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Daily Mirror
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Vogue Williams on how to avoid getting fake tan on sheets with simple hack
Our head of beauty catches up with Vogue Williams to talk all things fake tan... If there's one woman who knows a thing or two about fake tan, it's Vogue Williams. The mum-of-three launched her sunless tanning brand Bare By Vogue in 2019, and it's become something of a sensation. Even those who thought they could never convert to faux bronzing have found a must-have in Vogue's now-expansive tanning collection, largely thanks to her understanding of what consumers really want: a natural-looking glow that doesn't feel sticky, smell, transfer or stain sheets. When I caught up with her, Vogue was full of tips, tricks and candid stories from her tanning life, which is perfect for someone like me, who always seems to be on the brink of a fake tan disaster. And as it turns out, she's been in a similar boat herself. One disastrous bronzing experience (more on this in a mo) turned out to be the spark for her entire business. 'I wanted to create a tan that would fade naturally, that when you put it on you'd look like you'd been on a two-week holiday, and that was really moisturising on your skin," she tells me. Her biggest secret for avoiding orange streaks on your pillowcase– one of my main gripes with fake tan– is also surprisingly simple. 'Use the tanning water,' she says brightly. 'It is like magic. It goes on clear and then develops throughout the day. If I was putting it on, I could wear a white top straight away and it wouldn't come off at all. So it definitely won't go on your sheets.' A quick glance at her Bare by Vogue Clear Tan Water page on Boots tells me everything I need to know about it, with repeat buyers backing up the sheet-preserving claims. When it comes to tanning, timing, as it turns out, is everything. Particularly in the summer. While many of us have been put off applying tan at night during hot, sticky weather, Vogue has it down to a glow-enhancing science. 'I actually prefer to put it on in the morning. I usually wake up quite early, and because it develops quite quickly, in four or five hours, I'll pop it on and just go about my day. By the time it gets too hot, the tan will be done. You'll be cooked.' She mentions how she's also dabbled in the trend of using fake tan for subtle enhancements, after I ask her how she feels about contouring and creating freckles with mousses. 'You've just reminded me of the freckles,' she says. 'I used to do them all the time, and for some reason, I'd forgotten about it.' Her technique involves a tiny paintbrush and a spritz of tanning mist sprayed into the cap. 'I just use tiny bits of that and dab on little freckles.' For contouring, she leans on her Bare by Vogue Face Serum, £26, as a base, before reaching for a deeper shade to add dimension. 'If you're using a medium tan overall, contour with a dark. If you're using a dark, contour with an ultra dark. I'd probably use our tanning brush to blend it in.' When it comes to prepping for a wedding or major event, she goes all in. 'I'll even do some tan removal gel and take all the tan off,' she says. 'Sometimes I put it in my bath because it smells delicious and it really helps lift any leftover colour. Then I'll exfoliate with my glove, shave my legs, do all the bits and pop on my tan. Then I'm good to go.' Despite her expert routine now, Vogue admits her own wedding tan predated the birth of her brand. 'It was pre-Bare by Vogue. What would I have been wearing? I honestly don't know. I don't even remember the names of any other fake tans.' Ever the loyal founder there, Vogue! What she does remember is the moment everything changed. A product she once loved – Vogue is far too classy to say names, unfortunately – suddenly left her skin dry and flaky, a familiar tale for many a tanning devotee. 'It was probably my favourite tan at the time but it really dried my skin out and made me go scaly. Like lizard-y skin. And getting it off was so tough.' Bare by Vogue was designed to offer just the opposite of that. A tan that delivers glow without compromise. 'I'm really obsessed with safe tanning,' she says. 'I just want people to love their skin. You can still have that gorgeous holiday glow without damaging it.' I'll just be off to order the whole product catalogue, then.
Daily Mail
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Vogue Williams flaunts her bronzed figure in her underwear in stunning new photoshoot as she reveals her ultimate fake tanning hacks
Vogue Williams showcased her bronzed physique and toned legs, as she stripped to her underwear for a sizzling new photoshoot for her fake tan brand. The TV presenter, 39, launched Bare By Vogue back in 2019, and has now revealed all her top tanning tips to fans. In an accompanying photos, the mother-of-three posed up a storm at home, first in a white bra and matching underwear that displayed her long legs and flat midriff. Vogue also slipped into a black set in the bathroom, working her best angles to highlight her glowing complexion. While in another stunning shot, she lounged on a plush chaise longue in a summery yellow minidress, that perfectly contrasted against her golden tan. A final snap saw her slipping into a sports bra and leggings for a workout, demonstrating how sweat doesn't even cause her tanning product to budge. The TV presenter, 39, launched Bare By Vogue back in 2019, and has now revealed all her top tanning tips to fans She styled her blonde locks in beachy waves while enhancing her flawless skin with a subtle make-up finish. Giving fans all the details on her fake tanning routine, Vogue admitted to PA: 'I never don't have some kind of tan on. I don't remember the last time I haven't had self-tan on.' However, she confessed that she wasn't always so skilled at getting a natural look, recalling: 'I remember back in the day, when I was 16 going around with just bright orange hands, I used to just put bleach on my hands. 'It came right off but my hands were like sandpaper. That was actually one of my friend's ideas – we didn't have tan remover. [Now] I would never, ever use a home remedy.' But as a working mother of three children with husband Spencer Matthews, she understands that some people don't have the time to get their tanning perfect. She advises: 'I would replace your body moisturiser with a gradual tan, then I'd replace a [face] serum with the tanning serum, because you're going to be [using a] serum anyway. So it's easy to use – that's what I do.' However, Vogue admits that she also employed the help of Spencer and even her children in moments of desperation. She said: 'I got my son to do [my back] and he was five at the time – I was like, this is a new low for me. I don't know how good a job he did, but I had an event the next day. 'I was like, how do I do my own tan on my back? So now I use the [Bare by Vogue hydrating facial mist]. I just can't get my child to do it anymore.' But for don't expect her to do the same for Made in Chelsea star Spencer, as Vogue admits: 'He only uses Ultra Dark. He'll do his whole body. I used to do it for him – and my brother – and I thought, this is actually really hard. Even when I have to do his back, I'm like, yeah, it's too much.' Her biggest tip for self-tanning is to use lots of hand cream on your hands, feet, elbows and knees. She adds: 'Then when you're doing your arms, only use the excess from the mitt to dust over your hands, and then use a tanning brush so you're buffing it all out. 'Don't add more tan to the hand – it doesn't work, I've been there – I've tried it for all of us'. However, though she loves a golden glow, Vogue won't sacrifice sun safety to get a natural tan, and wants to make sure her children follow her example. She says: 'Now I'm literally hiding from the sun […] I can't bear getting burnt.' When it comes to her kids, Theodore, six, Gigi, four, and Otto, two, she advises: 'Always a hat, always factor 50' plus zinc for added protection. 'There's a good hack with kids – Childs Farm has a roll-on sun cream, and if you're doing their face, use a little makeup brush for cream. It makes it easier.' It comes after Vogue made a heartbreaking admission about struggling with disordered eating from the age of 16 in her early modelling days. The broadcaster bravely spoke out about her battle with food on her podcast, as she revealed she got swept up in 'mad' diets and also touched on the societal pressure young girls currently face. Vogue opened up about how the constant barrage of diet and fitness advice led to unhealthy habits that dramatically affected her relationship with food. Speaking on the trending diet and fitness advice on the latest episode of her podcast, My Therapist Ghosted Me with Joanne McNally, she said: 'There's always someone telling you to do something,' 'I always think, train and eat as well as you can - there's no way anyone can eat healthy all the time. But I used to do that bulls**t all the time, and it did make me have disordered eating for a while.' She continued: 'I'd go on these mental diets, like I'd go to this new gym and they'd be like, "You can only eat this" or, "You can't have ketchup". 'Just mad. Since I was 16 there's been that kind of thing of, now you have to do this to look like this. It can be quite full-on, and for younger girls having to look at that s**t, it's a bit of a nightmare.' Vogue enjoys running to stay in shape and eats everything in moderation, telling RTE earlier this year: 'I think I've found a really good balance in my life. I never put up [on social media] what I eat because I wouldn't say I eat really well all the time. I'm just big into eating non-processed food.' She has previously been candid about the pressures she's faced around body image throughout her career, including being subjected to both fat-shaming and skinny-shaming. Before her first pregnancy, she says she was criticised for being 'too big,' which left her feeling under pressure to lose weight despite being in great shape. After giving birth to her first child, Theodore, Vogue faced a fresh wave of trolling accusing her of being 'too thin'. She hit back by publicly sharing her weight to silence the cruel comments. 'I'm 64kg and 5'11... that's where my weight comfortably sits,' she wrote online. During her first pregnancy, Vogue also spoke out about the backlash she received for continuing to exercise - revealing the online abuse was so bad it caused her extreme anxiety and forced her to seek reassurance from her doctor that her baby was healthy. The presenter, who has long championed honest conversations around mental health, has said that managing anxiety has been an ongoing challenge. She says exercise, eating well and cutting back on alcohol are some of the ways she looks after her mental wellbeing. Recently, Vogue sent pulses racing in a skimpy yellow bikini as she confessed in a candid Instagram clip that her new swimwear 'makes it look like she has boobs'. The model flaunted her washboard abs in her scallop two-piece as she continued her family getaway in the Caribbean island of St Barts. In the Story, Vogue made a statement with a pair of large square white sunglasses as she went makeup-free for her post. To finish her beach look, she slicked back her blonde tresses into a side-parted low bun and kept her accessories to a minimum.
