Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen
We thought we’d get some advice from those Skin Care guru’s LookAbFab, who have put together an insight on who wears what… why, because we’re nosey and we want to know! Joan Robertson says:
Celebrity Fans of Xen-Tan – Heidi from the Sugababes, Olsen Twins, Holly Willoughby, Gok Wan, and Mollie King from The Saturdays to name a few. Xen-Tan is one of the new favourite celebrity self tanners. A great product because it gives a lovely instant olive colour and easy to apply an even colour without streaks! A favourite of mine due to the fragrance which is fab compared to those which give off the chemical Dehydroxyactetone chemical fake tan smell. Also contains rich moisturisers, coconut and walnut oil which enable the tan to be long lasting and come off evenly. Most other fake tans dry skin and cause uneven fading. This doesn’t happen with Xen-Tan. The best selling Xen-Tan product – Dark Lotion 236ml.
Mollie King from The Saturdays
Celeb Fans of Bare Escentuals BareMinerals – Catherine-Zeta Jones, Cameron Diaz, Kate Hudson and Natalie Portman…
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Catherine Zeta Jones
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Kate Hudson
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Cheryl Cole
Celebrity Fans of Fake Bake – Cheryl Cole, Sarah Harding and Britney Spears… Fake Bake is holding its own in Celebsville. Deep, dark and long lasting tan giving you a fab colour that definitely won’t turn orange! Was voted the best self-tanning range by the New York Times and that’s why Madonna and J’Lo are using it!
Britney Spears
Joan’s Tips for the Perfect Self Tan
1. Exfoliate thoroughly the whole body. Good way to do this is to rub face & body scrub all over dry skin – almost like giving yourself a dry exfoliation. Then step into the shower and rinse off. I personally like MD Formulations Face & Body Scrub because it doesn’t scratch skin and contains Glycolic Acid which further improves skin cell renewal.
2. If you are prone to dry skin anywhere, exfoliate two nights running or else your tan wont last.
3. Apply a light moisturiser to elbows, knees and feet to stop fake tan ‘gathering on the thickened skin here.
4. PUT DISPOSABLE GLOVES ON NOW!
5. Apply tanning lotion smoothly and evenly over the whole body taking care until you can pull off each glove and smooth excess over hands. Hands can look aged with fake tan and nothing is worse than ‘fake tanned hands’ so only a very light covering over hands and then carefully rinse hands with some lukewarm soapy warm. Great idea if your partner can do the top of your hands and then rinse their own!
6. Tans usually take 6 hours so you choose whether to let skin dry then put clothes on and go out or apply before going to bed and remember sheets will tan too!
7. Shower after 6 hours and then apply a rich moisturising body lotion, great if it has a lustre quality for going out in the evening.
Thank you to Wikipedia for all the personality links.
Thank you to the countless bloggers and news sites for the various images
A huge thanks to Joan and her team at “LookAbFab”