Summer is just around the corner though the March winds blowing right about now make it seem like a distant oasis. However my email inbox and the products arriving at my front door tell a different story. Self-tanners are making an appearance just like the crocuses popping up from the ground and it makes me giddy.
Tan Towels self tanning towelettes for face and body arrived and I was skeptical. I have used sprays, gels, lotions and cremes. The towel did not impress me one bit. Upon taking it out of its little pouch I wondered how it could possibly create a golden glow. Guaranteed to burnish your skin a soft brown within a few hours the Tan Towel also proclaims no streaks. Pfft, I say. No self-tanner can really guarantee that. It's all in the application and the person applying the self-tanner. So I did. I used one Tan Towel on my entire lower body. It was still damp (it starts to dry up to let you know you need another one) so I wiped down my upper body as well. I avoided my face. I wasn't too sure how dark it would turn out. You know what? Not too dark at all. In fact, it took a whole day for my skin to appear tan, not a few hours like they say. However, when I woke up the next morning I was golden! Beautifully so and it was a shame I had to hide my newly tanned legs under jeans. I found that the tan stayed true for a few days. By a week I still had a light tan but needed a re-application. I found the before and after shots online to be quite accurate as well.
Now about those streaks. I had them. I am not going to lie. The places that I first began using the towel were a bit darker and I must have gone over some areas twice because they were even darker and that is where the streaks occurred. The second time I applied Tan Towels about two weeks later I was really slow and careful to note the areas I had already swiped with the towel. No streaks that time!
Tan Towels are available at Sephora, Ulta and online. You can buy them in packs of ten ($27) or five ($24) , fair to medium and medium to dark. Full body kits for plus sizes are also available. Other self-tanning products, like a sunless tanning mist, are as well.
MPR Rating: Four Stars.
Disclaimer: MPR was not paid for this post. Products were given for testing and review purposes only. Opinions are MPR's only.
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