Over the decade since I started fake tanning, I’ve tried countless formulas. My love affair began with Garnier’s budget gradual tan, before drugstore favourites Bondi Sands and St Moritz kept me bronzed during university. From mousses to spray tans, the choice has vastly increased in the years since – but there’s one fake tan that I return to week after week: Bare by Vogue’s clear tanning water.
Irish presenter and podcaster Vogue Williams launched her namesake brand in 2019, but its products only landed on the UK high street last year. Its hydration-packed formulas have won the brand a loyal following – myself included. Be it a foam, mist or instant tan, all its bottles prioritise skin-loving ingredients such as oatmeal, chamomile, pomegranate, grapefruit and goji berry. The proof is in the pudding: skin is not only left looking bronzed, but also smoothed, plumped and firmed.
