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Welcome to Self Tanning UK.  If you’re looking for home tanning products, tips and advice, you’ve come to the right place!  We’re delighted to offer a great range of fake tan sprays and some of the very best tanning lotions at hugely discounted prices.  Now you can avoid that trip to the salon and shop for tanning products from the comfort of your own home, and, even better, get that sunkissed, golden glow safely, and for a fraction of salon prices! 

How to Apply Home Tanning Products

Lets get started with a few tips on how to apply your tanning products to get a smooth, even, and natural finish. 

Self tanning products come in various forms, from fake tan sprays and mousses.  Self tanning ingredients are often added to suncreams and body lotions these days to help you build up a glow slowly and achieve a natural result.  Home tanning products have come on leaps and bounds over the years but you still have to take a little care to achieve optimum results.  So let’s quickly run through how best tanning lotions and potions should be applied to achieve that beach bronze look from the comfort and convenience of your own home.

First off, when making your selection from the huge range of tanning products on the market, subtlety is key to achieving a natural look. Choose a colour that is natural to you. If you’re a redhead, you’re kidding no one with that mocha choca mousse. Remember, the lighter your skin and the darker the self tanning product, the harder it’s going to be to achieve a convincing result.  What you’re aiming to do is build up a gradual tan over several applications – always better than trying to achieve a copper tan in just one application on very white skin which will inevitably lead to streaking.  Remember, it’s much easier to go darker than it is to go lighter.  Home tanning products are designed to be longlasting making them difficult to remove in the event of a mishap.

Right.  So you’ve picked out the perfect tanning product for you and your itching to get started.  Hold it right there!  Before you even remove the stopper from the bottle, you must prep your skin.  The key to a natural home tan is very simple: exfoliate, exfoliate, exfoliate; moisturise, moisturise, moisturise!  Skip these two steps at your peril.  It’s a virtual certainty that if you skip them, your tanning experience ain’t going to be a happy one!  Take time out to do the ground work and you’re well on your way to the perfect tan.

A loofah or mit is a great way of removing those dead skin cells.  Concentrate on drier areas like the elbows and knees.  You may wish to repeat this a few times before your first tanning product application – all the better.  Moisturise with your favourite body lotion, again concentrating on the drier areas.  You’ll be looking and feeling better already, with soft supple skin.  Congratulations.  You now have the very best canvass to work with.

One word of warning.  Don’t wax or shave the day before you apply your fake tan.  Your skin will be sensitised and this could irritate it.  Also, never apply fake tan immediately after getting out of the shower.  Pores that are irritated or raised will attract the product leading to a very unsatisfactory polka dot effect.  You therefore need to apply in a room that is at a comfortable temperature – no goosebumps, but not too hot either.  You also need to avoid a steamy environment.  This will interfere with the tanning product’s adhesion with your skin.

Ok.  So we’re ready to start.  We recommend using either a specially designed application mitt or latex gloves to protect your hands (tanned palms just aren’t going to kick it).  Apply a small amount of product in small, sweeping circular motions.  Remember, less is more.  It’s easier to put on than take.  Careful blending is key.  Apply tanning products to the knees and elbows very sparingly – these drier area soak up the product more and over application can give the game away.  Another area to watch is the foot area around the ankles.  Again, apply sparingly for a natural effect. Then all you need to do is wait for a few hours for the colour to develop.  If you realise that you’ve made a mistake and the colour is too intense, don’t panic.  Apply some lemon juice and exfoliate in the shower.  This will gently strip away the tan.

If you’re looking for instant results, why not use a wash off product?  These are superfast and can be used to create a natural golden glow in the fraction of the time.  Similarly, a shimmering bronzer can be used on the legs, arms and décolletage to great effect in a matter of minutes.  For those who continue to throw caution to the wind and enjoy lying out in the sun, there are numerous suntan oils and lotions on the market containing self tanning products which build up gradually to great effect.  Why not protect your skin using a high SPF, and still achieve that beach bronzed look, all at the same time?

We are delighted to offer a superb range of self tanning products available on eBay today at highly discounted prices.  Please click the links to the left to check our categories and some of the very best tanning lotions on the market.  Be sure to bookmark us as our stocklist is continually updated. If we don’t have the perfect product for you amongst our huge range of fake tan sprays, mousse and lotions today, we’re sure to have it tomorrow.