How Do People In Your Area Get Ready For A Date?

London

Londoners are twice as likely to hit the gym before a date, 69% more likely to research a date online, and 85% more likely to listen a motivational song

Midlands

Twice as likely to get their teeth whitened, but also 5% more likely to skip taking a pre-date shower (almost 1 in 5 don't)

South West

Britain's most hygienic daters - 90% shower before they head out and 13% of women will call a friend for a pep talk before a date

Northern Ireland

Twice as likely to go for a wax in preparation for a date and 15% say that they prepare conversation topics in advance of a date

North West

95% more likely to go for a sunbed or apply fake tan ahead of a date, 8% say that they do no preparation at all (higher than anywhere else), and just 72% of men will shave before a date, the lowest in the UK

North East

40% more likely to have a swift drink before a first date and over 90% more likely to get their hair done. Plus, half of all Geordie girls will get a haircut, 38% would go out without shaving their legs (the highest in the UK) while men are twice as likely to go for a spray tan or sunbed than women

Wales

More than 20% opt for a tipple before a date to calm their nerves (second only to Geordies). Welsh women are 12% more likely to shave their legs, and men are most likely to get their hair done

Yorkshire

Yorkshire daters are 65% more likely to don an item of lucky clothing, such as lucky underwear, 10% of women say that it takes them between 2 and 3 hours to get ready. Almost half the Yorkshiremen (46%) said they spruced up in under half an hour

South East

57% in the South East will try to arrange a second date when still on a first date if they like the person. Almost a quarter (23%) of females opt for a drop of Dutch courage

Scotland

Scottish lasses spend an average of 59 minutes each preparing. Scots are less likely than any other region to go to the gym before a big date

East

64% of women in the East take more than 45 minutes ensuring they look their best for their date. And those in the East are second only to the North West in their love of a pre-date tan