How-to: Perfect your Self Tan
Who doesn’t love a radiant, sun-kissed look? But as the sun’s rays can damage skin and fast track aging, self-tanning is the perfect, natural solution.
Here to help you bronze safely, follow our tips to achieve a gorgeous, believable tan all year round.
Smooth and Nourish
For best results and a streak-free, even-looking tan, shave or wax and lightly exfoliate skin using Exfoliating Body Polish 24 hours before you fake tan.
Follow by moisturizing with body butter or a thicker body cream such as Deeply Nourishing Body Cream .
Preparing in this way will ensure skin is soft, smoothed and pores are closed ready for your tan.
Good as Gold
Making sure skin is dry, use a tanning mitt or gloves to apply product. Start at your legs and feet, smoothing your chosen tan evenly, blending well around ankles, heels and knees – where color can cling to drier skin.
Moving to your stomach, chest and arms, pay careful attention to any dry skin around elbows. Then carefully move on to your back – taking your time to cover all remaining skin.
To avoid patchiness on troublesome areas like hands, feet and heels, blend out with a little moisturizer.
Wait a few moments before dressing and leave to develop. This can take anywhere between 2 – 4 hours or even overnight for maximum effect.
If using our Gradual Tan Body Moisturizer , wash hands after use and apply each day to achieve your preferred depth of color.
Double Up
For your face, apply a light covering in small circular movements – remembering to include ears (behind ears too) and neck.
However, to create a soft, healthy-looking tan with the usual benefits of your skincare regime, add Gradual Tan Face Concentrate to your moisturizer or to Overnight Hydration Therapy and wake-up to revitalized sun-kissed skin, or use on its own for deep, long-lasting color.
Smooth It
If the worst should happen and there are areas you’re unhappy with, fear not. To fix uneven patches, try adding a little more self-tan and blending really well with moisturizer to make less visible.
If this doesn’t work or you don’t have time, lightly exfoliate the area or use a little lemon juice to remove some of the color from areas such as your feet, hands, wrists, knees and elbows.
Maintenance
Your tan will naturally fade over 3 – 7 days depending on the type of product you’ve used. However, to maintain your bronzed glow, keep skin moisturized for healthy-looking radiant skin.
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