i'm a transfer-resistant self tan gel that you can apply & go glow your own way... no rinse required

When you grow up in Florida surrounded by surfer girls and skater boys with sun-bleached streaks in their hair and gorgeous tans, it can give you a real complex. As a dark-haired kid with fair skin (as in, you can see my veins with the naked eye), I gave myself plenty of sunburns trying to look more like the bronze girlies all around me. This went on until I was much older, when my mom was diagnosed with skin cancer and had to have a lesion removed from her hairline. That’s when I swore off the sun for good and dove headlong into self-tanning. looking for the darkest self tanners in town? look no further than b.tan’s ultra dark range of fake tan mousses. where other tans end, we begin. we don’t just end our range of dark self tanners at ultra dark, we start there and work our way up. just choose your level of super darkness, apply the self tanning mousse with our tan mitt and rinse it off when you’re as dark as you dare go… like your tan dark & skin extra glowy? take the way you glow up a notch with this clear, transfer-resistant self tan gel made for the darkest + insanely dark tan results that develops on-the-go without tanning your clothes. so you can save yourself the stress and up your tanning game to the next level. better yet, hyaluronic acid + vitamin c team up to leave you with that added touch of glow that will have all eyes on you.They say: Tan time is any time thanks to b.tan transfer-resistant self tan gel that you can apply & go Glow Your Own Way. No rinse required. Enriched with Hyaluronic Acid + Vitamin C for that ultra juicy glow. Tan time is any time thanks to b.tan transfer-resistant self tan gel that you can apply & go Glow Your Own Way. No rinse required. Enriched with Hyaluronic Acid + Vitamin C for that ultra juicy glow. I love that this gel comes in a bottle with a pump versus a squeeze tube; I just prefer using a pump to wrangling the last bits of lotion out of a tube when it’s running low. I like that the bottle is clear so I can see how much product I have left, and 16 ounces is a lot of product for the price. I’ve had my bottle for two summers now. Who it’s for: Anyone who wants a summer tan without exposing their skin to harmful UV rays, and those who hate the whole apply-self-tan-and-sit-around-for-hours routine. One thing that helps me not get whiffs of the self-tanner smell all day, regardless of what product I use, is not applying it close to my underarms. I don’t remember where I read it, and I don’t know why it works, but it really does help. The ingredients hours before you apply your self tan, paying particular attention to elbows, knees, ankles and problem areas

They say: Get an even darker tan and glow your own way with b.tan next level transfer-resistant, rinse-free clear tan gel for extra deep color results. Get the juiciest, moisturized dark glow yet. Just the way you like it. Get an even darker tan and glow your own way with b.tan next level transfer-resistant, rinse-free clear tan gel for extra deep color results. Get the juiciest, moisturized dark glow yet. Just the way you like it. Make sure your skin is clean and dry. Pump it and rub all over. Wash your hands after use. Your skin will feel hydrated, silky smooth, bronzed + glowy.

Wash your hands thoroughly. If you’re going to go mitt-less, you’ll want to suds up your hands right after you finish tanning, since your palms don’t naturally tan and having them match the rest of your skin just doesn’t look quite right. I keep a cheap toothbrush around to scrub around my nails and cuticles so that the product doesn’t cling to those areas either.

If you’ve ever self-tanned, you know it takes some practice. Refined over many years and numerous mishaps, here’s my process when using this product:

Self-tan from the bottom up. Pump the gel into your hands and rub it into your legs. I start on my calf or thigh and, when I have a little less product on my hands, blend it over areas like my knees and ankles. You could use a tanning mitt, but I find the Glow Your Own Way gel streaks less when I use my hands. Rub it in until it’s fully absorbed, then move on to the next area of your body until you’re done. One downside: the pump gives you a good-sized dollop of self-tanner, and it can be hard to dole out less if you only need a small amount. Not a big deal to me, but something to keep in mind. The scent You can apply it and go about your day — no worrying about your color guard getting everywhere or showering the tanner off by a certain time. I am not familiar with using self tanners, but this was really easy to use and spread out! For the sake of the review I only used it on one leg to see the difference it made, and it gave a subtle tan/glow, I applied it three times, two pumps for the leg each time, once a day. I saw some people say it made them super dark and that it was hard to get off, but that is not my experience. If you try to layer the product up for a darker color, it doesn’t really do much. I’m guessing this is by design, so that if you overlap here and there while applying it (since it’s clear), you won’t have obvious patches.

like your tan dark & skin extra glowy? take the way you glow to the next level with this clear, transfer-resistant self tan gel made for insanely dark tan results that develops on-the-go without tanning your clothes. so you can save yourself the stress and up your tanning game to the next level. better yet, hyaluronic acid + vitamin c team up to leave you with that added touch of glow that will have all eyes on you. or consider using a gradual tan so that your tan is continually bring topped up an dyour tan lasts longer. The ingredient list on the Glow Your Own Way self-tanner is, as you’d expect, a bunch of chemical names that don’t mean much to anyone who’s not a chemist. But you’ll recognize the ones at the top, meaning they make up the bulk of the formula: water, vitamin C, hyaluronic acid, and coconut and sugar cane extracts. The Glow Your Own Way gel gets bonus points for being vegan and formulated without parabens, and b.tan doesn’t test on animals. While spending hours on my personal care sounds divine, it’s not realistic for my life right now — but I still want to feel confident in shorts, dresses, and bathing suits this summer. I can slap this tan on in a few minutes, get dressed, and go about my day, or hop straight into bed without worrying about tan transferring onto my clothes or sheets. The color never pulls orange on me, lasts about seven days, and fades beautifully. The TL;DR Pro-tip: I have dry skin, but this goes on completely patch-free when I apply it right on top of a layer of body lotion (I use the Eucerin Eczema Relief Cream). How I use the b.tan Glow Your Own Way self-tannerApply lotion all over. Most self-tan how-tos will tell you to apply lotion to dry areas on your body, like ankles, knees, and elbows, but I go for a thin layer of moisturizer all over. at b.tan, we love animals so we don’t test on them. and we love your bod so we keep all the nasties out of our products, so you know your skin is getting well looked after while you’re looking hot af. simple. Shower, exfoliate, and shave. I like to dry brush before I hop in the shower and use a sugar scrub in the shower because I’m a more-is-more type of gal, but I’m sure one method is plenty. Then shave where you like. or consider using a gradual tan so that your tan is continually being topped up and your tan lasts longer. That weird self-tanner, biscuit-y smell found in many brands is not the vibe here. The b.tan Glow Your Own Way gel smells very lightly of coconut, but once it dries I don’t notice it much. The next day after the tan develops, every so often I can smell a little bit of that signature self-tan scent, but it’s much, much less obvious than any other product I’ve used.