A lot of people assume I don’t use fake tan being of a darker skin tone naturally, but I do. My legs are weirdly ghostly pale, and if I have any hope of getting them out in pubic several sessions of fake tanning prior the event is called for. I’ve tried many, and up until now He-Shi Express Liquid Tan was my firm favourite. It was quick drying, smelt okay, was streak proof, buildable and faded nicely. The only problem was building it to the same level of ‘tan’ as the rest of me. It just wouldn’t. At some point it would simply give up and go fluoro orange, eugh. Not a good look. I needed something that just went a deeper brown, instead of the dreaded ‘you’ve been tangoed’ effect.
Enter one of the newest additions to the He-Shi range, He-Shi Dark Foaming Mousse. This stuff is FAB. I love it. I apply two tinted layers over freshly exfoliated skin (using a mitt), let it dry for a minute or two, climb into bed and wake up to gorgeously bronzed pins. Sometimes if I’m behind schedule I’ll just apply it in the morning, go out all day with it on and let it develop as I’m out. Never had any major disasters doing it that way as yet. Plus, it smells fine, no overbearing scent of any kind.
The only thing I would say about it is that you can’t overly build up this product; whilst the first two layers give you streak-free legs, the third is risky territory (weird considering I never had this problem with the He-Shi Express Liquid Tan). Also, whilst it fades a hell of a lot better than most fake tans (it lasts about ten days of acceptable non-patchy tan on me), it doesn’t fade as brilliantly as the original Express Liquid Tan did. But I have a trick for this – just don’t exfoliate your legs EVER until the tan is almost gone, then in its last days, scrub the rest off with those scratchy exfoliating gloves (love those!).
I’m a huge fan of this product, and considering before it came out I would have to fake tan my legs every night for about four nights prior to get the depth I wanted, you certainly get the results you want much faster with this. Just be careful though, as it is a rich colour and streaks can be visible if you don’t pay close attention. But overall, well worth the money as one bottle will last you an age and it definitely delivers for that deep, intense, BRONZE tan!
Priced £27.99 from www.he-shi.eu
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DISCLAIMER: This product is a PR sample, and the product image was taken from the He-Shi website.
