A Brief Overview Of Tanning Lotion Reviews

By Haywood Hunter


Being bronzed and tan is a common desire, but more and more research shows that achieving this the natural way is dangerous to your health and damaging to your appearance. Getting too much sun can cause skin cancer, wrinkles, and a lot of other things in between. People often turn to tanning lotion reviews to choose the right alternative to too much sun.

In previous days, sunless tanners were ridiculed. After all, it was easy enough to get the real thing, and people didn't know about the harmful side effects, yet. Now, they are pushed as a much healthier way to get that bronzed look that people want. Of course, application and choice of type makes a big difference in whether the final results look natural or not.

For people who do want to hide that they use a tanner, however, there are gradual options that create a slight darkening that increases over a period of days. This is just about what would happen if someone went out in the sun and tanned for a while every day, which makes it easy to explain when someone asks about your new bronze shade. However, it should be mentioned that people are much less skeptical about using sunless tanners than they used to be.

Maintaining a sunless tan is required, unless you want to let it fade away. The darkening is accomplished by using a safe chemical which binds to the dead skin cells which make up the outer layer of your skin. These cells are constantly shed and replaced, and so is your sunless tan. It takes about four to six days for the tan to start to fade, in most cases.

All modern products use the same chemical to induce darkening of the skin. It is considered safe, but has a downside in that it possesses a strong smell. Using a lower dose repeatedly produces a gradual tan, and using a larger dose all at once produces an 'instant' tan. It comes in different semi-liquid forms, such as gels, lotions, sprays, and semi-saturated towelettes.

Using a gradual type allows for people to get used to the darkening a little at a time, and makes it less jarring when they look at themselves in the mirror. It also helps avoid streaks as the regular application tends to cover evenly over the course of the days that it takes to get to the final shade. There are some products which are simply daily lotions with a tanner added to them. This makes maintenance of your shade easy.

Although all tanners use the same ingredient for darkening the skin, some smell stronger than others. Some have added fragrances, too. It is recommended that potential users give their product of choice a sniff-test before applying it, because sometimes the smell of one or all products is intolerable to the person considering using it.

The right shade is not always easy to find, either. Tanning lotion reviews caution that there is a need for trial and error in most cases, which means using a new product on an out of the way body part to see how it turns out, before slathering your whole body in it. This will ensure the final result is flattering and natural-looking.




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