10 Tips: Glow With Self-Tanner
Category: Beauty Tips, Beauty, Lifestyle
You know that tanning is taboo — but if you still crave bronzed skin for summertime, try self-tanner! Here, 10 easy steps for making your self-tan look gorgeous:
1. Moisturize regularly. Dry skin soaks up more tanner than hydrated skin; this can result in blotches. For a week before you tan, apply lotion after each shower to boost your skin’s moisture quotient.2. Choose the right tanner. Go with a lighter shade rather than a darker one, then reapply if you want deeper color.
3. Try a goof-proof formula. While most tanners today give you an even brown color instead of the orangey one you may remember from tanners in the past, there’s still room for streaks. Try a tinted tanner, which allows you to see where you apply and ensures an even tan.
4. Exfoliate all over. Doing so with a scrub or loofah gets rid of dead skin cells and helps you achieve an even tan.
5. Do double exfoliation duty on rough spots. Knees, elbows, and feet need an extra shot of exfoliation to remove dead skin buildup. Go over these areas twice with your loofah or scrub.
6. Apply in long strokes. Squirt a bit of tanner into your palm, rub hands together, and then apply to your skin using long strokes (instead of short ones).
7. Go easy on ankles. A telltale line where your tanner stops is unflattering. Instead, sweep your hands over the tops of your feet, blending the tanner outward so there’s no hard line.
8. Scrub up. Tanner can stain your palms and cuticles. Right after you apply, wash hands using a nail brush and soap.
9. Apply to backs of hands. As a finishing touch, dab a tiny bit of tanner onto the back of one hand. Then rub the backs of hands together so you get color there, too.
10. Reapply. The key to keeping a beautiful self-tan is to reapply the color — and repeat the above process — at least twice a week
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