For those of us using self tanning products to get a tan, I thought it would be useful to share our experiences with the products we've tried and/or share our favorites. This topic often comes up and this could be a great reference thread to help us find products that suits our needs best.
I'll start with the products I've used so far:
Neutrogena medium foam with bronzer
Easy to apply and dries quickly so you can get dressed a few minutes after application. (Hint to avoid streakiness: apply with circular motions). Bronzer gave an immediate nice deep tan color but as all bronzers do, it rinses right off with water. The self tanner left me with a nice light/medium color The color lasted about two days.
Faded nicely
13.99$ / 4 to 5 applications for me.
Neutrogena deep self tanning lotion
I wasn't much impressed with the level of color considering this was labeled as "deep". It looked the same as the results I had gotten from the medium foam. I reapplied the next day and then got a nice result with color. Not orangey and lasted a good 3-4 days. I like this one as it absorbed and dried very quickly letting you get dressed soon after application. For those looking for deeper color, I find 2 applications of this product a few hours apart to work quite well.
Faded nicely
13.99$ / 4 applications for me.
Coppertone deep tanning lotion with vanishing tint
Similar color results as the Neutrogena lotion reviewed above. One application gave a light/medium color, two gave a perfect color. Product goes on well and dries quickly. Bronzer is nice and always helpful with application. Lasted a good 3-4 days.
Faded nicely
8.99$ / 4 to 5 applications.
L'Oreal Sublime Bronze deep gelee
By far, the worst product I've tried so far. First, it is supposedly quick dry.... Bullshit! I have very dry skin, vaseline absorbs in minutes for me. I was very surprised to see that with both tries with this product (light coats), I was left with a weird sticky greasy to the touch over an hour after applications. PJs stuck to me and it was most uncomfortable.
Now if that wasn't bad enough, this product has an uncanny ability to darken dramatically in prone areas EVEN with precautions like applying lots of regular lotions to those areas and then barely apply the tanning product to it. My feet and hands were a mess!
Oh.. but that's not it! This product gave me another nasty surprise! Instead of fading naturally like all the other ones I had tried previously, this one comes off in pretty big patches (2"x2")!!! But of course, them dark mess on my hands and feet are still hanging on strong! A nightmare.
The only good thing this product had going was that 1 thin coat gave a nice color, much deeper than with the others which I needed a second application. It's nowhere near a strong enough point compared to it's awful downsides so I won't even finish what's left of it and won't recommend it.
15.99$ / 4 to 5 applications.
That's it so far for my reviews. I will certainly continue to update as I try new products but it would be absolutely fantastic if you join in and share your experiences or favorites with self tanning products.
Please include, full name of the product, it's color quality and level, how the product fades. Any additional information is most welcome!



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As I said I paniced lol. Anyway it doesnt have a bad small... kinda purty and looks great. We'll see in the morning when I wake up how it turned out. This is my first time trying self tanner so Im expecting somewhat of a mess up.
. I did long sweeping motions all over my body and I look sooo good now. It doesnt smell once its on and I would wait about 10mins before you put clothes on. It dries really fast too. I dont look orangy either.

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