Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Self Tan, the Healthy Way
In the past we have had a love/hate relationship with self-tanners. We know sun is bad for us, but love the look of a golden tan. Traditional, chemical-laden self tanners are not an option and we hate the streaking, messiness and odor. Then there is the fact that the resulting color is never quite right for our skin tone. So when Xen-Tan paraben-free Face Tanner and Deep Bronze came across our desks, we were skeptical but, with summer around the corner, we figured what the heck! We tried it on an olive-skinned staffer, who tans easily, as well as a fair skinned woman with a ruddier complexion. The results were the same: Amazing!
Finally a self-tanner that delivers a natural looking tan with none of the side-effects we hate. The lotions give you instant color and continue to deepen over three hours. The time-release formulas mean your tan looks beautiful for days and the vanilla-latte scent means you can put them on right out of the shower and no one will know you’ve been cheating. The best part? There is no waiting to get dressed—the color dries instantly.
How can this be? It is the result of a Paraben-free formula that combines the DHA necessary for tanning with such naturally good-for-your-skin ingredients as Shea Butter, Green Tea, Lactic Acid (for exfoliating purposes) and Glycerin. No wonder these are the products favored by the Olsen twins, Drew Barrymore and Nicolette Sheridan. You can get a Xen Tan glow for yourself at select Nordstrom’s or at www.xen-tan.com.
Bring on the summer!
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Finally a self-tanner that delivers a natural looking tan with none of the side-effects we hate. The lotions give you instant color and continue to deepen over three hours. The time-release formulas mean your tan looks beautiful for days and the vanilla-latte scent means you can put them on right out of the shower and no one will know you’ve been cheating. The best part? There is no waiting to get dressed—the color dries instantly.
How can this be? It is the result of a Paraben-free formula that combines the DHA necessary for tanning with such naturally good-for-your-skin ingredients as Shea Butter, Green Tea, Lactic Acid (for exfoliating purposes) and Glycerin. No wonder these are the products favored by the Olsen twins, Drew Barrymore and Nicolette Sheridan. You can get a Xen Tan glow for yourself at select Nordstrom’s or at www.xen-tan.com.
Bring on the summer!
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Labels: paraben-free, parabens, self-tanner, skincare, sunless tanners
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Natural Sunless Tanners
Alba Botanica's Golden Tan Sunless Tanning Lotion (www.albabotanica.com), for instance, uses no paraben preservatives, artificial colors, animal derived ingredients or animal testing. Even better, the product uses another natural ingredient, erythrulose, which is derived from beets, to tint the top most layer of skin a natural golden color.
Kiss My Face’s Instant Sunless Tanner (www.kissmyface.com) uses walnut shell extract as a coloring agent and heavenly mango nut oil for moisturizing...we’re talking a seriously sensual scent and a nice golden-brown tone to boot!
Nature’s Gate’s Upper Tanagement (www.natures-gate.com), which is paraben free and contains certified organic ingredients, also uses squalene, an ingredient derived from olive oil that prepares the skin so that the color goes on very smoothly and the added caramel will make your skin look and smell good enough to eat—though I wouldn’t recommend it.
Kiss My Face’s Instant Sunless Tanner (www.kissmyface.com) uses walnut shell extract as a coloring agent and heavenly mango nut oil for moisturizing...we’re talking a seriously sensual scent and a nice golden-brown tone to boot!
Nature’s Gate’s Upper Tanagement (www.natures-gate.com), which is paraben free and contains certified organic ingredients, also uses squalene, an ingredient derived from olive oil that prepares the skin so that the color goes on very smoothly and the added caramel will make your skin look and smell good enough to eat—though I wouldn’t recommend it.
Labels: natural products, skincare, sunless tanners
