Staying away from the sun makes your skin more pale.
By never letting the sun see your skin, it will *stay* pale.
If you have a problem with being pale and dont want to show your skin off, theres another problem.
Go out in your back garden and do your homework/work there. Drink and eat out there. Do things out in the hot sun whenever you can, and wear as little as possible.
Dont use sun screen cause it defeats the point of getting a tan. You want the heat to be touching you, not a lotion. When you start looking a little darker, just walk around with your shirt off outside if you're comfortable with how your body looks.
Why the hell would you want to pay to get a tan, when all you need to do is get off your ass, get out the door, and into the sun!
hopefully they'll just come out with a pill soon to just stimulate the production of melanin. The stuff that makes your skin darker and protects you from the sun.
That really wouldnt suprise me, although its a good idea. Maybe talk to a drugs company about setting up a project for that idea