I'm a serial self-tanner and these are my foolproof methods to protect your bedsheets from fake tan

Close up image of woman's legs while sitting on white bed sheets putting on moisturiser, in a white frame set against a warm beige watercolour-style background .

I used to assign an important role to a specific set of bed sheets and pyjamas: "only to be worn on fake tan nights".

It turns out, though, that the nights I wanted to slather on my best fake tan for mature skin were more frequent than the ones I didn't, and there was only so much staining a bedsheet could take. I needed a different tactic - and on TikTok, tan-stained bedsheets have close to 50 million posts, confirming that I am not alone.