If your lifestyle is anything like mine, I am outside a great deal of the time. I tend to tan very easily, but I am also not looking to end up with skin cancer. So aside from getting a base tan that generally happens early on in the spring, I like to follow up with a few products that can help give you a nice glow any time you want really. I also love having products that can protect my whole family and give our skin much needed moisture after a long day out side.
Hawaiian Tropic was generous enough to send me these lovely products to try and review and I am truly grateful, so THANK YOU HAWAIIAN TROPIC.
The first item is two self tanning lotions, one is medium and will make your skin 2 shades darker, the other is medium dark and will generate a 3 shade darker tone to skin.
ISLAND RADIANCE SELF TANNING LOTION IN MEDIUM OR MEDIUM DARK
(SRP.$10.99)
I have tried both shades and they both work for my skin tone. As I mentioned my skin already had some colour to it prior to use. However if you are very fair, be sure to take it easy with this product and work your way in to it. The medium will give you more then enough colour. Once you build with that then you may be able to move to medium/dark.
This product is very light weight and feels really nice on the skin. It does have a light botanical scent which is nice, but be advised that as it generates the colour on your skin you may notice a toasty smell occurring similar to that of after being in a tanning bed. If you have never been in one then you won't know the smell I speak of.
This self tanner will provide you with 12hr moisture, give you a fairly natural colour, but do use with care when working around toes, knees and ankle areas. I did notice a bit of orange happening, but nothing to bad. I also find as it fades around the inner elbow area it looks a little patchy, so you do have to be diligent about maintaining the colour unless you don't want to continue using the product. I find the best time to apply this is after my shower at night, then apply and by the next day you wake with a radiant glow.
I do recommend this product more for people with a naturally warmer skin tone. Even though everyone would love to benefit from a self tanner, I think this may be a little much on very fair skin. That's just my opinion and should not discourage you from trying it, if your heart is set on having a tan with out the help of the damaging sun.
SILK HYDRATION SUNSCREEN LOTION WITH SPF 50
(SRP.$10.99)
This sunscreen also comes in an SPF 30 which is more then adequate. There is some speculation that an SPF any higher actually has no greater benefit. This has yet to be determined.
Hawaiian Tropic products tend to have a nice coconut scent to it and this sunscreen is creamy and not greasy. It is also great for anyone who is a water lover, because your still protected as this product is waterproof. This is great for children who play a lot out doors during the summer months and because of the pleasant smell it will be easier to apply on little faces. Hawaiian Tropic sunscreen is lovingly infused with silk protein and shea butter for lasting hydration to the skin and feels silky upon application.
For ANY sunscreen to remain effective please be sure to apply 15-30 minutes before sun exposure. Reapply at least every 2 hours and especially after swimming, washing or excessive sweating.
last up today is
SILK HYDRATION AFTER SUN MOISTURIZER
(SRP.$9.99)
If you love rich moisture seeping into your skin and wrapping you in ribbons of aloe and leaving behind a delicious scent of coconut and papaya, then this after sun care will surely be a hit.
I love the texture of this because you get the creaminess of the lotion balanced by the light gel of aloe for a perfectly healing moisturizer. I am crazy about tropical scented products so this is worth the purchase to me. I would repurchase this after I run out. Also this particular product is suppose to provide you with 24hr moisture. I can't say for sure as I tend to shower twice a day during the summer, so I am often reapplying lotions.
I hope that you will all give something here a try. These products are extremely affordable and if used correctly can give you its multi benefits.
Hawaiian Tropic has been around for almost 45 years and I trust in this brand. I still often use the DARK TANNING OIL, but not because I am trying to tan I find it is a great product for moisturizing, and I discovered that it works wonders for around dry heels and around your finger nail cuticles.
The dark tanning oil has a very distinct smell that transports me back to my teenage years of the beach, being poolside and any other summer fun. The newer products definitely don't have the same smell, but are equally nice.
So layer on some Hawaiian Tropic products today, head to the beach and get ready to hang ten under the sun.
Take care and come back soon
STAY BEAUTIFUL XO
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