I remember the feeling now, all these years later: the smugness on my face on the school playground when my friends cooed at my tan. “Oh it’s just moisturiser” I’d say lapping up the compliments, knowing all too well that it was only a half-truth.
Gradual moisturisers were for me, like many others, my introduction to the tanning world. For those just dipping their toe into the wonderful world of faux glow, they’re a midway point between traditional corporal care and the next stage of coating your limbs in questionably-coloured pigmented products.
