I went tanning for the first time today and I have fairly light skin and burn fairly easy. I just want to get a good base tan and do the rest offside, basically use the tanning bed as mantience tan and to start the tan. right now I have banna boat tanning oil with aloe vitmains it's spf 8 is this too much or too little, I smear put it all over my self jumped in the bed for the four minutes it said for the time user. Now do I have to wait a full week before hitting t he bed? Can I tan outside during that week than jump back in the bed the next week for say 8 minutes or so how does the pattern go? thanks. Also how do u cover you back with the oil I am not that flexible .