I'm sure everyone knows by now that I'm a big Cocoa Brown fan. It's changed how I feel about self-tanners; for years I avoided them completely because they were just too much hassle but with the arrival of One Hour Tan, I grew to love being all bronzed again. My legs however are always a bit of a struggle. They just don't seem to take the tan the same way the rest of my body does and I've no idea why! Am I alone in this or does anyone else have the same trouble? First world problem or wha'?
Anyway, now Cocoa Brown have Lovely Legs; a "medium bronze tanning make up for flawless pins". It comes in a spray can that you give a quick shake to, spray onto a tanning mitt and apply to your legs, blending well.
Like all CB products, this applied like a dream, I had no streaks and had both my legs done in about ten minutes, maybe less.
It has the same "Tahitian Gardenia" scent that all CB products have, which is always very nice and in appearance is a bit like the Sally Hansen Spray On Legs, which I actually don't use so I can't compare the two.
I can say that I much preferred this to regular tan for my legs, which I apply at night time, meaning I generally don't notice til the following morning that it's all patchy (regardless of exfoliation and moisturising the day before) and by then it's too late. Lovely legs is instant and is a wash off tan so if you were to make a mistake, it's easily fixed. It's basically fake tanning for dummies, if someone were to write such a book.
And here's the results:
Love it! I actually think it looks really natural, it gave my skin a nice glow and a healthy tan which is going to be perfect for Summer.
The only problem I can foresee is getting stuck in a rain shower or some randomer spilling a pint down your legs of an evening. But that's true of all wash off tans and if you're living in Ireland I guess you just have to take that chance!
You can pick yourself up a can of Lovely Legs from Penneys and selected pharmacies nationwide now for €7.99.
Have you tried Lovely Legs yet?
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*Press sample, gratefully received. All opinions my own, as always!
I have the same problem with fake tans Chloe, most don't work on me and the ones that do don't work on my legs. I've embraced the pale and don't bother with fake tan but it looks good on you.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I used to quite like being pale but I need the tan now to look healthy!!
DeleteI gave up on fake tan a few years back too but this looks great on your lovely legs!
ReplyDeleteAw thank you! x
DeleteI have the same problem, no matter what tan I use it never seems to come out on my legs. Cocoa Brown works the best, but I do have to give my legs two coats for it to take. I'll definitely be checking this one out though... Do you know if it comes out a similar colour to the regular One Hour Tan?
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God there's a good few of us with the same problem so!! It comes out a bit orange on first spray but once I rub it in it looks the exact same as the regular 1 hour tan :)
DeleteLooks lovely on you, unfortunately this is the only CB product i cant use: its bright orange on me. Boo!
ReplyDeleteOh no, that's such a shame!! :(
DeleteI used this and loved it. I hopped in the shower and waited to see the colour run off and it didn't... I have to use showergel and a poof to get it off! I recon you'd be ok in a rain storm... the booze shower though, I think the alcohol would dissolve the bonding agents that allow this to stay on the skin... I'm not willing to waste a glass of wine to test the theory...
ReplyDeletethat's a good point, it didn't come off just with running water for me either but it wasn't stubborn either, kind of the perfect tan really!
DeleteYeah, it's weird that, isn't it? Must be something about the texture of the skin on our legs or something. I've got the Sally Hansen version and I use that on occasion. Your legs look great with the Cocoa Brown stuff. Now, we just need a bit of warmer weather to tempt us to get our pins out!
ReplyDeleteThank you! Yeah, the occasion to wear a skirt and not be knocked over by wind and rain would be delightful!!
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