Self-tanning is a brilliant invention of mankind, which allows you to get a tanning effect in a matter of hours, which is achieved by spending time on the beach or visiting the solarium repeatedly, and there is no harm from ultraviolet radiation. It is believed that for the successful application of funds for tanning, professional assistance is necessary, since there are frequent cases when the tool is manifested unevenly. In fact, you can use tanning at home, you just need to know how to do it right. Moreover, it is important not only and not so much to know how to apply a tan, but also how to prepare the skin for this procedure, since most of the errors are connected with this.
So, before using tanning at home, you need to thoroughly cleanse the skin. It’s not enough just to take a shower - it’s best to do this with an exfoliating gel and using a hard, for example, natural, washcloth. The use of a not very rough scrub does not hurt. All this is done so that the surface layer of the skin becomes as even as possible. A few days before the procedure, it is necessary to do hair removal so that invisible to the eye do not accumulate under the hairs, but quite sufficient to color the skin with cream. Since self-tanning at home alone is not so easy, it is advisable to ask someone to help you, especially if the product is applied to the entire body.
What is the best way to apply tanning? Of course, it would be most convenient to do this with bare hands, but there is a danger that the product will begin to appear before you stop applying it, and the palms, cuticles and wrinkles on your hands will turn into a rich red color, which will be very difficult to eliminate. For these purposes, it is best to use thin waterproof gloves such as those used for hair coloring.
In order for the self-tanning at home to give an even and beautiful result, you need to apply the cream carefully, in circular massage movements, so as not to miss a single, even a small, skin area. All those places on which tanning can accumulate, such as skin folds, scars and places covered with vegetation, need to be wiped with a protective cream and make sure that there are no excess funds, and if they accumulate, remove them with a dry cloth.
Not everyone knows that if you know how to properly use tanning at home, you can correct minor figure flaws. For example, if you apply an additional layer of tanning on the sides, you can make the waist visually narrower, and you can also adjust the shape of the legs, for example, if they are not perfectly even.
After the tanning is applied, it is necessary to withstand at least 15 minutes so that the parts of the body smeared with the product do not come into contact with anything, neither with clothing, nor with furniture, nor with other parts of the body. This is important, because tanning can be smeared, and traces may remain on other surfaces - in the case of furniture or clothing, it will not be so easy to get out of it.
After these 15 minutes have been heroically passed, and the tanning is absorbed, you need to take a soft dry cloth or, for example, a mittens or a glove, and lightly, without undue effort, once again go through the treated areas of the body with light circular movements to even out the layer of the product and remove excess. After that, you can dress and do the rest.
If all these rules have been observed, and means for tanning are not in doubt, then the result will fully meet all expectations. If this was the first time, and still nothing happened - it's okay, all the mistakes can be washed out a couple of times using a good scrub, and do not be afraid to repeat this experience - sooner or later everything will work out.