zac efron please stop tanning

the most talented guy of our generation...

2008-02-21T07:18:00.000-08:00

thanks for the thoughtful email, derrick.

question, dog: do you think zac efron would stick up for you the next time someone calls you, say....a douchebag?

FROM THE INBOX: Details Edition

2007-10-19T08:41:00.000-07:00

Our friends from Details sent over this article that hightlights the Peter Pan haircut "hip and trendy" guys are sporting these days. Zac Efron is the master of the Peter Pan haircut. In fact, from this day forward the Peter Pan / Abercombie meets Lower East Side haircut will be called, The Zac Efron Haircut.

From the GENIUS article:

"We picked up my friend's daughter at school the other day. She and her friends wanted me to give her little brother the Zac Efron cut."

http://men.style.com/details/blogs/thegadabout/2007/10/lose-the-peter-.html#more

ZAC EFRON... PLEASE KEEP LISTENING!

2007-09-05T10:14:00.000-07:00

He's fooled us before, but I'm starting to believe that Zac Efron has gotten the message: Ease up on the bronzer and Mystic Tan. That's all.
And about being a tool... that's another blog- not my responsibility.

These photos were recently taken at the premiere of Hairspray in Australia

Sure, he looks like a teenager dressed up as a vampire/butler at a haunted house. But I'd rather he look a bit more pale rather than looking like he..say...rubbed a bunch of crushed-up carrots on his face.

UPDATE:

A few ZEPST readers from Australia emailed me regarding Zac Efron's tan. Some were at the premiere in Sydney and ALSO noticed just how normal Zac Efron's skin is starting to look.

Orange you glad he won !!?!

2007-08-27T07:56:00.000-07:00

Zac Efron received a COOL surf board for Choice Male Hottie at the Teen Choice Awards on Sunday Night...

Not to be outdone by the orange surf board, Zefron went in for an extra coat of Mystic Spray Tan earlier that day...

Zac Efron : History Boy

2007-08-21T07:26:00.000-07:00

"High School Musical 2" made history Friday night with 17.24 million 8 year-olds watching. Those little rugrats stayed up passed curfew and made HSM2 the most-watched basic cable telecast of all time. Brilliant!

I wonder if ZeFron will score himself an Emmy for his tantastic performance!?!!

Susan Lucci will roll over in her grave!

Yes, I know she's still alive, but you get the point...

Things that remind YOU of Zac Efron: From The Readers Edition

2007-08-18T17:23:00.000-07:00

Magda, from "There's Something About Mary"

Zac Efron definitely resembles Magda and her wonderfuly leather skin- he WISHES he had half her talent. That lady single-handedly stole the whole movie from Cameron Diaz.

Oopmpa Loompa's

This is kind of an obvious one, but after receiving about 15 different Oompa Loompa's in my mailbox, I though it was time to post one. And quite frankly, I couldn't agree more.
Hmm...Which is less creepy, Oompa's or Zac Efron?

[ORANGE] Prescription bottles

This definitely falls under "Inanimate objects That Remind Me of Zac Efron", one of my first and favorite posts.

The Zac Efron & Prescription bottle similarities are endless: Orange, addictive, and people still love it...generic or not!

What's Black, White, and Tan All Over?

2007-08-17T06:49:00.000-07:00

A review of High School Musical 2 in the Friday 8/17 Weekend Arts section:

"The second disappointment is the tanning. For a cast that’s supposed to feature ethnic diversity, this one is of a remarkably uniform hue. Many of the leads seem to have been steeped in iodine during preproduction.
As a trend, self-tanning agents may not be quite as hostile to acting as Botox and the other nerve toxins that limit expressiveness, but they don’t exactly improve a performance. The temporary dyes, which give skin a gold-orange tint, dampen a complexion’s radiance, turning faces lusterless. The prevalence of these bottle tans must have frustrated the makeup artists and lighting designers who tried to create a rosy palette for this uptempo comedy. While Ms. Hudgens glows like a proper ingénue, the hero Troy Bolton (cute Zac Efron) and the bad girl Sharpay Evans (Ashley Tisdale) are way too matte. It must be hard to light up the screen when you’re darkened with as much bronzer as Laurence Olivier in “Othello.”

Well said Virginia Heffernan (NYtimes reviewer)! The "Othello" reference... GENIUS!

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/17/arts/television/17musi.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Side note: If the NYTimes found it necessary (which it is) to point out how tan Zac Efron is, why couldn't they have also pointed out how GAY and FRUITY his outfits are? Especially when using THIS picture in the article!!

JANN WENNER + ZAC EFRON = DREAMY MUSIC MAGAZINE COVER

2007-08-08T08:45:00.000-07:00

i found this in my mailbox this morning - sent to me from my good friend at wenner media (of rolling stone, men's journal, and us weekly fame):

the post-it reads :

Hi Thomas - Just applying my Lancome Flash Bronzer - can you get my back?

3 steps to recovery...and the L-O-V-E word

2007-08-03T06:29:00.000-07:00

Dear Zac Efron,
1. print out a wallet-size copy of this benjamin moore color swatch i found through google image.

2. every time you're getting the urge to hit the tanning bed or go a shade darker when perusing the bronzer isle in sephora, put this next to your face and see if you REALLY need to be darker

3. Don't go passed "Roasted Sesame Seed 21".

Now, was that so hard? I'm only telling you this because i love you. Yes, Zac Efron, I dropped the "L bomb" so soon in our non existent relationship. It just kills me to see someone with so much potential walk out of the house with skin that resembles "Tawny 2161-20" in a sea of "Latte 2163-60" and a few "Saddle Brown 2164-10's" who simply want you to keep it [your tan] real.

the evolution of an IT girl _ BOY EDITION _ ZAC EFRON

2007-07-28T09:04:00.000-07:00

ZAC EFRON... my how you've evolved. since i started this blog about 1 month ago, it seems that you have fallen into quite a bit of celebrity. i'm not saying that my blog has single-handedly launched your career, but i will say that if it weren't for my blog, there wouldn't be a HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2

BUT, zac efron, it's far too premature for you to be avoiding the paparazzi like cameron diaz. you're in september's vanity fair, that fat perez hilton guy is now starting to crush on you, and US Weekly gives a shit about who you're dating... but there's no reason for you to let it get to your [tan] head.

and while we're on the subject of your tan... i must say, i'm impressed. you're making progress. except of course, for your occasional relapse which we witnessed on yesterday's good morning america:

on and off the wagon...more hopeless than lindsay....

Oh what the heck...

2007-07-21T09:52:00.000-07:00

zac efron and his hairspray costar elijah kelley at the premiere of HAIRSPRAY

why does zac efron looks so happy?
elijah just let him get away with using the N-word, cause let's [orange] face it: brotha's gettin' DARK.

Short Sexy Post!

2007-07-15T16:59:00.000-07:00

if your childhood was anything like mine, then you also spent a few DREADFUL saturday mornings at the hair salon with your mom **note - i feel that hair salon should always be italicized and 80's looking. bored, and having left my gameboy in the car/at home/i lost it again, i used to waste time looking at those AWFUL salon look books that feature "short sexy cuts!" and "hot highlights!" i hadn't thought about this part of my childhood until i saw this picture of zac efron:

lesbians everywhere are taking this picture and bringing it to their hair salon, eager to replicate zac efron's SHORT SEXY LOOK! except for the hair salon my mom still goes to... its clients are solely housewives still asking for "the rachel"

This picture was taken yesterday, at Kitson in LA. Is zac efron looking less TANNEQUIN and more human? Are we (is he) making progress?

Lessons in douchebaggery: taught by zac efron

2007-07-14T07:51:00.001-07:00

turn up on the volume on this one... and take notes!

zac efron has reached new heights of smarmy-ness. somewhere, a car salesman is saying "that a boy!"

FAN[TAN]STIC HUMOR: feline edition

2007-07-13T18:29:00.001-07:00

on the left is some wonderful cat humor that, if you ever visit my hometown in the south, you will most likely see on the t-shirt of the DOLLAR GENERAL cashier/manager

to the right, zac efron. fierce eyebrows...bronzed cheekbones...catty face posing

Dedicated Reader Submission #318

2007-07-13T06:33:00.000-07:00

Our lovely reader Paulina was so impressed by our silly name for zac efron-

ZAC-O-LANTERN, she decided to bring it to LIFE!

Light [skin] at the end of the tunnel...

2007-07-11T12:52:00.000-07:00

zac efron at the hairspray premiere yesterday, july 10th.

he's looking a little less bronzed...could this be the end of ZAC-O-LANTERN??!?

now, who's gonna be in charge of sending him the "stop posing like such a douchebag" memo?!

And I quote...

2007-07-11T06:21:00.000-07:00

"And then I was like, I can sing AND dance...do I really need lips?!?!"

Yesterday's Appearance on Much [bronzer] OnDemand

2007-07-10T13:42:00.000-07:00

"my face is so tan, it hurts... please whisper sweet nothings in to my ear and make it all better..."

Worst case scenario at a movie premiere #318

2007-07-10T10:59:00.000-07:00

what zac efron didn't know was that unlike his mascara, his stage makeup/bronzer was not waterproof.

and THAT is what i like to call, "the zac efron look of fear". somewhere, in some tacky studio city office, a makeup artist just lost her job.

Oh what the heck..

2007-07-09T18:51:00.000-07:00

The [orange] Face of...

2007-07-09T17:20:00.001-07:00

zac efron's celebrity is only growing. which can only mean one thing: zac efron will soon enough be the new face of a major fashion house.
i think what's important is finding a designer that will not only be inspired by zac efron, but one that zac efron will look up to and be inspired by as well. a muse-muse situation, if you know what i mean.

let's weigh our options:

RALPH LAUREN

all american. classic. orange.
a perfect fit for zac efron... no one is more american, classy, or orange.

DONATELLA VERSACE

ok, donatella versace scares me. BUT, she may not scare zac efron. in fact, zac efron spent months filming hairspray with john travolta dressed in drag... could an actual woman, who looks like a man dressed like woman, be scary for him? no. zac efron is fearless... and donatella would love to devour him. nicely.

VALENTINO

personally, i think this is it. a perfect match. i feel like valentino and zac efron would have a lot to talk about. just not SPF 40.

DESIGNER - MUSE - UPDATE:
MARC JACOBS

marc jacobs would be the ideal fit. with his new VERY TAN tan, and love for barely legal boys, zac efron and marc jacobs would be the perfect match. professionally, that is.

Inanimate objects that remind me of zac efron: From the readers:

2007-07-09T16:58:00.000-07:00

thanks so much for sending in some pictures of inanimate objects. zac efron appreciates dedication... (hence the hours spent in front of those exciting mirrors, with round lights all around it, and a tub of sam's club sized bronzer... yes, zac efron is a member)

on to the inanimate objects:

grilled cheese. i dont know about zac efron, but i wouldn't really be offended if anyone told me i looked like grilled cheese. i LOVE grilled cheese!!

once again... nothing to be ashamed of here, zac efron. everyone loves a fanta... and everyone LOVES the fanta girls. wait an-advertising-minute!! i've got it. you can be the orange fanta girl (guy). they'll be in their purple, red, and whatever other flavor costumes. and you can wear your everyday clothing and still be the orange one! Genius idea!
.......

what was that zac efron? yes, you can wear a skinny tie.

hmm... somebody submitted a picture of a goldfish. which is actually an animate object... so that's awkward. but not that awkward, because the only one to be offended by this would be a goldfish. and we all know that goldfish don't use computers.

UPDATE:
A reader just sent me these pictures. so now i've offended zac efron, with this blog, and fish, for placing them under the category "inanimate objects that remind me of zac efron". wow, we can officially name this day of the week "burning bridges monday".

I'm not a plastic [douche] bag

2007-07-08T22:30:00.001-07:00

zac efron loves that t-shirt. it was an attempt to jump on the eco-friendly bandwagon and "go green". instead, he decided to continue to "go orange" and make friends with other people living an "orange" lifestyle.

Let the speculations begin...

2007-07-08T14:48:00.000-07:00

At the MTV movie awards, zac efron's face was looking a little suspicious...

what is that mark? mystic tan overdose? reckless bronzing? call it what you will... zac efron needs help.

what would "rehab" be in this case? an intense, 72 hour - 3 day make-up tutorial at sephora?

inanimate objects that remind me of zac efron

2007-07-08T10:23:00.000-07:00

american currency

a penny for your thoughts. no no, i got it: a penny for every time you think zac efron looks too tan! hell yeah! now who's rich biatch!?!!!

items found on eluxury.com

my mom's new epi-leather louis vuitton bag (she always refers to it as epi-leather..what the fuck?). the color sure looks good against mom's new nautical striped tory burch dress... but why does it look like camouflage when zac efron holds it? hey zac efron: i think i know why....!

public transportation

the B, D, and F trains all remind me of zac efron. it sure makes for a fun commute!!

modern art

this camera phone picture of The Gates, by artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude, definitely remind me of zac efron. and there's nothing anyone can do about that.

i must to be leaving something out... are there any other inanimate objects that remind you of zac efron that i didn't mention?

people who remind me of zac efron

2007-07-07T15:45:00.001-07:00

amanda bynes (hairspray costar)

young george hamilton

christina aguilera

is there anybody else who you think influenced his look???