Best sunless tanning lotion please?

[Belle1981]

Regarding Mystic Tan it does work great! but the smell does not go away for days! As much as you shower (which washes the tan away faster) you will have that smell on you. I can't describe it its not totally awful but it is not good either! With Mystic you also have to be careful with the blocker cream as the hands get much darker if you are not careful! (Trust me I had hands that did not match my body!)

 

[luna99]

woohoo! I just ordered the 4 piece bronzed babe bare escentuals collection!! Wow, QVC is cool cause you can actually watch it live on the net.. so I was watching it at work! haha.. and read all the reviews and saw them put it on the models and decided I'd give it a try...

yay! I'm excited. I love looking nice and tan. thanks for telling us all about this product!

 

[luna99]

I wanted to tell abeyst and everyone else here thank you so much for all your help! I ordered the faux tan on QVC and have gotten it in .. I put some of the faux tan on my left arm and it really does get you dark quick! I love it but haven't really experimented yet with mixing it with lotions or putting it on my legs or anything else yet... but I can tell just from using it on my arm that it's going to work out well..

also, the QVC order came with some bronzing powder called "a touch of sun" and I am in love with the stuff. I've been using it everyday on my face and it just makes me look like I spent a little time in the sun and have a little bit of a glow, but not a full fledged tan or anything. sooooo great!

thanks again everyone! I'll probably try using the faux tan on my arms and legs and chest soon and see how it turns out! hooray for safe tanning!

 

[abeyst]

That's great news! I'm so happy you like it!!

I haven't gotten my kit yet (I didn't mail my payment in til a few days ago), but I'm excited to try the face color now that you said how much you like it.

Feel free to PM me if you need any more info!!

 

[luna99]

That's great news! I'm so happy you like it!!

I haven't gotten my kit yet (I didn't mail my payment in til a few days ago), but I'm excited to try the face color now that you said how much you like it.

Feel free to PM me if you need any more info!!

ooh, let me know how you like the face color when you try it! we're going to be bronze babes!

 

[LOUISEANDANDREW]

As i have previosly posted, i am always experimenting with different self tans, especially with my typical english skin ( i absolutely hate!) Are spray tans popular in florida, does anyone know? Ikeep hearing about mystic tan, but i'm not sure whether this is a spray booth or not? i like the thought of keeping my tan topped up (fake style), and think it might be easier than applying st tropez. Anyone got any suggestions?

 

[iggbees]

i got my faux tan too. i put it on on friday night and woke up with orangy knees. that always happens to me when i use faux tanner. i mix it in with a lot of lotion though now. the smell is nice at first, but like all fake tanners, it stinks later on, although, it's not as bad as some of the ones i've tried. at least my legs look a little tanner. i think i just need to learn how to use it properly. any other helpful hints?

 

[lpizzuro123]

I just purchased the Faux Tan on QVC also. I was just clicking through the channels the other night and it came on so I decided to give it a try. I really do like it. I used it Saturday morning as we had two birthday parties on Saturday (one in the afternoon and one in the evening). After doing my legs I decided to wear a skirt instead of pants.

I loved the smell and it really leaves me feeling smooth. It definately has a more "brown" look than "orange". I was very careful around my knees and elbows - although I do need to touch up around my ankles.

I did use it on my face - but very lightly. What a great idea to mix it with reguar face cream. I will try that next. I did have a hard time getting it off my hands on Saturday but by Sunday they looked fine.

Linda

 

[luna99]

I'm kinda nervous to use it on my face but I guess I'll try it eventually.

in about three weeks I'm going to an outdoor hippie music festival and I'll really use it then and see if I can pass it off as a real tan! huzzah!

 

[Maggimus]

Ive done the Mystic Tan as well-- and while I did not come out looking blotchy or orange-- and was very very satisfied with my results-- I did smell like the spray. They say not to shower for x amount of time... and If you go at night you basically have to sleep smelling like that. Everything Belle said is true to what I would say-- the more you shower the more it comes off-- so maybe just buy some extra smelly lotion and go wild with it! As for the results-- I really liked the spray tanning method!

Mystic tan is tanning in a spray booth

 

[soontobebride]

oil of olay have just brought out a body tanning cream which is fabulous, it doesn't streak and is really easy to use.

 

[abeyst]

i got my faux tan too. i put it on on friday night and woke up with orangy knees. that always happens to me when i use faux tanner. i mix it in with a lot of lotion though now. the smell is nice at first, but like all fake tanners, it stinks later on, although, it's not as bad as some of the ones i've tried. at least my legs look a little tanner. i think i just need to learn how to use it properly. any other helpful hints?

I don't think it smells bad after awhile-or maybe I just never noticed it past my body splash and perfume!! (I find that Warm Vanilla Sugar from Bath & Body Works blends well with the smell of the Faux Tan).

I still have some trouble with knees and ankles. I find that it sucks in faster in the spots that are the driest - knees, ankles and elbows!! Sometimes in the winter I have that problem around my knuckles, too. I exfoliate a lot, and moisturize the heck out of those spots. What helps the most is 2 things: I'll apply the lotion to my legs in 2 phases - lower half and upper half. When I do the bottom half, I put a layer on from just above the ankle to just below the knee and I don't rub it all in - I let it sit there for a minute (to let some of the color soak in a little longer). This will also let some of the lotion soak in. Then I'll rub it in to even out the color and I'll smear a thin layer of what's left over my feet/ankles and knees. I'd say it gets about half of what my lower leg gets. Then I do my upper leg, avoiding my knee. After it soaks in for a minute I smear a little over my knee. By this time you can see if any spots are a little dark around your ankles. If you see anything that's too dark, I use the wet washcloth from the shower that morning to rub out any dark spots.

It's really not as much work as it sounds. You get in a routine of how you apply the lotion, zip back over the dark spots and you're done.

1) Wear latex gloves when putting on the lotion to keep your palms from getting dark. Especially at first. Then once you're quicker at applying it you can use bare palms.

2) Once you're comfortable with applying the lotion fairly quickly, use a BAR of Dial soap to wash off palms. (2-3 washes with the bar and all color is gone).

3) Lotion will soak into dry skin a lot faster and more unevenly than moisturized skin. Exfoliate and moisturize!!!

4) If you apply a layer of lotion and don't rub rub rub it in, it will leave a lot more color on your skin.

5) A 2nd application the following day will even out any lighter spots to give you more even coverage.

6) Any boo-boos or a color you don't like can be lightened very quickly with a good washcloth (not exfoliating scrub). Pair that with Dial bar soap and it's a lethal combination.

7) Don't forget to do your ears and the behind your ears and neck.

8) Google "applying sunless tanning lotion" - there's a couple sites that give excellent tips for application.

 

[iggbees]

abeyst wow! thanks for all the tips. i've got to try them. so far... knock on wood, i haven't had the orange palm problem. haha.

today i was at the gym and the girl next to me smelled sooooo badly like fake tanner, i was about ready to suggest this one to her. haha!

thanks again!

 

[JackieSparrow]

I LOVE Mystics! Although I will not go for one unless there is some kind of sale. They're about $30 each around here, which I think is kind of absurd. The LA Tan by me does $10 Mondays which is a lot more reasonable than $30!!! I'm probably the only person in the world to say this---but I kind of like the smell after it haha... okay, fine, I'm weird, whatever!

 

[lpizzuro123]

The first time I used this product I thought it smelled like almonds. I put it on last Saturday after showering. I did not get the "fake tan smell" at all. By later that night if I smelled my arm (sounds wierd I know) there was a small hint of the "fake tan smell" but NOTHING like all other fake tanners.

I tired putting the lotion on with laytex gloves (I purchased a large bag of the cheep ones like they use in hair salons) and I got most of it on with these but I felt it made the lotion go on a little streaky. I got it all on with the gloves and then took off the gloves and evened it out with my hands.

I really liked this stuff. No more tanning beds for me this summer. I know they are not good for you but I just can't put on shorts and tanks over my winter white skin. I ususally try to get a few sessions in before the summer so I get a base.

Linda

 

[luna99]

3) Lotion will soak into dry skin a lot faster and more unevenly than moisturized skin. Exfoliate and moisturize!!!

wait, do you mean you exfoliate AND MOISTURIZE before you put the faux tan on? it's ok to moisturize as well before hand?

also, I wanted to ask you.. when you mix the faux tan with lotion to get a lighter color, how do you do that exactly? do you mix it in one big container or just put some lotion in your hand with some faux tanner in it? I'm so worried I would end up getting different degrees of "tan" if I tried mixing it with lotion! I guess I need to play around with it more.

 

[abeyst]

wait, do you mean you exfoliate AND MOISTURIZE before you put the faux tan on? it's ok to moisturize as well before hand?

also, I wanted to ask you.. when you mix the faux tan with lotion to get a lighter color, how do you do that exactly? do you mix it in one big container or just put some lotion in your hand with some faux tanner in it? I'm so worried I would end up getting different degrees of "tan" if I tried mixing it with lotion! I guess I need to play around with it more.

Let me see if I can clarify this so it makes sense. Even saying it to myself in my head sounds confusing!

My face- sometimes I do moisturize beforehand. Sometimes I'll mix the 2. Other times I just do Faux Tan. Depends on how big of a hurry I'm in. But the majority of the time I do just Faux Tan. But I Faux Tan my face/neck 5 or 6 days of the week. My face products have so much sunscreen in them that my face never tans, so I need to match my face/neck to my chest and arms!

My body - No, I don't moisturize before hand. I'll exfoliate & moisturize a few days in a row (plus an extra application of lotion at night) to get my skin soft in those spots, then I'll just apply Faux Tan. Once I get my desired color I'll apply Faux Tan every other day or every 2 days, and the days I'm not Faux Tanning I'll put on regular lotion.

When I mix FT with regular lotion I do it in the palm of my hand. Equal parts of both. Usually 1 squirt of FT and the same amt of lotion. I've never had problems with different colors because of not mixing it right. Now, applying it straight and gooping more on 1 leg than the other I have done....

 

[luna99]

My face- sometimes I do moisturize beforehand. Sometimes I'll mix the 2. Other times I just do Faux Tan. Depends on how big of a hurry I'm in. But the majority of the time I do just Faux Tan. But I Faux Tan my face/neck 5 or 6 days of the week. My face products have so much sunscreen in them that my face never tans, so I need to match my face/neck to my chest and arms!

My body - No, I don't moisturize before hand. I'll exfoliate & moisturize a few days in a row (plus an extra application of lotion at night) to get my skin soft in those spots, then I'll just apply Faux Tan. Once I get my desired color I'll apply Faux Tan every other day or every 2 days, and the days I'm not Faux Tanning I'll put on regular lotion.

When I mix FT with regular lotion I do it in the palm of my hand. Equal parts of both. Usually 1 squirt of FT and the same amt of lotion. I've never had problems with different colors because of not mixing it right. Now, applying it straight and gooping more on 1 leg than the other I have done....

good lord woman, you must have the softest skin on the planet!! I'm lucky if I remember to moisturize my entire body once a week! haha. I really should be better about it though.

thanks for the faux tan lesson you rock!

 

[abeyst]

Just don't look too closely at my legs (I'm terrible about shaving regularly!)

 

[PrincessLinds]

I do Mystic Tan, and I love it. It looks so natural, and you don't have to worry about not getting it everywhere or reaching tough spots.