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for the event.
the occasion hub. weddings, holidays, photos, formal.
Tanning for an event is a different sport from weekly maintenance. Timing matters. Shade choice matters. Aftercare matters more than the application itself.
This hub is the event playbook: the 7-day countdown for holidays, the 24-hour rescue for last-minute formal, the wedding-day routine, and the do-not-tan-the-morning-of rules every beauty editor has learned the hard way.
Last reviewed 18 May
- Overnight TanAn overnight tan is a self tan applied before bed, allowed to develop for 6–10 hours during sleep, and rinsed in the morning.
- Flash TanA flash tan is a fast-developing self tan that reaches usable colour in one to three hours instead of the traditional six to eight.
- Spray TanA spray tan is a salon-applied self tan delivered via an airbrush or HVLP gun, depositing an even DHA layer in under fifteen minutes.
- Contour TanContour tanning is the application of a darker shade in shadowed body areas — under the collarbone, between abdominal lines, along the jaw — to enhance natural definition.
- Wash-Off TanA wash-off tan is a temporary cosmetic body bronzer that gives instant colour and washes off in the next shower, without developing into a DHA tan.
- Tan AftercareTan aftercare is the maintenance routine following a developed self tan: daily moisturising, no hot baths, no chlorine, no harsh exfoliants.