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The Fake Tan Everyone's Obsessed With: 15 Cult Self-Tanners, Bronzing Drops & Glow Mousses That Never Go Orange
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items The sunless tan edit that actually looks like a real vacation instead of a streaky orange mistake: St. Tropez Self Tan Express and Classic Bronzing Mousse, Coco & Eve Sunny Honey Bali Bronzing Foam, Drunk Elephant D-Bronzi bronzing drops, Carrote...
A tinted bronzing foam, so you can see exactly where you've applied it - which is most of the battle with foams. Develops over a few hours into a deep, warm tan.
Sunny Honey Bali Bronzing Foam - Coco & Eve | Ulta Beauty
Peptide bronzing drops you mix into moisturizer or foundation - not a developing self-tanner. The colour washes off, so it's the low-commitment way to look warmer.
D-Bronzi Anti-Pollution Bronzing Drops with Peptides - Drunk Elephant | Ulta Beauty
You control the depth by how long you leave it on - about an hour for a hint, three for deep - then rinse. Best pick if you hate waiting overnight.
Self Tan Express Bronzing Mousse - St. Tropez | Ulta Beauty
A clear water mist for the face that dries fast and doesn't transfer onto pillows or collars. Useful when your body is tan and your face isn't.
Self Tan Purity Bronzing Water Face Mist - St. Tropez | Ulta Beauty
A fine sunless mist that's easy to layer if you want to build colour slowly. The spray format helps with awkward spots like the backs of the arms.
Sunless Tanning Mist - Hampton Sun | Ulta Beauty
A rich body butter that builds colour slowly while it moisturizes. Very hard to streak, which makes it a sensible first self-tanner.
Gradual Self Tanning Body Butter - Carroten | Ulta Beauty
A mousse with colour-correcting pigments meant to cancel the orange tones self-tan can pull on fair skin. Worth trying if past tans went brassy.
Self Tan Mousse Intelligent Color Correction - Carroten | Ulta Beauty
A facial self-tan oil, so it conditions while the colour develops. Better suited to dry skin than to oily or breakout-prone skin.
Moisturising Facial Self Tan Oil - TanOrganic | Ulta Beauty
The original overnight mousse and still the one most others get compared to. Apply at night, rinse in the morning, and the colour keeps developing.
Self Tan Classic Bronzing Mousse - St. Tropez | Ulta Beauty
Concentrated drops you add to your own moisturizer, so you set the strength yourself. One bottle stretches a long way compared with a mousse.
Face & Body Self Tan Drops - Carroten | Ulta Beauty
Not a tanner - an exfoliating mitt for prepping skin beforehand and scrubbing off patchy leftovers after. Prep is most of why a tan looks even.
Tanerase Ultimate Exfoliator Mitt - TanOrganic | Ulta Beauty
A gradual tan cream sold on firming as much as colour. Use it like a daily body lotion rather than a one-night tan and it stays subtle.
Firming Gradual Self Tan Cream - TanOrganic | Ulta Beauty
A bronzing serum with peptides that gives a wash of warmth rather than a fully developed tan. Sits well under makeup for a same-day glow.
Cabana Club Cocoa Caviar Bio-Peptide Bronzing Serum - Polite Society | Ulta Beauty
From a brand that makes tan removers as well as tanners, so the formula is built to fade evenly instead of going patchy at day four.
Velvety Tanning Foam - Rose and Caramel | Ulta Beauty
The panic button. A 60-second remover for when the tan lands patchy, streaky, or several shades darker than you planned.
Purity Excel 60 Second Self Tan Remover - Rose and Caramel | Ulta Beauty