Many girls' summer goals include getting a hot beach body, going on fun summer adventures, and getting so tan that they forget what color they started the summer being. If you're a pale-skinned sister, it's definitely a lot easier to get a scary shade of scarlet than it is to get that sun-kissed golden-brown look. If you know that sitting in the sun will leave you with peeling skin and a red face, don't panic.

Because I have olive-y undertones but a more yellowish complexion (thanks jaundice!?) I understand the struggle of achieving that perfect tan. After 20 years in the sun, I finally know what works for my skin and how I need to tan, but it took many years of sunburned cheeks and shoulders, teasing from my beautiful tanned family of tanned gods, and every trick in the book to turn my skin from dark pale to summertime golden.