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I have a good friend who seems to only spend five minutes in the sun before she develops a deep, golden tan that lasts for months – and I’m always extremely jealous.
Ditto the friends and colleagues who are so dedicated to their fake tanning regimes that they always greet me looking like they’ve just spent a week in the Seychelles, glowing tan and all.
Unfortunately, despite looking at least 50 per-cent better with a tan, I have skin that remains stubbornly pale (which is partly because I’m always slathered in factor 50 for fear of burning and premature wrinkles). I also don’t have the time (or perhaps willpower) for a consistent fake tanning routine – it’s a faff, the bedsheets get messy and I have so little time for self-care these days that it gets bumped down the priority list under things like ‘have a shower’ or ‘brush teeth’.
However, there are often days when I feel like I really would like to look better with a tan, such as those mornings where I reach for a white dress or a pair of shorts and all I can see staring back in the mirror are my milk-coloured legs.
This is where instant tan can step in. I have long had a fear of these products, because I remember back in university we used to pile on tonnes of bronze body lotion before a night out – it absolutely stank and came off all over our Miss Selfridge vest tops. Recently, however, I found out that instant tan has come a long, long way since the Noughties. Case in point: Vita Liberata, the tanning brand already well known for its very effective range of Body Blur lotions.
I’ve recently tried the newest product from Vita Liberata, and have to say I am beyond impressed. The Vita Liberata Liquid Blur drops come with a pippet, which dispenses very concentrated bronzing liquid onto your skin. Then you simply rub it in for an instant tan (you can layer up the product for a deeper colour).
Demonstrated on my leg – the power of Vita Liberata’s tanning drops
You might expect such a product to be sticky, smell or transfer onto your clothes. Well I can say with certainty that it doesn’t have any of these qualities. In fact I’m amazed by its staying power – yes, I could wash it off my hands with soap and water, but apart from that it didn’t come off at all on the white T-shirt I was wearing, and I actually applied sunscreen over the top without losing any of the tan.
I’m not sure what magic is going on here, but I am seriously impressed with the bronzing effect of these little drops, and the bottle is small enough to take on holiday with you thanks to the concentrated nature of the product.
Even better news is that the drops are currently 25 per-cent off at Boots, making them £18.75 (and I swear they would last forever).
Finally, the bronzed life is for me…
