Sunless Self Tanner Reviews...

UPDATE: THESE THREE REVIEW'S COMING SOON:

{I'M NOT BEING PAID TO REVIEW THESE}
Tanning beds and the sun itself can makes your skin age faster and can give you skin cancer. That's basically why I started sunless tanning. I get the recommended 10 minutes a day in the sun, even during the winter you can use windows for that 10 minutes, or driving in the car (if it's not tinted windows).

 Here's HOW to use sunless lotions:
RECOMMENDED DIRECTIONS:You need to apply it when you have time. I like to do it in the evening so it can dry a couple hours before I go to bed and let it work all night.  So let me give you a quicky re-cap that should help tons! EXFOLIATE in the shower. If you have a pumice scrub for your feet, an exfoliater for your face and scrub your wrists elbows and knees really good etc etc... Even wash your hair...Then dry off pull your hair up, (it's better if your hair is damp, then if the sunless lotion by chance touches your hair it won't soak in-but still avoid hair lines as much as possible). (Don't use anything oily in the shower if you're going to use a spray tan). Dry off completely, not just with a towel...you need to be completely dry!

 Apply a moisturizer to your face/neck. Then take lotion, and slather feet, ankles, knees, elbows, wrists, and hands. You want to be moisturized and rubbed in, not dripping of excess lotion. K, now you first apply sunless lotion to your face-neck-front and back of shoulders and as much of your neck line that will be showing.
Then fervently wash your hands with soap and water and towel dry your hands really good and get in between each finger. Then apply sunless lotion to one leg at a time and use any excess from that leg to massage it into your foot and ankle. Repeat other leg. Then do your arms and rub in excess into your wrists and hands at the end as well.

Then rinse and slightly wash your fingers and inside of palms without splashing. Then towel dry the heck out of them (like you're exfoliating) your fingers and inside of palm and inside of wrist that's touches palms.Now take a little BODY lotion and rub it into your hands and spread it up your arms and back to your hands a bit all around and massage your wrists as well. What you're doing it taking a bit of that sunless lotion and smoothing it into your hands. This helps even your hands and keeps them from being orangey but still not white, while your arms are tan. If you want to be tan for awhile, apply the tanner every 4-7 days...dep

ending on the tan you want.
Now let's talk tanners! All the reviews are by ME. I sacrifice myself so that you can benefit! Nothing's funner than living and learning and making Orangey mistakes right?

RATINGS 1-10

L'Oreal Sublime Bronze

I give it an 8. I LOVE that it's already bronzy with a shimmer, so you can see it when you put it on, and the smell is mild for a tanner. The tan is believable and buildable and lasts.

Victoria's Secret: Beach Sexy Sunkissed Bronze

K, I'm giving this a 7. It's not streaky, it's a believable color, it's a very buildable color, and if you mix it with a lil moisturizer for you face, it's pretty great. It has a bronze shimmer to it so it has an instant bronze. The smell is strong, but it's not a sunless smell, it's a coconut, fruity beachy smell? Which works at covering up the sunless smell. CON: It goes out of season.

Bath and Body Works: Strike Gold Selftan
I'm giving this a 3. It did NOT work for me, it was very very dark and not a great color. I HAVE heard that if you're already dark this looks better, but that it's still not a buildable color because it gets more and more orange. I gave it a three so that if you have dark skin...you could look into it. But I wouldn't recommend for lighter skin tones. I'm not one to waste product so I mixed this with half my cocobutter lotion. Now in between self tanning I can apply some "tinted" lotion to keep me glowing!L'Oreal's:Sublime Bronze ProPerfect Airbrush
I'm giving this a 6. I was impressed with this mist. It was my first spray I tried and I thought I was successful. I sprayed everywhere including my face. I did have to LIGHTLY exfoliate the next morning in certain areas but was happy with the result! I'm giving it a 6 because I dont think it was a great buildable tan color. And didn't stay as long as I would have wished.
Fake Bake's: Instant Air Brush
7 Rating. This product had some pretty great reviews. It's pricey though. When I first sprayed it on I almost had a heart attack because it was like using a spray paint can. I was spraying on brown lines, and I just kept spraying it. It said to apply to the face with a sponge...I just sprayed it tho and then sprayed my arms as well and it never streaked. I wasn't use to being so tan so I had to get use to it, except, the next morning when I showered, the color all went down the drain and I was left with a normal tan. But this product REALLY soaked up on my ankles and feet, so be sure to use an oil free moisturizer on those areas before applying. CON: Strong Sunless smell.

LEFT PHOTO: Day before tan------------------- RIGHT PHOTO: Whoa tan!

(My husband is already naturally that dark and yes, naturally that handsome. 

Love that guy). 

 

ACK!!!>>>

Me on the other hand. I turned into THIS lady:

but it definitely get's the job done.

MOVING ON...

Bella Bronze: Golden Chamomile and Goats Milk self tanner
8. I've tried tinted glow lotions like Jergens etc...and I would put this far and above any tinted lotions. (the barely tinted lotions that dont make you tan but give you a glow, not sunless tanning lotions). I use this on my face with great success. It's a very light tint but darker than any drug store tint lotion that doesn't do squat. I got this for free in beauty kit, but I think it might be a little pricey.


Banana Boats: Summer Color Self Tanning Lotion
I'm giving this an 8.5. I love this! This was the first self tanning lotion I ever used and I still love to get my hands on it. I remember waiting in my doctors office flipping through a SELF magazine and found an article on self tanners. This was ranked at the top. So I bought it and loved it. It's a very believable color. It's a great believable color on my skin, and a great buildable color tone. I get the Medium/Dark instead because it's such a beleivable color and I don't have to build as much.  It stays for days.
UPDATE: I use this with the top LOREAL SUBLIME BRONZE and it's a great half/half mixture that I'm LOVING right now! The Loreal gives a great bronze and the Banana Boat gives a lasting color.

Banana Boats: Summer Color Self Tanning Mist
4. Now this is the spray form of the one above. Spray is faster than lotion, but it also empties your bottle faster.  I would spray it on my face but then I rub it in with my fingers (only on my face do I rub it in). It's a really great color. I'd give it an 7-8, but the scent chokes my insides out. Still a great product if you want to stench the house down and poison your lungs.

I'll post more reviews as I try them! 

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SUMMER!!!

{pics via google}