Make-up artist, 18, ends up looking like a ‘walking Dorito’ for two weeks after massive fake tan fail

• Ellena Brice, 18, from Orpington, Greater London tried fake tan for the first time  
• She ordinarily goes to a professional for the fake tan but this time tried it herself 
• Miss Brice labelled the results ‘disgusting’ and says she will never fake tan again 

A make-up artist was left looking like a ‘walking Dorito’ after an epic fake tan fail – and now says she’ll never try the procedure again. 

Ellena Brice, from Orpington, Greater London decided to try administering her own fake tan after feeling glum that the weather had turned cold and dark.

Having never self-tanned before, the 18-year-old decided to take the recommendations of her friends and pick up the darkest shade available.

Thinking it would be as straight forward as they made out, she returned home and smothered herself in the tan before leaving it on for the instructed time and washing it off.

Ellena Brice (right, before administering her own fake tan), from Orpington, Greater London decided to try administering her own fake tan after feeling glum that the weather had turned cold and dark. But the results (left) left her looking like a ‘walking Dorito, she claims

But when she looked in the mirror she was shocked to see herself looking like a ‘walking Dorito’ and immediately tried to exfoliate the remaining tan off her body.

Much to her dismay however, the make-up artist was left with the tan for two weeks and claims she had to wear darker make-up to cover her epic fail.

Miss Brice said: ‘I have always gone to a professional to get my tan done, but because I was feeling down with the cold and dark weather I decided to do it myself.

‘I was so pale and was going out for a meal so wanted something to make me feel a bit better.

‘So I asked my friends advice of what to get and didn’t even think about how the colour would look on me.

‘When I got home I put it all over the place but was shocked with what I saw when I washed the initial layer off.

‘It looked disgusting – it was all in my pores, I had a brown hair upper lip – I was literally a walking Dorito.

‘The worst part was, it took another two weeks for it to completely disappear so I had to wear darker make-up and try not to touch things as I was staining everything.

‘After that incident I’ve decided not to fake tan ever again – I’m just going to accept an admire my English rose skin so I don’t end up looking ridiculous!’

After administering the fake tan, Miss Brice (right, before administering the fake tan) looked in the mirror. But she was shocked to see the results and immediately tried to exfoliate the remaining tan off of her (left, the results of the fake tan)

Despite her best efforts, Miss Brice claims that she couldn’t do anything to get rid of the tan.

She said: ‘I was exfoliating my skin until it bleed but then I was starting to look like a loaf of tiger bread my skin started going crusty.

‘It was more annoying because the next day I was going out.

‘I tried everything to cover it up, but had to settle with just using darker make-up.

‘I told everyone about my mishap with the fake tan and then everyone stopped looking at my skin weird.

‘My friends just thought it was funny and typical of me.

‘But my family and my mum’s friends reactions were worst as they’re older so they were mortified.’

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