Fake tan and Sunscreen

greengirl31

Hi All,
Hoping for some tips here …
I'm heading to Oz in a couple of weeks where the weather, I believe will be around the mid 20's which is just right for me. Now I'm very Pale and I burn easily. I tend to keep pretty much covered and out of the direct sunlight but I also wear high factor. In the past when I'm going on a sun holiday I'll normally get sprayed before hand but this time, I'm not going to bother, I'm just going to go with a bit of the instant stuff on my legs. So my question is this … What order do I put on the fake tan and sun cream - I would presume it'd be tan first - Am I right ??
Thanks in advance

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Honey-ec

Put the tan on a day or two before you go. Sunscreen on when you get up every morning (and reapply as needed during the day, obv), then top your tan up as required after a shower in the evening.

If it starts getting patchy, scrub the whole lot off and start again from scratch.

ETA: this refers to instant tan that wears off rather than washes off. If you get the wash-off stuff it's just going to streak as soon as you try and put the sunscreen on over it.

gingernut125

if you want wash off you could try sun screen and then Sally Hansen air brush legs? I don't know how a lotion would work. you could mix them together? it could be a risk though?

Pythia

http://www.aucourant.ie/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=2020&Category_Code=SS ??

Missy Moo Moo

Clarins do an after sun that has a small amount of tanner in it, you could use that in the evening?

greengirl31

Hmmmm ... I was going to use the R!mmell instant tan - they have a new "water resistant" one. I have the lancome flash bronzer too but I just don't like the smell of it ... Maybe I'll bring both just in case

Thanks

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Honey-ec

Seriously, get yourself into Penneys and get a bottle of the St. Moritz mousse. It's about a fiver and it's literally the best tan I've ever used. You need to apply it with a mitt, but it goes on like a dream, there's no smell off it and it dries really quickly. Put it on before you go to bed and rinse it off in the morning. It also fades really evenly. I love it. I went from Flash Bronzer at €25 a pop, to St. Tropez at €45 a pop, to this. It rocks.

greengirl31

Honey ec - Thank you for the tip anout the Pennys tan - OMG it's great !! I put it on the other night as a trial and it was a bit stinky that night but nothing like any of the others I used and once i had a shower the next morning it was fine. the coverage was great too so I'm a happy camper

Thanks again !!