Women who use fake tan on holiday - help!

[Mollysocks]

I want to use fake tan whilst I’m on holiday (hot country) at the end of Sep but it just doesn’t stay put.

Last time I did this, I put tan on and it looked great but sun lotion just melts it off in patches and combined with sun, sea etc. I ended up applying every evening and washing it off in the morning.

It isn’t how I want to spend my holiday this year but I don’t feel confident without it as I always get comments on my white ‘ghost’ skin. One man on the beach pretended to jokingly stand on me and then said ‘ooh didn’t see you there lol!’ implying I was as white as the sand! Which I am but there’s no need to be such a nob about it tbh.

In the U.K. this tan stays on for weeks so it’s a good tan.

Someone said I should just put it on before I go and then as it fades I’ll get a real tan but I really won’t. If I don’t wear factor 50, I burn, within like 5-10 mins of being in the sun. The only way I tan is if I burn first and I’m not doing that as it’s dangerous.

Does anyone else successfully wear tan that doesn’t need nightly topping up on holiday?

I know I should embrace my natural Celtic skin colour and I am working on that but until then, any tips would be very welcome ☺️ Thank you!

Thank you I will. I bought the Bondi Sands express which I think is a mousse. Also got the exfoliating mitt so will scrub away!

That sounds like my plan, gradual tan moisturiser in place of after sun 🙌🏻

I always get a spray tan (St Tropez) before which gets me through the first 5 days or so. I stay in the shade so don't need so much sun cream - this always ruins fake tan for me. I also stay out of the pool. Sea swimming isn't too bad but pool swimming strips a fake tan within minutes for me. Then I use gradual tan to top up. There is no tanning to be had - agree with the random red patches and back to white. I find it hard when people make those personal comments about pale skin but after a few days and a few wines I care less!

I am natural redhead and I use zhuzh tan accelerator when ever the sun is out its a spray or wipes - it definitely does work. For fake tan the coconut oil skinny tan smells really nice to put on before a holiday . Also cabana Cabana Sun
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do sun protction with tan accelerator for while you"re away . Have a great hol !

I am Irish with dark hair and pure white freckly skin. When I lived in uk and Ireland I fake tanned constantly and spent a fortune on spray tans etc.
Moved to Switzerland 6 years ago and people actually asked me what the orange stuff on my legs was!!! I said it was sunless tanner and they said but it is not a tan it is orange.
i realised I was kidding myself and now I just embrace my pallor. It is SO LIBERATING.

Yes it’s the pool that does it. I prefer the sea anyway, chlorine makes me 🤢 That’s true after a few days I do care less about my white bits. 🙌🏻

How rude! I bet it didn’t look too bad really.

I’m very dark haired too (people ask if it’s real 😑) and very freckly! The good thing about being pale and using fake tan though is that I avoid the sun so don’t look my age 🙌🏻

Thank you I’ll check this out, although I’ve got my holiday tans now I might keep this in mind for future 😁

This happens to me too and what I find helps is:
using oil free body sunscreen - it's the oil that eats the fake tan
Always rinsing in the shower by the pool after I get out to rinse off the chlorine
No hot showers (easy as usually roasting!)
No scrubbi g/rubbing with towels

I usually do two heavy layers before I go two consecutive nights before flight and then only do fake tan once on holiday usually around day 3 or 4.

I have the same problem, I double tan before I go (st tropez dark mousse) tan properly maybe once over there but then use Sunshimmer instant tan to fill in the gaps while I’m sunbathing and dove gradual tan after a shower to ‘top up’

I look a right mess when I’m on the last day of the holiday but this routine leaves me bronzed for a good 5/6 days, it’s worth it as makes me feel so much better ☀️☀️

I'm pale but married to a European that goes a lovely golden shade! Not the best for the skin but better than burning.....I go on the sunbeds the month before to get a base tan and balance it out with the fact I don't burn when there

I’m currently in Turkey.

The trick has been massive exfoliation before the holiday - soak in a bath then exfoliate. Then gradual tan every night after a shower. I’m at the beach everyday, which pretty much exfoliates me each day. So I shower off all the saltwater, sand and sun cream then apply gradual tan. I have been exfoliating a little in the shower, but also a little wary as I don’t think it’s great on slightly sunburnt skin. I’m not really burnt at all but don’t want to aggravate anything.

have fun on holiday!