Monday, April 30, 2007

Famous Daves Tanner

I look MUCH better with a decent glow and color, so I love a great selftanner. This one was recommended by Francine from America and she was so convincing that I ordered two bottles in one go.

Famous Daves Tanner is a white lotion, which have a fair neutral scent and builds up to a great tan if you want to. I am on my second layer and is going to apply a third tomorrow. The color is GREAT, totally like a natural tan. Normally, if I apply a selftanner and later (within an hour) put on a pair of shoes with ankle straps, I can clearly see white stripes on my skin where the ankle strap was. That did not happend here, I have no idea why, it just didn't! I use it on my body aswell as on my face and I have had no reaction at all, it works fine. The color develops after 4-6 hours, which is longer than some other selftanners, but that is fine by me.

Here is Francine's guide on how to get the perfect tan :

  1. Take a shower and exfoliate a LOT. Use either a loofah, body scrub, those scrub gloves or a wash cloth and really scrub it good.

  2. Dry off completely and then use a good amount of oil (I use Palmers Cocoa Butter Oil it's like $3 at Walgreens but baby oil works too). Put the oil on the feet, elbows, knees, wrists, and then sort of rub a bit onto the hands.

  3. Let this dry about 5 mins.

  4. Apply the tanner all over your body (it comes on white so really rub it in circular motions).

  5. Put it everywhere except the knees and feet and hands...for these areas, use a TINY bit on tanner, rub it into your palms well and very lightly apply to the feet and knees.

  6. Wash your hands with soap and scrub and a nail brush if you need to.

  7. Put a bit for oil all over your hands.

  8. Wait 5 mins again.

  9. Take a cosmetic sponge and sparingly apply some tanner on to the tops of your hands and blend lightly on the the wrists.

  10. Let it dry and dont wash your hands for a few hours. You can get dressed within 5 mins.

If you mess up a bit, some astringent will get it out easily. Dont use much on the feet and hands, they really soak it in. It should last a few days to a week.

So far I am so pleased, that I dumped my Clarins and Lancome selftanner.

*****

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

I like famous dave's too. I usually use the tanning bed, but i have cut back and use the self tanner to keep my tan longer. It has very little smell to me, but i mixed it with laura mercier au lait body butter and it made it smell yummy.

Anonymous said...

I am pretty pleased with Famous Daves so far. It goes on easily, with minimal streaking. I have to take special care when applying on my hands, elbows, feet and knees, but that is expected. There is no bad smell, which is nice because I always hate the stink of self tanners. I think this is pretty moisturizing too. I don't feel that I need another lotion when I use this. I have only two gripes about it. First, I have noticed a few times that this rubs off on my white bath towels. I have never seen it on my clothes after application, only right after I get out of the shower. Second, as it fades it looks scaley on me. Not very cute. I have to really scrub hard to get rid of that look. Overall, I would buy again. It is the best value I have ever found in the self tanner department. Most other brands (Clarins, Clinique) - are $17 and up.

Anonymous said...

love this. i can't lay out in the sun, otherwise i end up with a rash. this stuff gives such a convincing tan! very pleased.

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Anonymous said...

Don't be discouraged by the price, it really is the best sunless-tanning product out there! Everything about it is good quality, and if you are not satisfied the company will give you a full refund. No traces of orange on my skin, just a golden tan. No streaks, either. Truly worth the money :)