St Tropez Gradual in Shower Tan : The Review

If you were as intrigued as I was to try this and you live in the UK- hurry to the shops now and pick up a copy of In Style as this month they are giving away a 50 ml sample.

The bloggerspere seems to be overflowing with reviews for this new, innovative product and as someone who usually caves to pressure, I thought I should give it a go.

If you aren't aware how this guy works- it's the first faux tan of its kind that you apply in the shower..sounds weird huh.

So, I followed the instructions -

I jumped in the shower, washed with my usual shower gel which I made sure I thoroughly rinsed off.

I turned off the shower and slathered myself in this stuff, from feet to neck, rubbing in circular motions so I could get as even coverage as possible.

Now you have to wait 3 minutes. I can understand if its winter, freezing and 6am before you rush off to work- this isn't really going to make your day, but as it's been fairly warm these last few days I wasn't bothered at all.

So shower still turned off, I rinsed my hands in the sink (always important) and played a song on my phone (Maroon 5's Sugar, if you must know) which is roundabout 3 mins.

After this I rinsed myself thoroughly and patted dry. I also didn't follow with lotion as this fake tan is meant to be moisturizing enough.

The Verdict : Meh. After application it takes a few hours for the tan to develop, but I have now finished this little tube and I really don't have anything major to report.

I didn't find it moisturizing enough to miss out on lotion so that's a bit of a downer, but I have built up quite a nice tan using my Clarins Glow Booster so I was hoping using this would help prolong the results...but it was just a bit of a nothing.
I felt like swapping the Clarins for the St Tropez only resulted in my tan fading, which is not really what I wanted. 

I think this would work if you are on holiday and you have a natural tan going on and you just want to boost it with this, but on it's own, if I was as pale as I am normally I don't think this would really scratch the surface.

Also, I know this is a smaller bottle but I had to use quite a lot each time so I imagine that even if I had bought the full size it wouldn't last too long.

I love the idea of this, it really is one of a kind and maybe I'll try it again in the future, but for me, the Clarins Radiant Glow Booster reigns supreme.