Courtesy of Beauty Snob is a link to the latest Elle Magazine Issue in America looking at self tanning lotions and potions.
One of which is our beloved St. Tropez Tanning Lotion.
The others include:
Sun tan lotion can soften or dissolve your acrylic nails or nail polish according to this article on Beauty Brains.
If you want to find out if your sun tan lotion of choice will ruin your nails, try this (from Beauty Brain):
Smear a little of your favourite nail polish on a piece of glass (you can use an empty nail polish bottle or even a old compact mirror. Then, take that with you when you’re shopping for a sunscreen. Squeeze a little of the sunscreen product onto your polish smear and see if it softens the film. That should be a pretty good indicator if it will be okay when you actually apply it with your manicured fingers.
They also refer to another article worth reading: 3 Ways to Tell if Your Sunscreen is Bad.
One of my favourite new blogs - The Beauty Brain - has an great article about sunless tanning - why it works and is it good for you?
Sunless tanning, or as I like to call it - a fake tan - is a great way to get some quick colour without having to resort to lying in the sun or under a sun bed. I always apply one a couple of days before a party just to liven up my complexion.
Beauty Brain also tell you how sunless tanning works.
My fave fake tanning product range is St. Tropez as it gives a quick natural looking tan - not too much but just enough colour to see the difference, or more importantly, for other people to see the difference. One of their newer products is Everyday, which is a moisturiser that helps build and maintain a healthy looking tan but I haven’t tried it just yet.
But, remember, these products do only give you a fake tan. Your skin is no more resistant to actual sun, so always wear your sun tan lotion when out in the sun.
If you ever needed an example of how not to do fake tanning, look no further than Donald Trump.
Via. Dirty Rotten Gossip
New product range in the shop people - Matahari Tanning Accelerators.
What’s more, we’ve put them straight into the January Sale!!
If you can’t do without your tan, now the winter months are coming on strong, you may be interested in two new ranges of products now on the shop:
Power TanThe Power Tan Range has moisturising formulas to kick start your tan with different strengths for different skin types.
Our Pro Tan Range contains (so far) two products especially for bronzer looking legs.
St Tropez tan
The white packaging is about all that is underwhelming about this product. It’s not cheap and so I was worried about how much a summer glow was going to cost. I was initially perplexed by the suggested
routine of exfoliation with the St Tropez exfoliator, followed by the moisturiser and the colour, but all doubts vanished after the first application. I simply mixed just a couple of ’squeezes’ of the brown
colour into the moisturiser and started to apply. I was pleasantly surprised by how far it went when mixed. Any worries I had about the deep brown colour disappeared and, as it has a slight tint, I
immediately saw a noticeable difference. I was also pleased that there was no ‘before and after’ effect, but rather a gradual colour development which lasted. It gives a lovely natural glow (the sort that
people comment on) without the hint of an orange tinge, and no streaks.
Star rating: 5/5
iVillage Verdict: Expensive, but well worth it.
More of our range of St Tropez Tanning Products have been added to the shop. We are trying to get all our products up as quickly as possible so please ask if you can’t find what you are looking for within the brands that we have available.
