Getting and keeping a holiday tan - best products to use, and advice appreciated.

[SproutsWithLiverAndOnions]

Any advice appreciated, but how do you achieve a decent tan, and keep it?
When I go abroad, I get a decent enough colour, but it fades by the time I get home. A bit annoying when people ask if I actually went away !!!!
I use factor 15 and 20, and 25 when it’s really very hot as I can burn easy.

What can I use to get a medium to deep colour, and keep it?
I have fair skin which has some colour from over the years, but not enough to say it’s a tan.
Any help appreciated. Thank you 💐💐

I used st tropes shower stuff last year, but I don't think it was very good. Hopefully someone will recommend something better!

I know I am going to sound like an old grouch but it isn't a good idea to tan.

I regret tanning in my 20s as I now have many moles and marks which have to be closely monitored and some have been removed & some family member have had malignant melanomas.

I would urge everyone to use high factor all the time and avoid sitting directly in the sun.

Thanks @Heateallthebuns.

Thanks @chewbacca.
I constantly re apply suntan lotion, every couple of hours, so I don’t burn. And I take shelter from the sun regularly, but I appreciate what you are saying 🙂
Better than many years ago when I used a lower factor and got burnt badly.....
To tan safely, I should have said.

i dont think you can extend a holiday tan. It just depends on how quickly your skin renews itself. If you want a year round tan, youre going to have to fake it.

Might have to do that @Branleuse, but I don’t want to look like the Donald....😁

It’s not so much a year round tan I want, it’s more like I want to look like I’ve actually been away.
I ‘ll look at tanning booths then..
Any advice on those?

There isn't anything you can do to extend a tan other than keep tanning. Get a decent fake tan and use it for the first week of your holiday- if you look brown and aren't self-conscious you won't be tempted to take silly risks and roast yourself.

Please don’t look at tanning booths, you said you want to tan safely and there’s nothing she about a tanning booth

Paintbox I think she means for a spray tan!

Ah, a spray tan. Now that’s a different thing entirely to a tanning booth surely?! Spray tans good ime but def after holiday not before, as the chlorine makes it go patchy

Lancaster tan maximizer. One of the originals and the best imo.

Temperature is utterly irrelevant to UV levels - altitude, time of year, latitude, cloud cover. Science 101.

If you want to look like your handbag, go ahead with the tanning. Same name, same effect.

I've been using dove holiday sun and very happy with results when I can be arsed

Some people only have to look at the sun and they're brown. Till Christmas. Other people don't. You're other people. You're never going to be like them. Don't hurt yourself trying to be.

Is lancaster tan maximiser good? Does it have fake tan in?

I don’t think it does. Works for me though, if you start with tanned skin.
www.allbeauty.com/983730-lancaster-tan-maximizer-soothing-moisturizer