How To Choose The Best Self Tanning Lotion

By Haywood Hunter


It is great to have beautiful bronzed skin during summer, but this lovely summer glow looks attractive all year round. You don't have to spend who knows how many exhausting hours sunbathing, there are much easier ways for achieving this amazing bronze shade. Besides, sunbathing speeds up the aging process and can be dangerous. It's much easier to use some good self tanning lotion.

Tanning beds are really popular. Most lotions used in such salons are designed to accelerate the bronzing process, and they usually don't contain any UV protection factors. They can be based on carrot oil or DHA, which are natural colorants, or have different chemical components that enhance melanin production. In any case, you have to be aware of the fact that beds emit more UV rays than sun.

Sunless tanners come in forms of sprays, gels, lotions and creams. Today, most of them are based on DHA. DHA has very interesting characteristic. When it is applied on the skin, it reacts with skin cells, and dye them into different bronze nuances. It usually affects only the top skin layer, containing mostly dead skin cells. The higher percentage of DHA in your products will create darker nuances.

The resulting color is quite similar to naturally achieved bronze. This particular chemical compound is extracted from sugar, and it is suitable for all skin types. Considering the fact that only superficial skin layer is affected, and your skin naturally sheds every few days, it means that your color will gradually fade, until it disappear after one week or so. You can reapply the lotion whenever you think it is necessary.

Of course, if you want to achieve really good results, you need to prepare your skin for the application. The first step is to cleanse and exfoliate, and after that, to use your favorite moisturizer. Your skin needs to be clean and smooth, and the color will be perfectly even. This process will make your color long lasting and better looking. Choosing good quality products only is another thing that is very important.

There are so many different sunless tanning lotions that choosing the best of them really isn't easy. Still, there are some things you can depend on when making your choice. For example, good quality products should contain natural ingredients. Natural moisturizers such as hemp seed oil or aloe are very good for all skin types, and your product should also contain natural anti oxidants and SPF.

Naturally achieved tan provides certain UV rays protection. Increased melanin level plays the role of SPF three or four. SPF two, for example, means that you can stay on the sun twice as long. If you use self tanners without SPF, your lovely bronze won't protect you from direct sun rays, and you have to use some kind of lotion that contains UV rays filters. Sunburns aren't very pleasant things, and they will affect your skin appearance now and in your future.

When choosing your favorite sunless tanning lotion, make sure to read the list of ingredients very carefully. Choose good quality products only, and you won't be disappointed with achieved results. If you want to achieve really impeccable results, maybe you should consider visiting professional airbrush tanning salon. This technique really provides the best possible results.




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