Fake Tan Fix

Okay, if you want a fake tan done well, then go to a salon – there are plenty offers here on 5pm.co.uk Health and Beauty to choose from, after all. But, sometimes, we all do it at home, don’t we?

A few weeks ago, I had a wedding, and decided, as it was spring, to leave the tights in the drawer, and tan my legs. You can guess what happened next. Tan went disastrously wrong – streaks everywhere, an odour of tortilla chips crossed with cooked rice coming from me (strange but true!), and my legs firmly encased once more in tights.

If only I had had a bottle of the Vie At Home Vanishing Act (£10, available online from next Monday), I might have got to bare my legs yet.

This Self Tan Corrector is a new ‘quick-fix’ for self-tan application errors. It claims to fix the marks on palms, fingers, knees and elbows. I gave it a little test yesterday on a specially-applied fake tan patch – there’s no way I’m doing the full body again in a hurry –  and it did lift it, so I expect it would be helpful in some streaky disasters, and definitely on your palms and fingers.

I’ve no idea what it does for your skin, right enough, but it’s a lot better than the *nail polish remover/ depilatory cream/body scrub I was using before the wedding.

*do NOT try this at home!