Hawaiian Tropic Island Radiance Self Tanning Lotion

My overall rating

This is probably one of the better drugstore self tanners. Its relatively cheap - this ran me about $10. I picked this up in the medium dark shade and i have very fair skin. i find if i buy fair or medium in any self tanner i never get results so i...   +

This is probably one of the better drugstore self tanners. Its relatively cheap - this ran me about $10. I picked this up in the medium dark shade and i have very fair skin. i find if i buy fair or medium in any self tanner i never get results so i always go with the darkest shade. This has a slight self tanner smell as the tan begins to develop, but personally I did not find it overwhelming like many other self tanners and it faded after about an hour. I like the color payoff after one use, over night this turned into a nice bronze color and i showered the next morning with no fading and lasted about a week. To me this gives slightly more color than a gradual self tanner. This didn't streak for me and was easy to apply. I exfoliated before use and applied some of my BBW's cream to drier areas (knees, ankles, elbows) before application and this produced a nice even tan that did NOT turn me orange.

I'm not crazy about the nozzle. It produces too much product at once since its more of a thicker lotion, but for the price and quality I have no problem dealing. Also, because this gives out so much product at once I found it took longer than expected to dry. Regardless, if I only use this at night and let my tan develop overnight this won't be a problem.

And yes, I would repurchase.    -