Wanderingsheep - thanks, will def try the Garnier, as I have indeed been feeling that the Johnsons is a bit sticky, and doesn't feel like it fully sinks in.

Just to say thanks for the replies, will carry on moisturising every day, exfoliating once a week and tan moisturiser every other day and see how i go.

Thanks again

Tigerbear, yes I think the Garnier one is better. I find it sinks in better as I used to feel really sticky with the Johnsons one. It smells nicer too!

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To answer the OP - yes to a degree, but after you have repeated the whole process several times, I find the exfoliation has less of a negative effect.

When I clicked on this thread I was hoping someone had found a miricle proiduct which did all 3 jobs in one go! Naive, I know. If a cellulite busting ingredient which worked could also be added to the mix, it would be a best-seller!

I would exfoliate it if it streaks. Other then that , just moisturise and once a week scrub it all off and start again. Remember to put a blob of regular moisturiser on teh knees and toes and blend the self tan through it so tat it dilutes on usually problematic areas.Have a nice holiday

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Thanks for that. No pools, we're on a beach holiday, so no chlorine. That takes care of that. Do I only exfoliate if it streaks then? Is it not better to preempt it with exfoliating in between? I am such a novice!

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Hope that helps.

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Ok, well just when you start the tanning process there tends to be problems like this a lot. Until you have more or less all the dead skin off it will continue to happen. If it streaks you have to exfoliate it and moisturise other then if you use the st tropez everyday one which will fill in the streaks on the next application. Just to warn you, you mention going away. As soon as you are in chlorinated water it will streak like mad.

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Do it! Thank you!!

I'll put a shout out for wats, she is the queen of beauty, being a make up artist n all

I wouldn't normally bother but my upper half is beautifully tanned and my legs are whiter than white. I'm gonna look a right wally on the beach otherwise.

Evansmummy -Oh, I just had this too - with the Johnsons - looks good for first few days, then I get little clumpy bits, and horrid dark bits sinking into the lines and creases on my neck! And I'm slightly orange...

So is the Garnier one much much better than the Johnsons, wanderingsheep?

I thought the point of these st moisturisers were so that you didn't have to put a separate body lotion on aswell?! Grr! I hate being so pale it's such a faff, lol!

I think that would probably work. It would probably look more natural too.

I've got 2 bottles of dove (bogof) so don't want to buy anything else. So if I exfoliate once a week, moisturise every day, and self-tan moisturise every other would that work do you think?

I had this problem with johnsons and dove, but I have been using the garnier one recently and so far so good.

exfoliating when you have already "tanned" will take some of it off but not all.

You shouldn't need to re-exfoliate very often ime.

Once a week maybe?

If you moisturise in between applications of tanning it should make it last longer.

Personally, I don't get on with ST moisturisers- Johnsons one made me very orange- I went back to my Clarins gel andmix 50/50 with body lotion and it's great- redo every 3rd day after a couple of applications, just to get rid of the lily white pallor.

Last year I tried these and was fine for a few days then started 'peeling' off. I rang the helpline number on the back of the bottle and the lay said I needed to moisturise. So I understand the principle, exfoliate before applying tanning moisturiser. But if I exfoliate the next time before applying cream, will that just not take off the tan that's built up? I hope I'm making sense. Can someone talk me through this please, I'm very confused.