Apart from special cases
like ballroom dancing shirters, it is never acceptable to have a fake tan.

I am one of the palest skinned people I know. My skin hardly tans, even after sun exposure which makes it redden (not the the point of burning though, that's just silly). It just fades back to a very slightly less bright white after a day or two*. I have in the past been on three week holidays in sunny climes, and on my return been told that I look like a need a holiday in the sun. I am not particularly bothered by this (except for the fact that I do need to use suncream a lot, as I tend to go bright red in the sun) and definitely would not use any artificial stuff to make me look tanned.

*I did manage to look vaguely off-white once after a holiday on a tropical island, but that's about it.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 21 May 2010, 8:23, Reply)