Fake Tan for total Novice.

[Captainbarnacles1101]

I'm off to town to buy a wee skirt and guess I best buy a fake tan too!

I am so crap I can streak the dive stuff so in looking for recommendations for fake tan that's easy for a total novice such
As meself.

Thanks in advance. X

I've just bought the loreal elixir and love it. Says no fake tan smell but that's not strictly true!! I also like the loreal dry mist. No tacky sticky feeling with it and ded easy to apply.

Faek Bake Original.... best there is.

or even Fake Bake!

I like the Soltan bronzer w fake tan and also the Loreal sublime fake tan in medium. I buy new ones every year as I notice they smell worse, the older they get.

Buy a tanning mitt too - no streaks.

Ok I bought the l'oreal one and a MIT. Wish me luck

Dont forget to exfoliate REALLY well.

You may like to use one of the Moisturising Lotions like Dove Summer glow. You can use it daily ( or twice daily) for a few days and the colour build up gradually. Some of the stronger fake tans can go alarmingly dark in a few hours and leave you streaks and all.
You can't really make a mistake with the gentle ones. johnson's Summer glow is nice too.

Is there a cut-off age for fake tan?

Cut off as in too old?

I hope not! Cos I'm 46 and just bought that vita liberata stuff to try before my holiday!

I love fake tan. Tried them all! I'm a natural blue skinned scot with blonde hair but with a bit of fake tan I transform into a Swedish native!! Really like the expensive vita liberata phenomenal 2-3 week tan (I'd say 10 days max!) but at £37.50 it's a treat. Fake bake etc great too but messy. The best cheap one I'd say it St Moriz mousse. Under a fiver. Always, I repeat always moisturise knees, elbows, dry areas and definitely use a spongy mit applicator thingy! I think the applicator glove is the key to fake tanning, years of streaks have taught me this. Good luck!

I'm a recent convert to Cocoa Brown 1 hour tan thingy. Don't mind the garish pink bottle: it's decent stuff. You apply the mousse with a mitt (so you can see what you're doing) and then leave it on for 1, 2 or 3 hours before showering off. You'll get a very light colour after 1 hour and a nice glow after 2. It's very cheap and I was impressed with it - had been vv sceptical but thought what the hey!

I also really like Garnier Summer Body moisturising cream.

I think the most important thing is to not overdo it. If you just give yourself a light Ive been pottering about in the garden tan it looks much better than a I've spent the summer sunbathing in Spain deep orange tan.

I use St. Moriz Instant Self Tanning Mist. It doesn't smell that nice though. I use a light spray every few day and have a light natural tan to my legs with no streaks. I moisturise between applications

this is amazing! Don't be fooled by the name, it is not dark or glowing. Just a lovely, light golden colour.

Rodial light is good, TK Maxx always seem to have it. I'm naturally milky white but I do love a warm glow.

Can anyone recommend a particular mitt?

How was it Captain? Are you stripey?

Dove Summer Glow is as cheap as chips and actually works on my difficult to tan skin. It doesn't smell horrible either.

DON'T DO IT. Is my advice! ;)

Fake Bake wasn't for me. I tan in the sun but am naturally fair, I went from winter fair to positively tangoed in one application. Fine if that's the result you want, I just wanted a healthy glow!

We'll so far it's not streaky. However, I'm naturally pale blue irish skinned and I think it looks a bit odd! Dd (13 so all knowing) and oh think it looks "ok" I wonder if it just needs another coat. On the other hand I did also buy a fab skirt from Whitestuff which I was looking forward to wearing at my mummy's birthday BBQ tonight but I have woken up to pissing rain!!!!!!

Do anyone know if the ones in Primark are any good? More my sort of price range.
Thanks

Dsds both favour Primark or Poundland for their fake tan purchasing. Both tend to look like radioactive wotsits though...
I used to use Dove Summer Glow - the one for normal to dark skin, although I'm actually very fair, and it gave a nice, convincingly natural colour. Lately however, I've gone and had a spray tan at a salon when I've wanted to have a bit of colour because I can't reach all the bits I want tanned!