It is not even possible to pop to the grocery store, heaven forbid a nightclub with out sticking out like a big white sore thumb if you are not fully tanned up to the max!
I have dabbled with sun beds in the past, but with all the media attention on how UV Rays damage your skin, causing premature ageing and even Cancer it has been a fair few years since I have visited the 'Electric Beach'..... My friends are often trying to tempt me with a 'cheeky 6', but to me its just not worth the risk that later in life I could end up resembling Madge from the TV series 'Benidorm'... plus I couldn't be bothered to get undressed, only to have to put my clothes back on again in 6 minutes...!
Then there was the tan that could be applied by hand in a salon, or heaven forbid at home, (I have seen all sorts of disasters from this, and believe that it should come with one of those 'Do not try this at home' labels that are usually shown on TV programmes when someone is about to jump off the side of a cliff without a harness!) where you would lay down while someone would apply a deep brown goo all over your body, and then send you off home looking like an extra from the Chimney Sweep scenes from 'Mary Poppins' to wash it off yourself the next morning - disaster!
So then came Spray Tanning, I have been dubious... my friends, and even my boyfriend have fallen victim.... some looked ok, and some not so ok... (I wont name any names).
Still, I finally succumbed to giving it a go... I was attending Essex Fashion Week and to be honest I felt I was left with no choice. I managed to find Elaine Freeman who works with Trinitia Tanning, she came highly recommended and being the 'official tanners' for Essex Fashion Week.. looking after models as well as celebrity attendees I figured it was a safe bet!
Elaine came to my home, we hit it off straight away... we sat and spoke about myself for a while so she could get a feel of the kind of person I was, and the kind of tan I would be looking for... straight away this struck me as an amazing attribute as I have seen friends herded like cattle through spray tanning machines all coming out looking exactly the same shade... hardly natural!
The whole tanning process only took around 15 minutes, I was placed in a tent and the solution applied by a tanning gun, it was cold but Elaine kept me informed all the way through of what she would be doing next, how to stand and at one point even held my hand to take away any anxiety I may have been feeling about something going terribly wrong, Elaine was more like a tanning professional and therapist rolled into one!
At the end of my spray tanning experience Elaine went through all the after care instructions I should follow and even provided me with a cheeky bottle of moisturiser to use in order to soften the skin and enhance the tan over the next few days.
I was worried that I would have to go into hiding over night before seeing anyone, but an hour later I was walking through town and trying on clothes... it has dried perfectly and I didn't look like an umpa lumpa!
I guess that the tan stayed with me for around a week, but I am pretty sure if I had a better beauty regime I could have dragged it out another couple of days with use of the cream provided.
Trinitia seems to be going from strength to strength and I am constantly seeing tweets about how amazed people are with their tans, including celebs... They have just signed Linzi Peel ex TOWIE star as the 'face' of Trinitia, and I am pretty sure it is all upwards from here! I just hope they don't get too busy to fit me in again...!
Trinitia Tanning's website is http://www.trinitia.co.uk/
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