Another week, another tan but since it is
all about donating my skin for the greater good (kinda). I don’t mind.
This week we have Makebelieve which is an
Independent British Company providing the UK market with tanning products that
‘makes you feel better about yourelf [. . .] helping you to feel more confident
to release your inner glow’ since 2005 by choosing ingredients that leave you
with ‘beautifully tanned and moisturized skin’ without the fake tan smell or
colour’. Now I just want to take a little time for THANKING the Makebelieve team
for providing this for the ‘Tans for Women of Colour’ project as well as 2 other products from their product
line which is INCREDIBLY
nice of them because we had no clue they would do this.
The Makebelieve Self Tan Lotion with Bronzer comes with a 1-5 zone guide; where 1 is
the lightest and 5 in the darkest, with great descriptions on the effects you
should get when using a tan in that colour range.
Zone
1 – Provides a Subtle
Glow
Zone
2 – For a Warm
Glowing look
Zone
3 – For a Medium Tanned look
Zone
4 – Provides a Golden
Tanned look
Zone
5 – That very Dark Tanned look (which can be achieved by
layering zone 4 twice)
I was sent the Zone 4 Self-tan lotion in
Zone 4 (RRP £24.50), which is a light, moisturing lotion that is meant to bring
a golden tan to the skin while still conditioning it and I LOVE the fragrance of this tan.
It has a very warm, smell that reminds me of a mixture of pink oil lotion and
pineapples.
I kid you not.
I was having throw back sessions to my
childhood when I used this tan and I couldn’t resist sniffing my arm during the
day. I just loved the smell! I didn’t really care what colour it turned my skin
when I first slapped it on because the smell of this tan just won me over but
alas I still have to do a review and stop obsessing about how nice it smells.
The Self tan comes in white packaging with
a bright blue and gold colour, and comes with a pair of tanning gloves inside
the box which is a really nice touch as it saves you having to go out and get a
pair of mitts and gloves (top marks for that Makebelieve). It does come out a creamy, dull brown colour
which a lot of the bloggers on the project refer to as milk chocolate but
honestly I don’t know what those girls were seeing because this doesn’t look
milk chocolate to me loool.
Colour wise, I am not a fan of the colour
this tan turns my skin as I think that it brings out the red tones in my skin
and suppresses the yellow tones, which made my arm turn a weird orange shade
that I wasn’t in love with, so I don’t know how golden your tan might be with
this but mine was a lot more amber than gold. However, it does moisturize my
skin very well but I do think that the fact that this tan has so much
moisturizer in it makes this tan take a little while to dry.
I found that it didn’t last a week on my
skin but about 2 or 3 days which is definitely not bad. Honestly I really love
everything about this product except its colour but I think that a body bronzer
on top of this would add more yellow tones to my skin and make this perfect
I’m off to sniff my arms some more but
check out the other Makebelieve Self Tan Lotion reviews from the #TFWOC ladies.
Sophia Tattooed Tea Lady
Safiyah FrootiBeauty
Tass Une Tasse
Grace All That Slap
LaaLaa Dolce Vanity
Hafsa Muslimah Beauty
Yinka Vex in the City
Stephanie Nerd about Town
Dija Dija’s World
Lola LolaStar Heart