Naked looks better tan. Fact. Cancer is not hot. Fact. So what’s a guy or gal to do? Fake it before you bake it! As someone who once spent a college summer going from a day at the pool immediately over to the tanning bed and who years later had minor surgery to remove pre-cancerous cells, I am no longer willing to sacrifice my health for golden bronze skin. But I don’t have to now…and neither do you! I have discovered a fantastic self-tanner that I am ecstatic to share with my blog family…L’oreal Sublime Bronze Self-Tanning Towelettes!!
My friend, Narineh, introduced this little tanning gem to me. Despite her rave review, I was skeptical at first. I’ve tried numerous self-tanners on the market, I’m a veteran spray-tanner (both booth and by hand) and I’ve done the dreaded…dun dun dun…tanning bed route. All brought frustration. While a tanning bed will give you a true tan glow, they take time, money and well…they’re not good for you, people! I’m an advocate for spray tans but mainly for special events. The best spray tan experience I’ve had is at Spa Sydell. But those cost money, don’t last much longer than about 4 days (despite what they always claiming of lasting 1 week +) and involve you standing naked or at least half-naked in front of a stranger as they stand incredibly close to your nakedness while they spray you. Spray tans also come with their fair share of inconveniences. You can’t shower for at least 8 hours afterward and during that time you’re left feeling sticky and gross. So that leaves this naturally fair-skinned girl with one last option…at-home self-tanners. I’ve tried several over the years and all resulted in either streaks or an orange-glow. Until I met and fell in love with L’oreal’s self-tanning towelettes!
The towelettes come 6 to a box and can be found at Ulta for $10.99 or at Wal-Mart for $9.24. I would recommend first purchasing them from Ulta since this retailer often provides coupons(http://search.ulta.com/nav/marketing/ultacoupon/) and you can return any item (used or not) if you are not fully satisfied. It’s important with any self-tanner that you first shower and exfoliate. Tan doesn’t like dirty skin, people. It’s also important to remember not to apply any moisturizers. My first test run with these towelettes was done just on my legs. I figured if it revealed to be a streaky, orange disaster, I could at least cover with jeans. I would recommend doing the same…choosing an area of skin to test first. I used 1 towelette for both my legs from top to toe unfolding the square towelette as needed. The directions couldn’t be more simple and this product really is near fool-proof. You simply wipe yourself down with the towelette. There is no special technique, no exact angle needed…it’s like wiping yourself with a baby wipe. Just remember to go easy around your ankles, knees and crevices. It takes only minutes to dry and won’t transfer on to your clothing. You won’t see the tan right away. In fact, I didn’t see any results until the next morning. But boy was I pleasantly surprised! There were no streaks or unevenness and I awoke to a beautiful, natural looking light tan. Since I was so satisfied with the results but wanted a slightly darker tan, I applied a second towelette that morning to my legs and then tested it out on the rest of my body. By midway through the day, I had a bronze glow that I’m quite happy with. If you want real-life proof, come meet me at the pool this weekend!
Now in full disclosure of this beauty product I want to include not only all the hits but also the misses. The only real miss to this product is the smell. It’s not horrible but it’s there. This is inevitable with every self-tanner, every spray tan and yes, even with the tanning bed. In fact, there is probably no worse smell to me than running along side someone at the gym who is fresh from the tanning bed. Yuck! The good news is that there are plenty of products out there (such as the one shown below) that will help neutralize the smell. And if all else fails, some good old-fashioned baby powder should do the trick!
I hope this review proves helpful to you all. I would absolutely love love love to hear your reviews of this product or other self-tanners, comments on my blog, suggestions for future topics, etc. Happy Tanning!
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Erica
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