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"When we first heard about this proposed tax from the ladies over at Vitamin G, many of you thought it was a great idea. But having been born and raised in &amp;quot;Dirty Jersey,&amp;quot; I know firsthand more than a few faux tanners who are pretty enraged and I can especially think of a certain notorious group who probably wouldn&amp;#x27;t let this so-called &amp;quot;beauty tax&amp;quot; get in THEIR way... This new 10% tax increase at tanning salons is aimed at people just like the Jersey Shore kids who loooove to get their fake bake on. (Maybe they&amp;#x27;ll have to change their GTL MO to GTTL: Gym. Tanning. Taxes. Laundry.) Even with the constant reminder of scary facts like how tanning beds can increase your chance of skin cancer by a whopping 75%, for a lot of people the statistics--and the UV rays--seems to be going in one ear and out the other. Being Korean and naturally fair-skinned, I&amp;#x27;ve learned to embrace the pale thing and use some makeup bronzers like Bare Minerals when I feel like I need a dose of color. Even now, my mom always warns me against the dangers of O.D.-ing on the sun and to always use some sort of sunscreen. She would&amp;#x27;ve killed me if she&amp;#x27;d known this, but you guys probably read about my one-time tanning salon experiment from high school. Maybe I stayed in the claustrophobic chamber a little too long, because looking back, it just wasn&amp;#x27;t the right look for me. If I had this tax in high school, it would have deterred me from doling out the cash for sure and according to the Skin Cancer Foundation, I wasn&amp;#x27;t alone. Out of the 30 million Americans that go tanning, a shocking 2.3 mill are teens! *Shiver.* Some say the next step should be making it illegal for minors to go at all--I&amp;#x27;m not sure if I&amp;#x27;m completely for that yet. Having something off-limits, might just force more people to unsafely tan under the sun and if that&amp;#x27;s just as harmful as a fake bake, or even worse. So gorgeous girls, where do we all stand: Is the tax is a healthy step in the right direction or is it taking it too far? If you do tan, will you still do it even with the new tax? And let&amp;#x27;s be real, do you think the Jersey Shore gang actually look good with their faux uber-bronze skin? For healthier sun-kissed skin options, try thinking about safe self-tanners like the Kardashian Glamour Tan Self-Tanning Gel that Beth tried yesterday and other suggestions in the Ultimate Self-Tanner Guide. Photo: Getty"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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