I remember a specific weekend in July. I had a spray tan on Thursday for a wedding. Then, on Saturday, a friend invited me to her pool. I thought, “Brilliant! I’ll just lounge and let the sun ‘set’ the color.” I didn’t even reapply sunscreen properly because I figured the spray tan was like a barrier.
Body Contouring with a Spray Tan - Pure Glow
By Sunday, my shoulders were a tricolore flag. There was a stripe of white where my swimsuit strap had been, a stripe of burnt-orange from the spray, and a stripe of actual red sunburn below. I looked like a human Neapolitan ice cream, and not the delicious kind. I had to explain to my boss on Monday that “the tan was a work in progress.”
So, What Can You Actually Do?
If you want both a spray tan and a real tan, you need to be strategic. Get the real tan first, then a few days later, get a spray tan to even out your natural color. Think of it as a make-up artist touching up your makeup, not a painter redoing the whole wall.
Or, just accept the spray tan for what it is: a temporary, no-commitment party. It’s like a fling with a bronzing god. You enjoy the glow for a week, and then you wash it off. You don’t try to make it your permanent life partner.
