I don't think the suggestions are about personal hygiene for hygiene sake.. it's personal hygiene for presentation sake - i.e. for the image. And whilst a lot of the above maybe seen as every day preening for you, it's certainly not the case for every model. I think all the tips are worth noting.

Stephanie wrote: ps i am white as a ghost and look awful without fake tan! my tan is usually ok but a bit of tan can make all the difference

You may think you look awful without it, but ask the photographer who has to photoshop the image, how awful you look with it! Just recently, I spent 2 hours photoshopping an image all down to fake tan!! I agree, tan can make all the difference.. fake tan however, is another story completely.

I'll be honest, if a model turned up with fake tan that wasn't evenly applied or that required any rework, I'm at the stage now I'd decline to work with them. it's simply not worth the effort. So it's either natural tan or no tan for me.

Agree 100%. There's something about tan in a bottle that makes it almost impossible to work with in post-processing after a shoot. Besides, there's nothing at all wrong with a pale complexion. In fact I quite like working with it, as it makes an interesting change from the tanned look and is an asset in certain types of images.

So if anyone has a naturally pale complexion, don't try and hide that fact but instead use it as a unique feature!

There's nothing wrong with the tanned look of course, but it's nice to have the option to choose to work with a tanned or pale model depending on what might suit a specific need.

- Thorsten.