spray tan!

[lainey lou]

We're taking my Ma and Pa on holiday to Menorca next week (can't wait!) and as my Ma and I are what we like to call "pale and interesting"(!) Ma has insisted we go for a spray tan next Friday - her treat.
Apparently we just have to stand there in paper knickers (attractive) and hold our breath.
God, it's probably gonna be some 18 year old stick thin gorgeous girl spraying all my wobbly bits!
Has anyone else had this done? Is it torture? Is it worth it?

[Newbie]

My sister in law had one before her wedding last year - came out looking like she'd been "tango'd" i'm afraid!

[lainey lou]

OH MY GOD!!!!!

[janeyo]

I haven't had one but do know a lot of people who have. I think the end result depends on 2 things - 1) who good the person applying it is (not really in your control) and 2 what your skin condition is like

I think if you have lots of dry flaky bits ie round knees and ankles and elbows then they will end up a lot more orangey brown that other bits. So the best thing to do it to exfoliate a lot and moisturise a lot esp the dry bits for the few days before you go and you will hopefully end up with an even tan!

janeyo

[Nicos]

Orange and interesting then....that should be a talking point on the beach!!!

Newbie...your poor sister-law - I'd have freaked out at that!

[Newbie]

She did have the sense to try it out a couple of weeks before the wedding so spent the lead up to the wedding exfoliating like mad! I think Janeyo is right, plenty of exfoliating & moisturising until you go for your spray to prevent patchyness & streaks!

[zazen999]

I'm pale and uninteresting; and like it that way.

I can only say 'eek'

[Headfry]

My sis had it done,
Day one - orange
Day two - black tea colour
Day three - pretty good actually
Day four - really good!

good luck!

Don't forget though....this will not protect you from the sun!! take care in the sun!!

[smallblueplanet]

What on earth's in it that turns you orange?

Won't most Brit holiday-makers be a pale colour at the end of May anyway?

[HeyWayne]

Make sure you don't count in Mississippi's!

One episode that had me in stitches....

YouTube - Friends: Ross gets a tan !

[jackie j]

You definatly need to exfoliate before hand My niece also had it done before her wedding and she looked like she had been tangoed !!! Luckily it was a week before the wedding but on her hen weekend she sent her mum a text saying she been tangoed and her mum thought she meant the friends she was travelling home with had pulled a prank, she looked ok on the day.

[Nicos]

Thanks Wayne!

[blue411]

Ive had a number of these done, if you go to a reputable place the person who does the tanning should discuss what colour you would like to be ie 3 weeks in barbados or a week in spain, and discuss you skin type and they would always ask you to exfoliate and moisturise before you attend the salon, in some places they have actually do this for you before hand. Yes if you want a total all over tan, you will be in paper knickers and nothing else, but these people are professional and have seen it ALL before, i would recommend getting it done, ive never had any problems when ive had mine done and bear in mind someone always knows someone who has a horor story, just do you homework before you go, some salons have fully trained and certified staff and some dont.

[kirsty b]

Make sure you don't count in Mississippi's!

One episode that had me in stitches....

YouTube - Friends: Ross gets a tan !

Deffo one of the best for pure cringe factor. Like the teeth whitening one too.
As my natural colour is somewhere between a bottle of milk and pale blue, and colour I get comes from a bottle, Johnsons Holiday Skin is ok as long as you wash your hands after!! Plan on having a spray on before my nuptials next year, and really don't want to be orange either.

[Hans Mum]

i;m just leaving work early for my 'Fake Bake' trial, its not a spray on though, getting married at the end of June and thought id try and cover my mismatched colour due to lottie tan, so will let you know how it turns out....& has janeyo says a lot is in the application and the person has been recommended to us