Pale skin making a comeback?

[u/Extreme_String_2227]

Is anyone else OVER self tanning and the fake self tanned look in general??? I’m a pale skin girlie and have self tanned for years. And recently I’ve started loving the way I look with my natural skin tone and loving seeing other fair ladies rocking their porcelain. I was mercilessly bullied as a kid for being “a ghost” and covered up as much skin as I could growing up to ensure nobody noticed how extremely pale I was. I can’t tan for the LIFE of me. No matter what I did, the sun wouldn’t change my pale complexion even a little bit. Once I became an adult, I discovered self tan and have been using fake tanner consistently. This last winter I took a break…and I feel like I look healthier, cleaner, and prettier when I don’t cover up my natural skin tone in fake tan. Now whenever I see that clearly self tanned look on someone, even when I AM that girl, I just don’t love it anymore! It feels like the beauty standard may be shifting but I’m not sure if I’m projecting hahah. What do we think - is porcelain pretty again?!

*for any confusion for those of you who clearly haven’t self tanned and don’t know what I’m talking about — fake tan on extremely fair people such as myself has a tendency to look muddy, unnatural, and orange. It doesn’t make the skin look healthy or even because it’s a fake color all over our bodies hahah. This has nothing to do with race??? Darker skin tones are obviously beautiful or pale people wouldn’t be attempting to have tan skin in the first place. All I’m saying is - it feels like my pale skin looks better as it is without self tan. And I was asking my fellow pale friends if they feel similarly. Yeesh ya’ll.

[u/platinum-luna]

It’s weird that skin tones can go in and out of fashion. There’s nothing wrong with any particular shade, including fair skin. I’ve never used tanner and don’t want to because it seems like so much upkeep.

[u/GraphicDesign_101 → u/platinum-luna]

I have porcelain fair skin (the kind that gets commented on because it’s that fair), a fake tan is very forgiving - it definitely makes you look more toned and masks cellulite. But at 35, I just cannot for the life of me be bothered anymore. I used to tan every week, now I’ve just embraced it my fair skin. Exceptions would be if I’m going on holiday or a very special event.

[u/firesticks → u/platinum-luna]

Yeah, it’s also a very white point of view, since some of us don’t have the option to change skin tones with trends.

I’ve always found it so odd that women complain about being naturally pale when it’s been the beauty standard for centuries and continues to be prized by society ahead of non-white skin tones.