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Designer Skin Tanning Lotions

Designer Skin tanning products are one of the most popular brands in the marketplace today. Following is a list of some of their top-selling indoor tanning lotions and descriptions of each:

Flare: This exotic, dark bronzing blend promotes a defined and toned appearance for a sleek, sexy silhouette. Brilliant, bold color?… enhanced conditioning ingredients… it’s your turn to shine as you mesmerize them with your sublime style, panache and Flare™.

Revival: Revival Energizing Triple Bronzer contains as much caffeine as a cup of coffee for the ultimate dark tanning boost. This rejuvenating bronzing blend delivers intense dark tanning results while skin energizing ingredients envelop you. Who needs espresso when you can awaken your senses with Revival™?

Spellbound: This lotion formula includes silicone and makes your skin feel silky smooth and soft. It also contains a powerful quadruple bronzing blend that doesn’t streak and leaves your skin with a beautiful bronzed glow. This is one of the hottest Designer Skin products available today and is worth every penny!

Ray of Light: Ray of Light is the glimmer of skincare hope that you’ve been waiting for. This dual-action bronzer bathes your skin in fabulous, golden bronze hues while leaving your skin silky-soft to the touch. Active slimming and body contouring smooth and improve your skin’s texture by reducing the appearance of  “orangish” skin.

Sheer Wisdom: Have you ever felt deprived from gorgeous, bronzing glory because your skin is tempermental and a little on the sensitive side? Enlighten yourself with Sheer Wisdom™ and unleash your golden, tanning potential. This hypoallergenic and fragrance-free formula delivers stunning bronze color wile being compassionate to your skincare needs.

14 Karat Gold: Ultra advanced 14 bronzing blend with Sunstay technology. What’s better than bronze, quite simply gold…14 karat gold. Experience extravagantly rich, dark color as this advanced blend of 14 bronzers break through your tanning plateau into the next realm of surreal golden splendor.

Black: Ultimate 20x body bronzing silk mega magical silicone emulsion. Black by Designer Skin is an ultimate 20X bronzing body silk tanning bed lotion with mega magical silicone emulsion. This lotion belongs to Design Skin’s family of tanning bronzers and 20X is about as high as you can get. It practically melts into your skin and leaves you feeling lusciously smooth and soft.

Hemphatic: Ultra Advanced 10 Bronzing Blend with Luscious, Dark Tanning Cream Oil, Unique Fade Defying Formula.Listen to your Mother, especially Mother Nature, who created hemp seed oil, one of the richest & most balanced sources of essential fatty acids & vitamin E found in nature. The oil from this “super plant” is the basis for
Hemphatic, an advanced dark tanning lotion cream oil that delivers the best of both worlds: a luxurious cream with the magnifying and skin care benefits of an oil combined into one perfect formula.

Drama Queen: Dark Tanning Formula with Hemp Seed Oil Dramatically dark tanning results. Whisper-soft, sensuous skin. Alluring fragrance. That’s right. You’re more than just a pretty face. You are the ultimate Drama Queen.

Goddess 200xx: Extreme sizzle formula with anti-aging and firming extracts. The ultra sizzle formula takes you to the pinnacle of advanced tanning while pampering skin with superior skin care ingredients. Helps defend your skin against effects of aging.

Bombshell: Experience the power of Bombshell 100XX bronzer! Extreme sizzle formula yields unsurpassed results while providing excellent skincare Ultra-Extreme Sizzle Formula with Exotic Bronzer Blend

Bi Polar: Being cool has never been so hip. Enriched with antioxidant vitamins and botanical oils. Bi·Polar™ Dark Tanning Formula with exotic bronzer blend delivers exceptional tanning results while an icy coolness envelops and refreshes you for the quintessential cooling experience.

Rock Star: Reach for the stars, baby, and get ready to take center stage. Hot, Sexy, Hemp, Bronzer. Need we say more? There’s a new Rock Star in town ready to rock your world and take you to outrageous levels of tanning ecstasy. Spectacular, golden bronze color. Skin so velvety soft, they write songs about it. Irresistible. That’s you. See, feel, live the difference

Roar: Bold, brilliant bronze color…exhilarating sizzle sensation…extravagant skincare and sensory experience…sizzling hot results! Get ready to Roar into sheer bronze abandon w/the quintessential sizzle bronzer that scorches the competition. This ultra advanced, maximum sizzle bronzer is for those who like the extreme…in their sizzle,in their bronze color and in their results.

Believe In Me: There is never “too much of a good thing”, especially for those who believe. Wanting advanced bronzers and ultra dark color? Radiant skin? A refreshingly,cool tanning experience? Lets add hemp seed oil and opti glow blend for added effect. The resulting package? An unbelievable bronzing formula that gives dramatically dark color and luminous skincare. Forget the others…you just need to Believe In Me.

Worship Me: Suitable for all skin types. Designer Skin Worship Me 13.5 oz. Advanced Quadruple Bronzer. The ultimate bronzing boost! This advanced quadruple bronzing blend bathes your skin in luscious dark caramel color, while the proprietary Mega Melamax technology optimizes your results for deepest darkest tan.

How To Build A Base Tan

Lets face it. A nice tan makes you look and feel great. Plus, it can hide ugly cellulite and also make you appear thinner!

Here are 10 indoor tanning steps to help you achieve a nice base tan without getting burned.

1. Be careful if you are on any prescription medications: blood pressure medications, antibiotics, skin problem medications are just a few categories of drugs you should not be taking if you are tanning or spending lots of time in the sun.

2. Always use a good quality indoor tanning lotion. It will help your skin to absorb the UV, which will aid in the tanning process. There are also special ingredients that stimulate melanin production, such as Tyrosine, which will give you the most out of every tanning session. Your skin tends to dry out during the tanning process and if you don’t use a good quality indoor tanning lotion, your skin will exfoliate faster, become more dry and flaky, and you will lose your tan faster. So the bottom line: for a deeper, darker, longer lasting tan, you need to use quality indoor tanning lotion. It’s best to apply indoor tanning lotion immediately prior to your session or 1-2 hours prior is even better if you can. Applying it ahead of time allows your skin to absorb the lotion better so you will get the best results from your tanning session.

3. Apply after tan lotion as well to take care of your skin and keep it moisturized. Apply it twice daily at a minimum to keep your skin happy, once in the morning and again at night before bed. This also can enhance your tan and make it longer lasting- the key to a great tan is healthy skin!

4. If you are just beginning to tan, remember to start out conservative. Whatever you do, you don’t want to burn- you cannot tan on top of a burn and you will have to start over. If you burn, your skin is telling you that it’s getting too much sun, and then you will peel. So start out with a low number of minutes and work your way up.

5. Go once every 24-48 hours to build your base. Depending on how well your skin is doing, you can decide whether you can go once a day or once every other day. A good rule of thumb is if your skin is not pink within the 24 hours after your session, you can probably go again the next day without any problem. If your skin is pink, feels dry and itchy, or you get a rash, this is a signal that you went for too many minutes and need to take a break until it feels better and then start over again.

6. Once you build up your base, you really don’t need to tan as often. So depending on the type of bed you are using, you should only go 2-3 times per week to keep your tan, even less in stronger beds. This is where I see many people go overboard, tanning every day when it is really not necessary. Many people enjoy the relaxation time that tanning provides, but tanning too often can and will speed up your aging process and potentially cause other skin ailments over a long period of time. Just like everything else in life, moderation is key!

7. Wear eye goggles at all times! Many people think that putting a towel over their face will block the UV rays, but it doesn’t and repeated UV exposure can cause major eye problems later in life. Would you rather be blind or have lighter eyelids? I think I would choose the latter, but that is just me. For your own safety, please wear the eye goggles!

8. Since indoor tanning does not require the use of a bathing suit, use a towel to cover those ’sensitive’ areas that don’t see the sun very often if you want to tan all over. In the beginning, try covering those areas for half the session and see how it goes. Gradually you can remove the towel earlier and earlier until you don’t need to use one anymore. The towel acts as a filter but won’t completely block the UV rays, so you are still getting the tanning process started.

9. To avoid getting creases or pressure tanning lines, you should move your limbs into different positions during your session. For the first half, try laying down with both arms extended above your head and legs apart. For the second half, bring your arms down next to your sides but away from your body, and re-position your legs by raising one knee slightly for a half of the remaining time, and then the other leg do the same thing.

10. Try to avoid wearing make-up, deodorant, or other perfumes prior to tanning. Some of these things can make your skin more sensitive and possibly have a bad reaction with your skin when exposed to UV. If you wear a lot of deodorant, you may notice that you are not tanning as well around your armpits, and you need to remove this prior to tanning.

When it comes to tanning, every person’s skin type is different and results will vary. Consult with your local tanning salon for a skin type analysis (from a Smart Tan Certified Tanning Consultant) so you can get a good idea of where to start.