So here we all beauty lovers at week 3 of the tanning series!
Some of you who have been following the series will have seen there was no post last Thursday, this was for two reasons; I ran out of time as my Mum and Dad arrived and we flew to London for the wedding of the century and also I had decided on the Karora tan featured in Week 2 to wear to the wedding so I didn't have a tan to show you.
However we are back in weekly tanning business and here we are with the very well known Bronz'Express tan. I was very kindly sent 3 products to try but for this post I will only be focusing on the lotion as this is what I have tested so far.
I have heard sooooo many good things about this tan, I didn't think I had ever used it before but then I remembered, one time in college (no not band camp) we were all headed on a night out and I attempted to use this tan and ruined a friends bedroom carpet! For those of you who haven't used the tan before, I am not an idiot, it is the one downfall to this beautiful tan and that is the application.
As with all tanning products I am using I had prepped my skin. So I have exfoliated and moisturised my skin in the previous few days and was ready to go with this new beauty. I was in the bathroom this time, which has a tiled floor and began to apply the tan. The tan you see although called a lotion is a total liquid, as fast flowing as water so if you are not ready, you can destroy your surroundings. I was using a clean mitt and I tried to tilt the bottle slightly and catch all the liquid onto the mitt. Another point to be very careful of with this tan and it's a plus is that a little liquid goes an awful long way so although my first arm application was a bit of a disaster, by the second arm I had learned how to tilt properly and manged to use only a little product out of the bottle to do a whole upper body.
If you are a tanning novice then I'm not too keen on this product for you but for the results I got, I may have my arm twisted. The colour of the tan is stunning. When I woke up in my Tan Cosy which was reviewed earlier on today, there wasn't much wear off on the bed at all. I took a shower and was left with this beautifully glowing colour. It looked very natural and was also slightly darker than I had expected. I would imagine for a night out I would probably add a second layer of this tan to get that real sunkissed dark tan look and I would say it will go on perfectly again.
The wear off from the tan was quite good, I am trying to maintain each tan in the same way so I can see if there is a 'bad' wear off but again for me the big test is always at the bend of the arm on the inside, I hate that awful diamond shape you get when tans are wearing off but again with the Bronz'Express it wore off lovely. I showered and moisturised daily so the tan faded gradually and I was able to move onto the next one without much effort.
I look forward to the tinted gel and will have a post on this in a few weeks as I have a number of brands to get through.
Here are some pics of the Bronz'Express on me...
I do hope you enjoyed this post and as I said the only downfall to this tan can be the hard application as it is just such a liquid, but once you master that I can see why this tan has become so popular.
Stay tuned for another tanning review next Thursday ;)
Some of you who have been following the series will have seen there was no post last Thursday, this was for two reasons; I ran out of time as my Mum and Dad arrived and we flew to London for the wedding of the century and also I had decided on the Karora tan featured in Week 2 to wear to the wedding so I didn't have a tan to show you.
However we are back in weekly tanning business and here we are with the very well known Bronz'Express tan. I was very kindly sent 3 products to try but for this post I will only be focusing on the lotion as this is what I have tested so far.
I have heard sooooo many good things about this tan, I didn't think I had ever used it before but then I remembered, one time in college (no not band camp) we were all headed on a night out and I attempted to use this tan and ruined a friends bedroom carpet! For those of you who haven't used the tan before, I am not an idiot, it is the one downfall to this beautiful tan and that is the application.
As with all tanning products I am using I had prepped my skin. So I have exfoliated and moisturised my skin in the previous few days and was ready to go with this new beauty. I was in the bathroom this time, which has a tiled floor and began to apply the tan. The tan you see although called a lotion is a total liquid, as fast flowing as water so if you are not ready, you can destroy your surroundings. I was using a clean mitt and I tried to tilt the bottle slightly and catch all the liquid onto the mitt. Another point to be very careful of with this tan and it's a plus is that a little liquid goes an awful long way so although my first arm application was a bit of a disaster, by the second arm I had learned how to tilt properly and manged to use only a little product out of the bottle to do a whole upper body.
If you are a tanning novice then I'm not too keen on this product for you but for the results I got, I may have my arm twisted. The colour of the tan is stunning. When I woke up in my Tan Cosy which was reviewed earlier on today, there wasn't much wear off on the bed at all. I took a shower and was left with this beautifully glowing colour. It looked very natural and was also slightly darker than I had expected. I would imagine for a night out I would probably add a second layer of this tan to get that real sunkissed dark tan look and I would say it will go on perfectly again.
The wear off from the tan was quite good, I am trying to maintain each tan in the same way so I can see if there is a 'bad' wear off but again for me the big test is always at the bend of the arm on the inside, I hate that awful diamond shape you get when tans are wearing off but again with the Bronz'Express it wore off lovely. I showered and moisturised daily so the tan faded gradually and I was able to move onto the next one without much effort.
I look forward to the tinted gel and will have a post on this in a few weeks as I have a number of brands to get through.
Here are some pics of the Bronz'Express on me...
Before I have the bare minimal left over (flash)
Tan has now been applied (without flash)
My beautiful tan the next morning after showering with and without flash
Stay tuned for another tanning review next Thursday ;)
Emma x
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