Want a great tan? Duh! Then you want a great sunless tan. If you’ve been paying attention at all to what researchers say about the damaging effects of the sun on your skin, you know that lying out in the sun or in a tanning bed is out of the question. I guess you could choose alligator skin and a really good skin cancer scare it you really wanted to, but I have faith that people today are better informed and therefore “smarter” about the way they tan.

Fortunately for us, advances in research and development have provided us with some pretty good, fairly inexpensive alternatives to get that summer glow some of us absolutely crave…sunless tanners. Today you can get that golden glow from an aerosol can, foams, lotions, creams, gels, towelettes, sprays, and mousses. There are certainly plenty of sunless tanning products out there to choose from, but which ones really work, and which ones are duds? Great question. And here are some great answers.

Prevention magazine found more than 30 people willing to participate in a test of 30 sunless tanning products. The test was done in January, when people have that pasty winter look and are aching for the golden glow of summer. In the words of Prevention Magazine.com, “9 products (out of 30 tested)… made our volunteers look like they’d just jetted back from St. Barts (as opposed to looking like they’d just emerged from the spray chamber at Earl Scheib Auto Painting). Their fake tans compared favorably with a $50 spray-on tan one tester got in New York City.” So let’s take a look at these nine products with such favorable results so that you can get an ‘unbiased’ opinion about what really works and what doesn’t.

Here are the nine products and how they rated:

1. Jergens Natural Glow Daily Moisturizer got an A+ for price, scent, and streak-free coverage with a tan that lasts a day or two. Repeat daily for extended tan.

2. Banana Boat Summer Color Sunless Tinted Lotion was voted best deep, dark tan; it tanned even the darkest-skinned tester. Quick-drying but with a slight odor. You get 3 to 4 days of a streak-free bronze.

3. Coppertone Endless Summer Sunless Tanning Gradual Tan Moisturizing Lotion provided the most even, streak-free tan of the bunch; several applications gave a deeper tan. The tan lasted 2 days but is mild enough to use every day.

4. L’Oreal Sublime Bronze Dual Action Instant Bronzer & Self-Tanning Lotion is a tinted self-tanner/bronzer combo; tan deepens from initial instant bronze effect. One tester described her tan as “sunburn gone bronze.” The vitamin E formula was reported to leave skin feeling smooth and healthy with a tan that lasts about 4 days.

5. Neutrogena Build-a-Tan Lotion for Body and Lotion for Face with SPF 15 is gentle enough to use twice a day for faster tanning, or every other day for gradual darkening; tan lasts 3 day to a week, depending on skin tone.

6. Neutrogena MicroMist Tanning Sunless Spray provides a hands-free airbrush application from an aerosol can that will let you reach even hard-to-reach places without help. You get 4 to 5 days of a salon-like airbrush tan, but be careful with your strokes as spray is colorless.

7. Clinque Body Quick Bronze Tinted Self-Tanner Mousse for Body and Face Self-Tanner gives a beautiful, glowing tan that lasts 4 days or more, but the body mousse can be a little tricky because it’s sticky and can take up to 20 minutes to dry.

8. Estee Lauder Go Tan Sunless Towelettes are colorless towelettes that give you a natural glow with just a few swipes for a tan that for about 3 days. These can be great for traveling or for people always on the go.

9. SkinCeuticals Sans Soleil Sunless Tanner got kudos for how this tanner glides on just like a moisturizer with the most natural tan of the bunch and not a single streak; the downside is that this tan fades in 2 days.

There you have it. Nine sunless tanning products with great reviews from over 30 testers trying 30 different products. If you don’t already have a self-tanner or bronzer that you absolutely swear by, you might want to give one or all of these a try, and see if you find a new favorite. If you haven’t started your own research yet, this list of nine sunless tanners is a fantastic way to start. Prevention magazine has already done the work for you, taking out most of the guess work. Now you are better armed for that search to find just the right ‘golden summer tan in a bottle, can or tube.’

George Mello
http://www.articlesbase.com/cosmetics-articles/sunless-tanners-the-votes-are-in-100343.html

There are tanning lotions, tanning oils and other products for carrying out the act of tanning inside a tanner. These products are not important for indoor tanning only but for sun tanning too. The tanning sessions are complicated in the sense that they are artificial modes of UV radiations and the degree of radiations by the lamps often tend to leave the side effects.

The tanning lotions are thus beneficial in the heated tanning bed environment as a protection shield to the intricacies that arise due to tanning. The skin dries up, sunburn occurs, and sometimes red rashes appear in the session of tanning as side effects. The lotions have been prepared with different formulas to prevent these drawbacks of tanning.

If you use the tanning lotions, there are a number of benefits that you get from them. According to American Academy of Dermatology the use of tanning lotion is a must while an indoor tanning session. The benefits of using tanning lotions are:

The lotions with SPF formula prevents sunburn by preventing the penetration of UV rays through the epidermis of your skin. The SPF lotions contain zinc oxide that plays a pivotal role in the protection of skin from the ultraviolet rays.

The lotions for indoor tanning contain dehydroxyacetone (DHA) formula that enhances the tanning procedure. The accelerating of tanning is beneficial in the sense that it reduces the time of exposure under the lamps and moderate tanning threats no risk. Also, it provides the dark tan that you desire for.

The tanning lotions also contain hydrating particles that keep the moisture balance of the skin intact and no wrinkles or dryness prevails.

They also provide nutrients, supplements essential for the skin and restore the condition of the skin. This makes the skin softer and healthier.

The amino acid tyrosine present in the lotions stimulate the melanin production giving a uniform and better tan.

They protect you from premature aging. Tanning without tanning lotion can indeed turn you into a beautiful witch.

The latest lotions contain advanced formulated ingredients for the extra care of your skin. They have no side effects for the smooth surface of your skin.

The benefits that the tanning lotion provide make them worth using while indoor tanning sessions. The tanning lotions should be used very attentively before and after your tanning session. Read the instructions properly on the labels of the bottles before use, since they are instructed for promoting the tan faster and better.

Ashish Jain
http://www.articlesbase.com/careers-articles/benefits-of-using-indoor-tanning-lotions-67302.html

Although suntan is still preferred among fashion conscious women, indoor tanning methods are also followed by many because of convenience and safety associated with them. Also with the growing concern over suntan due to its link with skin cancer, people are now looking towards indoor tanning.

A good number of indoor tanning products have come on the block and are said to be quite safe. The other benefit of indoor tanning is the time factor. For suntan you need to spend a good deal of time under the sun to get tanned, however indoor methods offer the color in comparatively very less time. For people with tight schedule it’s much of an ordeal to steal time required for suntan on a regular basis.

Tanning bed lamps are most popular means of indoor tanning. You just need to lie on the tanning bed exposing your entire body to lamp radiation from all sides of bed. While undergoing tanning with the help of tanning bed, you need to protect your genitals from the radiation. Before and after undergoing a session on the tanning bed, certain tanning lotions are also applied on the body.

You can enjoy an indoor tanning session at home as well as at tanning salons. If you are a great tanning enthusiast, its better to buy home a tanning bed suited for home purposes. Once you get to know the procedure well, you don’t need professional help for desired tanning. You can yourself operate your home tanning bed.

All the tanning beds offer you tanning through ultraviolet A radiations. You must know the needed time for attaining the desired color.

Tanning sprayers are another popular means to get indoor tanning. All tanning booths extend you facility of tanning spray as well. These sprays are sprinkled on your body in such a way that your skin gets a homogeneous tan color. These sprays are usually manufactured with SPF formula.

Bronzers could be another possible products to offer you indoor tanning. But it offers you a temporary tan color. It comes in lotion as well as gel.

So, you can choose from these available ways of indoor tanning. But before undergoing indoor tanning you must check your skin’s sensitivity against radiations. A consultation with dermatologist is always preferred.

Ashish Jain
http://www.articlesbase.com/careers-articles/indoor-tanning-recommended-to-tanning-fans-79481.html

I want to use Designer Skin’s Addicted to Love on my legs for outdoor tanning. I was wondering if anyone ever has tried it. It has a mild tingle and some bronzers. I don’t want to go out and crisp up with major burns. I just want to try to get my VERY HARD TO TAN legs tan. And I want to do it without going to a tanning bed.

You can use any of the tanning lotions designed for indoor tanning. The only warning is that these lotions do not have an SPF in them. It’s not wise to use them if you do not already have a good base tan.