How To: Self Tan

Every year there is a huge pressure to be tan. It starts around spring time and it doesn't end until winter has long began. If you're like the majority of women, myself included, you either don't have the time to tan or you have been blessed with pasty white skin that flat out refuses to tan. Now you could spend hundreds of dollars on going to a tanning bed or getting a spray tan, but who wants to spend that kind of money to ultimately look so orange that you could be an Oompa Loompa for Willy Wonka?

Luckily, there's a far cheaper and easier way to tan yourself that you can do in the comfort of your own home. For $11.00, and a lot of times it's on sale, at Kroger, you can buy Sally Hansen Airbrush Shimmer. Of course when you buy it, make sure to buy the medium and not the tan or you will look like orange.

Sally Hansen Airbrush Shimmer

After making this purchase, all you have to do is spray it all over your body. It normally only takes one bottle. You want to give it a couple hours to dry and then check to make sure you haven't missed a spot. After that, take a shower. Do not freak out when you see the water turning a tannish color. This is just the excess spray washing off your body.

Once you have showered and dried yourself, use Jergens Firming Lotion, only $7.00. This will help to seal the spray tan. The great part about this tan is that it looks all natural. You cannot get a more natural looking tan unless you lay out in the sun and let nature run its course. The best part? You only have $19 invested in the whole tan compared to the $50 you will pay each time you get a spray tan.

Jergens Firming Lotion