This is the second of two self tanner reviews, the first was posted yesterday. :)
On Thursday I went swimming with my girls and I figured it would be the perfect night to try out a couple of new self tanners. Last Saturday we were given a little treat from Make Believe in our goody bags.
The product we received was the self tan lotion in zone 3. (RRP £24.50)
During my little swimming sesh I snuck into the sauna to give my skin a bit of a treat. When I got home, I jumped in the bath and exfoliated like crazy. My skin felt amazing. I then proceeded to smother myself in various lotions and potions to try and achieve a cracking glow for this bank holiday weekend.
Make Believe
I decided to use the make believe tan on my legs. I felt as it the lotion was white and had no colour guide, this was probably best. My legs are the hardest part of me to tan, purely because due to previous jobs, I have a lot of dry skin in this area.
Just like the Xen-Tan I posted about yesterday, I made sure to moisturise any areas I felt the tanner may have clung to. This included my knees and around my ankle/heel areas.
The lotion itself seemed to take a long time to soak in. I felt very tacky for about an hour after applying it, meaning I was walking around my house pretty much half naked until I felt I was able to put on a pair of loose fitting pjs. Other than this, the application was easy, I just felt you have to be very careful not to apply too much product to one area, and to make sure that it's all rubbed in. Circular motions really help in getting a result with no streaks.
The Make Believe Lotion also had an amazing tropical fragrance. Extremely fruity and very pleasant to work with. None of the burnt biscuit scent here!
As you can see in the photos above, again the tanner started to develop within the hour, and by the time morning came around I had a very nice tan.
Even though I did moisturise, I found the product still managed to cling to some stubborn dry areas. This was remedied pretty easily just by exfoliating those areas again whilst in the shower.
Just like the Xen-Tan from yesterday, I'm incredibly happy with the result of this product. The colour is maybe not as strong as the Xen- Tan, but it definitely natural looking and I couldn't see any streaks.
Like I said before, this lotion is a zone 3. The zones run from 1 to 5 and each zone includes different products for different skin types/outcomes.
If you want to find out which kind of Make Believe product/zone is right for you, you can check out their zone guide here.
I'll be using every single drop of this bottle up, and I may even repurchase a zone 4, because you can't let the grey English clouds stop you from at least looking like you've been on an amazing holiday!!
They also sell a zone 4 airbrush aerosol version which has caught my eye.
You can both purchase and find out more about the Make Believe products on their website here!
I had never heard of Make Believe before, had you?
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