The orange one was the coppertone that was introduced back in the 60's. Sunless tanning has come a LONG way since then with respect to looking natural.

I checked out the melanin thing (which was what I always heard) but turns out that the authorative sites say that it actually doesn't work on melanin. But I can certainly assure you that orange fake tans really is a thing of the past (or of really very poor quality products).

You can pick up good products from chemists (druggists I guess you guys call 'em). There are zillions of different brands like how there are zillions of different brands of moisturiser. A HUGE range in the price - too. I don't use 'em so I can't reccomend a good cheap one from personal experience. I had a friend who used to fork out quite a bit for an Elizabeth Arden one but she used Coppertone one day 'cause she was a bit broke and thought they did the same job - but that the Elizabeth Arden one did smell a bit nicer.

I had a bit of a look off the internet and I see that tanning doesn't have the negative connotations in the northern hemisphere that it does down here. Because Australasia is right by the hole in the ozone layer we have more exposure to UV light and our rates of skin cancer are the highest in the world. Basically... In Australasia... You would be insane not to cover up. Everytime you burn you are doing perminant damage which can result in skin cancer 15-20 years down the track.

That being said, I don't think there is much wrong with getting a tan so long as you don't burn your skin along the way. That being said, it is extremely hard to find a place in Australasia that has skin beds and everyone is moving to sunless tanning products (the lotions or sprays) because if you burn yourself under a sunbed the damage is the same as burning yourself with the sun.