Weekly self-tanner by Xen-Tan

I tried 3 self-tanners during this summer (2 for body and 1 for face) and this is a review of one of them.

Price: 24,73€ from allbeauty.com ( I bought 2 bottles for 22£ last year when on sale).

What it says on the bottle: quick-drying, with instant colour, olive undertone, vanilla scent and streak-free.

Scent and instant colour: I agree with the scent, the product smells like vanilla during its application. Once the self-tanner starts developing, it has classic self-tanner scent. It has colour indicator as well and that gives you instant colour and helps you to see where you put the self-tanner. It is always very useful to see where you have to blend more to achieve even tan.

Colour: I bought Medium/dark intensity. It gives nice tan with hint of red so your skin looks like freshly suntanned. You get a week-like tan already after 2 applications.

Weekly self-tanner by Xen-Tan

Application: it is easy to apply. It has mousse texture and I used gloves and mitt to apply it. I didn’t get any streaks so I absolutely agree with the claim that it gives non streak tan. It is little bit sticky and takes longer than expected to dry. Plus if you sweat in the sleep or just don’t let it dry completely before putting on clothes, it will stain your pajama and bed sheets.

Longevity: after 2 applications the tan lasted on me 8-10 days, after that it started to fade away in patches. It was hard to remove, so for few days it didn’t look the best (if I didn’t add new self-tan). You can get 10 applications from 1 bottle, so one bottle will last you about 5 weeks.

Final verdict: it is expensive, fades in patches and stains the sheets. It is quite a pity since it lasts long time and looks really nice. I will use up second bottle but won’t repurchase it. Mousse by Saint Tropez wins over it any time.