A young redhead had a hilarious disaster when she caked herself with fake tan - leaving her skin green like Fiona from the Shrek films.

Former equine management student Lilly Vigus, from High Halstow near Rochester, had been bored with her flatmates so decided to have a pamper session.

Hilarious aftermath of Lilly's fake tan disaster. Credit: Lilly Vigus

When the 18-year-old went shopping for her usual, lighter-shade of fake tan, the store had run out of the brand.

But not admitting defeat, she decided to purchase a bottle of St Moriz in the Darker Than Dark shade - the only one left in the shop.

Having slapped on the one-hour fast tan, the petrol station worker went to sleep and awoke to discover that it had turned her green.

She shared a video of the aftermath of the pampering session online and speaking to KentOnline, the teenager has told of the blunder in hilarious detail.

"I was living at Hadlow College and me and all of my flatmates were really bored one night," she said of the incident which happened last year. "We thought we would have a pamper session.

"I had fake tan but the only one I had was the Darker Than Dark. I normally use the dark St Moriz one, but they didn’t have any left so I bought the only one there was.

"It went from one extreme to another. We were just sat there doing nothing and the next minute I was slapping on fake tan, which turned me completely green."

The morning after, Lilly had to go in to the college's canteen looking like Fiona from the Shrek films.

"The entire canteen just stopped and stared then just burst out laughing," she added.

"I had a shower the next morning after I had put it on and the water was completely green.

"The next week, it just continued and the water was orange and green. It wasn’t until after five days of scrubbing that my skin returned to completely being pale and normal."

But Lilly has seen the lighter side of the pampering blunder.

"I wasn’t completely embarrassed and I thought to myself it was quite funny," she said.

"I had to go and muck-out all of the horses at college at seven in the morning, so I didn’t really have a choice whether to hide or not."

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