You may have seen the Sheer Tan self tanner package before. To my knowledge, it’s only available online. I haven’t seen it in retail stores, although I think it would do really well to be marketed that way with the popularity of self tanners these days. Now that we have sprays, creams, gels and even mousses to help keep us glowing all season long, not just in the summer, it’s really eliminated the need for spending time in the sun or getting in a tanning booth, which I think has been demonstrated as bad for your skin with the increase in skin cancer diagnoses, especially in young women.
Let me say though that I do think some sunshine is needed, you shouldn’t just avoid it like the plague. You just need to have the proper protection applied before you go in the sun, or make sure your time spent in the sun at it’s strongest hours is very limited, since it’s cancer causing UVB rays are strongest between the hours of about 12-4 in the afternoon, give or take a few depending on which expert you listen to. That being said, let me share my review of the Sheer Tan self tanning package.
First off, it costs about $35 for the applicator and the first bottle of the stuff, which comes in a spray can form. It’s big deal is that it comes out in a super fine mist, which is better for a more even application, and less pooling and streaking of the product. It’s nice to apply something that you don’t feel like it’s going on really unevenly for once, because most of the sprays I’ve tried are like that. It goes on with a nice smooth banana scent, but of course, you still get the signature coppery smell as the product develops, it just smells really good at first.
I love when self tanners claim they don’t smell, because that’s never true, they all smell as they develop, they just might be very well masked at first with other scents, but the DHA that makes the skin cells turn brown ALWAYS smells when it develops. Sheer Tan is a little different application than other self tanners. What you do is you spray your body parts with the product, and immediately after, they want you to moisturize. It’s ingenious really, because what you are doing is spreading the product around so you get a more even tan, immediately before it totally dries, so this is part of why it gives an even appearance.
One coat of Sheer Tan will give you a nice color, even if you’re pretty pale, and for me, one can lasted about three tans on my whole body, so you’re definitely getting a better deal than if you do the Mystic tan!