As a beauty product addict/junkie/tester/writer, I love most anything that I can apply and see actual results, thus my love for self-tanning products. Now, if you are a big self-tanning person, and I know that some of you on Sparkle*Shelf have raised your hand in affirmation of bronzed skin, you know that all self-tanning products are not created equally.

I recently tested the Mystic Tan Perfect Tan Kit and I’d like to share my results with you. I have dark brown hair and a medium to lighter skin tone. I am not a fan of the cold weather and dreary days with no sunshine, so (especially) in the fall and winter I feel better with a bit of a boost from self-tanner.  In 2007 I experimented with spray tanners and did not get the results I was looking for. The product would come flying out of the can and I always thought, "This is getting all over the walls of the shower and not on my BOD.” And we all know that with these sprays it is a fine line between getting it close enough to your skin to get some product on it but far enough away that you aren’t getting weird dark concentrated spots that make you look like you have a rare disease. I have used self-tanning lotions, sometimes mixed with plain body lotion, with great results for quite a while now. I tend to put it on at night before I go to bed and it never looks streaky or freaky when I get up in the morning. I’ve had good luck with Xen Tan and DermaGlow.