, Hailey Bieber’s Go-To Sun Care Brand for a Year-Round Glow Is on Sale

Carroten, the Greek heritage sun care brand Hailey Bieber helped make viral back in 2023, is marked down for Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days.

The model and Rhode founder previously posted about the brand’s Intensive Tanning Gel and later clarified via DM that she thinks it’s “the best ever.” Her trick? She mixes the browning tanning accelerator with SPF when she’s spending time in the sun.

And while summer may be over, Carroten has plenty to shop for fall, too. The brand recently launched its first sunless self-tanning collection, including a color-correcting mousse, face drops, and gradual tanning body butter.

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: No Fishy Just Sexy up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Thursday Tanlines

WYFF Greenville, SC, Woman with hatchet assaulted by teen girl outside tanning salon

They warned you tanning was dangerous!

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Coffee & Sweater awaiting your digital pleasure.

Tuesday Tanlines

At Med Xpress, Why Canada's sunburn problem keeps getting worse. 

We have seen this before. In 22 focus groups across Atlantic Canada, residents of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island knew about sun safety and frequently relied on sunscreen. Yet in our survey of nearly 8,000 Canadians, residents there reported roughly twice as many sunburns as those in provinces with lower melanoma incidence. We called this apparent contradiction the "sunscreen paradox."

When you live somewhere the sun basically goes away for 6 months, you really enjoy your time in the sun.

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: SecTreas Taking The Long Position? up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Tuesday Tanlines

At Florida Politics, Gov. DeSantis wants to stop people from spending government benefits on tanning beds, tattoos

Florida is working with the federal government to restrict people from buying nonessential items, like tattoos and cigarettes, with their EBT and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.

The list of banned items is expected to include tobacco and vaping products, DeSantis said.

People also wouldn’t be allowed to use the temporary government cash assistance on adult material, video games, drugs, tanning beds, fortune tellers, theme park subscriptions and other luxury items.

I understand the desire to prevent people from using welfare for unessential, even downright frivolous purposes. But money is fungible. Pay for their food and you free up any other income they have to be used on the ridiculous. 

Besides, who needs a tanning bed in Florida! Just go outside naked, like Florida Man!

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: More Coffee, Please up on time and under budget at The Other McCain (if you count Megan).

Thursday Tanlines

GQ, Men Are Tanning Again. I Got a $500 Spray Tan—And Now I Understand Why. Or, you know, you could go outside.

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Nice Flex up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.

Tuesday Tanlines

, At Fox: Jessica Simpson celebrates turning 46 tanning in a bikini and reveals her childrenhave never seen her perform, "The self-described 'sun lover' shared a poolside selfie while preparing for her return to the stage after years."

Jessica Simpson celebrated 46 exactly how a self-described "sun lover" would. The singer marked the occasion with a close-up selfie showing her tanning in a black-and-white polka-dot bikini, simply captioning the photo, "💫46💫 July 10/26." Simpson reclined beneath a purple crocheted cover while wearing oval dark sunglasses. Her blonde hair was styled in a loose side braid, and she accessorized the polka-dot bikini with layered turquoise bead necklaces, a square green pendant, dangling stone earrings and stacked bracelets."

Page 6, Jessica Simpson finally addresses rumors she once spent $1,000 a week on tanning “No, $1,000? Gosh. I’d rather have lain out in the sun.”

Not bad for 46. 

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Getting Strapped up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Thursday Tanlines

Chelan Simmons

At AOL, The Horror Movie Scene That Will Make You Think Twice About Tanning

Beyond the usual concerns associated with tanning beds, "Final Destination 3" offered another reason to be afraid of those glowing, metal coffins. The film follows a group of recent high school graduates who narrowly escape death via rollercoaster after one of their classmates experiences a premonition. However, death refuses to let them escape, and the group begins to die in freak accidents. In one of the franchise's most horrifying and iconic kill scenes, Ashley Freund (Chelan Simmons) and Ashlyn Halperin (Crystal Lowe) are burned to death in tanning beds.

Crystal Lowe

 

Chelan is kind of pale.

Hoping to deepen their tans before graduation, the best friends hit up the tanning salon. They obliviously set themselves up to boil and fry after a slushie, an A/C unit, and loose shelf work together to trap them in the rapidly overheating beds. Their goggles melt, the glass beds shatter around them, their skin blisters and chars, all while "Love Rollercoaster" ironically plays overhead.

It's a brutal, fiery death that's guaranteed to make viewers think twice about going tanning.

Why would Ashlyn need a tanning bed? 

Tuesday Tanlines

From Julie's Cafe, This Decades Old Tanning Hack Just Resurfaced on TikTok, and Dermatologists Are Not Thrilled 

A decades-old tanning practice mixing baby oil with iodine is trending again on TikTok, raising concerns about unprotected UV exposure and skin health.The baby oil and iodine tanning method is appearing under new hashtags as users film prolonged sunbathing. Dermatologists say the TikTok tanning trend leaves oil that can intensify UV absorption while iodine deepens color without protection.The practice traces to mid-20th-century sunbathing culture and is resurfacing among younger audiences. Yale pediatric dermatologist Richard Antaya told The Union Democrat that experts have long advised against it. Years of UV exposure increase skin cancer risk and accelerate aging. Dermatologists cite DHA-based self tanners as a non-UV alternative.

I vaguely remember hearing about the baby oil and iodine trick. Yes, elemental iodine imparts a nice brown color to skin, which dissipates fairly quickly. Having used iodine in chemistry a few times I noticed the staining. However, iodine is no fun, and it smells bad (although it doesn't leave much smell on the skin. However, iodine is better used in nitrogen triiodide. I independently discovered that a strong solution of potassium permanganate also gives skin a nice glow, without the smell, and lasts a bit longer. Ask me how I found out. It's also handy to have around in crystal form if you need to start a fire. Of course, neither of these chemical alternatives offer any real protection from sunburn the way a real suntan does.

The Wombat has Rule 5 Monday: Redhead in Denim up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Thursday Tanlines

KTLA 5 California man faces misdemeanor charges for allegedly recording naked women in Planet Fitness tanning booths

At Anxious, The "Barbie drug" is back. 

The big picture: Melanotan II — nicknamed the "Barbie drug" because it can also suppress appetite — mimics a hormone that tells the body to make more melanin. It can be found as a nasal spray or shot, but it's not approved by the FDA or any other major regulator. Case studies suggest it could lead to the development of skin cancer. What we're hearing: "People who inject melanotan, their moles start to change," says Anthony Rossi, a dermatologic surgeon at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He's removed atypical moles from a patient who used it.But he's seeing it taken at the gym as part of a "beautification stack" — and he's worried. "I don't really see a medical benefit of it at all," Rossi says.

At least with a nasal spray, there's no risk of hidden cameras.

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Happy 250th, America! up in star-spangled glory at the Other McCain.

Tuesday Tanlines

Australian Leisure Management, Tanning bed operator ordered to pay $35,300 for radiation offences

A Sydney cosmetic business has been court-ordered to forfeit all nine of its tanning beds and pay $16,000 in fines and $19,300 in legal fees for illegally operating cosmetic tanning services using ultra-violet radiation.

The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) prosecuted F.A. Beauty Pty Ltd in the Local Court of NSW for two offences under the state’s radiation laws.

Trading as The Tanned Me, F.A. Beauty operated two premises in Bondi and Fairfield, where EPA investigators accompanied by NSW Police found nine UV tanning beds and evidence of cash-in-hand payments.

Advising that it is illegal to provide, or offer to provide, commercial UV cosmetic tanning services in the state, NSW EPA Executive Director of Regulatory Practice and Services, Emma Whale stated "this case is the culmination of a long and detailed investigation and the first time we have successfully prosecuted a business for offering UV tanning services.

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Redness a bit late, but within reason.

Thursday Tanlines

Australian Broadcasting Company, Solariums operating underground despite commercial ban

It is illegal to operate a commercial solarium across most of the country, but finding one online and booking a session takes only minutes.

Jess* has been using solariums through the underground market for about eight years.

"I spend a lot of time on my appearance, whether that's at the gym, botox, all of those sorts of things to enhance my appearance, and to me I guess having tanned skin just became part of that package," the Melbourne woman said.

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Rebel Yell up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Tuesday Tanlines

At Elle,  Is Tanning Back? Yes, it never really went away.

The Wombat has Rule Five Sunday: More About Agriculture up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.

Thursday Tanlines

Not a problem at the beach.

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: A Common Enemy up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Tuesday Tanlines

HuffPo,  RFK Jr. Wants Teens To Be Able To Use Tanning Beds — And The Logic Behind It Is Bonkers. But HuffPo would gladly permit teens to demand and receive gender surgery.

The Wombat has Rule 5 Monday: Everything Stops For Tea up and at'em at The Other McCain.

Thursday Tanlines

From Newsweek, Hysterics at How Owner Catches Dachshund Working on Her Tan: ‘Just a Girl’

Shared by the canine's Georgia-based owner under @life.with.the.wee, the video shows the dachshund—described as being one of six in the account's bio—lying in the middle of a garden, flat on her back, legs loose, eyes closed, looking entirely at ease in direct sunlight. Overlaid text captures the mood succinctly: "Just a girl working on her tan."

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: It’s (Almost) That Time of Year Again up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Tuesday Tanlines

The Globe, Woman Famous for Racial Identity Controversy Reportedly Drinking Tanning Drops After Skin Cancer Scare

Nkechi Amare Diallo, previously known as Rachel Dolezal, who rose to infamy in 2015 for presenting herself as a Black woman despite being Caucasian, revealed she recently underwent surgery for stage 1 melanoma.

According to the Daily Mail, Diallo, 48, took to her Instagram Story last week to share that she underwent the surgery to remove a melanoma and vowed to no longer “lay out in the sun.” She also called it a “tough but grounding reminder of what years of sun (and a childhood in a family that didn’t believe in sunscreen) can do over time.”

The outlet also reports that Diallo turned to a drinkable tanning drop to replace sunbathing.

The Wombat has Rule Five Sunday: More Hot Girls & Hot Cars up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Thursday Tanlines

The Bulwark whines RFK Jr., Creature of the Tanning Salon, Throws the Industry a Bone, by not promulgating a ban on teenage use of tanning beds.

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Thursday Tanlines

From Glam, 4 Times Lauren Boebert's Fake Tan Fails Ripped Attention From Her Inappropriate Outfit

"In September 2024, Lauren Boebert wore one of her most inappropriate outfits yet when she posed with Donald Trump and her three sons. Gladiator sandals with leg straps, a minidress, and a cowboy hat don't exactly scream professional. But what is even more distracting than the not-appropriate-for-meeting-the-boss outfit is the product on her skin, which looks an unnaturally deep shade of tan-in-a-can.

They don't like her because she isn't "their kind."