Banana Boat Sunless Summer Color Tinted Lotion, Light to Medium: Review
- In approximately 80 days my behind will be heading off to my first
ever tropical dream vacation in the Bahama's. When someone plans such a
trip though they get to thinking about their body, and the fact that
their body has to be placed into a bathing suit. I personally don't mind
bathing suits, or my body. Yeah I have some extra baggage that I could
do without, but overall I feel comfortable in my skin... up until... I
saw myself in the mirror about a week ago. It wasn't the little extra
flubber on my stomach that bothered me, it was the fact that I had on a tan body suit.
You know, when you look at your naked body and you see that you have
really, really tan forearms, and pale ass Casper white upper arms. You
have tan lower calves, but your thighs are so white that they are nearly
transparent. Your stomach is looking like someone pasted you up with
some white Halloween cream... yet your limbs are nicely tanned. Your
face; tan. But your lower chest white. Ugh!!!!
It's a common occurrence for those of us who work in attire that does
not allow skin to show. Us working folks don't have time to place our
booties on the sandy beaches to tan our bums... oh no... so we have to
seek out tanning using other methods.
I could easily just go to a tanning salon, but I find these places to be dirty, gross, and straight up... it causes cancer and premature wrinkles. So... I always, always, always, use a more healthy alternative to tan. I use tans in cans. Yep, yep.
I don't use them often though because I hate how they smell, and finding a tan in a can that offers long lasting tanned skin is nearly impossible. Many wash off too fast, some are blotchy, others leave skin looking like oompa loompas, and some don't do squat.
Banana Boat has never really been a favorite tan in a can solution for me. However when my cousin recommended it, and swore up and down that they have changed their formulas around, I decided to give this once hated company a try again.
I went with Banana Boat Sunless Summer Color Tinted Lotion, Light to Medium. The lotion came in a tube, not a can... which sort of ruins the fun tan in a can saying. Inside of this burnt brown colored tube is 6.7 ounces of lotion.
I didn't need it for my face, because I liked the natural sun kissed tan I already had going on. (They call it farmer's tan- I got it while driving) I was strictly going to focus on the parts on my body that looked like they haven't seen sun in years. Probably haven't.
My Use:
I squeezed a nice glob of the lotion onto my palm and began rubbing it all over my body. From my stomach, thighs, upper arms, and chest.
The scent sucked. The one thing I hated about Banana Boat tanning lotions has always been the scent, and Banana Boat Sunless Summer Color Tinted Lotion, Light to Medium is no exception. It has that nasty, nasty scent that is chemical like, but at the same time has a tint of coconut to it. Coconut or no coconut scent added, the overall scent would still suck.
The lotion is also very, very greasy. On my skin I tried rubbing it in, and hoping that it would quickly absorb, and free me of its stench. No such luck though. I stood there stark naked in front of my fan hoping that the air blowing on my body would allow the lotion to absorb faster. Still nothing.
I came to just accept it and realize that it wasn't going to absorb, it would just stay there making my skin feel greasy, which is exactly what it did.
To put it short, applying the lotion is gross. Leaves skin feeling oily, and clothing will stick to you after putting them on.
So Banana Boat Sunless Summer Color Tinted Lotion, Light to Medium for me was already looking bad.
Results:
Hours went by, and still my skin looked the same. Pale white, with tan limbs. The next day was the same. No color whatsoever. In the morning I applied some more. By mid afternoon I was finally seeing color. Only it wasn't a healthy looking color at all. I will say though that at least it wasn't oompa orange. It was in fact bruise yellow.
I hated it. The yellowish color it left behind looked just like that sickly yellow color that a bad bruise will form around the area.
Overall:
Banana Boat Sunless Summer Color Tinted Lotion, Light to Medium landed a spot on my list of things to bring back for a refund.
I could easily just go to a tanning salon, but I find these places to be dirty, gross, and straight up... it causes cancer and premature wrinkles. So... I always, always, always, use a more healthy alternative to tan. I use tans in cans. Yep, yep.
I don't use them often though because I hate how they smell, and finding a tan in a can that offers long lasting tanned skin is nearly impossible. Many wash off too fast, some are blotchy, others leave skin looking like oompa loompas, and some don't do squat.
Banana Boat has never really been a favorite tan in a can solution for me. However when my cousin recommended it, and swore up and down that they have changed their formulas around, I decided to give this once hated company a try again.
I went with Banana Boat Sunless Summer Color Tinted Lotion, Light to Medium. The lotion came in a tube, not a can... which sort of ruins the fun tan in a can saying. Inside of this burnt brown colored tube is 6.7 ounces of lotion.
I didn't need it for my face, because I liked the natural sun kissed tan I already had going on. (They call it farmer's tan- I got it while driving) I was strictly going to focus on the parts on my body that looked like they haven't seen sun in years. Probably haven't.
My Use:
I squeezed a nice glob of the lotion onto my palm and began rubbing it all over my body. From my stomach, thighs, upper arms, and chest.
The scent sucked. The one thing I hated about Banana Boat tanning lotions has always been the scent, and Banana Boat Sunless Summer Color Tinted Lotion, Light to Medium is no exception. It has that nasty, nasty scent that is chemical like, but at the same time has a tint of coconut to it. Coconut or no coconut scent added, the overall scent would still suck.
The lotion is also very, very greasy. On my skin I tried rubbing it in, and hoping that it would quickly absorb, and free me of its stench. No such luck though. I stood there stark naked in front of my fan hoping that the air blowing on my body would allow the lotion to absorb faster. Still nothing.
I came to just accept it and realize that it wasn't going to absorb, it would just stay there making my skin feel greasy, which is exactly what it did.
To put it short, applying the lotion is gross. Leaves skin feeling oily, and clothing will stick to you after putting them on.
So Banana Boat Sunless Summer Color Tinted Lotion, Light to Medium for me was already looking bad.
Results:
Hours went by, and still my skin looked the same. Pale white, with tan limbs. The next day was the same. No color whatsoever. In the morning I applied some more. By mid afternoon I was finally seeing color. Only it wasn't a healthy looking color at all. I will say though that at least it wasn't oompa orange. It was in fact bruise yellow.
I hated it. The yellowish color it left behind looked just like that sickly yellow color that a bad bruise will form around the area.
Overall:
Banana Boat Sunless Summer Color Tinted Lotion, Light to Medium landed a spot on my list of things to bring back for a refund.
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