The five types of man tan and what yours really says about you

telegraph.co.uk:

Ben Affleck marrying J.Lo with a glowing visage, Love Island contestants offsetting their golden hues with questionable white trousers and too-tight shirts, David Beckham, Leo DiCaprio and various celebrities uploading their holiday goings-on to Instagram.

The man tan’s got a bad rep – for good reason – thanks to terrible attempts at fakery. No stranger to being a fake, Donald Trump is the nadir in this respect – smears of cakey foundation missing his ears and hairline; take pity on whoever has to wash his shirts.

See also Silvio Berlusconi, 85, marrying his 32-year old bride recently with a creosote visage. But it only takes a glance of tanned-in-a-tux George Clooney to make you think that a touch of fake tanning might be worth a whirl.“I don’t want to look like Ross from Friends,” is what tanning specialist James Read hears most from men, who are scarred by the famous scene where the character turns a deep shade of copper thanks to a fake tanning mishap.

Read – who has helped finesse the skin tones of Richard Madden, Taron Egerton and Ben Affleck – has some advice on men eager to explore a healthier look. “Things changed around five years ago when products became more sophisticated and the language changed from ‘self tanning’ to ‘healthy glow’.” 40 per cent of Read’s sales are from men and they tend to spend more per product than women.