The best fake tan for your face should guarantee to provide a good year-round glow, without compromising on skin health. Far safer (and faster) than tanning from the sun IRL, the latest fake tanning formulas not only bestow a believable bronzed glow, they also hydrate and nourish skin too (thanks to added ingredients such as hyaluronic acid and vitamin C). Ensure the face is cleansed thoroughly before you start, as most fake tans will work best with a clean base. We used 5 drops on each body part to get a glow and it would be a great product to take on holiday with you to add to your aftersun!

This Natural Bronze Gradual Tanning Moisturiser from Palmer’s is definitely the best-smelling on this list and is very affordable.The brand has much to shout about with its new PURE range - loved by celebs, the vegan and cruelty-free range is their most conscientious yet.

The tan is also filled with skin-loving ingredients, so it's taking care of your skin rather than drying it out. For example, it contains organic rose water and goji berry extract to soften and smooth skin and collagen-boosting ingredients to help reduce the appearance of imperfections and to promote skin elasticity and reduce sagging. With Tancream all of that issue disappears! It is the best and easiest cream I’ve ever applied (and I’ve tried loads of different fake tan products!). It is so silky and the bottle applicator pump is really good quality. The cream goes on really easily and gives a lovely and very natural looking colour almost immediately and there is absolutely no horrible smell that so many fake tan products have. The same tan is available in Medium. This will develop in 3 to 8 hours, so it's a little easier to get the precise colour you're after.Pros: Cooling spritz, can be applied over makeup, natural glow, easy to apply on the go, uplifting scent, skin-boosting ingredients Fake tan can stain sheets if not left to dry - as soon as you see a fake tan mark, apply cold water to the stain to separate the tanner from the fabric. Leave to dry, and wash with warm soapy water if the product recommends. How to remove fake tan stains Vita Liberata is the choice tanning brand for many celeb MUAs, and we love it for its award-winning Body Blur instant body makeup. Even though Body Blur stays on all day and really doesn't budge until you wash it off (which is fabulous if you want to be tanned one day and not the next) sometimes you want a tan that'll stay on your skin all week.

In our experience, gradual tans that apply like a moisturiser are very hit-and-miss. Often, they'll give you a streaky tan or the results will be so subtle that you can barely notice any difference. However, this tan was just intense enough to have an impact but still look natural and there were no streaks or white patches in sight. We used a mitt to be extra safe, and a tanning brush around the knees, feet and elbows. We'd advise reapplying daily to prevent fading and deepen the tan. Mist lovers, you'll be obsessed with this one from St Moriz. We use ours on a regular basis, spritzing it under, over or instead of makeup to give us a healthy, bronzed glow, and it's one of those products that you actually enjoy applying.

Revolution Tanning Water

We applied ours all over the body and face with a mitt, waited around six hours, and were amazed at the results. On top of a flawless tan, the added elfamoist kept us hydrated and we felt as if we didn't need to moisturise our bodies for the next day or so — which is rare after applying tan.

Sometimes, self-tanning doesn't go the way we plan - but it's so simple to remove pesky stains from skin. Whenever we use these body tanning drops, we really feel like we've got our lives together. When we first received this product, we assumed that you'd mix the drops with a moisturiser. But surprisingly, that's not the case. You actually apply it straight to the skin, making this product really unique. This tan promises speedy results with a development time of just one hour, which is ideal if you need to bronze up in a rush. Like a home kit of hair dye, the bottle features a colour chart indicating how dark you’ll go if you leave it for one, two or three hours, but it’s more of a guideline. After applying it on one leg for an hour and another overnight, the hour-long leg had a soft, golden glow, whereas the overnight leg was much deeper in colour. Anything with Bali in the name has got us hooked this summer as we’ll be fake tanning direct from our staycation.It can be a bit fiddly as you need to mix it but applied smoothly with no streaking or strong fake tan smell. Self-tanning products can help you look tanned without exposing your skin to harmful UV rays from the sun - so no, it's not bad for you. Once it’s developed, you wash it off in the shower with just water. After leaving it on for 3 hours, we washed it off and it turned our skin from pale to a natural tan and our friends couldn’t believe that this glow was from a bottle. It’s worth noting too that the PURE range is ethically sourced from recyclable materials, and can continue to be recycled - doing good for the planet, while we’re feeling good about the end results. While fake tanning is better for you than lying in the sun, or a tanning booth, if you have sensitive skin you may wish to use DHA-free products.