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Fake tanning. We love it. | 0:00:06 | 0:00:08 | |
More of us in Wales tan than ever before. | 0:00:09 | 0:00:12 | |
But why do we worship the golden glow? | 0:00:12 | 0:00:15 | |
And could it even be bad for us? | 0:00:15 | 0:00:17 | |
Hayley Pearce wants to find out. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:22 | |
She was the star of TV's The Call Centre | 0:00:22 | 0:00:24 | |
and is now a proud cafe owner. | 0:00:24 | 0:00:27 | |
She's also a self-confessed tanning addict. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:30 | |
Hayley will meet some of Wales's youngest tanners. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:33 | |
Well done, girls. | 0:00:33 | 0:00:35 | |
And the most extreme. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:36 | |
I'd describe myself as orange. Why not? You might as well go for it. | 0:00:36 | 0:00:41 | |
She'll look at some of the most bizarre products | 0:00:41 | 0:00:43 | |
on the market today... | 0:00:43 | 0:00:45 | |
How the hell do these three give you a tan? | 0:00:45 | 0:00:48 | |
..and learn some shocking facts. | 0:00:48 | 0:00:50 | |
You would inject it in the stomach, and it could cause DNA damage. | 0:00:50 | 0:00:54 | |
To see if SHE can survive without a tan, Hayley's going cold turkey, | 0:00:55 | 0:01:00 | |
quitting the tanning salon for a month. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:02 | |
Will she be able to break her tanning habit? | 0:01:03 | 0:01:06 | |
And will she feel like the same Hayley - even without her glow? | 0:01:06 | 0:01:11 | |
My name's Hayley, and I cannot live without a tan. | 0:01:11 | 0:01:14 | |
I'm going to go mad, right, sod it! | 0:01:20 | 0:01:22 | |
Guys! Where's the teabags? | 0:01:22 | 0:01:24 | |
Hayley Pearce, lovable tea lady from BBC Three's The Call Centre. | 0:01:25 | 0:01:31 | |
The show made her a star, her face plastered over billboards | 0:01:31 | 0:01:35 | |
and magazines. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:37 | |
But there's something about that face that's always | 0:01:37 | 0:01:40 | |
the same. | 0:01:40 | 0:01:41 | |
It's always tanned. | 0:01:45 | 0:01:46 | |
Whatever the time of year. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:48 | |
And the other side... | 0:01:52 | 0:01:53 | |
Tanning to me is just part of my life, part of my routine, every day. | 0:01:55 | 0:02:00 | |
It makes me feel just better in myself. | 0:02:01 | 0:02:04 | |
A lot of people don't like the tanned look. | 0:02:06 | 0:02:08 | |
But I don't understand why they say that | 0:02:08 | 0:02:10 | |
because it is a fact everyone looks better with a glow. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:14 | |
Hayley's had a spray tan every week for over 11 years. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:22 | |
I literally do feel ill and pale and sick if I don't have a tan. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:28 | |
I instantly feel like I have to cover up. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:32 | |
But then once I've got my tan on, boy... | 0:02:32 | 0:02:34 | |
I'll wear a boob tube, I'll wear the hot pants, I'll wear anything. | 0:02:34 | 0:02:37 | |
It's just confidence comes out, as soon as I have my tan. | 0:02:37 | 0:02:41 | |
For Hayley, a tanning top-up is essential before any night out. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:47 | |
And tonight, she's hitting town with some of her oldest friends. | 0:02:49 | 0:02:53 | |
Danielle and Jade know Hayley's more than a little smitten | 0:02:55 | 0:02:58 | |
with her spray tan. | 0:02:58 | 0:02:59 | |
I've never seen Hayley without a tan, ever. Have you? | 0:02:59 | 0:03:03 | |
Obviously when we were children, yeah, I have seen her without a tan, | 0:03:03 | 0:03:07 | |
but over the last 13 years, no, I've never seen her without a tan. | 0:03:07 | 0:03:10 | |
If she didn't have a tan she'd probably have a proper tantrum. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:15 | |
That's Hayley. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:16 | |
She's so strong-minded, she just definitely wouldn't go out | 0:03:16 | 0:03:19 | |
without one. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:20 | |
With all of us snapping away 24/7 with our smartphones | 0:03:20 | 0:03:23 | |
and selfie sticks, we never quite know where our photos might end up. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:27 | |
Hayley's determined never to get caught out. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:31 | |
As if you'd ever go without a tan, because this day and age, | 0:03:31 | 0:03:34 | |
everyone's snapping at you, aren't they, on a night out? | 0:03:34 | 0:03:37 | |
Whether it's Snapchat, or Facebook, there's photos everywhere! | 0:03:37 | 0:03:40 | |
Yeah, you don't know...someone's in the background, other people, | 0:03:40 | 0:03:44 | |
you don't know when you're in a picture. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:46 | |
I think it is a big pressure not just on us, | 0:03:46 | 0:03:48 | |
but on everyone in society. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:50 | |
They're pretty certain that tonight | 0:03:50 | 0:03:52 | |
they won't be the only ones putting their glow on show. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:55 | |
Everyone wears tan these days. | 0:03:55 | 0:03:57 | |
You're like the oddball if you go out pale now, though. | 0:03:57 | 0:03:59 | |
It's like, "Oh, my God, you haven't got tan on." | 0:03:59 | 0:04:01 | |
You'd be like, "Look how pale that person is." | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
Even boys, like, they've even had the tans when we used to go out. | 0:04:03 | 0:04:06 | |
Even if some of them don't admit it! We can tell that they've had a tan. | 0:04:06 | 0:04:09 | |
Wind Street, Swansea, and it's a typical Saturday night. | 0:04:21 | 0:04:25 | |
You can actually see how many people have got tan on and considering | 0:04:28 | 0:04:32 | |
we are in the middle of winter, I doubt any of it is actually natural. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:36 | |
Unless they've been to the Bahamas | 0:04:36 | 0:04:37 | |
in the last week or something, but I doubt it! | 0:04:37 | 0:04:40 | |
So it seems Hayley's not the only one. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:44 | |
Loads of us wouldn't dream of going out without a tan. | 0:04:44 | 0:04:48 | |
In fact, around half of all Welsh women have tanned in | 0:04:50 | 0:04:55 | |
the last year alone. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:56 | |
But it's not women who are the fastest-rising tanners. | 0:04:58 | 0:05:01 | |
It's men. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:05 | |
It's mad watching a man have a spray tan. | 0:05:06 | 0:05:09 | |
I've actually never seen a man have a one before. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:11 | |
Jess, you get all the good jobs, eh? | 0:05:14 | 0:05:16 | |
For 32-year old topless waiter Matt Nolan, | 0:05:17 | 0:05:20 | |
a tan's just part of his uniform. | 0:05:20 | 0:05:22 | |
Of which there's very little. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:25 | |
So you're a topless waiter, then. Wow - I bet you love that, do you? | 0:05:28 | 0:05:31 | |
Good job, yeah, not too bad. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:32 | |
I bet, posing in front of all the women and that! | 0:05:32 | 0:05:35 | |
Do you feel you need to have a tan for that job? | 0:05:35 | 0:05:38 | |
-Yes. -Why's that? | 0:05:38 | 0:05:40 | |
It brings out the muscle and makes the body look better. | 0:05:40 | 0:05:44 | |
I'm sure it's better in a show to be tanned than white, | 0:05:44 | 0:05:46 | |
it's just better for the eyes. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:48 | |
You feel better or you think they think it looks better? | 0:05:48 | 0:05:51 | |
Both. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:52 | |
So this isn't your only job, is it, Matt? | 0:05:52 | 0:05:54 | |
No, it's not my only job. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:56 | |
I'm a secondary school teacher. I teach PE and science | 0:05:56 | 0:05:59 | |
and I also run my own personal training business in Swansea. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:02 | |
So do you go into work, then, into school with a tan? | 0:06:02 | 0:06:05 | |
I do go into work with a tan. | 0:06:05 | 0:06:07 | |
Do the kids notice it? | 0:06:07 | 0:06:09 | |
They don't say anything. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:10 | |
They might notice it but I do try washing it off as quick as I can. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:14 | |
Well, the cat's out of the bag now! | 0:06:14 | 0:06:16 | |
-Fair play for having all them jobs! -Cheers! | 0:06:16 | 0:06:18 | |
A few hours later | 0:06:21 | 0:06:23 | |
and Matt's getting down to business at a birthday party. | 0:06:23 | 0:06:25 | |
It's time to work his magic and put his man-tan to the test. | 0:06:30 | 0:06:34 | |
So, girls, what do you all think of Matt's tan, then? | 0:06:36 | 0:06:39 | |
-ALL: -Whoo! | 0:06:39 | 0:06:41 | |
There you go, Matt, they think you're winning there, kid! | 0:06:41 | 0:06:44 | |
Fake tan is one of the fastest-growing sectors | 0:07:05 | 0:07:08 | |
of the beauty business, with sales of over £100 million a year. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:12 | |
But can tanning become a dangerous obsession? | 0:07:13 | 0:07:16 | |
To find out, Hayley's come to Ashcroft House in Cardiff | 0:07:19 | 0:07:23 | |
to meet addiction expert Debbie Griffiths. | 0:07:23 | 0:07:27 | |
-Hi. -Nice to meet you. | 0:07:27 | 0:07:29 | |
So can tanning be an addiction? | 0:07:29 | 0:07:33 | |
If you feel the need to have a tan, it is the same sort of thing that | 0:07:33 | 0:07:40 | |
you would feel if wanted to have a drink of alcohol, if you were an | 0:07:40 | 0:07:43 | |
alcoholic, or if you wanted to source a drug | 0:07:43 | 0:07:47 | |
if you were a drug addict. | 0:07:47 | 0:07:49 | |
And most addicts are sourcing whatever their addiction is | 0:07:49 | 0:07:53 | |
because they're fixing their feelings. | 0:07:53 | 0:07:56 | |
But it certainly is as addictive as any substance. | 0:07:56 | 0:08:01 | |
And that craving for tanning time is all-too-familiar to Hayley. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:07 | |
I do need it in my life. I need a tan, I feel better in myself, | 0:08:08 | 0:08:12 | |
it makes me who I am. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:14 | |
I just don't feel as confident as a person without a tan. | 0:08:14 | 0:08:17 | |
When you look in mirror, do you see someone that's tanned or do | 0:08:17 | 0:08:21 | |
you see someone that's really quite pale and needs to be tanned? | 0:08:21 | 0:08:24 | |
When I have a tan I see myself tanned. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:28 | |
I see a glow and I feel happier in myself and confident. | 0:08:28 | 0:08:31 | |
When I'm pale and I haven't got a tan, I just see a quieter, | 0:08:31 | 0:08:36 | |
more insecure, not as confident person. | 0:08:36 | 0:08:38 | |
The point is, if you yourself don't want to stop there's | 0:08:40 | 0:08:43 | |
no point in trying to treat the addiction. | 0:08:43 | 0:08:46 | |
Because it has to come within. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:47 | |
I actually found that a really interesting meeting. | 0:08:53 | 0:08:55 | |
I was quite shocked that she's actually said that she's seen | 0:08:55 | 0:08:58 | |
people come in with tanning addictions. | 0:08:58 | 0:09:00 | |
The fact that she even compared them with drug and alcohol addictions | 0:09:00 | 0:09:04 | |
as well, that they're kind of the same and they take over your life... | 0:09:04 | 0:09:08 | |
It's...you know, the more I think about it, it is | 0:09:08 | 0:09:11 | |
a really serious matter. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:13 | |
To find out whether she herself is a tanning addict - a "tanorexic" | 0:09:16 | 0:09:21 | |
- Hayley's going to try and go a month without tanning. | 0:09:21 | 0:09:24 | |
It's not going to be easy. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:27 | |
This'll be the first time in 11 years she'll go back to her | 0:09:29 | 0:09:32 | |
natural skin colour. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:34 | |
I am already feeling really anxious about it, I'm not going to lie, | 0:09:35 | 0:09:38 | |
but I am going to go for it, I am going to try. | 0:09:38 | 0:09:40 | |
Going to see if it affects me as a person. | 0:09:40 | 0:09:43 | |
I do love a challenge | 0:09:43 | 0:09:44 | |
but I'm already doubting how long I'm going to last, but we'll see. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:48 | |
With tanorexia on the rise, Hayley wants to find out just how | 0:09:54 | 0:09:58 | |
extreme the addiction can become. | 0:09:58 | 0:10:00 | |
Hiya, you must be Hannah... | 0:10:04 | 0:10:06 | |
21-year-old Hannah Norman is a full-on tanning junkie. | 0:10:06 | 0:10:10 | |
She's even been called Britain's biggest tanorexic. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:13 | |
Wow, so this I where it all happens, then? | 0:10:13 | 0:10:16 | |
It definitely is. | 0:10:16 | 0:10:17 | |
You have a lot of tanning products. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:19 | |
The jewellery sales rep from Cwmbran started tanning | 0:10:19 | 0:10:23 | |
when she was just 11 years old. | 0:10:23 | 0:10:25 | |
So what kind of tan have you got on today? | 0:10:27 | 0:10:29 | |
I've got everything on today. | 0:10:29 | 0:10:32 | |
So I've got my gradual, which is my favourite, I've got my instant, | 0:10:32 | 0:10:38 | |
my shimmer, my bronzer. | 0:10:38 | 0:10:42 | |
And then, over the top then, you know, face bronzer, | 0:10:42 | 0:10:46 | |
I just chuck that on as well, then. | 0:10:46 | 0:10:48 | |
You must get marks on clothes, though? | 0:10:48 | 0:10:50 | |
Hairspray. Chuck hairspray on your hair, on your arms and all | 0:10:50 | 0:10:54 | |
and it's happy days, innit? | 0:10:54 | 0:10:56 | |
-So your skin literally is not breathing at all. -No! | 0:10:56 | 0:11:01 | |
-It's full of fake tan and hairspray. -Yeah. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:03 | |
God, I thought I was bad, but... | 0:11:03 | 0:11:06 | |
Like, no disrespect, | 0:11:06 | 0:11:08 | |
you must stink of tan constantly, then, yeah? | 0:11:08 | 0:11:11 | |
No, well, I think they smell lovely. Like, you know | 0:11:11 | 0:11:14 | |
when they smell like biscuits... | 0:11:14 | 0:11:16 | |
I think, "Ooh, I smell like a bakery." | 0:11:16 | 0:11:18 | |
What do you use to scrub the tan off with? | 0:11:18 | 0:11:20 | |
-Bleach. -You literally actually put bleach on your skin? | 0:11:20 | 0:11:23 | |
I pour bleach on my skin and leave it while my bath is running, | 0:11:23 | 0:11:29 | |
get in the bath, then I scrub. | 0:11:29 | 0:11:32 | |
It don't all come off, but I can start again then. | 0:11:32 | 0:11:35 | |
Wow. | 0:11:35 | 0:11:37 | |
Hannah's addiction's so strong, she tops up morning, evening | 0:11:39 | 0:11:43 | |
and at work, up to five times a day. | 0:11:43 | 0:11:45 | |
But for Hannah, there's no shame in being a tanorexic. | 0:11:48 | 0:11:51 | |
I love being called the most tanned person in Britain, | 0:11:52 | 0:11:55 | |
it's the happiest thing I've ever had in my life. | 0:11:55 | 0:12:00 | |
Some people are really negative towards it. | 0:12:00 | 0:12:03 | |
When you're this colour, you don't expect everybody to think, | 0:12:03 | 0:12:07 | |
"Oh, don't she look nice?" | 0:12:07 | 0:12:09 | |
I expect people to think, "Ah, what does she look like?" | 0:12:09 | 0:12:13 | |
I don't care, I just like me with my tan, | 0:12:13 | 0:12:16 | |
and I'm just so happy with it. I just think why not? | 0:12:16 | 0:12:19 | |
So looking at you now, what colour would you describe yourself as? | 0:12:21 | 0:12:25 | |
I'd describe myself as orange! Why not? | 0:12:25 | 0:12:28 | |
You may as well go for it, I am an orange person. | 0:12:28 | 0:12:32 | |
Do you think I'm a funny colour? | 0:12:32 | 0:12:34 | |
No, you're just not tanned, really, sorry! | 0:12:34 | 0:12:38 | |
So you do like being orange, then? | 0:12:40 | 0:12:42 | |
Yeah, you know, you're walking down the street | 0:12:42 | 0:12:46 | |
and people are looking at you, thinking, "What does she look like?" | 0:12:46 | 0:12:50 | |
You can think either good or bad, but at least you're looking at me. | 0:12:50 | 0:12:53 | |
Hannah might be an extreme tanner, but she's far from the only one | 0:13:03 | 0:13:07 | |
getting her bronzer out of the bottle. | 0:13:07 | 0:13:09 | |
We now know sunbathing and UV rays are bad for us, so more and | 0:13:11 | 0:13:16 | |
more of us in Wales are switching to sun-less tanning to get our fix. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:20 | |
Hayley's among them, and she's come to London to find out why | 0:13:21 | 0:13:25 | |
so many of us want to look like we've just stepped off the beach. | 0:13:25 | 0:13:28 | |
-Hi, I'm Hayley. -Hi, Hayley. | 0:13:32 | 0:13:34 | |
-Welcome to my studio. -Thank you. | 0:13:34 | 0:13:36 | |
Celebrity spray tanner James Harknett | 0:13:36 | 0:13:38 | |
thinks he's got the answer. | 0:13:38 | 0:13:40 | |
If you see someone that you admire and you see them on a red carpet | 0:13:40 | 0:13:43 | |
or presenting something or in a film, or performing, | 0:13:43 | 0:13:46 | |
and they look great, then why wouldn't you want to look like them? | 0:13:46 | 0:13:49 | |
And things like social media, for instance, | 0:13:49 | 0:13:51 | |
we can see in seconds on our phone, | 0:13:51 | 0:13:53 | |
on our tablet, of what someone looks like at an event that day. | 0:13:53 | 0:13:57 | |
And then we can go on a website and we can buy that outfit. | 0:13:57 | 0:13:59 | |
So why wouldn't we buy that look as well, as a whole, with make-up, | 0:13:59 | 0:14:03 | |
with hair and with tan as well? | 0:14:03 | 0:14:06 | |
But it's not easy to create the high-end celebrity look. | 0:14:06 | 0:14:10 | |
Only a true spray tan artist can pull it off. | 0:14:10 | 0:14:13 | |
What we're going to do is define certain areas of the skin, | 0:14:13 | 0:14:15 | |
so contouring. | 0:14:15 | 0:14:17 | |
James has offered to give Hayley a very quick demo to | 0:14:17 | 0:14:20 | |
show off his unique style. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:21 | |
I can look at someone in front of me and it's almost like a blank canvas. | 0:14:25 | 0:14:28 | |
What I like to do is highlight the contours of their body. | 0:14:28 | 0:14:31 | |
People say, "What is contouring?" | 0:14:31 | 0:14:33 | |
It's actually shading different parts of the muscle tone | 0:14:33 | 0:14:36 | |
and the flesh. | 0:14:36 | 0:14:37 | |
I sweep my gun in on the abs, for instance, over the chest, | 0:14:37 | 0:14:40 | |
on top of the arms, and it deepens the colour of those areas | 0:14:40 | 0:14:44 | |
where people immediately feel more toned and athletic and you | 0:14:44 | 0:14:47 | |
feel more confident when you've got this gorgeous bronzed skin. | 0:14:47 | 0:14:50 | |
Unlucky for Hayley, | 0:14:52 | 0:14:53 | |
she's only getting a quick taster - the rest of her body's off limits. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:58 | |
It's strictly cold turkey for the remainder of the month. | 0:14:58 | 0:15:01 | |
Obviously, things do come in and out of fashion all the time. | 0:15:01 | 0:15:04 | |
Do you think the tan look will go out of fashion | 0:15:04 | 0:15:06 | |
and the pale look will come back in, like years ago? | 0:15:06 | 0:15:09 | |
Never, because when you think of colour on people's skin you | 0:15:09 | 0:15:12 | |
think of wellbeing. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:13 | |
You think of healthy, you think of a great lifestyle. | 0:15:13 | 0:15:16 | |
I think there's always going to be people who are like "Oh, no, | 0:15:16 | 0:15:18 | |
"I'd never have a spray tan" because that's not their look. | 0:15:18 | 0:15:21 | |
But there's always going to be a lot of people that like to be brown | 0:15:21 | 0:15:24 | |
and they like to be just an even better version of themselves. | 0:15:24 | 0:15:28 | |
SALSA MUSIC | 0:15:31 | 0:15:32 | |
And if there's one place where dressing up and spraying down's | 0:15:35 | 0:15:39 | |
the key to looking good, it's Strictly Come Dancing. | 0:15:39 | 0:15:42 | |
But has Strictly helped make tanning the norm, whatever your age? | 0:15:44 | 0:15:49 | |
New Cottage Dance Centre in Ystrad Mynach is | 0:15:54 | 0:15:56 | |
the training ground for some of Britain's | 0:15:56 | 0:15:59 | |
most successful young ballroom dancers. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:01 | |
MUSIC PLAYING | 0:16:01 | 0:16:03 | |
Oh, my God, this is awesome! | 0:16:06 | 0:16:07 | |
I love this stuff. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:11 | |
It's a world where the depth of your tan is | 0:16:11 | 0:16:13 | |
almost as important as your dance moves. | 0:16:13 | 0:16:16 | |
Oh, wow. | 0:16:17 | 0:16:19 | |
MUSIC: Thriller by Michael Jackson | 0:16:19 | 0:16:20 | |
LAUGHTER ON MUSIC TRACK | 0:16:27 | 0:16:30 | |
Well done, girls...and boys! Girls and boys. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:41 | |
So, girls, how old were you when you first had a tan? | 0:16:43 | 0:16:46 | |
When I was eight, I started. | 0:16:46 | 0:16:48 | |
Eight! You started having a tan, wow! | 0:16:48 | 0:16:50 | |
Same with me, eight years old. | 0:16:50 | 0:16:52 | |
-I only started this year. -How old are you? | 0:16:52 | 0:16:55 | |
-11. -And Millie? -I was about ten. | 0:16:55 | 0:16:58 | |
Ten. Wow, that's... | 0:16:58 | 0:17:00 | |
I didn't realise that people so young started wearing tan. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:05 | |
Hayley herself was 16 when she first tanned. | 0:17:05 | 0:17:08 | |
A late starter, by dancing standards. | 0:17:08 | 0:17:11 | |
How important is tanning in the dance industry? | 0:17:12 | 0:17:15 | |
Really important, because everyone has it done and, like, | 0:17:15 | 0:17:18 | |
when you go to a comp there's no-one there that's really white. | 0:17:18 | 0:17:21 | |
Surely it doesn't affect your performance if you're wearing tan or not? | 0:17:21 | 0:17:24 | |
Surely you dance exactly the same on stage? | 0:17:24 | 0:17:26 | |
It actually does affect. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:28 | |
Because all eyes are on us and if you're looking around and | 0:17:28 | 0:17:31 | |
if everyone around you has tan on, you're the whitest in the room, | 0:17:31 | 0:17:34 | |
you really feel self-conscious about yourself. | 0:17:34 | 0:17:37 | |
So it would actually affect your performance | 0:17:37 | 0:17:38 | |
if you didn't have a tan on? | 0:17:38 | 0:17:40 | |
-Yeah. -Because you would look really different from everyone else. | 0:17:40 | 0:17:43 | |
Can you ever imagine dancing without a tan? | 0:17:43 | 0:17:46 | |
-No! -No. | 0:17:46 | 0:17:48 | |
The girls' mums understand why. | 0:17:52 | 0:17:56 | |
Would you ever let them go to a show with no tan on? | 0:17:56 | 0:17:59 | |
Absolutely not, no way. | 0:17:59 | 0:18:01 | |
Do you ever get any grief from any other parents, then? | 0:18:01 | 0:18:05 | |
I have, yeah, but I've always told them it's part of her performance. | 0:18:05 | 0:18:08 | |
She wipes it off at the end of the day. | 0:18:08 | 0:18:11 | |
If anybody was to put their child up to be in a pantomime performance, | 0:18:11 | 0:18:14 | |
as such, they would be expected to wear full make-up, | 0:18:14 | 0:18:17 | |
as much as our girls would be expected to full tan, | 0:18:17 | 0:18:20 | |
and it would affect their marks without it. | 0:18:20 | 0:18:22 | |
Back at home, Hayley's trying hard to adjust to her new | 0:18:35 | 0:18:38 | |
tan-less skin tone. | 0:18:38 | 0:18:40 | |
So it's been 15 days now and I haven't had a tan. | 0:18:43 | 0:18:46 | |
Not that I'm counting or anything, but I actually am counting. | 0:18:46 | 0:18:49 | |
It is a big deal for me. I've had a tan every week for years | 0:18:49 | 0:18:53 | |
and I've had to come out of this habit just like that. | 0:18:53 | 0:18:57 | |
It is hard because I feel, like, a stone heavier | 0:18:59 | 0:19:01 | |
and I do feel a stone heavier in myself. | 0:19:01 | 0:19:04 | |
It's been a bit of a nightmare, | 0:19:04 | 0:19:05 | |
had to go out and buy lighter make-up | 0:19:05 | 0:19:07 | |
because obviously my old make-up was too dark. | 0:19:07 | 0:19:10 | |
I keep looking at myself and I'm like, | 0:19:10 | 0:19:13 | |
"Hello, white skin, it's been a while!" | 0:19:13 | 0:19:15 | |
# I see your true colour shining through... # | 0:19:15 | 0:19:19 | |
Hayley might still be craving her regular spray tan, | 0:19:21 | 0:19:24 | |
but across Wales a growing number of us | 0:19:24 | 0:19:27 | |
are getting our tanning fixes from products you can't | 0:19:27 | 0:19:30 | |
find in a salon. | 0:19:30 | 0:19:31 | |
The internet's the new frontier of fakery. | 0:19:33 | 0:19:35 | |
I've actually got five websites up now that's actually selling | 0:19:38 | 0:19:42 | |
jab-a-tan, where you inject, but what I find even more bonkers | 0:19:42 | 0:19:46 | |
is I've never even heard of it before. | 0:19:46 | 0:19:49 | |
I can't believe people do it, it's a nasal spray to tan, | 0:19:49 | 0:19:53 | |
and you actually sniff tan. | 0:19:53 | 0:19:56 | |
What I don't understand is it's legal to actually buy | 0:19:56 | 0:19:59 | |
but it's illegal to sell - what's the sense in that? | 0:19:59 | 0:20:03 | |
It doesn't make sense! | 0:20:03 | 0:20:04 | |
I'm quite intrigued to find out what's actually in the products | 0:20:04 | 0:20:07 | |
and how people use it. | 0:20:07 | 0:20:09 | |
So I'm going to order some today and see what it's all about. | 0:20:09 | 0:20:15 | |
Thousands of people in Wales are now thought to have | 0:20:17 | 0:20:20 | |
injected themselves with a tanning product called Melanotan 2. | 0:20:20 | 0:20:23 | |
Also known as jab-a-tan or Barbie tan, | 0:20:23 | 0:20:26 | |
it's often used when other tanning methods just aren't enough. | 0:20:26 | 0:20:30 | |
Easy to buy on the internet, it's a man-made hormone that | 0:20:30 | 0:20:34 | |
works by increasing levels of the pigment in the skin. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:38 | |
I haven't used it now for four weeks, that's why I'm quite pale. | 0:20:38 | 0:20:41 | |
Hayley's come to meet 26-year-old Fay Griffiths, who, | 0:20:41 | 0:20:45 | |
until recently, was a regular jab-a-tanner. | 0:20:45 | 0:20:47 | |
So how did you actually find them? | 0:20:49 | 0:20:50 | |
I enjoyed the fact that I looked darker and had a healthy glow. | 0:20:50 | 0:20:54 | |
But the negative thing about it was I was feeling sick, | 0:20:54 | 0:20:58 | |
I was coming out in spots, I lost my appetite, I wasn't eating very much. | 0:20:58 | 0:21:03 | |
I just felt quite drained from it. | 0:21:05 | 0:21:07 | |
Trouble is, tanning injections are unregulated, | 0:21:08 | 0:21:11 | |
so there's no knowing what you're putting in your body. | 0:21:11 | 0:21:14 | |
And Fay's not the only person it's made sick. | 0:21:14 | 0:21:17 | |
I've known people that have been rushed into hospital | 0:21:17 | 0:21:20 | |
as they've been ill from using it and I was just | 0:21:20 | 0:21:22 | |
thinking of what affect it's going to have on me in a few years' time. | 0:21:22 | 0:21:26 | |
Didn't really think it would be dangerous at all because | 0:21:26 | 0:21:28 | |
so many people were doing it. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:30 | |
So do you reckon you'll ever go back to using it again? | 0:21:30 | 0:21:33 | |
I don't really want to use them again. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:35 | |
So even though it gives you a healthier look, | 0:21:35 | 0:21:37 | |
you'd say it's not a natural or a healthy thing to do? | 0:21:37 | 0:21:40 | |
No, it's not a healthy thing to do. | 0:21:40 | 0:21:42 | |
I'm glad for her sake she's actually off the tanning jabs. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:47 | |
It's made me realise that having a tan once a week is actually nothing | 0:21:47 | 0:21:51 | |
compared to some people. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:53 | |
They go to extreme lengths to get a tan. | 0:21:53 | 0:21:55 | |
It's just sad that we're all obsessed with getting a tan. | 0:21:56 | 0:21:59 | |
Hayley's now gone three weeks without her spray tan. | 0:22:11 | 0:22:15 | |
Hard at work in her cafe, | 0:22:15 | 0:22:17 | |
her fading skin colour is attracting attention. | 0:22:17 | 0:22:19 | |
-Hello! -Hello, usual for me, please. -OK. | 0:22:22 | 0:22:24 | |
-You're looking pale! -Don't even go there! -Let's have a look. | 0:22:27 | 0:22:30 | |
You're looking ill, babe! Your complexion looks lovely. | 0:22:30 | 0:22:35 | |
It looks really nice, honest. | 0:22:35 | 0:22:37 | |
You'll get used to it. | 0:22:37 | 0:22:39 | |
I'm not going to get used to it, I know I'm not. | 0:22:39 | 0:22:42 | |
It's a change in her look that's really knocked her confidence. | 0:22:42 | 0:22:45 | |
I look in a mirror and I just see ghost. | 0:22:46 | 0:22:48 | |
I'm not used to seeing like a white glow...well, not a glow. | 0:22:48 | 0:22:51 | |
I'm not used to seeing a white face. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:55 | |
I don't know, I'm not used to seeing white fingers. | 0:22:55 | 0:22:57 | |
I keep looking at my hands and going, "Whoa!" They're so white. | 0:22:57 | 0:23:02 | |
And I don't know, I'm really, really feeling it. | 0:23:02 | 0:23:05 | |
A couple of days later, and Hayley's internet tanning order has arrived. | 0:23:19 | 0:23:23 | |
That's all that's in here? | 0:23:25 | 0:23:27 | |
There's no instructions or anything. | 0:23:27 | 0:23:30 | |
So this must be the nasal spray. | 0:23:32 | 0:23:34 | |
Oh, my God, I can't believe that people actually snort tan. | 0:23:36 | 0:23:39 | |
That's bonkers. | 0:23:39 | 0:23:41 | |
Isn't it mad how this... and this - what is it, powder? | 0:23:41 | 0:23:46 | |
And then that... What is that, water, oil? | 0:23:48 | 0:23:50 | |
How the hell do these three give you a tan? | 0:23:50 | 0:23:53 | |
What the hell's in it to give you a tan? Nobody knows. | 0:23:54 | 0:23:58 | |
Could be anything! | 0:23:58 | 0:23:59 | |
To find out, Hayley's taken her sample to a lab in Cardiff. | 0:24:01 | 0:24:05 | |
Toxicologist Dr Kelly Berube is taking a look at it under | 0:24:09 | 0:24:13 | |
the microscope. | 0:24:13 | 0:24:14 | |
I want to show you what the powder looks like. | 0:24:16 | 0:24:18 | |
Now, this is strange. | 0:24:18 | 0:24:20 | |
I was expecting spheres, or fibres, | 0:24:20 | 0:24:22 | |
but certainly not this type of structure. | 0:24:22 | 0:24:25 | |
Never seen something like that. | 0:24:25 | 0:24:27 | |
Never even expect something like that. | 0:24:27 | 0:24:29 | |
Ever. | 0:24:29 | 0:24:30 | |
The man-made chemicals in the powder have baffled Kelly | 0:24:30 | 0:24:33 | |
and further tests have shown her how dangerous it could be. | 0:24:33 | 0:24:37 | |
So we took some of the solution | 0:24:37 | 0:24:39 | |
and we just injected the solution in these lanes here. | 0:24:39 | 0:24:42 | |
And what you're looking for is if there's DNA damage, | 0:24:42 | 0:24:44 | |
the molecule will change and you'll get a matching band up here, | 0:24:44 | 0:24:48 | |
all the way across. | 0:24:48 | 0:24:49 | |
Every dose that I tested has toxicity to cause DNA damage. | 0:24:49 | 0:24:53 | |
So this stuff actually affects people's genes, then? | 0:24:53 | 0:24:56 | |
Oh, yes, in here we have ten doses. | 0:24:56 | 0:24:58 | |
Now, one dose alone can cause 30% DNA damage. That's amazing. | 0:24:58 | 0:25:02 | |
But it didn't come with any instructions, so what would happen | 0:25:02 | 0:25:05 | |
if someone overdosed or used the wrong amount? | 0:25:05 | 0:25:07 | |
What would happen is, if I had the needle here, they would inject it in | 0:25:07 | 0:25:11 | |
the stomach, and through the stomach, the material, the solution, | 0:25:11 | 0:25:14 | |
would pass all through the circulation | 0:25:14 | 0:25:17 | |
and it could cause - DNA damage - | 0:25:17 | 0:25:19 | |
cancer, anywhere. The stomach, the skin, even. And of course the lungs. | 0:25:19 | 0:25:23 | |
But it's not just the illegal tanning products that could be | 0:25:26 | 0:25:29 | |
making us ill. | 0:25:29 | 0:25:31 | |
New research shows that if spray tan's not used properly, | 0:25:31 | 0:25:34 | |
it too could carry health risks. | 0:25:34 | 0:25:37 | |
We have the mannequin, we have the spray pump and either side | 0:25:37 | 0:25:40 | |
we have two filters and they're collecting the surrounding air. | 0:25:40 | 0:25:43 | |
So what I want you to do is give that mannequin a spray tan | 0:25:43 | 0:25:46 | |
and we'll have a look at the filters later. | 0:25:46 | 0:25:49 | |
OK. | 0:25:49 | 0:25:50 | |
SPRAYER WHIRS | 0:25:50 | 0:25:51 | |
The skin-browning chemical in most self-tanning products | 0:25:52 | 0:25:56 | |
is called dihydroxyacetone, or DHA for short. | 0:25:56 | 0:25:59 | |
DHA was originally approved for external use in tanning lotions | 0:26:00 | 0:26:04 | |
40 years ago. | 0:26:04 | 0:26:06 | |
But today, we're no longer just rubbing it onto our skin, | 0:26:06 | 0:26:09 | |
we're spraying it on. | 0:26:09 | 0:26:11 | |
Spray tan manufacturers advise wearing eye, | 0:26:13 | 0:26:15 | |
nose and lip protection when having a spray. | 0:26:15 | 0:26:18 | |
Kelly's tests show what could happen | 0:26:20 | 0:26:22 | |
if you don't follow that advice - without the right protection, | 0:26:22 | 0:26:26 | |
DHA-based spray tans could be a health hazard. | 0:26:26 | 0:26:29 | |
OK, Hayley, the fact that we can see the tanning spray here, | 0:26:32 | 0:26:36 | |
the brown colour, means those particles would be getting | 0:26:36 | 0:26:39 | |
through your nose, into your mouth and into your respiratory system. | 0:26:39 | 0:26:42 | |
And from there it can spread throughout your body. | 0:26:42 | 0:26:45 | |
And that's the issue, with the DHA entering your body that way, and in | 0:26:45 | 0:26:50 | |
the long term there's risk that you may develop cancer in your body. | 0:26:50 | 0:26:54 | |
I'm not saying all spray tans are bad, | 0:26:54 | 0:26:56 | |
it's just the way that you apply them. | 0:26:56 | 0:26:58 | |
So do you actually use any protection? Like a nose clamp? | 0:26:58 | 0:27:01 | |
Something over your lips? | 0:27:01 | 0:27:03 | |
No, I've never used them | 0:27:03 | 0:27:04 | |
and I don't think I know anyone that does even use them. | 0:27:04 | 0:27:07 | |
You need to go to a reputable salon, you need to make sure | 0:27:07 | 0:27:10 | |
that they have ventilation, that you use the personal | 0:27:10 | 0:27:13 | |
protective equipment and that people that are spraying need be | 0:27:13 | 0:27:16 | |
aware themselves, they need to wear their protective equipment as well. | 0:27:16 | 0:27:19 | |
It's a sobering thought for Hayley, who's been tanning without | 0:27:21 | 0:27:24 | |
the recommended protection for over a decade. | 0:27:24 | 0:27:27 | |
Today's been great, I've never been to a lab before, | 0:27:27 | 0:27:29 | |
and I really enjoyed meeting Kelly. She was fab. | 0:27:29 | 0:27:31 | |
But I am shocked to find out, with spray tanning... | 0:27:31 | 0:27:34 | |
I always thought they were fine. | 0:27:34 | 0:27:36 | |
But, actually, we still even have to be careful with them because | 0:27:36 | 0:27:39 | |
there are chemicals in the air and we have got to all take precautions. | 0:27:39 | 0:27:42 | |
It's the end of Hayley's challenge, a whole month without her glow. | 0:27:50 | 0:27:55 | |
Some people are really obsessed with a tan. | 0:27:59 | 0:28:02 | |
Each to their own, everyone's entitled to do what | 0:28:02 | 0:28:04 | |
they want to make them feel happy and unfortunately... | 0:28:04 | 0:28:07 | |
well, I wouldn't say unfortunately, tan does make me happy. | 0:28:07 | 0:28:11 | |
And it's just... it's an insecurity of mine | 0:28:11 | 0:28:13 | |
that I've opened up about now, and from going a month without tan, | 0:28:13 | 0:28:17 | |
I think I weirdly started to accept myself without tan, but | 0:28:17 | 0:28:21 | |
I know deep down I look better and my confidence is there with a tan. | 0:28:21 | 0:28:24 | |
But I have realised less is more. | 0:28:26 | 0:28:29 | |
I'm just going to tone it down and from now on I am going | 0:28:29 | 0:28:31 | |
to have a tan, but just with one layer. | 0:28:31 | 0:28:34 | |
And this time round I'm going in with my goggles... | 0:28:37 | 0:28:41 | |
which is probably going to be, like, "What the hell?" | 0:28:41 | 0:28:44 | |
But, hey, I went to a scientist! | 0:28:44 | 0:28:45 | |
MUSIC: Halo by Beyonce | 0:28:45 | 0:28:47 |