Its been busy since my last blog. Vita Liberata has tanned nearly everyone in London (or at least it feels like it!) The city is glowing with healthy golden skin!
No seriously, today we tanned the beautiful Michelle Rodriguez from Avatar. Gorgeous skin made even more gorgeous by the Vita Liberata hawaii spray tan.
For the last month we have been tanning the contestants at the x factor. You have probably watched the video of Olly Murs on you tube?! It has been the best fun. Really brightens up my Fridays. They are such lovely lovely people. I would have thought that a production of that scale would be full of stressed out, manic individuals, but on the contrary, everyone is so calm and relaxed it is a total pleasure to be there.
And now there are only 3 left. Thankfully Joe survived the ligging around last Friday. At one point he was hanging upside down on an empty clothes rail, with olly threatening to roll him through the double doors. Just for a laugh you understand!!. Boys will be boys and all that!
What I find most amazing is that they really have no concept of just how famous they have become. I mean, they know that they get papped when they go outside etc, but they still really don’t have a feel for how life will be on the other side of the x factor railings.
The most touching thing is how supportive they are of each other. Its almost like the competition part of things is so secondary that they all forget about it till Friday, and then they all worry about each other more than themselves. Quite extraordinary. I think that Danyl’s very gracious words when he departed last sunday, really were from the heart. I also think his singing career is far from over!
So now it is the final week of x factor, and the last time we will be getting the guys naked. Shame. Helena, our celebrity tanner, was really enjoying tanning Olly and Joe! And I think they have been really enjoying getting tanned by Vita Liberata!! to see us on you tube just click straight through from the home page.

It took quite a long time to get from Belfast to the X factor studios in Wembley. About 6 hours in total, and a plane, a train, a tube, a train and a taxi. But boy was it worth it when I got there.! We were there to give everyone but the Twins a lovely natural odorless (of course) tan. We set up in their little green room, and were basically there to tan anyone who wanted (except the twins of course!). The guys are just lovely, and having properly met them all now I will be even more devastated than usual when someone leaves tonight. Joe Mcelderry is just so talented. He sings endlessly in the corridors with a range that must be almost 4 octaves. And always in perfect pitch. He just loved his tan - total transformation. As for Lloyd Daniels, even Simon Cowell said he looked great this week. and its true. He did. The tan made his eyes brighter, his teeth whiter. He really did suddenly grow up and look quite sexy even, in a kind of surfer popstar way. Ollie is such a gentle young man. He wouldn’t take his bracelets off cos he has been wearing them since the start of the competition, so he ended up with tan lines!! yikes!! Holly Willoughby noticed on the xtra factor last night. But anyway, I guess if he had got the tan on holidays it would have been exactly the same. Just added to the reality of it all. Danyl was really sweet, very smart and intelligent and not at all cocky - i just don’t know where that has come from. Honestly. He even sang a song for my daughter Caitlyn on my mobile - she fainted with excitement when she saw it!!. And then of course the wonderful Stacey. Such a lovely, beautiful, funny kind girl. She wanted to be really dark. So we sprayed twice with Hawaii, because I could she had good olive undertones that would tan quite dark anyway. I think she would have tanned twice with Brazil if we had let her!! But didnt she look fabulous? So warm and sexy and grown up. A real star. And I was so delighted with those long bronzed legs. Meanwhile I wonder if John and edward will be looking for a tna again this week when we’re over. I think they would look really good if they were warmed up a bit. don’t you?

It took quite a long time to get from Belfast to the X factor studios in Wembley. About 6 hours in total, and a plane, a train, a tube, a train and a taxi. But boy was it worth it when I got there.! We were there to give everyone but the Twins a lovely natural odorless (of course) tan. We set up in their little green room, and were basically there to tan anyone who wanted (except the twins of course!). The guys are just lovely, and having properly met them all now I will be even more devastated than usual when someone leaves tonight. Joe Mcelderry is just so talented. He sings endlessly in the corridors with a range that must be almost 4 octaves. And always in perfect pitch. He just loved his tan - total transformation. As for Lloyd Daniels, even Simon Cowell said he looked great this week. and its true. He did. The tan made his eyes brighter, his teeth whiter. He really did suddenly grow up and look quite sexy even, in a kind of surfer popstar way. Ollie is such a gentle young man. He wouldn’t take his bracelets off cos he has been wearing them since the start of the competition, so he ended up with tan lines!! yikes!! Holly Willoughby noticed on the xtra factor last night. But anyway, I guess if he had got the tan on holidays it would have been exactly the same. Just added to the reality of it all. Danyl was really sweet, very smart and intelligent and not at all cocky - i just don’t know where that has come from. Honestly. He even sang a song for my daughter Caitlyn on my mobile - she fainted with excitement when she saw it!!. And then of course the wonderful Stacey. Such a lovely, beautiful, funny kind girl. She wanted to be really dark. So we sprayed twice with Hawaii, because I could she had good olive undertones that would tan quite dark anyway. I think she would have tanned twice with Brazil if we had let her!! But didnt she look fabulous? So warm and sexy and grown up. A real star. And I was so delighted with those long bronzed legs. Meanwhile I wonder if John and edward will be looking for a tna again this week when we’re over. I think they would look really good if they were warmed up a bit. don’t you?

It has been so manic these last few days I forgot to post the blog - although of course you know that I am very bad at this whole blogging thing. life just takes over and generally I am a taxi/cook/cleaner/taxi from 5.30 to 10 (and that’s just when i’m not working late) - anyway, this all means that I didnt shout about our latest achievement - we have been shortlisted for the Pure beauty awards. 24ct and Rich. Both of them. How cool is that. Now we just need everyone who loves us to vote for us. so please please vote. You have to do the whole form including our section, or they wont accept it, so i know it is alot to ask.  but please please. here is the link. http://www.purebeauty.co.uk/index.php?page=Pure%20Beauty%20Awards%20Voting%20Form 

thank you thank you thank you all!

well my goodness!. we have been asked to tan up the models for one of the swimwear shows at London fashion week!. How exciting is that. So of course there was mayhem in the office this afternoon. Much squealing, and giggling to start. Then some serious logistics to get sorted. How many girls, what shade of tan, how many spray tan technicians, how much time etc etc. Flights, tubes, hotels. How skinny will the models be? How huge will we all feel as a result? How glad are we that tan makes you look thinner.