Fake tan is a browning treatment applied rather than earned. Put on fake tan.
The colour comes from a sugar reacting with dead skin, not from a dye. Fake tan fades unevenly because the skin it stained is shed unevenly.
1nounfake tanA browning treatment applied rather than earned.
“The fake tan went streaky round both ankles.”
fake tan is a treatment.
Practised in Beauty & Cosmetics