A 25-year-old woman has shared the experience of how her skin turned green after using a fake tan.

Devon Birkett, a mental health worker from Barrow-in-Furness, said her friends have compared her to ‘Shrek’ and ‘She-Hulk’ ever since she decided to go for a fake tan in hopes of giving her skin a golden glow.

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According to reports, she didn’t take any professional help and decided to apply the cream herself at home. She applied one layer of mousse in the shade ‘Darker than Dark’ on her body and then sat down to watch a murder documentary.

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When she checked herself after two hours, she saw that the freshly-tanned skin had turned khaki. She was horrified to discover that all the areas where she applied the tan had turned ogre-green in colour. Later, when she video called her friends, they laughed and compared her to Shrek.