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Giving Sunless Tanning Lotions a Second Chance

Nonetheless, when the summer months approach, everyone wants to sport the tanned look - bronze bodies are viewed as healthy, vibrant bodies. So, what do you do? Your best bet is to jump into the world of sunless tanning lotions. In the past these forms of “tan in a can” have been laughed at and ignored because of their tendency to leave their customers orange, streaked and extremely unnatural looking.

However, due to the high demand for a safe way to look tan, the tanning lotion industry continued to research and formulate improved products so that today we have a wide range of sunless tanning lotions to choose from - all very easy to use, effective and natural looking.

Making the switch from tanning in the sun or a tanning booth to applying a sunless tanning lotion can be almost as hard as breaking your habit of drinking coffee in the morning. But, after reviewing the following list of benefits, you’ll soon be ready for your first sunless tan.

4 Great Reasons to Use a Sunless Tanning Lotion Today

1. Sunless Tanning Lotions are safe. In the past sunless tanning “pills” were introduced as an effective method to increase skin pigmentation. Unfortunately, there were several potentially harmful products within these pills, such as high doses of beta carotene and canthaxanthin. You don’t have to worry about these ingredients in sunless tanning lotions. These lotions contain the FDA approved safe cosmetic ingredient DHA.

2. Decrease your risk for skin cancer. Each year over 51,000 cases of melanoma are reported to the American Cancer Society. Melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer and for the past 10 years it has seen the greatest increase in number of cases when compared to any other form of cancer. Sunless tanning lotions do not cause skin cancer. In fact, by acquiring your tan through a sunless tanning lotion method, you will decrease the quantity of time that you need in the sun and consequently will reduce your risk of developing melanoma.

3. Sunless tans are quick and easy! Do you have a wedding, party or other special event coming up? Do your friends talk about “working on their tan” and starting months before the event? You, on the other hand, won’t have to spend hours trekking to the beach, the back yard or an indoor salon if you’re using a sunless tanning lotion. Simply open the bottle, apply over all areas where you want to enhance color and Viola! … an instant tan.

4. No embarrassing tan lines. With a sunless tanning lotion you can hit all or just a few areas with a tan. No need to worry about tan lines, bikini lines, or that “farmer’s tan”. Now you can apply your tan wherever you see fit.

Many excellent and effective products are on the market today. Below you will find some of the best that will produce a natural looking tan quickly without draining your wallet.

Phytomer Creamy Self Tanning Gel is a creamy, non oily, non greasy tanning lotion that works in two ways. First, the DHA in the product goes on evenly with no streaking, leaving the skin looking tan and beautiful immediately. As a follow up, Phytomer Creamy Self Tanning Gel contains natural marine sugars that encourage migration of the skin’s own melanin to the surface of the skin and enhances the overall natural tan appearance. To produce an even darker tan, simply reapply.

SkinCeuticals Sans Soleil Sunless Tanning Lotion goes one step further, combining the active ingredient DHA with a DHA enhancer, Erythulose. This combination produces a more even and streak-less tan while reducing overall dryness. This lotion is gentle enough to work on all skin types and has the side benefit of not staining clothing!

Cellex-C Bio-Tan Sunless Tanning Gel also uses Erythulose in combination with DHA. In addition, it contains the sugars and amino acids responsible for encouraging the body’s own melanin migration towards the surface of the skin. The resultant tan, both from natural sources and DHA/Erythulose combination, is one of the most natural looking tans available. No unnatural looking, streaky residue is left on the skin, rather a golden hue or tone emanates from the skin for a beautiful, sun kissed tan skin color. Cellex-C Bio-Tan Sunless Tanning Gel can be used on all skin types and will not leave a chemical after-smell like many other products. These are only a few of the many excellent products available. Other sunless tanning lotions include Jan Marini Skin Research Bioglycolic Sunless Self-Tanner, which enhances the body’s own tanning abilities; Exuviance Sunless Tanning Mousse, which contains skin healthy antioxidants in addition to DHA tanner; and Pevonia Botanica Self-Tanning Emulsion, which has added skin-healthy chamomile and Ginkgo Biloba herbal formulations to the product.

Article posted 1/02/2007.

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