Maintaining a sun-kissed tan takes time.

But with seven kids between them, best friends Bethany Ferguson and Whit Frink are too busy to sunbathe or hit the tanning bed like they used to.

Still, Frink, from Atlanta, insists she looks healthier with some color. “As I get older, my skin’s getting more translucent and my veins are showing … I just like to have a healthy glow,” she told The Post.

Enter the solution: Carrotmaxxing. And shrimpmaxing. And tomatomaxing.

Not with food, but with a little pill that contains compounds which, when ingested frequently enough, have the power to change skin color.

Whit Frink (L) and Bethany Ferguson started taking a “tanning pill” earlier this year. Bethany Ferguson and Whit Frink

Those compounds are called carotenoids, a type of natural yellow, orange or red pigment.

Take beta-carotene, an orange pigment found in carrots, sweet potatoes and cantaloupe. Or astaxanthin, a red-orange one that gives shrimp and salmon their signature pink hue.…