I spent my summers at thepool every day as a kid. So when I'm out in the sun, I tan pretty easily. Did the tanning bed thing some when we were in DC. But it never really worked for me.
Some of the better quality bronzer/fake tan stuff might work for you as well. You just have to be careful to apply that stuff evenly.
It's not like the old "QT" stuff they had when I was a kid. I used it one summer and turned orange.
I think the tanning beds are starting to work, I'll give it another two weeks. Might use the fake stuff but I'm so afraid of streaks and orange.
Oom-pa Loom-pa doopity doo,
What is a Dwarf with pallor to do;
Oom-pa Loom-pa doopity dee,
Looks like an Elf with a beard, you see...