Video: How to Apply Self-Tanner

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Rachel Hale

Rachel Hale has worked at Wet Salon and Studio for six years. Hale usually works seven to nine hour days at the salon and tries to do as much freelance work as she can outside the salon. Most of the time, that includes things like weddings, photo shoots, fashion shows, commercials, movies sets and sometimes special occasions, like birthdays.

Transcript

Hi, my name is Rachel and I'm a makeup artist. And today I'm going to be showing you how to apply self-tanner. The first thing you are going to want is the Neutrogena Micro-Mist. Usually what you want to make sure to do is start with the level one. If you start too high no matter how much you are wanting that darken tan, if you go too high of a level then you'll end up with one streaky skin. So what you are going to want to do is make sure that you shower and exfoliate really well that way there's no loose dead skin cells on your skin. And then you are going to want to take your micro-mist and you are going to want to make sure you spray nice and evenly over the entire body. And make sure not to rub it in, that's a big mistake that most people make. You want something that's a no rub. Just spray it on, let it sit. Make sure not to shower for four to six hours and give it time to do it's work. I personally like Neutrogena because it's easy to apply and then it usually comes off within two to three days with showering, exfoliation. And usually it takes anywhere from three to four hours to see it actually doing it's work. And this is usually what the final product will end up looking like. So it's a slight difference but you'll end up looking like you got just a little bit of sun. That's usually about all the difference you'll want with this fair skin is. That's how I like to apply self-tanner to myself. Thank you for watching.