Easy Glowing
This summer, say goodbye to those telltale orange hands and streaks and meet your new best friend: gradual self-tanners. Not only do they leave you with a healthy, natural-looking glow, they also offer a variety of multitasking perks like sun protection, skin-firming antioxidants, and rich moisturizers. So swap your plain moisturizer for one of these five glow potions and show off that beautiful, (faux) sun-kissed skin.
By Melissa Freeswick
- Clinique
- Radiant Bronze Face and Body Tinted Self-Tanner SPF 15
This do-it-all sunless tanner takes three different steps from the morning routine and packs them into one bottle: It's a a sunscreen, and a face and body tanner. It's also loaded with antioxidant vitamins C and E to help repair already-damaged skin.
$19 for 4.2 ounces, Clinique.
- Estée Lauder
- Body Performance Golden Naturally Radiant Moisturizer
For those with a phobia of sunless tanning, this formula contains low levels of the tanner DHA, so that color gradually develops over a week. It dries quickly and leaves no sticky residue. Plus, hints of shimmer leave you instantly illuminated after the first application.
$35 for 6.7 ounces, Estée Lauder.
- Neutrogena
- Color Boosting Sunblock SPF 30
This moisturizing sunscreen builds color while Helioplex provides broad-spectrum protection against wrinkle-inducing UVA and UVB rays. Its noncomedogenic and oil-free formula keeps your pores safe from greasy sunscreen–induced breakouts.
$10 for 4 ounces, Amazon.
- St. Tropez
- Everday Moisturizer For Body
Not only does it moisturize and tan, but it also firms (no gym membership required!). Thanks to a cellulite-reducing trio of creatine, rhodysterol, and algae extracts, your skin gets toned and elasticity is improved. With these kind of results, the bronze glow you get is just a bonus.
$30 for 6.8 ounces, beauty.com.
- L'Occitane
- Sunshine Lotion
If you love sunless tanners but hate smelling like one, try this silky lotion, which erases all evidence of a fake tan with its delicious scent. Oil from the Brazilian Castanha nut and antioxidant vitamins A, C, and E prevent cellular damage while vitamin B boosts cell regrowth.
$24 for 5.1 ounces, L'Occitane.
Photography by Grant Cornett
