I am a complete self-tan novice which makes me the best person to recommend products that I (an idiot) am able to use without turning orange. Last year in September I tried my hand at fake tanning and it went HORRID (you can read all about the saga here), It went so bad that only until a few months ago I have been brave enough to give it another go. Since then I have tried out a few different products and have finally found the one which is idiot-proof and gives a pristine "tan". Read on to hear about the ones you need to try and the ones you must avoid at all costs.


 I'm a little on the fence with the one as you can probably tell by the heading. My sister gave me this one upon my return from England (THANKS CHLOE) and originally told me it was a gradual tanner. Well, she accidentally bought the one which is wash off rather than gradual but I decided to give it a go anyway. This applies really nicely and gives a beautiful bronze finish which isn't orange (hooray). It also doesn't have that foul fake tanner odour and smells quite pleasant. Unfortunately as soon as I jumped in the shower it allllll so easily washed off. I mean sure - it is a wash off - but I at least expected it to leave a little tan. So this leaves me with the question..where would you wear it? Because you couldn't wear it to the beach as it would instantly wash off in the ocean. You could potentially wear it on a night out but what if someone spills a drink on you and you're left with an awful dripping mark down your leg? What if it starts raining?? I feel like this tan, although how lovely it is, is a real liability and I would be too concerned of something happening and my legs being left noticeably patchy.

So I'd recommend this to those who are brave and aren't too worried about it washing off easily. Also to those who don't want to commitment of a long lasting tanner. But in my opinion I would much prefer a tan that is going to last!

 SHOUT OUT TO THIS TAN. My sister recommended it to me and it lives up to the hype! This is basically an instant tan which you spray on and blend out. It does develop over a couple of hours and after about six hours i'll wash off the excess and am left with a subtle bronze tan. Before I used it I youtubed how to best apply it and Chloe Morello does an excellent video explaining how to use it and make it last 7+ days, watch it here. I like it because you can choose how much you want to add. It will go on quite light but you can also spray more to deepen it up.

Would recommend this to anymore who is new to tanning or has been scarred from a bad self-tanner *cough* Dove *cough*. I feel like it's definitely the most fool proof!