I am ready to begin building my tan for the upcoming season. I was struck down suddenly with an illness and it has been a long recovery so I am starting fresh with no tan at all. I have photographed the products that I am using. If you have read my blog or any of my articles then you already know that Jergens Natural Glow and Tantowel are my favorite products. I will be using Jergens Natural Glow for medium to tan skin tones, Jergens Natural Glow Face for medium to tan skin tones, TanTowel Deeper Darker Towelettes, and I have added a new product to the mix, Jergens Natural Glow Express.
If you are looking for a very advanced self-tanner and are willing to pay more for the best tan, then Idol Tan is definitely the way to go. I have only had the pleasure of using one tube of Idol Tan because quite honestly it's just not in my budget to be able to use it regularly. The tanning results of this product are fantastic! I must say that when I first received it I was a bit skeptical. I will also tell you honestly that it doesn't smell so great and it's in gel form so it's a little messy, but it does dry quickly and if you take time and care applying this self tanner the results are the best I have ever experienced. The color was perfect, a very nice deep shade of suntan. If it's in your budget to spoil yourself a bit, Idol Tan is worth every penny. There is a free bottle on some packages right now, buy 2 get 1 free or buy 3 get 3 free. To get yours or learn more visit Idol Tan.
If you have read my blog or any of my articles, then you know that TanTowel is my favorite self-tanner. I rave about it because it has everything I need, and expect from a good quality product. TanTowel is a sunless tanner in the form of a towelette, similar to a wet wipe. They do not contain any sulfur or synthetic dyes like some other self-tanning products. The color you develop with TanTowel is a beautiful, natural looking suntan color. When applied properly, you can achieve the perfect tan. These handy towelettes come conveniently individually packaged for easy travel and are readily available online. The best place to get great prices on TanTowel is on Amazon. They are available there in quantities ranging from 1 single towelette to 50 towelettes. I have linked to the best deals on a variety of TanTowel products on Amazon through my Get A Perfect Tan Blog Store. Don't forget to start out with the shade that is right for your skin tone. This is the second huge mistake most people make when chosing a sunless tanner, the first being choosing a mediocre product.
So you bought yourself a sunless tanner and the results were horrible. Now what? You have wasted money on a mediocre product. It seems like such a shame to throw it away, so it will go in a drawer somewhere and be forgotten about. Well, fortunately, there is a use for it. Even though the self-tanner you purchased has poor results straight out of the bottle, you can use it to make your own daily moisturizer with a gradual self-tanner. When you mix a small amount with a regular lotion, you will find that the your slow subtle glow is much more natural looking than it was with just the sunless tanner. I mix mine 1 part bad tanning product to 3 parts my favorite body lotion. Mix it well and store in an airtight plastic container. Apply the product daily as you do your usual moisturizer and you will begin to notice a warm sunny glow beginning to develop in a few days to a week.
I have a real problem with drug store self-tanners. Most people end up with terrible results using sunless tanning product mainly because they have either purchased the wrong shade for their skin tone or because they purchased a poorly developed product, or both. I have had horrible results with almost every single sunless tanning product I have tried made by a popular skincare or cosmetics company available at drug stores, and I have tried most of them. I won't name them.... you know exactly the brands I mean. They should probably just stick to hair dye, make-up, and wrinkle cream.
