Trying to find the darkest self tan

jamtart6

wow so do you think this celebrtity secrets tan is better than St Tropez? I like the colour of that, but it is really expensive and stinks!! I use fake tan and a factor 30 on my face (6 everywhere else) ..have abused my skin with sun in the last 10 years, and its starting to show so need to be good in the sun now!!

glowgirl_2

Celeb secrets all the way for me, I was never much of a fan of St Tropez anyway, I found it too messy and expensive.

FelinePrincess

Hi all!

Glowgirl, I tried mixing a some booster drops with water and applied it to the soles of my feet (the only part of me that doesn't already have fake tan on!), they have turned brown, usual colour not really yellowey - the booster drops do have quite alot of other ingredients other then dha so maybe this is why. I don't have time right now but I could type up the list of ingredients tomorrow if you would like to see it? Judging by the colour of my feet it would be ok to mix with water and use all over. Would there be a cost benefit in doing this do you think? Or any other benefits? Wouldn't it be fun to make your own fake tan from scratch?!

Jamtart6, I totally agree with glowgirl about celeb secrets. Although I haven't used st tropez myself I think celeb secrets beats all high st brands hands down and on top of that you will save a fortune! If you get some you will never look back!

Feline Princess

esmecullen

Wow my solution came today:j very quick service. So tempted to use it straight away but I'm a tad tired..... hard day at work. Decided to prepare my skin tonight .... made sure my knees and elbows are well moisturised and give it a go tomorrow.

Must say I had a sniff of the solution and it reminds me of maple syrup:D

Will update on how I did soon:D

glowgirl_2

Good morning, its very early but daughter is working all day today so got a few mins before I get her up, FelinePrincess, well done you, that was a really interesting experiment, well done, I'm not sure what I'm thinking about really at first I had a mad idea about making your own product and selling it but when I put my sensible head on health and safety(blah blah blah) and profit margins didn't really add up and would make it more trouble than its worth, the reason for this was people (some I know and some I don't) keep asking what product I use,is that a fake tan etc and I thought I spotted a money making opportunity but I have too much going on to do it properly, the other reason was just a fun thing really, making a bespoke colour just to suit yourself and maybe saving some more cash, although the product is already more than cheap enough, if you have time a list of ingredients would be great, my last bottles came blank just with the strength written in pen so no label.

I just wanted to share with you all my daughters experience with celeb secrets the 2 layers of 6% she put on last weekend have now faded but she still has a gorgeous colour even after numerous showers, moisturising etc it just goes to show how the product reacts differently on the various skin types, having a light colour has really given her a boost, I guess because its different for her and really cheered her up and given her a certain new confidence, not that she really needed it, but it just goes to show the power of feeling good about yourself, she is a teenager so has all the teenage concerns I am sure we all had;)

esmecullen, let us know how you get on, don't forget 2 layers gives a certain depth to your colour:)

Now that I know a bit more about the science bit I am looking into using glycerin as a moisturiser, finding this stuff locally is proving to be a challenge so will update when I actually get somewhere, happy tanning all:T

miss_nadine_x

Hi everyone! Im still working my way through my supplies of tan but I still follow this thread with intrest. I thought for research purposes I would go into Sallys (Salon Services) the otherday and see if they stocked this product, I didnt find it but what I did see was the DHA drops 34% im sure by a company called Tan Truth ( I have used there tan with colour guide before, very dark but very very smelly!) and for the small bottle of drops it was £25.83 !!! oh and then VAT unless you have a trade card. So Celeb Secrets is very MSE!

glowgirl_2

Hi miss_nadine_x, I didn't know Sallys and Salon Services were the same company, I had Salon Services near to where I previously lived and I really miss it, I spent many an hour in there trying out stuff and chatting to random people:rotfl:I have used the Skin Truth products before and they were excellent, very effective and good price but never the Tan Truth, I never saw that range of tanning in the shop I used, I did buy lots of other various tan products from there, this is all about 3 years ago remember, and it was the usual story either ineffective or expensive apart from a product that came in an airbrush can called Ecotan, this was lovely, but very very messy to use and on the expensive side, nothing would tempt me away form my celeb secrets now:D

FelinePrincess, one question about the dha and water combo, did it smell bad?, can you smell your feet?:rotfl:all in the interest of research of course:T

miss_nadine_x

Hi Glowgirl
So do you think you will use celeb tan forever now? does it smell at all?! I hate when you find a tan that smells great out the bottle then when its on the skin its that horrid biscuty smell! I think skin truth and tan truth may be made by the same company, Tan Truth is fairly new on the market so it is possible that its maybe not been available at the Salon services where you used to live at that time.
Tan truth is really good, from the bottle is smells like DKNY be delicious you know the green apple shaped bottle? Then when its on and developed it is the most foul fake tan smell ever!

Oh and another Q, lol! You know when you get apply the celeb tan how long does it have to be left on before its washed off? The reason im asking is because I hate wearing tan to bed incase I sleep in one morning and dont have time to wash it off haha! so I'd rather apply on an afternoon when im off and wash it off in the evening.

x

Ted_Hutchinson

We found that DHA-induced melanoidins in skin act as a topical sunscreen attenuating the formation of 25(OH)D. what this means is the people with tans created with sunless tanning sprays will not make much if any vitamin D when they do go out in the sun therefore it will be very important for everyone using them to be aware of this and to take an effective strength D3 supplement. $5 discount codes in referrals board.

It usually takes around 90 days to achieve optimal status so at the end of summer check your status to be sure you go into the Winter with at least 55ng 137.5nmol/l.

esmecullen

Hello self-tanners just to report on my first use of celebrity secrets and just got to say wow amazing!

I put on one layer and was so pleased that it dried almost instantly, very easy to apply. I left it 2hrs then put another layer on. Showered guide off this morning and I'm a nice honey/golden colour.

Was pleased that there was only a little rub off on clothes and bed sheets. No after odour which you do get with some self tans and it's very natural looking. I'm definately a convert lol!

Had a little accident knocked the bottle over and lost some in spillage but got laminate flooring and it wiped up fine, going to get 2 bottles at the price they charge it's a bargain for such an excellent product, very happy tanned person lol