I am so against tanning beds it's not even funny. I do however love to bake in the sun during the summer and read(with sunscreen of course). I can always pick out a fakebaker and their tans look so bad because they are so even. With a natural tan your faces shadows create slimming illusions that complement your facial, and body structure, that's why tanning makes you look slimmer, you just can recreate those results in a bed, I have a stubborn tanning family so I see what they go through to be dark.