tanning moisturisers - are they safe?

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I'm nearly 10 weeks pregnant and look bloody awful. spots, pasty skin and (this might be my imagination) decidely green

While I desperately wait for the 2nd trimester 'bloom' to kick in do you think it would harmful to use a tanning body moisturizer. I hear fake tan is a no no so was wondering if this would be the same.

Fake tan is fine (don't know where you heard otherwise) and so are tanning moisturisers.

I think either would be absolutely fine - if it doesn't affect you normally it's not going to do anything to the bub. Fake away!

I avoided fake tan that reacts with your pigment (you know what I mean) because I couldn't get a clear answer on it, and went for the Rimmel wash off one for a couple of weddings which is more like a make up but it works really quite well (the matte one not the shimmer one) but I err on the side of caution with this stuff and went to mostly use organic bath products and mineral make up. That is to say avoiding petro chemicals and parabens particularly. But it is a personal thing...

PS I was terrible spotty until about 16 wks and then had the best skin of my life!

NHS advice is that fake tan is fine, but you must have a good patch test in case you've developed a reaction to it. And it might be blotchier.

I've used a facial spray fake tan throughout my pregnancy every few days and all is fine. I'm now 30 weeks. Go for it. It will make you feel so much better.

Thanks for the advice ladies, not sure why I thought fake tanning was a risk.