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Tanning Lotion?

MsSquatAlot
MsSquatAlot Posts: 238 Member
edited November 2024 in Chit-Chat
Hey Everyone!

For those of you who fake bake - what tanning lotion do you use? I have been using Solid Black 100x and had some great results but I am almost out and wondering if anyone has any other suggestions?
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  • myheartsabattleground
    myheartsabattleground Posts: 2,040 Member
    The sun.
  • MsSquatAlot
    MsSquatAlot Posts: 238 Member
    Well, aren't you clever.
  • TSith
    TSith Posts: 244 Member
    In the winter I use jwoww one and done! :)
  • PurringMyrrh
    PurringMyrrh Posts: 5,276 Member
    I'm curious about answers here. I am a pale girl but tan pretty easy if I go to the river...problem is I always burn first. The other problem is, I don't want to look like a carrot stick. Hoping there are finally self-tan products out there that wont make my skin the same as an Oompa Loompa.
  • MsSquatAlot
    MsSquatAlot Posts: 238 Member
    Thanks TSith! I will look into JWoww (they would have good products haha)

    Purring- I am so pale and always wear sunscreen due to my tattoos but I do tan during the summer or when we are going on vacation. Thinking about this one, great reviews. http://www.amazon.com/Darksyde-Ultimate-Silicone-Bronzer-Tanning/dp/B00GDJZH5K/ref=sr_1_4?s=beauty&ie=UTF8&qid=1438719495&sr=1-4&keywords=tanning+lotion&refinements=p_72:1248873011
  • NewMeSM75
    NewMeSM75 Posts: 971 Member
    I used the fake bake brand in the past and have a few friends who do now. They love it.
  • Jennloella
    Jennloella Posts: 2,286 Member
    Clarins makes 6 of the top ten tanners, something for everyone. I like the liquid bronze and the delectable mousse. They also make a gel that dries really fast, it's all made with beet sugar so it develops red/brown and not orange like drug store brands. If I couldn't get Clarins I'd use Vita Liberata or St. Tropez.
  • Guns_N_Buns
    Guns_N_Buns Posts: 1,899 Member
    TSith wrote: »
    In the winter I use jwoww one and done! :)

    I also use jwoww. I've also used Australian Gold Cheeky Brown. Both are my go-to products for indoor tanning.
  • MsSquatAlot
    MsSquatAlot Posts: 238 Member
    Jennloella wrote: »
    Clarins makes 6 of the top ten tanners, something for everyone. I like the liquid bronze and the delectable mousse. They also make a gel that dries really fast, it's all made with beet sugar so it develops red/brown and not orange like drug store brands. If I couldn't get Clarins I'd use Vita Liberata or St. Tropez.

    Thanks!!! I will look into these now.
  • MsSquatAlot
    MsSquatAlot Posts: 238 Member
    Guns_N_Buns wrote: »
    TSith wrote: »
    In the winter I use jwoww one and done! :)

    I also use jwoww. I've also used Australian Gold Cheeky Brown. Both are my go-to products for indoor tanning.

    Cheeky Brown seems to be a really popular brand from what I have seen too.
  • MsSquatAlot
    MsSquatAlot Posts: 238 Member
    Steph38878 wrote: »
    I used the fake bake brand in the past and have a few friends who do now. They love it.

    I did not know that was an actual brand Ha! Thanks!
  • karenkasbi
    karenkasbi Posts: 216 Member
    I've tried hard candy, nothing. Last week I bought Loreal, didn't try it yet. I've read excellent reviews on LovingTan it's 35$ and lasts up to 10 days, it's waterproof, you can watch some youtube videos. It's summer now so I have a tan but I will definitely try it in september.
  • PurringMyrrh
    PurringMyrrh Posts: 5,276 Member
    Are any of these mentioned gradual tanners or is it a one application type of gig?
  • MsSquatAlot
    MsSquatAlot Posts: 238 Member
    Karen - I am guessing hard candy is a self-tanner? I have never used one because I am terrified I will miss somewhere or end up carrot-like. Haha
  • Northernlight03
    Northernlight03 Posts: 1,980 Member
    I use St tropez
  • Guns_N_Buns
    Guns_N_Buns Posts: 1,899 Member
    PurringMyrrh wrote: »
    Are any of these mentioned gradual tanners or is it a one application type of gig?

    They're gradual -- at least the ones I mentioned. They don't leave your skin orange, either. I prefer to use them, not for the accelerated bronze pigment they provide, but for the moisturizers in the lotion. They even smell good!
  • jessica22222
    jessica22222 Posts: 374 Member
    I worked at a fake and bake and found with or without lotion I tanned
  • karenkasbi
    karenkasbi Posts: 216 Member
    yes, all of these are self tanners but I've never been carrot like. It's more like a dark bronze look, it looks natural
  • The_Invisible_Boy
    The_Invisible_Boy Posts: 568 Member
    It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose!!
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    I think this is a favorite exchange today:

    MsSquatAlot- Hey Everyone! For those of you who fake bake - what tanning lotion do you use? I have been using Solid Black 100x and had some great results but I am almost out and wondering if anyone has any other suggestions?

    myheartsabattleground - The sun.

    MsSquatAlot - Well, aren't you clever.

  • MsSquatAlot
    MsSquatAlot Posts: 238 Member
    Chaelaz wrote: »
    I think this is a favorite exchange today:

    MsSquatAlot- Hey Everyone! For those of you who fake bake - what tanning lotion do you use? I have been using Solid Black 100x and had some great results but I am almost out and wondering if anyone has any other suggestions?

    myheartsabattleground - The sun.

    MsSquatAlot - Well, aren't you clever.

    Especially considering I asked for lotion recommendations, right? Haha some people on here just epic troll all day.
  • MsSquatAlot
    MsSquatAlot Posts: 238 Member
    jessica22222 wrote: »
    I worked at a fake and bake and found with or without lotion I tanned

    Really? I burnt the first time I tanned without lotion on my usual bed and time haha. I like that they moisturize your skin too.
  • MsSquatAlot
    MsSquatAlot Posts: 238 Member
    HawleyGriffin wrote: »
    No pics of nice tans. #disappointing

    Mine isn't show-worthy yet haha

  • Guns_N_Buns
    Guns_N_Buns Posts: 1,899 Member
    A tad lighter than my avatar pic atm.
  • jessica22222
    jessica22222 Posts: 374 Member
    MsSquatAlot wrote: »
    jessica22222 wrote: »
    I worked at a fake and bake and found with or without lotion I tanned

    Really? I burnt the first time I tanned without lotion on my usual bed and time haha. I like that they moisturize your skin too.

    I think that's all they do is moisturizer and make you smell pretty. You can smell when someone doesn't use it! We had $80 lotions and I'm positive they didn't make you tan faster. The cheap lotion works just as well.
  • MsSquatAlot
    MsSquatAlot Posts: 238 Member
    jessica22222 wrote: »
    MsSquatAlot wrote: »
    jessica22222 wrote: »
    I worked at a fake and bake and found with or without lotion I tanned

    Really? I burnt the first time I tanned without lotion on my usual bed and time haha. I like that they moisturize your skin too.

    I think that's all they do is moisturizer and make you smell pretty. You can smell when someone doesn't use it! We had $80 lotions and I'm positive they didn't make you tan faster. The cheap lotion works just as well.

    WOW!!! That is good to know - and yes - you can totally smell the stank when people dont use it. HAHA

  • jmac4263
    jmac4263 Posts: 245 Member
    I use solid too. I think I got 3 bottles a x50 a x75 and x100 just because you could buy them on amazon as a pack. I like them but something that will get me darker would be better. Do you use anything for your face? I just tan at my gym so its not like they have special amazing beds!
  • MsSquatAlot
    MsSquatAlot Posts: 238 Member
    jmac4263 wrote: »
    I use solid too. I think I got 3 bottles a x50 a x75 and x100 just because you could buy them on amazon as a pack. I like them but something that will get me darker would be better. Do you use anything for your face? I just tan at my gym so its not like they have special amazing beds!

    So for my face - I use sunscreen. The beds at the spa I go to are nice as hell. Which is probably why I burned. I was used to gym tanning beds and would bake for 20-25 minutes because the beds were so old. The new ones I use have facial tanners so I leave the tanner on and wear a low spf sunscreen. My face is quite tan now but I want that like epic dark tan. haha

  • jmac4263
    jmac4263 Posts: 245 Member
    MsSquatAlot wrote: »
    jmac4263 wrote: »
    I use solid too. I think I got 3 bottles a x50 a x75 and x100 just because you could buy them on amazon as a pack. I like them but something that will get me darker would be better. Do you use anything for your face? I just tan at my gym so its not like they have special amazing beds!

    So for my face - I use sunscreen. The beds at the spa I go to are nice as hell. Which is probably why I burned. I was used to gym tanning beds and would bake for 20-25 minutes because the beds were so old. The new ones I use have facial tanners so I leave the tanner on and wear a low spf sunscreen. My face is quite tan now but I want that like epic dark tan. haha

    I get that! I was going to an actual salon Sun Tan City and some of their beds you can literally go once or twice a week and be really tan, all of theirs had facial tanners so I know what you mean there. I might switch back to that once I change jobs since it would be on the way to tan but right now for the price and convenience the gym works the best. I think I pay like 14 or 15 dollars a month at the gym and close to 50 at Sun tan city! Thats a big difference but the beds are also alot better.....
  • MsSquatAlot
    MsSquatAlot Posts: 238 Member
    Ughhhh I do not even want to disclose how much I pay to tan but it is $130 for my husband and I on any level bed per month. Thankfully my job pays for our gym membership haha.

    So I am ordering the Cheeky Brown one since it has the overall highest ratings but still looking for 2 or 3 others to try too.
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