Help!! Fake tan disaster!!!

itsallaboutme!!

Hi all I really need some ideas!!!

I applied my fake tan last night as normal but today my hands have turned out a disaster and I really need to get it off or to fade at least ASAP as i have a wedding party to go to tonight!!

any suggestions that work would be grately appreciated!!!!!:eek::eek:

OldGoat

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Sorry, it's all I can think off offhand. (No pun intended)

Vinta81

Wash them? Good ole scrub in the shower over the hand basin should do the trick and then when they're back to their normal shade get some rimmel sun shimmer or something or foundation? :pac: and rub it on the tops of you hand to maintain colour? lol

mecanoman

Other half has a few of theses "tantastic accidents" she swears by
baby wipes! Get a packet and it'll have you looking your regular self
in no time.

Fajitas!

If it's really bad, wash in hot water and scrub, dry, then scrub with lemon juice and sugar.

If you're really stuck, use hydrogen peroxide... but it's going to wreak havoc on your skin.

Either ways, moisturise after with baby wipes.

That'll get everything from fake tan to industrial facepaint out.

tierney2

Some chemists have fake tan removal wipes.. try Boots.. I got some in Swords last year.. lemon juice also recommended.

abrr1000

Kitchen cleaner is usually good for getting it off hands!!

ams

yeah Im ashamed to admit Ive used bleach before. Maybe try washing a garment by hand - my Mam always recommends that for getting off stains off your hands.

itsallaboutme!!

thanks for the suggestions guys lemon juice with sugar or salt has come up a few times will try that.been sitting with my hands in nail polish remover and been scrubbing with exfoliating gloves for the last while and had to give that up as its starting to burn a bit now!!!although it has faded a small bit!!

gonna give it a while now and them try the lemon juice!!!;)

Pipsie Pie

St Tropez do a tan remover Its a bluey green sparkly scrub. Bit pricey but it works!

pookie82

To be honest the lemon juice and tan remover solutions are grand if you want totally white hands, but I'm guessing, as you've applied tan all over, that you don't want them to be stripped completely. Pale hands and dark arms will look as bad as tangoed hands.

Get a rough face cloth, lather it in shower gel, fill the sink with water and gently bathe and scrub them for an hour or so. It should get the excess off without returning them to their pre-tan colour, which won't match your arms.

itsallaboutme!!

thanks again for all the suggestions guys!

As some of ye have said i didnt really want it to all come off as then it would just looke like i had white gloves on:D a friend suggested i try rubbing bicarbonate of soda mixed with water on it and i have to say it worked a treat! rubbed it on with an exfoliating glove and it faded almost imediately! its still not perfect but its alot better than it was and will do now as i dont think my hands can take any more scrubbing!!! gonnd lash the hand cream on for the day and hoe the rawness goes down!!!!:o