Oh dear Coni. (Trying not to laugh !!) Can't you just keep topping it up rather than fading it out ? I'm sure you'll be pleased with the results when the colour comes through. I agree that it does take about six days for you to see the benefit of it however regarding the smell , it's a nice , fresh smell and I always thought that it smelled a bit peachy (maybe that's just me) - not like a lot of fake tans which can smell awful. Anyway , recently I was standing in my bank - on one of the busiest days of the year I may add - with my children and I felt good about myself , having spent days building up the colour , exfoliating , using a lovely Dove moisturiser etc and I had a spring in my step ........... until my eldest daughter cuddled in to me and shouted at the top of her voice ' urgh ! Mum your arm stinks ! You smell as bad as my arm did when I got my stookie off !' Talk about instantly deflated ! I hardly think so. She just didn't like the smell of it but she could have phrased it a bit better instead of leaving me to burn with shame. I made it worse by saying quite loudly that it was my fake tan - talk about making things worse by letting everyone know that my nice summer glow was out of a bottle. If anyone's looking for Mrs Stinky , i'll be over in the corner , crying with shame lol !!!