Trying to find the darkest self tan

glowgirl_2

Thank you Ted_Hutchinson, what does vitamin D do for us and why is it so vital as suggested? Can you buy the necessary strength in the UK or could you obtain the desired amount through diet?

Hi miss_nadine_x, I will use Celeb secrets until the time something better comes along or if the product becomes less effective, I find this happens sometimes, mainly with make up, as your skin gets used to something, I am also wondering now as I have been using self tan (dha) for so many years if my skin has built up a resistance to it, whilst I am a lovely colour both my daughter and neighbour who has very similar skin/colouring to me have achieved great results with just 6% I have no loyalty to any product if its not performing to standard, many years in the beauty industry has taught me its all about profit and of course I am just a cosmetic tart who gets bored easily;)

The celeb secrets product smells of fruit(?) in the bottle when it goes on you get a faint fruity smell for about 15 mins then nothing at all, if like me you layer and slap it on until you wash the colour guide off you get a hint of the usual fake tan smell, however this is nothing compared to the other products I have used over the years, its very hard to compare this professional product to the ones you can buy locally aimed at the mass market, when I say a hint of fake tan smell I really do mean a hint:) I cant remember where I read it but I believe you need to leave the product on for 8 hours to achieve best results, I am an overnight girl but I have been known to put it on in the morning and go out with the colour guide not washed off, no problems there a bit does come off on your clothes but it comes out perfectly in the wash - hth:)

Ted_Hutchinson

glowgirl wrote: »

Thank you Ted_Hutchinson, what does vitamin D do for us and why is it so vital as suggested? Can you buy the necessary strength in the UK or could you obtain the desired amount through diet?

I'm afraid the actions of Vitamin d are pletiopic which means they are so many and varied and apparently (to the unitiated) unrelated that it's really too complicated to explain here.

This article from Scientific American explains in reasonable detail it's role in fighting disease.
Cell Defenses and the Sunshine Vitamin But remember it's an American publication and they have Vit D fortified milk/cereals we don't.

But that's only one part of the story. The role of Vitamin D insufficiency is implicated in Diabetes, MS, Cancer, Alzheimer's Parkinson's, almost any condition that involves at some stage inflammation will involve Vitamin D insufficiency.

However research in Vitamin D is progressing at such a pace that by the time any article goes to press there is new research. So the recommendations in this article that levels between 30 ng 75nmol/l and 60 ng 150nmol/l are now considered on the low side. I don't think anyone interested in disease prevention still thinks 30ng is an acceptable level 40ng 100nmol/l is the lowest acceptable level but ideally 55ng 137.5nmol/l is the NATURAL level at which human breast milk flows replete with D3 and is associated with least chronic disease incidence.


This thread has plenty of information about testing and supplements

esmecullen

Just wondered glowgirl if you can recommend a good self tan for the face? I'm currently using Johnson's Holiday Skin face cream and my usual moisturizer, then a touch of powder bronzer. Bit nervous using the Celebrity Secrets on my face just in case I mess up.

Thanks

glowgirl_2

Thank you Ted_Hutchinson for a very informative and interesting link.

Hi esmecullen, I am so glad your tanning went well, another success story:T I don't use self tan on my face at all, it just doesn't work with my large pores, uneven skin tone and various flaws, I have however tried various products over the years but couldn't recommend any one over another, they all seem much the same. I tried the celeb secrets on my face (the devil made me;)) and it was even more of a disaster than the other ones:rotfl:Other tanners will be able to advise you more than me hopefully:)

FelinePrincess

Hi all!

Esmecullen, I do put celeb secrets on my face, I just use whats left on my mit after doing my chest and neck so I don't put very much on and I don't apply it to above my top lip as it always creates a moustache effect! I think it really depends what condition your skin is in. If you have good clear skin it will probably go on ok but if you have spots or dry patches it's asking for trouble! I'm lucky that most of the time my skin is good, I just get the odd small patch of dry skin now and then and if I apply fake tan to my face when I have dry skin it always goes very dark on the dry patch. I'd suggest that you have a go with a small amount when you don't have anywhere important to go, if it goes wrong I find it wears off very quickly on my face.

Glowgirl, here is the list of ingredients for the booster drops:
Aqua
Dihydrocyacetone
ethoxidiglycol
proplylene glycol
glycernine
polyacrylami
domethylpropane
sulphonic acid
polyquaternium-4
erythulose
parfum-pf34580
polysorbate 20
dmdm hydantoin
aloe barbendensis
tocopherol
retinyl palmitate
panthenol
sodium metabisulphite
phenoxyethanol
amyl cinnamel
benzyl benzoate
benzyl salicylate
geraniol
hexyl cinnamal
butylpenyl methnylbropional
limonene
linalool cl16035
cl19140
cl42090

Not sure what they all are but I'm sure you wouldn't need most of them!

Feline Princess

Saint_Chris

glow girl

i bought my glycerine from boots the chemist

glowgirl_2

Thanks FelinePrincess and Saint_Chris, I'm going to Boots tomorrow so will ask for some, if you dont mind me asking what do you use your glycerine for and in what way? FelinePrincess if you get a sec, no rush, how do those ingredients compare to the bottles of ready made product, notice as well that the top two ingredients are in fact water and dha, interesting:)

FelinePrincess

Hi Glowgirl,

My celeb secrets bottle didn't have ingredients just a 16% label but here is the list of siennasol ingredients:

Aqua
Dihydrocyacetone
ethoxidiglycol
proplylene glycol
glycernine
erythulose
dmdm hydantoin
aloe barbendensis
tocopherol
retinyl palmitate
panthenol
sodium metabisulphite
phenoxyethanol
cl16035
cl19140
cl42090

So, all the ingredients in the fake tan are also in the booster drops. I suspect celeb secrets has pretty much same ingredients as booster drops and siennasol has less different ingredients as it's not scented. I think the booster drops are just a less watered down version on the normal mix. I wonder how easily and cheaply you could buy these ingredients...

Feline Princess

Saint_Chris

I use my Glycerine for cake decorating, i add it to royal icing and it give it a shine.

I have read about using it for your face, but i'm not sure

esmecullen

Thanks Feline Princess, Not sure if I'm brave enough to put it on my face as I do have quite dry skin in places. Wonder if i put a few drops of celeb secrets into my moisturizer it would work?? Not into the whole bottle but just mix some up and put on my face.... I wonder

glowgirl - I think I have a book which gives receipes for making your own moistuisers, I will have a look when I get home (at work now) and see what they have on moisturisers and type up one or 2 when I have time:D

A friend popped over yesterday afternoon and she was admiring my colour so told her about celeb secrets, think she may get some too:D