Fake Tan

[natalie_1982]

My hubby is naturally dark skinned (his mum is Greek), works outdoors and catches the sun easily, already he's got a tan that I'd be proud of at the end of August. This year however, I am not going to be the pasty one in Summer pics and would like to use a decent fake tan, I don't want to look like Dale Winton, just a nice healthy glow but also do not want to use a sunbed.

Anyone use any fake tans they can reccommend, ideally easy to use and not to expensive, though I am considering going to a tanning shop to get that spray wotsit - is it worth spending out in a salon for a fake tan if it doesn't streak and lasts longer?

PS I know this question has been asked before but the ones I looked at were quite old and I thought that there may be newer treatments/ products out now! Ta in advance x

[alijangra]

St Tropez is the best and I have used many. Well worth the money.

[kazzianne]

The Johnsons Holiday Skin body lotion is absolutely fantastic!! Its a moisturiser with some tanning lotion in it.They do one for fair skin and one for med to dark and it looks brill and totally natural!! You could put it on after a bath at 6pm and look a bit tanned by 8pm.And the more you use it you gradually build a colour up.

[Champagne]

Mmmmm� pastie�.

Sorry. Got a bit distracted there.

Personally I think you should stick with your natural colouring. Pale is beautiful too. Plus it�s good to be different. And you can avoid the streakiness that inevitably takes place 2-3 days after application.

[natalie_1982]

I don't mind the paleness so much Champers (hi by the way!) just I personally think that milk bottle legs look awful in a skirt, and I am not hiding my pins away this year!

[Champagne]

Hi Nat! :o)

II don�t think pale legs look awful in a skirt at all. Just pale! You do have to wear them with confidence though. I�ve just gone the other way is all. I used to have an all-year-round tan but for the past few years I�ve preferred my natural milk bottle white! It is personal choice at the end of the day.

[lady_p_gold]

Those new moisturisers are great, Nivea do one too.

[chazza]

I swing between St Tropez mousse and Fake Bake lotion. At the minute I prefer Fake Bake as the colour is more browny and it is almost impossible to streak!

I have used every one under the sun and Fake Bake is the only one I haven't streaked! Put it on before you go to bed (it has the consistency of chocolate spread and doesnt rub in) then sleep in old or dark bedclothes and shower in the morning to get the rest of it and you'll be left with a gorgeous natural streak free colour!

[right2bwhite]

Fake tan and Bily Connolly :
What's the beef with all these dopes and the proliferation of fake tan? Man, it's f***in disgusting.
You see girls with orange blotchy faces and iodine-like streaks up their arms. It has to stop. Back in the day, pale and pasty skin was something to be proud of, it meant you were privelged. If you got to sit inside away from the sun it meant you had cash and didn't have to be out in all weathers scooping potatoes out of the ground. But this fake tan **** has to end. Hayley puts it on and she's pale and freckly so her face is golden brown textured like sun but her neck has more patches than a f***in a pirate in an old sytle quilt (like that?)

[sugarcult]

If you do use fake tan I would recomend St Tropez as its cheaper then Fake Bake and just as good.

And when you have it on exfoliate GENTLY every day so it fades evenly... just quickly in the shower in the morning. I say gently because if you scrub your skin really hard then you will probobly manage to get some of the fake tan off in a place and end up with pale bloches.

And I have really pale skin too (Irish) and I think pale legs look horrible in a skirt too =P but thanks to fake tan people now think I have naturally darker undertones to my kinda pale skin =]