WHAT: Tan-Luxe Illuminating Gradual Tan Lotion
WHY: If you, like us, want a lovely, simple, non-reeking self-tanning lotion without having to devote half a day to planning out drying time, fearing for your crisp-white pillowcases, and negotiating a *gags* “mitt,” then you have stepped into the right article.
The utter foolproof-ness (not a word) of this tanner means you can haphazardly smear it all over your body, whether you’ve exfoliated or not, and within an hour you’ll begin to see a light, natural glow on your skin. A glow that legitimately looks like a real tan. Not a streaky explosion of Oompa Loompa-orange.
It’s an oil/lotion “hybrid,” so it’s incredibly easy to rub it all in, and it almost instantly absorbs so you’re not forced to walk around with your limbs akimbo and zombie-like for hours on end. We probably shouldn’t tell you this, but we also use it on our faces and it’s lovely and natural and glowy, and continued use built the color into full-blown tan territory, even while we sit, trapped indoors, anxiety-ridden, among a rampant virus.
At least we can look like we went on holiday.
Also, this lotion smells a bit like nothing. Which is exactly how we have always dreamed our perfect self-tanner could smell.
WHERE: Sephora
PRICE: $33