Most of the people go to spray tan salons as their tan or as a tanning solution, but you can do it at home as well. Did you know?
Although salon tanning is the most popular, home spray tan makes a good and viable choice for less money. Many people choose this variant to booth tanning because of the costs, however, the opinions are shared about which version is the best: DIY tanning or machine tanning. But, this material will focus only on home spray tan suggestions.

The skin preparation is very important for the application of the home spray tan. The best time to exfoliate the skin is after shower, with the mention to skip the moisturizing part. Why so much insistance on exfoliation? Well, the coloring agents act only on the superficial dead skin layer on top of the dermis, and the resistance of the tan depends on the thickness or the thinness of this very layer. The home spray tan option involves a selection from a wide range of products belonging to different brand names.

However, you should be aware of the fact that a home spray tan from Lancome will be more expensive than a no-name product, to give just an example. The difference between different tan sprays is the bronze look and the quality of the spread. Then, an important aspect that you should bear in mind is that color builds in time, at least for the first application. Do not use too much active substance from the very beginning, spread a thin film and let it work and brown the skin gently.

After you apply the home spray tan, allow it to dry before getting dressed and avoid contact with water for the next five hours. Do not apply the home spray tan before going to the gym for instance, because perspiration causes color streaks. The setting of the color depends on total skin dryness. The life of the tan will be prolonged if you take quick showers with warm water and mild soaps. Then, rubbing the skin too vigurously with the towel will also cause exfoliation and cause the color to wear off.

The use of home spray tan also requires wearing only loose clothing for the first day after the tanning. You’ll also see that for the first showers, the hands, the joints and the face will give away more color. Moreover, for darker skin blotches, you can reduce the tan intensity with some lemon juice rubbed into the skin.

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