Twitter Q&A with James Read

On Monday 1 August we have a treat for you. Tanning Expert James Read will be at ELLE HQ answering all your tanning questions on Twitter from 1pm-2pm BST.

Apart from the entire ELLE team having James on speed dial, he has a host of high-profile celebrity clients including Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey and ELLE cover star Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. James is unofficially known as ‘the hardest working man in the beauty business’ having worked with a long list of brands, from Clarins and Fake Bake to St Tropez and L’Oreal, advising them on tanning launches. James can often be found creating bespoke tans backstage at London fashion Week, as well as jetting off to tan his A-list clientele for starry red carpet events such as The Academy Awards, BAFTAS, Brits and Grammys.

If you ever want to meet the man himself James offers bespoke tans at his salon in the agua spa at the Sanderson Hotel, London. And on top of all that he also finds the time to write for his tanning website: Tantalist.com.

To join the chat, follow @elleuk immediately for updates if you don’t already and poise your fingers just before 1pm BST on Monday 1 August. James will be answering your questions from how to remove old fake tan and finding the write hue, to where to add shimmer and how to get this summer’s seventies tan. Whatever your question he’ll be able to answer it thanks to his encyclopaedic tanning knowledge. See you Monday!