Rawrgirls Review . . .Skinny Tan 7-Day Tanner!

Ahhhhhh, the search for a fake tan that doesn't irritate my sensitive skin has been a long and arduous one. I have recently found two rather excellent gradual tanners but the search for a full strength self tanner still continued, until now . . . 

Introducing Skinny Tan! When I got the call to try a sample I thought 'Why not? What's the worst that can happen? I'll suffer 3 days of itchy legs and that's nothing new!'. Skinny Tan sent me the Tan & Tone Kit (£36.99) which contains the Pre Tan Primer and 7 Day Tanner, plus they threw in two tanning mitts for good measure :)

Skinny Tan is billed as the world's first natural tanner that visibly contours your body and reduces the appearance of cellulite. A salon quality self tanner that develops into a golden brown colour that lasts for up to 7 days. Unlike other tanners, Skinny Tan uses only the highest quality naturally derived active ingredients to create a natural tan that won't dry or irritate your skin.

Skinny Tan products c/o Skinny Tan

The Pre Tan Primer is a good, solid performing body scrub, no complaints there, but the real star of the show is the 7 Day Tanner itself. Using the large mitt, I applied it (quite haphazardly I might add) to every inch of my body. It goes on like a good old fashioned muddy, dark brown fake tan, which dries to a completely horrifying streaky mess, but I persevered and allowed it it develop overnight as advised. Now here's the best bit. NO SMELL. No freaking biscuit smell! I was even triumphantly holding my arm up to my man demanding he sniffed it, and even he had to agree - nothing, even in the morning! So I jumped up and showered the brown coating off to reveal the most perfect golden tan underneath! No smell, no irritation (oh the relief!) and a beautiful, even colour! 

Now I don't know about the whole toning cellulite claim (don't hate me, but I just don't have much of it to inspect!) but my skin did feel soft and smooth afterwards. One of the things I love about tanning is that you instantly feel thinner! Anyway, I was instantly hooked so two nights later I reapplied to get a deeper colour. My tan lasted for a further five days and faded pretty evenly. A girl could get used to this!

My first Skinny Tan experience may have been a sample but I will definitely be repurchasing, I'm very impressed and I can finally have a good fake tan all summer without the hard work and anxiety! Hurrah!

J - Skinny love.