Glorious Skin Month: How to avoid The Eagle

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I love to be tanned. Fake tanned, obviously. Don’t much like real tans at all, as you all well know. But one problem I am faced with is that while I want my body to be bronzed, I want my face and neck to be bright and non-tanned. I even use brightening products on my face to keep it extra white and even-toned, because I wish to have no pigmentation or brown patches there. And it is this conflicting need to a white face and a tanned body that leads to what I call The Eagle: White head; brown body.

It’s a common problem, the Eagle. A lot of my friends and even beauty editors speak of pale face, tanned body syndrome, and I have to say none of us have really figured out the solution. (Spray tans are not included, obviously, because we get lovely all-over colour in one hit. This is more a DIY, day-to-day issue.)

I reckon it’s a lesser of two evils thing. I would much rather have a tanned body than give up a whiter face. So, I either use a tinted bronzer as part of my daily makeup, or I use a foundation that is one shade darker than my skin tone, or I use a gentle gradual tanner on top of my usual (brightening) skin care once a week. Usually Sunday nights, so I start the week with a ‘healthy glow’ and massively white teeth and bright eyes.

Olay has one, Touch of Sun Daily UV Facial Moisturiser SPF 15, which I have used and can certainly recommend. In fact, I think I have even posted about it before. It’s great because it doesn’t stink, it’s lightweight, it does not dry the skin, as some tanners can do, and it offers broad spectrum sun protection.

Do you suffer from The Eagle? How do you counteract the great neck colour line?

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