The lotion does make your skin get slightly darker. But, if you forget to wash your hands after applying the lotion, your hands appear orange. The tan that i received from this lotion, looked a lot like the tan that I had during the summer --even the tan lines. The smell, also, isn't very pleasant. I would constantly try to mix in a better smelling lotion with this one, but it would not mask the smell. I wouldn't buy this again.

I can't get past the smell-so bad. I can't use it. I have been using Lancome recently it is better.

Okay okay so I am darker to begin with and don't really need this product but a friend of mine asked me to try it with her in the winter months when were we looking less 'sunkissed' and our skin was looking dull. I have to say that color wise, this product works well at making you look sunkissed and not kraft dinner orange. I do have to say that I agree with Artist though, the stuff stinks. You may not notice it when smelling it in the bottle or when you first put it on but I found that after wearing it for a bit, it had a weird smell to it...chemically. It left that scent on clothes and worst on my skin. I hated the smell of the chemicals so much that I told my friend to stop wearing it around me! I am not a big advocate of fake n bake tanning in beds or putting chemicals on your skin to get darker so I don't really know what the alternative is for fairer skinned women in the winter months...vacation south??!?!? Anyway, the product works well to acheive a non-fake looking sunkissed hue BUT the sacrifice is having to deal with the chemical smell. Personally I would just avoid it all together but I guess some people have to do what they have to do.....

Unfortunately, when I used it it faded on me. However, if you don't mind that it fades within a week, its a great product for moisturization and has a great fragrance to it. And its got a bit of a shimmer to it!