Vacation Instant Vacation Bronzing Lotion SPF 30 Body Sunscreen

Bro. To summarize: let me quote another review of this lotion that I read. "This feels like a prank" I'm a fairly pale person and I use self tanning foam etc. products fairly regularly. WHEN I TELL YOU I might as well have squirted brown acrylic paint from hobby lobby all over my body. There is no subtlety. there is no blending. There is only opaque brown. I considered for a moment "surely I missed something. Surely the directions must have stated the need to dilute, use some sort of glove or applicator, or maybe I just bought a bottle labeled "extra extra extra extra extra dark dark almost offensively so" Sure it smells nice but the benefits stop there. I was audibly cackling at the absurdity of this product and simultaneously panicking at the thought of trying to get it off of me. How anyone could apply this without 2 partners to help them is beyond me. When I got about half my arm done I decided screw this and started using water to try to remove it . Whole bathroom covered in brown splash stains. At the end of this chaos when it was finally off of me , I was just scratching my head as to how this product got made. I looked up google reviews and saw a stark split of one star and five star reviews and then quickly noticed every five star review was annotated with [incentivised review]. Got it. In the reviews where people actually wore it around it just ended up staining the everything it came into contact with Don't buy this product unless you want a good laugh.

First of all, if you thought this was self tanner, that's on you for not paying attention to the words in the description and product name. It gives you some temporary color. It smells good, soaks in well, leaves a pretty sheen, and for me it hasn't ruined any of my clothes or furniture. At first I was washing my palms afterward to get rid of any extra settling into the lines, but soon learned I can just rub them together hard and any extra gets redistributed and absorbed. I bought it when it was on sale and now I'm kicking myself for not getting more at that price!

This works okay but it's streaky no matter what I do. Have to rub the excess that wont absorb off after it dries. The real issue is the smell. It is SO BAD. Like musty moldy smell mixed with chemical smell of self-tanner.

This is not only the worst tanning product I've dudes, it's the worst beauty product I've used. Please check the other reviews that show pictures of the stains this leaves behind. It does not apply smoothly, it took a long time to workout in to not be streaky. I figured it would dry down. Nope. It's a sloppy mess. It stained the chair I was sitting in, my clothing, and my towel causing hundreds of dollars of damage and it didn't even look good. When I tried to return it I told the girl at the register that they should warn people who are buying this product that it stains worse than a permanent marker and her reply was "well I haven't heard anybody else complain." Clearly the other reviews here prove otherwise. Stay away.

Submitted 1 month ago

By Ruth

From Canada

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I love this for my legs. It stays in place (it won't if you use it over lotion) and provides sun protection while adding a bit of colour. It dries quickly without any streaks.