The sun has got
its hat on and it feels like summer’s finally underway here in the UK. However,
instead of getting my tan off to an early start before my holiday rolls around,
I have been stuck at work during this beautiful weather :(.
I was
recently in one of the John Lewis stores in London and spotted St Tropez with a
10% off discount. I’ve never been a fan of the gradual tanners I tried before
as they always go streaky, patchy, look orange or smell terrible. However,
since payday had just rolled around I decided to treat myself and purchased the
everyday gradual tanning mousse (£20.34/120ml).
After doing
the necessary preparation, exfoliating and moisturising, I applied the mousse
with a tanning mitt from top to bottom and left to dry. I repeated this
everyday for 4/5 days until I had an amazing, even golden glow. The mousse is
infused with conditioning aloe vera and promises to give you a natural looking
tan which absorbs in one or two minutes. I can agree with all of the previous
points. After applying my skin felt soft and moisturised, it dried in just a
few minutes (didn’t stain any of my clothes or bed sheets) and gave me an even
tan with no streaks or patches.
However, there
were some downsides. Although it claims to have been developed without the “tell-tale
tanning aroma”, I still felt that there was definitely a scent to it and even
though it wasn’t that horrible wet biscuit-y smell, it was still obvious and didn’t
go until I showered the next morning. The only other issue I had with the
mousse was the fact that it comes out white and goes onto your skin clear so it
can be hard to see where you have applied it and where you’ve missed. In order
to save embarrassing missed patches I had to apply extra using up a lot more of
the product than necessary.
On the whole,
even though there were downsides, they weren’t major problems which put me 100%
off the product and I will be repurchasing in the future. You definitely get
what you pay for!
What’s your favourite self tanner?
What’s your favourite self tanner?
