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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Chloe Mac Donnell

New bronze age: fake tan is back, and it won’t turn you orange

Ryan Gosling as Ken in the new Barbie film.
The ‘Ken effect’ could be imminent, seeing more men rushing for fake tan, after Barbie is released in July. Photograph: Entertainment Pictures/Alamy

What do Martha Stewart, Ken in the new Barbie film and generation Z have in common? It turns out that this random assemblage are all fans of fake tanning.

Eighty-one-year-old Stewart says that a spray tan before her debut Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover boosted her confidence. Ryan Gosling, who plays Ken in Barbie, had a personal tanner on set. And experts report that gen Z – conscious of sun damage – are driving sales of fake tan and a boom in new brands.

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