5 Game-changing Self-tanners to Get You Set for Summer
It's that most-dreaded time of year when you're preparing to surrender tights and bare your sun-starved flesh for all to balk at. We're all in the same boat - lizard-esque and slightly sickly - which is why we've curated this edit of products to make skin look less ghostly...
Revolutionising the tanning industry, TAN-LUXE's mystifying {The Water} is a magical, spray-on 'water' that's completely clear and infused with natural tanning agents to create a gorgeous, post-holiday glow. You simply spritz, blend and go with no waiting around for your body to 'air dry'. It's the easiest way to look bronzed when you're busy...
A bronzing powder with a difference, Vita Liberata's {Trystal Minerals} lends face (and limbs) an instant and long-lasting glow. Enriched with DHA, this gives a gorgeous sunkissed look while slowly staining (in the best way!) so your tan stays put - even after you've taken the day off. Want to see it in action? Click {here}...
Is it an oil? Is it an SPF? Is it a tanner? Well, it's actually all three. Miraculous as that may seem, Vita Liberata's {Marula Self Tanning Dry Oil SPF 50} marries skin care, sun care and aesthetic benefits to hydrate and protect while leaving your skin enviably honeyed. The most ingenious elixir, it's delectably scented - ideal if you're jetting off somewhere exotic.
Charlotte Tilbury's game-changing {Overnight Bronze and Glow Mask} - before and after, above - boasts a cocktail of replenishing ingredients - conditioning blackcurrant and sunflower seed oils, soothing oat kernel extract and retexturising lactic acid - alongside gradual tanning actives to bestow a kiss of colour. Slather on before bed (it won't stain your pillow) and wake up looking luminous.
Cult Beauty’s Content Editor and a Cult Beauty OG, Verity loves nothing more than the marriage of language and lip balm. A quintessential Libran, she’s a self-professed magpie for luxury ‘must-haves' and always pursuing the new and the niche — from the boujee-est skin care to cutting-edge tech. Balancing an urge to stop the clock with her desire to embrace the ageing process (and set a positive example for her daughter), Verity's a retinol obsessive and will gladly share her thoughts about the time-defying gadgets, masks and treatments worth the splurge...
