SOLTAN BEAUTIFUL BRONZE SELF-TAN GEL
Smell: it has nice Shea butter smell when applying it, so quite pleasant; later on when it develops it has bit of the self-tanner smell.
Application: I applied it with hands like I tend to do with cream self-tanner which was a major mistake as the self-tanner dries immediately and it is therefore very difficult if not impossible to remove it from hands. Since it dries quickly I had to be fast and blend it quickly to avoid streaky lines. My skin wasn’t sticky so I could get dressed almost immediately after the application (at least good new here). On the bottle it says “tinted colour for instantly luminous skin”, well, it actually means LOT of yellow glitter. I’ve never had so much glitter on my body in my life. It wasn’t a nice look but for sake of testing I endured the experience.
Colour: I bought the tube last summer and tried it during the winter so only 6 months after buying it. It says on the bottle that the product should be used within 2 years however the self-tanner was separating into yellow glitter, brown gel and green gel already. I had to shake it before use and it still look weird. Anyway the colour I obtained was light brown with red undertone which wasn’t the most flattering for my undertone.
Longevity: it lasted few days as standard drugstore self-tanners do; there were no patches when fading.
Final verdict: it was so much work to blend it in and so much mess; the amount of the glitter was too much for my taste and the outcome nothing special. I haven’t even finished the bottle I had.
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| (from left to right) Nivea Sun Touch Lait-Soin autobronzant, SOLTAN Beautiful bronzer Self-tan gel, Neutrogena PureGlow |
NIVEA SUN TOUCH LAIT-SOIN AUTOBRONZANT
Smell: it had really strong self-tanner smell mixed with something else I cannot identify.
Application: it is a cream but very light liquid consistency; I used only my hands and most of time the application was ok, few times I got some streaks so I would suggest using a mitt. It dries quickly (not as quick as Soltan, so you have time to blend it) so it is practical if you are in a hurry.
Colour: it gives very light yellow colour, by very light I mean really light and you cannot build dark colour at all, it just stays at light level and doesn’t change even after using lot of times in a row. It says on the bottle it is for light skins but I just didn’t expected to be so light.
Longevity: it didn’t last too long as the colour was very light and therefore once it started fading I could not tell if it was still there or not.
Final verdict: since the smell was awful and there was almost no colour I wouldn’t buy it by any means.
NEUTROGENA PUREGLOW
Smell: I don’t want to use negative words but this product actually stank. It had very chemicals-like smell to the point that I would make faces when applying it…
Application: it looks like regular face lotion, white in the tube, transparent when blended. It soaked into the skin nicely, wasn’t too sticky and dried quite quickly.
Colour: firstly, keep in mind that when you use face self-tanners you cannot use peelings, AHA or BHA acid, retinol or other products that peel the upper skin layer. Apart from the peeling, you have to keep the skin moisturize so that the tan has a chance to build up (the face self-tanners tend to be light in colour so you need more colour). So I really paid attention to all that and there was no colour what so ever after 2 applications. I mean nothing at all.
Longevity: since there was no colour I cannot report on its longevity or fading.
Final verdict: no colour and disgusting smell, I could not keep on using the product.
L’OREAL NUTRIBRONZE LAIT HYDRATANT
I already posted a review about this product (you can read about it here) but I wanted to mention it again here as I haven’t used the product up as it was so bad.
Sorry to be so negative today, I promise the next self-tanner review will cheer you up little bit.
