L’Oreal Sublime bronze lait autobronzant (lotion)
Smell: it has typical self-tanner smell that lasts for a while.
Application: easy to apply as it is a lotion and not very sticky. The self-tanner doesn’t have any colour indicator which is a disadvantage especially for self-tanning beginners. It says on the bottle that it is suitable also for the face but I haven’t had the courage to do so due to the lack of colour indicator and colour itself as well.
Colour: the tan has orange undertone, but if you don’t put more than 2 applications the orange undertone is bearable and it looks quite ok. It tanned my skin up approximately by 4 shades. After 3rd application colour turned very orange and it looked unnatural so I wouldn’t suggest going beyond 2nd applications.
Longevity and fading: it lasts about 3 days which is kind of the standard for drugstore self-tanners. It fades nicely, not patchy. One bottle (150 ml) lasted me about 3 weeks.
L’Oreal Sublime bronze golden mousse
Smell: just like other Sublime Bronze it has typical self-tanner smell that hangs on for a while.
Application: the mousse texture makes it easy to apply, just as easy as the lotion; the self-tanner has the colour indicator which is excellent for beginners and even I, not a beginner, like to see where I put it.
Colour: after 2 applications very nice tan, with natural brownish undertone, my skin was about 3 shades darker.
Longevity and fading: this is where it disappointed me. The colour and application was very nice, but it faded so patchy that I would start to scrub it at first sight of “maps” on my body. Also, after trying for few weeks the cap on bottle broke and it started leaking all over the place so I had to stop using it.
L’Oreal NutriBronze lait hydratant (lotion)
Smell: it has typical self-tanner smell that hangs on for a while.
Application: it is a lotion so easy to apply. However the skin becomes very sticky so it is not very comfortable 10-15 minutes after the application.
Colour: after 3 applications there was almost no colour. On the bottle there is a small scale what colour your skin should turn when you use it 3 days in a row but I haven’t noticed almost any colour. My natural skin colour is very light (in MAC I’m NW15-NW20) so I expected to see some colour after 3 applications.
Longevity and fading: since there was almost no colour after 3 applications I stopped using it (I wouldn’t use it even as a lotion since it smells like self-tanner and the skin gets sticky) so I cannot report on its longevity and fading.
Colour: the tan has orange undertone, but if you don’t put more than 2 applications the orange undertone is bearable and it looks quite ok. It tanned my skin up approximately by 4 shades. After 3rd application colour turned very orange and it looked unnatural so I wouldn’t suggest going beyond 2nd applications.
Longevity and fading: it lasts about 3 days which is kind of the standard for drugstore self-tanners. It fades nicely, not patchy. One bottle (150 ml) lasted me about 3 weeks.
L’Oreal Sublime bronze golden mousse
Smell: just like other Sublime Bronze it has typical self-tanner smell that hangs on for a while.
Application: the mousse texture makes it easy to apply, just as easy as the lotion; the self-tanner has the colour indicator which is excellent for beginners and even I, not a beginner, like to see where I put it.
Colour: after 2 applications very nice tan, with natural brownish undertone, my skin was about 3 shades darker.
Longevity and fading: this is where it disappointed me. The colour and application was very nice, but it faded so patchy that I would start to scrub it at first sight of “maps” on my body. Also, after trying for few weeks the cap on bottle broke and it started leaking all over the place so I had to stop using it.
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| (from left to right) L'Oreal Sublime Bronze (mousse), NutriBronze, Sublime Bronze (lotion) |
L’Oreal NutriBronze lait hydratant (lotion)
Smell: it has typical self-tanner smell that hangs on for a while.
Application: it is a lotion so easy to apply. However the skin becomes very sticky so it is not very comfortable 10-15 minutes after the application.
Colour: after 3 applications there was almost no colour. On the bottle there is a small scale what colour your skin should turn when you use it 3 days in a row but I haven’t noticed almost any colour. My natural skin colour is very light (in MAC I’m NW15-NW20) so I expected to see some colour after 3 applications.
Longevity and fading: since there was almost no colour after 3 applications I stopped using it (I wouldn’t use it even as a lotion since it smells like self-tanner and the skin gets sticky) so I cannot report on its longevity and fading.
Final verdict: if I had to choose from these 3 L’Oreal self-tanners I would go for Sublime Bronze lotion as it was quite ok (it would be great if the colour hadn’t orange undertone). Other 2 self-tanners turned to be actually awful (for different reasons).
What self-tanner are you using?
