Holiday Tan

LG26

Hi Ladies

I am just wondering if anyone has ever had a spray tan before they went on Holidays. Heading to Spain next week and don't really want the pasty look so was thinking of getting one.

Just afraid that it may start looking grubby when it's coming off and will look browner going out that I do coming back??

What do you think??

mrs moneypenny

If I was you, I'd stuck with the pasty look for a few days and get your tan naturally.

It's so not a good look when it starts to wear off.

LG26

Hi Mrs Moneypenny

Yeah i was thinking along the same lines as you but thought i might try it. Only thing is I love the pool and id say it would prob make the tan fall off. Hmmm might try the Dove Holiday Cream and see what thats like.

I just hate the pasty/Feckle look for the 1st few days......

shellyboo

If you're going to be in a pool a lot, it will come off really nastily. Go out nice and pale!

mrs moneypenny

LG26 wrote: »

Hi Mrs Moneypenny

Yeah i was thinking along the same lines as you but thought i might try it. Only thing is I love the pool and id say it would prob make the tan fall off. Hmmm might try the Dove Holiday Cream and see what thats like.

I just hate the pasty/Feckle look for the 1st few days......

shellyboo wrote: »

If you're going to be in a pool a lot, it will come off really nastily. Go out nice and pale!

Good advice from shellyboo LG26. What sun screen will you be using? I always use P20 ............ it's come a long way from the early days of staining and you only need to wait 15 minutes before you hit the pool.

It really does work for me and builds up an even tan......... no burning at all.

LG26

I can live without the pool but don't mind the odd dip. Maybe you are right, think i'll give it a miss cause i'd be so afraid that it'd start getting patchy....

God I hate the Irish Skin

LG26

I usually use Factor 30 to start off and maybe towards the end of the week go down to 15. We are only going for a week so thats why I thought it would be nice to have a glow, cause it takes a good 2 weeks for me to get a nice tan. A week is freckles/Sweat - 2 weeks is tan......

mrs moneypenny

LG26 wrote: »

I can live without the pool but don't mind the odd dip. Maybe you are right, think i'll give it a miss cause i'd be so afraid that it'd start getting patchy....

God I hate the Irish Skin

Enjoy your holidays. Where are you off to?:)

LG26

Marbella for a week, so ya see wanted to look a bit glowy beside all the beautiful people of Marbella ha ha

mrs moneypenny

LG26 wrote: »

Marbella for a week, so ya see wanted to look a bit glowy beside all the beautiful people of Marbella ha ha

Well, if you feel the need, you will probably be able to get a spray tan while you're there.;)

pookie82

I would go with a couple of applications of Dove if I were you, the gradual tanner. I've been in your boots and couldn't bear to go abroad with pasty skin (I don't tan at all, so I was facing an entire week of being a pale Mary amongst all the bronzed goddesses on the beach). I found dove much nicer in sticky hot weather and hopping in and out of the pool than heavy duty fake tan. Plus it comes off way easier and evener (is that a word??) and you can top it up during the week some evening with minimal hassle. it's all well and good advising someone to go out totally pale but it can be horrible for the first few days if you're illuminous.

Good luck!!

shellyboo

LG26 wrote: »

Marbella for a week, so ya see wanted to look a bit glowy beside all the beautiful people of Marbella ha ha

The beautiful people of Marbella will be drooling over your porcelain-skinned look. They go nuts for pale!

Tupins

This is also a constant problem for me. I am super white and hate baring my skin in public. The thing is, unlike others, I don't eventually tan - at all

I often use Johnson's holiday skin or similar as it builds up a gradual natural looking colour (hate the tango'd look) so the plan was on my recent holiday I would just use that and lash the sun factor over it to stop burning. Only problem was that the factor I was using was kind of an oil and it stripped the tan off immediately.

So my tip is - if you're planning to use fake tan covered in sun factor, make sure you get a cream rather than an oil and maybe test it out before you go to make sure it doesn't strip the colour. (Also goes for mosquito repellent if you can find one in a cream???)

LG26

I hate sunbeds so thats not an option....think i will go for the Dove, even just for the first 2 days so im not like Casper the Friendly Ghost shimmying down to the pool with my beach towel wrapped around me. My BF is already brown so it makes me look worse LOL.

Would you put the Dove on as a moistureiser in the evening after you've showered??

Tupins

LG26 wrote: »

Would you put the Dove on as a moistureiser in the evening after you've showered??

Yes, have your shower in the evening. Slap on the Dove and it will develop over night. Then the next day you can put your factor over it.

LG26

Hi Tupins

Cool thanks, ok this is probably a really Blonde question (pale skin and blonder, just can't catch a break), but would you use that instead of your after sun. Or do your after sun as normal and then slap on the Dove??

Promise no more stupid questions after this

Aoife9

Tupins wrote: »

Yes, have your shower in the evening. Slap on the Dove and it will develop over night. Then the next day you can put your factor over it.

Yep have to agree just back from Portugal and I used dove and it was great I'm not a big swimmer so it didn't come off in the pool and I felt a bit better in my cossie with tan legs & arms rather than milk bottles:-)

Tupins

ha ha, it's ok - not a stupid question.

Well I would use it instead of after sun, as basically aftersun is simply a moisturiser with maybe cucumber or some other cooling agent in it. Dove is also a moisturiser so would still be good for your skin after the sun.

Just be careful in the sun and don't get burned and you'll be fine

As I say the only thing I did wrong was to use an oil based factor which stripped the colour - I'll know the next time!

LG26

Hi Aoife9

Thanks for that.

Glad to see im not the only one that hates being pale. Ok so gonna invest in that later, think will prob go for the light - medium. what does the colour come out like, would I be safer with light-medium??

Tupins

Aoife9 wrote: »

Yep have to agree just back from Portugal and I used dove and it was great I'm not a big swimmer so it didn't come off in the pool and I felt a bit better in my cossie with tan legs & arms rather than milk bottles:-)

Plus if you swim in the sea it shouldn't come off. It may in the pool alright due to the chlorine.

LG26

Ok Tupins, you've just sold it to me. It's Dove all the way, ladies of Marbella, WAGS, everyone, stand back, LG and her Dove are taking over LOL.....

It's great getting opinions on this because for some reason my BF is not too interested when I talk about it haha

Aoife9

If you are very pale go with light/med I have dark hair and would tan (eventually, takes way longer than a week tho) so I used med/dark and have a trial run before you go like all fake tans go easy around the elbows and knees and exfoliate in the shower before you apply it,
Have a fab holidayxxx

LG26

Hey Aoife

Thanks a mil, will have a go over the next couple of days and let you know how I get on.

Thanks for all the advice xxxx

Pythia

I always get a spray tan before I go out. It's the only way I can have a colour. It does come off from the pool so you just need to exfoliate while out there. You probably will come back less brown, but who really cares?

mrs moneypenny

LG26, how did you get on?