My tan looks evenly applied and doesn’t look patchy, however it is always ORANGE! What do I do?
I have extremely pale skin, I am usually one of the palest foundation shades (Estee Lauder Double Wear shade 1N1). I don’t have pink/cool undertones, more neutral/warm.
I usually go for a Bondi Sands ultra dark 8hr base tan + their tanning moisturiser, but I recently bought the St Tropez Ultra Violet as I thought a tan that wasn’t green might help, but tbh it’s still orange.
I usually buy either a dark/ultra dark tan, because, obviously, I want to be pretty deeply tanned. However, upon a Google search, apparently this may be why I’m turning orange, as my skin is overloaded with DHA? I just feel like a light/medium tan won’t do anything for me, but maybe I’m wrong as I have never tried one!
Also I don’t think my prepping is the issue, as I said in the title my tan is usually really smooth and not patchy. The only thing I think I may change is that I do apply tanner pretty soon after showering (obvs when completely dry though) as I heard that your pH so soon after showering might be causing the DHA to react weirdly. Any experiences with that?
Any thoughts or advice appreciated, thanks!!