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Fashion & Beauty
Too tan or not too tan?
St Tropez One of the most popular fake tans on the market
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ow here’s one all the Liverpool girls and boys love, fake tan. It makes you feel confident, not only in the night time whilst you’re dancing somewhere in concert square with friends but also throughout the day as you trapes round Liverpool One. There is one major problem that affects us girls and more recently boys who love to slap on that tanning liquid. How much is too much? Streaky legs, orange hands and stained bed sheets are all the consequences of the new phase, but it doesn’t stop there . . . Since the start of reality shows Desperate Scousewives and The Only Way Is Essex, and the rise of metrosexual males such as Mark Wright and Joey Essex it has also become more acceptable for men to dabble in the lotions and potions. The problem that faces the ever growing orange population of the world is toning back the amount you want to apply. Less is definitely more. Heterosexual males have succumbed to the new craze and the managers of the Welsh national rugby team have even gone as far as banning stars such as Gavin Henson from wearing fake tan as in an attempt to make them concentrate on the game
In this increasingly vain society Trending reporters Cathryn Gregory & Sophie Spencer ask is it really acceptable for men to wear fake tan and just how much is too much? instead of their image. Warren Tunstall, 20, from Prenton, said: “I wear a few layers of fake tan if I’m going out, it makes me look so much healthier. “I’m not ashamed or embarrassed about admitting it either, there’s nothing wrong with men who look after themselves.” Lewis Taylor, 22, from Speke, added: “I suppose it’s okay for lads to wear it as long as they don’t go overboard, but I wouldn’t wear it myself,” The next one up in the firing line is ... the smell. There’s no easy way to say it, but, the smell is one we have to deal with. Unless you take the option the majority of us take and spray gallons and gallons of perfume, you’ll just have to deal with it. And wash your bedding. There’s nothing worse than climbing into bed after a long hard day of working or being drunk after a night out and having the whole bed stink of tan, including the pillow. With a year-long summer
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glow more desirable than ever health conscious women have turned their backs on sunbeds and are now experimenting with the distinctively biscuity smelling bottles of fake tan. Now we’re not saying every scouser commits the crime of applying too much. It’s very rare to go round Liverpool and not see girls and boys with sun kissed bodies but sometimes you go out and see people caked in it. However, not everyone is convinced by the new craze of men joining in the trend, Jay McCarthy, 25, from the city centre, added: “Men shouldn’t wear fake tan, I mean its personal preference but I definitely don’t care enough to be bothered with it. “It looks unnatural and I think it should stay as a female thing.” Nothing can beat a real tan but brands such as St Tropez certainly have a good crack at selling the sun in a bottle. As one of the leading selftanning products in the UK, it sells three bottles of bronzing mousse a minute around the world. Some people are never happy. A little tan rubbed in correctly or a sleep in lotion that gradually fades throughout the week is the best way to go whether you’re a girl or a boy. So take our advice, less fake tan is more, honestly. #