Fake Tan Friday before Bank Holiday weekend

SUN-starved Brits are lathering themselves in bronzing cream ahead of what has been dubbed Fake Tan Friday.

- DOMINIK LEMANSKI

A whopping 52% of people are likely to douse themselves in tanning products from today in a bid to look like permatanned Love Island stars over the Bank Holiday weekend.

It comes after months of rainy weather left little opportunity to get the real thing.

But Brits are being warned of potential tanning fails, including orange elbows and stained bed sheets.