Urban Junkies London
Monday, March 3 2003
Spray bye-bye to that Winter Pallor
Aspire to that George Hamilton glow. Or not. Photo: Wayne Williams 1982
Fed up with looking like you've never seen the sun? Like, so over the geek chic no tan policy? Always talking about emigrating but can't afford the airfare?

Well, stop talking and simply get your pale ass down to Golden Glow for that "I've just come back from Daddy's house on Mustique" tan.

This year's Spit-Lit, Spitfields' Literary Festival, coincides with the International Women's Week and marks it with a series of special events. Tonight gear up for a night of prose, poetry and song as some of the best black women writers stage Herstories: From Africa and beyond. £6. 8:30pm Upstairs at the Spitz, 109 Commercial St, E1.
 

Deep in the heart of Mayfair, on Avery Row, sits this new shrine for the Fake Tanners and Sun Bed Queens of our fair city! In a mere 60 seconds you can now change from oh-so-white to oh-so-right as you stand naked in a large shower. Intrigued? Read on...

Upon arrival you are shown into the spraying area, talked through the steps and then left to get on with it: Get naked, cover your hair with a shower cap and put a sort of sun block on your hands and feet to protect you from getting scary "I smoke 80 fags a day" orange fingers which is never a great look (anyone au fait with fake tan will know exactly what I'm talking about!).

Then you jump in and press Go. Assume a sort of ballerina pose for the front and back and then a Charlie's Angels stance for either side.

Et voilà - 60 seconds later you're as tanned as a member of the cast of Friends! Before you can get dressed you have to take the cream off your hands and also rub your body down with a towel as the spray gets caught on the hairs so this evens it out, but boy oh boy do I glow?!

They also give you a sticker to place strategically on your body so that you can do a Before and After colour comparison and oh dear, I am dreading this washing off.

Gone are the days of streaky self tans and baking your body in a sunbed, you can be in and out of this place in about 10 minutes and from £30 it could be a great way to start off a holiday or at least look like you've just been on holiday!

For more details visit www.goldenglowbyjeanpaul.co.uk or call 0800 783 0056 to find your nearest salon

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What happens when you hand a disposable camera to a woman and ask her to portrait her life over 14 days? Much more than fuzzy snaps as evidenced by the Wozo Mama exhibition at the Dash Gallery. Free. 10am-5pm Mon-Friday. Jack Dash House, 2 Lawn House Close, Marsh Wall, E14.

Forgot what it felt like to be in the nut house? Iain Forsythe and Jane Pollard re-enact The Cramps' legendary Napa Mental Institute performance and webcast the ordeal live from the ICA tonight at 8pm. £5. The Mall, SW1.
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