June 16th, 2009
How do i get the perfect tan?
We are living in age where everyone is obsessed with being tanned and having golden skin and those who are naturally tanned in the Far East have an obsession with being white. We always want what we can’t have. Having returned from travelling around Asia I was fortunate to be blessed with a dusty brown gorgeous tan. However, once back in the UK my tan started to fade and I am now back to my, oh so pale self. I decided to have a spray tan, as I dearly missed being golden brown.
Here are a few tips:
1. Exfoliate, exfoliate, exfoliate! You need silky smooth skin which means you need to shave your legs, but not the night before like I did. (I ended up with streaks down the back of my legs!)
2. Moisturise. Make sure every part of you body has been rubbed down especially in between your toes, and fingers, and around your joints which includes your knees, elbows and ankles.
3. Wear loose clothes. Preferably old clothes if it becomes stained.
4. Don’t panic like I did. I stepped into what looked like a space shuttle, with instructions to close my mouth, stand in various positions like you are doing a stretch to make sure you tan all over and time each turn perfectly to make sure you tan evenly.
5. Make sure you are dry before you put your clothes back on. If you were doing it yourself with a tanning lotion you could use a hair dryer.
6. Wash your hands and bottom of your feet. Or you will look like an orange monster like me!
To be perfectly honest the whole self tanning was an ordeal, so if anyone can think of an easier way to tan please let me know, but until then I will just have to save some money until I can lie on a beach and enjoy the sunshine.