Do you remember QT self tanner?

QT tanner promised a beautiful tan without the risk of a nasty sun burn. No more hours spent baking in the sun dressed in a bikini and baby oil with iodine in it. I bought a bottle, exfoliated after a shower, and slathered it on according to the directions on the bottle. A few hours later I sported a glorious tan right? Nope, I was a bright orange stripey zebra girl, and stripey zebra girl I remained until the stuff blessedly wore off almost two weeks later. Now, some 27 years later, I have again ventured into the world of the sunless tan, figuring nice tan flab is much sexier than fishbelly white flab. *grin* Needless to say, I did NOT purchase QT this time around. I plunked down my $19 and bought a do it at home airbrushed tan kit, which purports to give a nice even tan all around, and to give a natural brown colour instead of QT orange. Because I can't reach the back half of my body easily, my daughter was my partner in tanning escapades, and braved the sight of my ghostly white back half. She fearlessly sprayed away, covering my back, and fixing one drip that ran down from my waist when she got too close with the spray gun. I then finished up my front and used an applicator sponge to apply a thin (and I dearly hope EVEN) coat of the stuff to my face. The active ingredient in this stuff is a sugar--the same one that turns cut apples brown unless they are coated with citric acid. I can vouch for the fact that its a sugar--I feel sticky from head to toe! I am turning brown instead of orange though--my palms are a lovely shade of bronze. I hit them with alcohol as per instructions, but I think I'll need some of the abrasive stuff mechanics use to truly get my palms a normal colour again. I'll have to post an update as to the end result tomorrow. In the meantime, bronze palms are sexy, right?