When it comes to being influenced by our fellow home influencers, there has been a mass of tricks we've tried from viral trends. From Stacey Solomon's staircase hack to transforming your bras to strapless, what's next, you ask? Well, just a £2 home renovation paint hack that's, er, not what you'd expect.
It's true, influencers on Instagram have been using Velvotan Tanning Mitts to paint their stairway rails and it surprisingly works, leaving a smooth and sleek shine on the bannisters.
Calling it a "lightbulb idea", Ashley Gray ran to Instagram to tell her followers how the nifty paint trick had given her black paint a smooth finish with no streaky brush marks. It makes sense, after all tanning mitts are made to avoid the streaks from home tanning, so why wouldn't it work for painting too?
Plus, it took a "quarter of the time", apparently. Genius.
Upping your house and want to get your hands on the exact tanning mitt so you can get a sleek finish too? The Velvotan tanning mitt is available online right now, and on Amazon for just a mere £2. Here's where to shop it below...
SHOP: The £2 tanning mitt home influencers are using to paint
The exact tanning mitt Ashley Gray used was this classic Velvotan tanning mitt, available on Amazon right now. Here's to streaky-free paint, eh?
In the comments, fans have had a split divide on what they really think of this simple painting hack.
Many have rushed to share their surprise, with one fan saying "Wow didn't expect that 😳 beautiful finish xx" and another commenting "Okay but this is the hack I needed to see today. I love this so much!! I have some doorways that need repainted and this is definitely going to come in handy 🙌🙌".
Others weren't too convinced, with one Instagrammer even saying "😂😂😂😂been painting for 27 years and this is impossible".
But, perhaps the most confused fan didn't even know what they were really watching and asked the influencer: "What is a fake tan mitt?"
Better leave it to the self-tanning people who really know what they're doing...