Sometimes life just seems to be slipping away. You might be doing a lot of late nights at work, or looking after the family seems to take up all of your time. In these circumstances it can be very hard to find the time to do any basic beauty treatments, let alone get yourself a tan.

If you are pushed for time and don’t have the chance to visit a tanning salon, then there are ways that you can get a tan quickly from the comfort of your own bathroom. One of the most popular ways is to use a self tanning lotion. These lotions contain active ingredients that cause your skin to darken, stimulating the same natural hormones in your skin as sun-bathing does. Unlike visiting a tanning booth, this means that you can get a good-looking tan without the risk of exposure to UV rays.

There are alternative types of tanning lotion, that rather than stimulating a tan from own body, just color your skin in much the same way as a spray tan does. These products are often called bronzers. They are very like a body moisturizer, except they contain a coloring agent that darkens the appearance of your skin. You can get them in different ‘strengths’ so that you can choose how brown you want to go.

If you use any new tanning, or skin care product it is always worth doing a skin patch test first. This means that you choose a hidden part of your body to try a small amount of the product on first to make sure that you aren’t going to have any kind of reaction to it. This is especially important for any treatment that you are going to use all over your body like a self tanning lotion.

Try a few products out and you’ll be able to find one that works well for you. Remember that finding a good one means you’ll always have something available that can give you a quick tan top up.

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