Shower
using an exfoliating product and a scrounge sponge. Note the dark
tracer in Sunless Tanning Products we offer at Lewies, this promotes
an even application. The tracer will wash out of pajamas or sheets.
Wear rubber gloves. This will keep your hands from staining. Only
exfoliate on every fifth application. Allow St. Tropez or Au Courant
to dry usually fifteen to thirty minutes.
Basics:
Use slightly more sunless self-tanner than you would
regular lotion or cream. Use a circular motion to rub it in, to
avoid streaks. Make sure you cover all the areas of your body (don't
forget your sides, or your armpits, or you will look funny). Focus
on one area at a time. Use less tanner on the joints (knees, elbows,
ankles) and on the tops of your feet. Avoid getting the sunless
tanner on the bottom of your feet, the palms of your hands, and
in your hairline.
Flair:
This is how I do it. It works for me, but other people
might apply their tanner slightly differently.
I start with my calf. I apply the sunless product here first, and rub it into
the tops of my feet and onto my knees. I never put St. Tropez or Au Courant
directly onto those two areas. I work my way up one leg and then the other.
Then it's onto my torso, and up to my neck. When I get to my face I make sure
I don't have too much self-tanner on my gloved hand. I put just enough on,
and make sure to blend it in well. I make sure that I rub self-tanner from
my neck and up into my face, blending well to avoid any blotches or lines.
The last areas I do are my arms. I put some of the
tanning lotion onto my upper arms and blend it into my shoulder,
pits, sides, and back. I work my way down to my elbows (never put
the tanning product directly onto your elbows, always blend from
other places). Then I work on my forearms. At this time I take
off the gloves, and work the tanning cream down from my arm, over
my wrists and onto the back of my hands.
Don’ts:
Don’t put sunless tanning lotion directly onto joints.
Don’t let the self-tanning products pool up in between your fingers or toes.
And where application gloves so the hands won’t get too stained.
Don’t forget to exfoliate.
Don’t put on clothes for at least fifteen to thirty minutes.
Don’t let water come in contact with an area where you have put sunless tanning
lotion.
Special
Hints:
St. Tropez self / sunless tanning products have a
tint or tracer so you can see where you are putting the tanner.
With a tracer you will be applying the tanner more evenly.
Wait one day and apply again. Follow with weekly applications of sunless tanning
cream to maintain your Golden Brown Tan.
If you have a significant other, have them help you apply the sunless tanner.
An assistant will be able to get to hard to reach areas.
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