I'd like to think I know a thing or two about self tanning. I've always been fairly decent at it. Helping me achieve my faux glow was my Sugar Babies Golden Tanning Mousse. In a recent post which you can find here, I was on a hunt for more of my Sugar Baby self tanner and I had thought I hit the jackpot at TJ Maxx, finding not only my trusty Golden Self Tan Mousse, but a dark self tan mousse and Dark Tan Lotion. Needless to say I was super pumped to try these out.
So I did my usual pre tan routine. I exfoliated in the shower, applied lotion to dry patches and around the areas that self tan really sticks to like my wrists, ankles, and elbows. I pulled my hair up into a bun got undressed and began applying the Dark Tan Mousse with my tanning pad.
And that's when everything started to go wrong. The tan literally crumbled off me and was so streaky. The more I rubbed it in the worse it got. I quick cut my losses and jumped back in the shower to wash it off.
Then I tried the lotion. At first I used it on my forearms and I thought it was working. It sunk in normally and my skin felt pretty good with it on. Then as I applied it to the rest of my body the tan began to crumble off and around my chest area the tan clung to my natural tan (which I got while watching the PGA) and crumbled off my untanned area. Again, I cut my losses and jumped in the shower, afraid of leaving the streaky mess on my body.
Apparently the Sugar Baby company reformulated their tanning lotion and mousse and I'm a little scared to try the new formula for the golden tanning mousse. I still have a little less than half of my original bottle and will use that until I can't use it no more. And for the next week I'll be rocking the orange hands of shame. Despite my quick jumps in the shower and crazy exfoliating my hands seem to be semi permanently cheeto colored.