<p>What's a good fake tan product? (Is this what they call self-tanners these days?)</p>
<p>Much to my dismay, there will be no pool, beach, or other outdoorsy stuff for me this summer. Yet, I'll still be wearing shorts almost every day...after work in the evenings, running errands on the weekends, etc.</p>
<p>I remember my mom tried something in the 70's that made her palms orange. Please tell me I won't have to endure that side effect in 2011. :eek:</p>
<p>Either put lotion on your hands or wear disposable gloves to prevent dying your palms. I’ve used Neutrogena with reasonable success.</p>
<p>I would also like suggestions. There’s a groupon in my area for one of those spray on tan places and I’ve been thinking about doing it so I would look a little tan for graduation pictures, but it just seems so vain. Would love to hear experiences with that too.</p>
<p>As a redhead, I don’t tan & when I use sunscreen, I don’t freckle either. So pretty pale looking. They have great self tanners now, out that are more natural looking than the QT of the 1970’s.
I like the ones that have just a tiny bit of color in them. First prep work of shaving/exfoliating make a better surface. Then I put lotion on drier parts- knees- ankles etc. Some times I mix the self tanner with lotion if it isn’t billed as " gradual.
I have used L’Oreal sublime glow, which has a bit of shimmer & smells better than most.
I currently am using Banana Boat self tanner which has a bit of bronzer which helps with even application.
I don’t use gloves but wipe off the lotion around my nails & hands and other areas where it might collect ( navel, between toes, backs of knees etc)
I also don’t put it on enough to actually look * tan* just tan for me. ;)</p>
<p>D is also a pale redhead. She likes the Walmart version (Equate?) of the Jergens self-tanner. She gets the “light to medium” version (there’s also a medium to dark version).</p>
<p>Our budget is very limited, so I’m sure there are products that cost more that are better. </p>
<p>She doesn’t look “tan” but more “off white.” But she doesn’t necessarily want to look tan since it would be a pretty big departure.</p>
<p>We have both tried the spray-on tans once, but it was a few years ago so things may have improved since then. My experience: it looked good at first, but as it wore off it looked yucky, like I had a skin disease. D had it done before a dance recital so she wouldn’t look so white in a costume that showed her midriff, and she had some issues where it wore off very easily and she had to do some touch-up.</p>
<p>Pale is in. Stay natural!</p>
<p>What atomom said. I’m very, very pale, and have tried good self-tanners. But because my skin has a slightly yellow undertone, I wound up looking orange-y anyway. So now I embrace my paleness. :)</p>
<p>Pale is in. Stay natural!</p>
<p>Pale may be in, but even before I turned 53, you could clearly see my veins , I don’t think I am that vain, but it is either use a self tanner or wear pantyhose in the summer. :p</p>
<p>as someone said above, each person’s skin will change differently with self-tanning products (spray or lotion)…you really can test any of them as long as you can handle the smell…</p>
<p>I happen to have the kind of skin that works really well with these, but I’m lazy…I do get the spray tan at a local place for special occasions…</p>
<p>St. Tropez foam. Just tried last week, and liked the color - no orange! Put on after shower, before bed, and then showered in the a.m.; the longer you leave it on, the darker it gets, but it fades in a few days if you overdo it. Having read good reviews, I bought from QVC, so I could return if I didn’t like it.</p>
<p>I’m thinking brown shoe polish would work pretty well.</p>
<p>D and I use the L’Oreal Sublime Glow and it’s pretty good. I do use lotion on my hands first though.</p>
<p>One might try that, Coureur, but don’t put white on the lips or wear white gloves!</p>
<p>Well, I am quite the faux tanner. </p>
<p>I know fair is beautiful, but only if you have creamy white skin and not mottled, freckled skin. I go for a light glow - nothing dark.</p>
<p>No matter what brand you use, I recommend applying with a kabuki brush. I use Bare Minerals with the Kabuki brush and I am happy with the results. I touch up places that wear off more quickly with a little baked bronzer by laura geller. I formerly used L’oreal and like that too, I think I like the Bare Minerals a little better.</p>
<p>I bought L’oreal’s Sublime glow towelettes at a make-up store - Ulta - remembering that it was recommended here and then getting a second recommendation from a sales person. This product has great reviews here: <a href=“Walgreens: Pharmacy, Health & Wellness, Photo & More for You”>Walgreens: Pharmacy, Health & Wellness, Photo & More for You;
<p>I’m hoping the towelettes will take care of a streaking problem that I had with a lotion product I used last year. I wanted a light tan for my oldest son’s College graduation - May 1. I used (I think ) Neutragena lotion. It looked nice but after the graduation we were all going out for dinner when my daughter, who was walking behind me, said, “Mom! What happened to your legs?!” Turns out I must have very unevenly applied the lotion to the back of my legs and they were streaked my normal white and the fake tan. I allowed no pictures to be taken of that!</p>
<p>I use L’Oreal’s Sublime Glow on the rare occasions I use a self-tanner. I’ve had good luck with it and it’s very highly-rated. Even so, I still mix lotion with it when I apply it to my knees, elbows, hands and feet. No matter what brand I use, I often end up with some streaking (usually on the tops of my feet or back of legs). It’s just darn hard to apply this stuff evenly. I’m sure there are people out there that use it regularly but I find it to be too much work.</p>
<p>MomLive - Kabuki brush is the way to go for feet and hands.</p>
<p>^Thanks for the suggestion. I will give it a try since I have one. I assume you wash the brush as soon as you’re done and the tanner washes out easily? Or do you have a brush solely dedicated to the tanner?</p>
<p>Sally Hansen makes a leg make-up spray, like stockings in a can!! I used it before a casual wedding to cover the “very close” veins on my legs! I thought is worked better than fake tan, but it only works until showered off. It did not rub off on my dress which is something I was worried about. I sprayed it on in the tub and then rinsed the tub out to clean the over spray.</p>
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<p>I have one that I use just for tanning - but I rinse it off each time. Honestly, it is much easier to control than using your hands or even the towels. </p>
<p>Snowball - I will have to give that a try. As I have said, I am quite the faux tanner gal. Not that I do it often, but I want it right when I use it.</p>