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Tanning Resoures & Fun Finds

For some more tanning information and fun tanning solutions, here are some great places to turn, listed in no particular order.
Sunless.com – First head to their free Product Picker “MikoMatic.” You select your skin type from a drop-down menu, and select a variety of other factors that would help to determine your product purchase like price range, fragrance type, if you want sunscreen protection as well and more. When you’re finished with your selections, click on “Show My Matches” for your results with links to products for you to check out further. Go back and tweak your input to see what else is available to compare. The site also offers detailed product reviews broken down by brand name and type of product, like Banana Boat, Sunless Tanning Spray Soft Medium. They also list the Top 20 Sunless Tanning Products, how to handle various application issues, message board and community areas for interaction, photos with contest and some articles.
Tanningsite.com – This site doesn’t offer as much variety, but does share detailed product reviews by product category; Self-Tanners, Moisturizers, Tan Accelerators, and more. They even have a category for Tan Thru Swimsuits.
National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) – Online at http://www.cdc.gov/ChooseYourCover this site has lots of information about sun exposure with resources about skin cancer. Contact them offline, too, for more information at:
CDC/DCPC
4770 Buford Hwy, NE
MS K64, Atlanta, GA 30341
Toll-free information line: 1-888-842-6355
FAX: 1-770-488-4760
E-mail cancerinfo@cdc.gov

U. S. Department of Health and Human Services – Their department of U. S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition has a boatload of information at http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-sun.html . Their up-to-date resources at this site cover Suntan Products, Sunscreens, and Tanning. Find out the latest warning and tips for using tanning products and devices. Contact them offline at:
Food and Drug Administration
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, Maryland 20857
1-888-INFO-FDA (1-888-463-6332)

In conclusion, when looking for a tanning solution, check out the variety of products available. Sunless-tanning products offer safer tanning and many choices of forms and formulas for everyone across the board from young to old. And sunscreen products are definitely needed outdoors and also come in a variety of choices for everyone. So be prepared. Be safe. And have fun in the sun!