I am generally okay with my skin, except for the dermatitis on my upper arms. That is definitely frustrating. It's also a bit of a piss-off when I'm in the sun. I'm incredibly fair, and the sun likes to make friends by throwing all of its rays my way, which leaves me looking like a lobster in about ten minutes. That being said, I would never want to be more tan or to change the color of my skin. I'm like a little porcelain doll, and I love it. I quite like olive and very dark skin as well, but the whole "tan" thing just really doesn't appeal to me. I get freckles (I have maybe a hundred or so dark, year round ones that came from the sun but aren't seasonal like the teeny awesome ones that gingers get), and I love them too. If I could get more without having to go out in the sun, I would!

Maybe if we're doing wishful thinking, I'd like it if my T-zone didn't get so oily! As for tanning, though, my half-Filipino best friend used to drag me with her once a summer, without fail when I was growing up. I hated it, and I wound up miserable for the next couple of weeks due to the painful burns. I tried it once on my own at a salon, for three weeks, due to health reasons (the doctor suggested that it might alleviate the dermatitis on my arms), and that was more than enough for me to decide that I can't stand any sort of tanning. I've never really been all that interested in tan skin and though many naturally tan people can be beautiful, I think that most people who actively tan themselves are a little silly. And just think - if I ever wound up traveling way back in time, people will mistake me for nobility and I'll get to be a princess.