Ibook two to three professional spray tans a year – one before Glastonbury, and another couple before an overseas work trip and our annual family holiday. This year, the first was disastrous (I found myself sitting on the grass, scraping off a patchy, scaly tan with the side of a Boots loyalty card), and the second impossible to schedule, so I decided last minute to do it myself.
I was so bowled over by the results with St Tropez’s Express Bronzing Mousse (£33) that I’ll be loth to ever step back in the tanning tent. Never have I known fakery this convincing. Promising a light tan in just one hour, medium in two and deep in three, this incredibly easy to use mousse delivered my desired realistic brown hue, without a tinge of orangeyness, after a couple of hours’ wear (it continues to develop after you’ve showered off) and lasted a whole week without ever turning to a tiger-bread-style crust (experienced self-tanners will understand).
