Self tanner

Lindsay Lohan, she of leggings fame and (most recently) looking way too skinny, has teamed up with tanning expert Lorit to create a new product called Sevin Nyne Tanning Mist which will be available at Sephora.com starting April15.

Though, from the image from the ad campaign (left), it appears as if LL's new tanner will render your skin that standard-issue Soul Man shade, kind of carrot, with a touch of glitter. However, the actress/singer claims... Read More »

If you've ever had a self tanner mishap (orange streaks ring a bell much?), then you might have sworn off trying to alter your skin color for life. Then again, if you've ever had an A1 totally successful experience made in self tanning heaven, you know that a golden hue does make your skin look perfectly even toned and maybe even just a little bit Sophia Loren-esque, just a little. Read More »

Are you planning on wearing shorts/a skirt/a bathing suit/exposing any flesh this weekend? I am. And quite frankly, I feel scared. My skin is WHITE. Not like pretty, ivory Nicole Kidman white. No, we're dealing with Philip Seymour Hoffman pale-with-blotchy-specks-of-red-fire white. It is not, in a word, hot. And I know, I should be all "love yourself for who you are", "who cares about pasty legs, we're at war."  But instead, I just want to use a bit of fast, non-streaky self-tanner and look a teeny tiny bit bronze. Sue me.
I've rounded up some quick-fix products below. All I've used myself or have come on very good recommendations (oh and for best results your legs should be shaved and your skin exfoliated first)... Read More »

Normally I wouldn't cover something just because a publicist sent it to me, but I have an insane crush on Jergens, particularly its new Natural Glow Express moisturizer/self-tanner. I started trying it about a month ago and it is sooo good—it made my super-pasty winter-in-New-York legs actually look like I'd been to the beach for a week. Even my male best friend, a serious tan person, has been using it instead of going to the tanning bed (a horrible habit, he knows).
Anyway, Kristen Bell, she of Veronica Mars and the new movie that I've seen everywhere (and it's not even out for another week), Forgetting Sarah Marshall, has teamed up with Jergens and The Skin Cancer Foundation for a campaign about the dangers of being a tanorexic. It's oddly called “Glow in the Dark,” which means, I think, that you don't need to fry yourself in order to have a healthy glow. Bell has pledged to “Glow in the Dark” this summer, use tons of SPF protection and not sun. If you join her... Read More »