Fake tan update, Vita Liberata’s pHenomenal 2-3 week tan.

I like most other people have a love hate relationship with fake tan, I love having a tan [I feel more confident and feel that I personally look better with one, sadly I do not have a nice Kirsten Stewart/ Anne Hathaway skin tone] but I hate the upkeep of it [let’s face it, it’s a lot of work and I’m kind of on the lazy side when it comes to these things].

For a while I had been keeping a good tanning routine of exfoliating, moisturising and fake tanning. However I found that after 4/5 days my tan needed topping up and I have found this to be the case with whatever tan I used [He-shi, St.Moriz, Vita Liberata]. So in realistic terms I was fake tanning twice a week whilst ensuring I maintained my routine for trying to keep my tan. However due to wearing bras with underwire I found that after a day or two my tan would wear off where my bra had rubbed and my armpits would show the wear of tear of my tan which left me having to choose my outfits wisely which proved especially annoying when we would get random warm days[I wonder if the fact that I was using mousse fake tans would have anything to do with how the tan rubbed off in certain areas? ]. I found that the upkeep was just too much on top of a 9-5 job as well as my university work in the evenings. I found that in my little spare time that I did have I had a choice of weather I wanted to fake tan or do something else with my time.

When I discovered that one of my favourite tans were launching a 2-3 week fake tan I was thrilled to say the least. This tan claims to last up to three weeks. You can see my previous post where this tan was discussed [Here].

Application:

Using a tanning mitt apply as you would a tinted mousse, blending colour as you apply. Avoid the heel of the hand, and wipe knuckles, knees and ankles immediately. Any unwanted application should be removed immediately as the colour will take to the skin in only a few minutes. Do not moisturise prior to application, except for areas of exceptionally dry skin. Do not apply with bare hands as colour will take to the palms of the hands.

To extend the life of your colour apply multiple layers of pHenomenal, i.e.:

1 application = approx 7 days
2 applications = approx 10+ days
3 applications = approx 2 - 3 weeks

Allow at least one hour between showering and reapplying, for optimum results leave 3 hours between each shower for a longer lasting tan.

My thoughts:

I purchased the tan in the shade medium as I had previously tried their mousse In this shade and liked the colour it gave. I applied this tan twice; I applied the first application before bed and rinsed it off after 16 hours and reapplied my second application which I washed off as normal the second morning.

I had an even tan with pretty much the same colour results as their normal medium coloured mousse, I think a third application would have looked too dark and fake on me given my fair skin tone.

This tan has a colour guide which washes off the next day in the shower with minimal staining of PJ’s. I usually wear my onsie for tanning to contain the smell and save my sheets from staining. This tan doesn’t smell of anything when applying it but an hour later there is a normal but slightly subtler fake tan smell. This smell washes away in the shower the next day and doesn’t linger and I would say that the smell isn’t as offensive as the st.moriz smell.

I was disappointed to learn that this tan didn’t last long on me at all, it lasted around four days. Their normal tanning mousse that I had been using had stayed on longer and that was with only one application. I don’t understand why this product didn’t work on me and I was very disappointed that it didn’t but thankful that I had bought this tan whilst on offer for £25 and that I didn’t pay full price for it. One positive about this fake tan is that it came off very easy when I soaked in the bath and used my exfoliating mitts to take it off; I wasn’t left with any dry tanned patches.

Reviews of this product are very scarce. I have only been able to find a few and I now question the sincerity of some of these reviews, perhaps they had been sponsored.

I had however spoken with one blogger/YouTube guru via twitter [Melanie Twiner] about the tan. Melanie had better results than myself and gave an honest review of the tan on her YouTube channel which you may find useful [see below for her review].

I would suggest trying  this tan for yourself if you don’t mind splurging on a fake tan product however I would recommend looking about to see if this tan is on offer beforehand. Let me know if you have tried this tan?

xKx