PSA: bug spray
I recently went to Costa Rica and had a beautiful spray tan by my favorite artist in town. Costa Rica is the rain forest and bugs like to bite me so I covered myself in deet based bug spray any chance I got, which was a lot. On like day 2 I started wondering why my spray tan looked so bad. It was coming off in heaps which is definitely not how it normally behaves. I just thought it was a bad spray tan and was contemplating my love for spray tans. But then a quick google search told me my bug spray had been breaking down the DHA and making my tan splotchy. So sad! Anyway, Google suggested spraying on your clothes and not directly on your skin. Or doing the spritz and walk through method. I’ve been spray tanning for many years and had no idea this could happen so I thought I’d share!