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Tone Pumpkin
What’s the SAFEST way to get a nice tan, that isnt orange or splotchy?
Im tired of laying out under the harmful sun and even worse in the tanning bed… I dont have pastey white skin but I dont have olive toned skin… I guess my skin is just the average pale white person and I also have freckles and moles and I know I can be at potential for skin cancer, so while I’m young I would like to get a tan the safest way without destroying my skin anymore than I already have and expecially without looking ORANGE!! (I had a friend that used the self-tanning lotion and to be honest she looked like a pumpkin) ….. I was wondering if there were any good self-tanning lotions that were safe and that actually worked and didn’t make my skin look orange or splotchy…. someone please help me find a good safe solution???
Same, I’ve tried all the fake tans on the market (St. Tropez, Fake Bake, Neutrogena, Estee Lauder, Lancome, Bobbi Brown, etc…) but the one I always come back to is L’Oreal Sublime Bronze in Light/Medium (it comes in a yellow bottle with an orange top) You can get it at a drugstore for about less than $10. Anyways, make sure to exfoliate right before, and apply a THIN layer (not too thick or else it will look orange) and re-apply straight for about 4 days (you can control the color and decide for yourself) each night or each morning (once a day is enough). Make sure to wash your face with a cleanser that does not contain any AHA (salicylic acid, etc..) so that you don’t exfoliate your tan (Eucerin Redness Relife cleanser or Cetaphil Sensitive Skin cleanser both do not contain these AHA’s)
Also, when you apply your sunless tanner, you don’t even need to apply it to your eyelids (just around your eyes) And then, after the 4 days of self-tanning, apply a great bronzer (I LOVE Hoola Bronzer at Sephora or Macy’s) and finish off with some red blush for a sun-kissed sunburned look (which looks much more natural just to your cheeks not your nose or forehead or else that will look weird)
