I’m finally back from Japan! I have a backlog of half written posts to finish up. I saw this really cute shop staff girl at Ennym (they sell d.i.a. now) who was so tan and cute and I got inspired. Sadly I can’t find her on Instagram or anything.
Anyways I decided to start tanning again. I wanted to keep it on the cheaper end since i spent a ton buying things in Japan. When I tanned regularly I had to use a ton of products for it to show up at all, and today I was researching and found out it may be because I was always using moisturizing products right before tanning. I guess that interferes with the tan development? Idk. I would always get literally nothing on my arms and legs except for horrible dark patches on my hands and feet until I loaded a tanning lotion with dark tanning drops.
So this time I bought a cheap oil and butter free body wash and an extra thick cream for my hands and feet. The Ulta brand was on sale for like $6. I also got a razor with no moisturizing strips on it just in case that was adding some kind of layer to my legs. I had to order something for my face bc of my skin sensitivity, so I picked up a liquid bronzer to mix with my makeup in the meantime. I just got shade light for now, because they all looked super dark. It actually on the skin turns out like a decent tan for me but we’ll see if I need a darker one since I want it to mix with my concealers.
I got the tanologist dark gradual tan since I used to use their gradual tan back when I tanned originally. I got the dark one because I feel like light gradual tanners do nothing? Maybe it’s just my skin. Holy crap, the prices have increased from what I remember. I thought they were an affordable brand and I was gonna do what I used to do and buy drops to mix with it, but somehow the price went up to $20!? I thought they were a drugstore brand but I guess everything is expensive now because they were the cheapest in the store. I figured I’d just try it out and if I actually want more of a tan I’ll just buy it then, or find another brand with drops. I always liked that better than the mousse type.
The last two things are a mitt and a back applicator, I know some people don’t use it with gradual tans but I like to just in case
Actually looking back now, the cashier forgot to scan and give me the exfoliating mitts I wanted too, since I read that using a sugar scrub with oils makes the tan not develop. I’ll just order some online and use my loofah tonight.
I’ll report back once I’ve tried everything! I’m mildly nervous something will go terribly wrong, but at the end of the day it’s just fake tan so oh well. It’s nothing permanent. Look out for my Japan posts!
