But much to surprise, everything changed when I came to Syracuse and the Zoom Tan epidemic hit me like a truck. I used to think that there was no bond stronger than spray tans and dirty Jersey (other than Snooki & JWoww of course). If spotting the worst fake tan the week of prom was a sport, I would have undoubtedly graduated high school as captain of the varsity team. I have seen just about every spray tan in the book. Keep scrolling for the best, expert-approved spray tan tricks.Let me preface this by saying I’m from New Jersey. Tropez skin finishing expert and Blair James, owner/director of Bondi Sands-to find out how to get the best bronze possible every time, no matter what. That's why I enlisted the help of three tanning experts-Alyson Hogg, founder and former CEO of Vita Liberata Sophie Evans, St. Surely I'd made some sort of rookie mistake, and I was fairly certain I wasn't the only one who's inadvertently ruined their faux tan. It was so bad that I ended up scrubbing the crap out of my skin with a loofa, hoping it would all rinse down the drain. I was in love with my new instant tan, but within a few days, I started to get weird splotches along my chest and near my armpits, like it was rubbing off. It was cold, it was bizarre, but damn did I look like a bronzed statue when all was said and done.

For some reason, I thought I'd be able to cover my boobs while a complete stranger spray-painted me, but that pretty much defeats the purpose, so in I went into the booth wearing nothing but a provided paper thong, arms wide open à la Creed, pursing my lips so I didn't come out with tan teeth. The only piece of advice I had picked up prior was to keep my mouth closed, but beyond that, my knowledge of the spray-tanning process was minimal. I got my first-ever spray tan last summer.

Zoom tan spray tan before and after