Gizmodo: tanning

Solafeet Tanner Eliminates Unsightly Foot Whiteness While You Work

Sean Fallon — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:40:00 EDT

Eliminate those pasty white feet with the Solafeet foot tanner. Surely, the a lack of tan lines on your ankles will more than make up for exposing your bare feet at work.

I do have one word of warning about this revolutionary product however. Last month the FDA got on them about inadequately alerting customers about safe exposure times. Needless to say, the only thing worse than pale feet are extremely tanned feet and a pale body. Think about it. [Skymall via RGS]

NéoSun Rotating Lounge Cooks Pasty Nerds a Golden Brown

Sean Fallon — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:40:00 EDT

If getting a natural tan is on your summer to-do list despite all of the health warnings about sun exposure, a French company called NéoSun aims to make the process easier with their NéoSunMore lounge. Besides its futuristic look, the chair can be rotated 360-degrees with simple movements of the armrests. That means you can get a nice even tan without having to constantly move your chair to follow around the sun as it moves across the sky. There is no word on pricing or a release date for the NéoSunMore—or whether a much needed "flip" feature will be implemented in the future. [NeoSun via Born Rich]

Kitty Tanning Bed is a Bad Sign for Humanity

Adam Frucci — Mon, 05 May 2008 10:40:00 EDT

This is a tanning bed for cats and dogs. Also, it is a sign of the apocalypse and/or the downfall of the American empire. Because really, when you're tanning your pets, you don't deserve to have any influence over the rest of the world. You're officially an idiot.

Essentially, this thing is a sunshine simulator, making your pet feel like its laying out in the sun even when it's the middle of February. But do you know what else a pet can sleep in front of to feel warm? A heater or a fireplace. It's not like there needs to be a bright light there to confuse your cat about what season it is, and last time I checked pets don't need to tan, as they're covered in hair. If you purchase this you should officially lose your right to use currency and should forfeit agency over your finances to a third party with some sense in its damned head. [TrendHunter via BornRich]

Squid Face Pillow Lets You Lie Face Down Comfortably

Adam Frucci — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:30:00 EDT

Lying face down on the ground to tan or get a back massage invariably leads to awkward positioning and sore necks. Not so if you have the Squid Face Pillow! It keeps your face pointed straight down and your neck comfortable, allowing you to cook your skin to an appetizing golden brown without any side effects other than skin cancer. Sold! [Product Page via Nerd Approved]

Hood Toaster: MRI Your Bread

Mark Wilson — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 14:00:27 EDT

The Mool Hood Toaster is undoubtedly more likely to get you laid than the standard 2-hole variety, but with this concept modeled without any objects for scale, a once brave little toaster comes across more like a Massive Human Baker of Doom.

So when Turkish designer Atıl Kızılbayır fails in the kitchen and repackages this idea for tanning salons, my pale wonder bread skin is staying away.

– Mark Wilson

Design Page [via randomgoodstuff]

Sentavi Solarium: Tan and Shower, Too

Charlie White — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:09:55 EDT

Now you can take a shower and conveniently boost your chances of skin cancer at the same time. The Sentavi Solarium is said by its maker to be easy to install in most bathrooms, where its UV light bulbs are hidden behind a seven-inch deep panel.

The idea is that instead of giving yourself a gigantic dose of ultraviolet rays every two weeks in a tanning bed, you can gradually burn your skin with this unit that simulates sunlight. Either way, by age 60 you're sure to have that leathery cowboy-looking skin of trophy wives from the Hamptons to Malibu. On the plus side, shining that light on yourself is a great source of vitamin D, so there's that.

By the way, we've covered a shower 'n' tanning device from another manufacturer before, but none with pictures this provocative. Trying to keep our blog safe for work, apologies for that bit of Photoshoppage there, edited for American audiences under the watchful eye of The Man. Ahh, prior restraint, the worst kind of censorship. – Charlie White

Product page, NSFW [Sentavi] (Thanks, Marianne!)

Shower Tanning

Jason Chen — Wed, 17 May 2006 18:00:13 EDT

For those too modest to go to a nude beach to get an all over tan, there's the Idrolux luxury tanning shower that, get this, tans while you shower. Two models are available, the Symphony, which fits into your current unit, and the Idrolux, which is an integrated replacement for your entire shower.

Since you're naked already, why not cook your nethers to a healthy brown? Four out of five sexy dermatologists recommend golden gonads.

Symphony Product Page

Idrolux Product Page

Shower Your Way to a Healthy Glow [Popgadget]

Get Your Tan On With The Facial Tanning Lamp

Gizloco — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 08:44:14 EST

Winter is starting to wind down for those of us in the northern hemisphere, which means that beach weather is right around the corner. Let s face, though: you re a little pale from spending the past few months indoors. Here s something that will fix that problem lickety split. The Facial Tanning Sun Lamp promises to give you a swell-looking tan via its four 15 MW UV fluorescent tubes. It comes with goggles to shield your eyes from the UV waves. Just as helpful, the lamp is equipped with a 30-minute automatic timer, ensuring that the unit will turn off before you inadvertently give yourself a nice burn. $100 buys your new summer tan, a good physique not included.

Product Page [Gadget Universe]

Prices for tanning lamps [Amazon]

The Tan-Timer Bikini - The Roast is Done

johnb — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:57:44 EDT

There's nothing like the healthy, just-fried glow of a young man or woman who has just crisped themselves under old Mother Sun. The creeping redness. The burning. The slow and inevitable onset of skin cancer. Youth, you know, is wasted on the young.

The do-good-nicks at Tan-Timer, however, want to take away your fun. The Tan-Timer beeps at 15 minute intervals, reminding you to turn over or seek shelter. Instead of falling asleep in the sun, the boring Tan-Timer makes you actually move, ensuring that you won't have the glamorous allure of a shrunken, dried-out monkey in your later years. For shame.

Bikini reminds sunbathers to turn over [Ananova]