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You Have To Check Out This Affordable, Best-Selling Self-Tanner Product

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Fairfield chapter.

The only reason to be dreading the warmer weather is if you have pasty white skin hiding underneath your clothes. Have no fear, self-tanner is here!

In my many years of faking a tan, I have tried numerous tanning products from Jergens to Banana Boat to St. Tropez…the list goes on. However, my favorite has to be St. Moriz! The product delivers a bronze and streak-free tan at a fraction of the price compared to higher ticketed self-tanning lines. What a steal at a mere $4 from Amazon.com. This self-tanner comes in the shades Medium and Dark either a mousse or lotion. I personally use the mousse in Dark with a tanning mitt. You can find the self-tanning products and tanning mitts at Ulta and also online on Amazon.com. 

How To Get A No Fail Tan in 4 Steps:

1.     Exfoliate and Shave: Scrub your skin with a wash cloth, loofah, or body scrub. Also, be sure to shave before applying your self-tanner.

2.     Lotion: Apply a regular non-scented lotion, such as St. Ives, to your knees, elbows, feet, ankles, and wrists. This ensures the self-tanner won’t crease or crack in these areas.

3.     Tanning: Work from the bottom up, starting with your legs—putting whatever is left over on your mitt onto your feet. Tip: Bend your elbows and knees when applying. Next, apply to your stomach, chest, and arms. Put less than a dime-amount of tanner on your hands and make your hand into a claw so the tanner looks natural over your knuckles.

For your back, either have a friend apply for you or attach your mitt to something long that you’ll be able to reach.

For your face, use a flat-topped kabuki blending brush. This ensures the best application. Also, be sure to blend into your neck!

4.     Shower: If you think you’re too dark, you can rinse off in the shower after about 4 hours, but be sure not to scrub!

Happy self-tanning:) 

Gabriella is currently a junior at Fairfield University, where she is majoring in Marketing and minoring in Communications. She is Co-Campus Correspondent of Her Campus Fairfield with her roomie/best friend Pamela Grant! Gab can most likely be found with a Venti Starbs in hand, while wearing obnoxiously large sunnies (no shame), reading the most recent issue of Glamour Mag.