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rowantree I follow all the rules. I exfoliate everything. I shave. I exfoliate again. I use a good moisturizer on my dry spots. Make sure my skin is completely dry before applying. All that stuff, every last bit, every single little tip you can cull from every single fashion/beauty magazine there is. And yet every single time, I turn orange. I recently used L'Oreal's Sublime Bronze Medium to Deep self tanning gelee. What a great scent! Color took 5 hours to develop, which I thought was weird. And I didn't turn as brown as I wanted, so the next day I reapplied, like the label indicated I should. In 4 hours I went from a little brown to a lot orange. I also smell very badly now too. Is it just something with my skin that I'm unable to use self tanners or what? And why the horrible smell?
Hi Rowantree, nice to read your posts again!!! Talking about self tanner, tell me about it!! I am the same!!! I put some on the other day, and like you i follwed every instruction in the book, shaved, ex foliated and moisturised and still i come out patchy
I use only the best products,, even those that promise to be streak free. The ONLY think i can think of that i am not doing right, it not putting it on in the right light. I did mine at night and applied mine in the early hours of the morning and thought i could sleep whilst it develops.I even use a tan with color in it so i can see where it's going.Still it's not perfect! Its so annoying.The only advice i can give you,but you might not want to do it....i did...i just applied more t6an on top of the patchy tan and make it really dark, when it starts to fade that's when i can see the layer's of tan LOL but saying that you could try some Tan Remover.St Tropez makes some.I have everything i need for self tanning.I have spacial mits i bought that can be used to smooth creams lotions or mouse tan's.I have the air brush tan in a can, i spend ages ex foliating and still it's not 100% perfect.Hopefully next time i will do it in broad day light and ask someone to help me!