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Self-tanner is not to be messed with without the proper application. It has such an opportunity to leave blotchy, streaky and orange patches all over your body. BUT our two Refinery29 staffers put high and low-end tanners to the test in our newest challenge video. See how it all looks in the end!

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Transcript
00:00Hey guys, I'm Hannah and I'm Dave and for the next three days we are going to be
00:04testing out self-tanners. I can't wait! I want to get crispy! Me too! I am going to
00:11be using the higher-end self-tanner and I am going to be using the more
00:16affordable option. What is your experience with self-tanning, Dave? As I
00:20don't get a lot of sun, I sampled with it back in high school when I was
00:24probably not as confident and I think I looked kind of patchy but I'm willing to
00:29give it another shot because that was 15 years ago. I want to show you this.
00:34That's you? With self-tanner. She's kind of orange. Kind of oompa loompa. Like Peking duck.
00:41In high school and into college, because I was insecure about how pale my skin was, I
00:46did horrible things. It was self-tanner and the tanning bed. So dumb girls and boys.
00:52Don't do that. Well self-tanning I think gets kind of a bad rap because sometimes
00:56people overdo it. But I will say, as a very pale person, it's important to find
01:00alternatives than just sitting out in the sun if it's not particularly good for you.
01:05This says nothing about color. This just says mousse bronzing mousse. What's your
01:11color? Light bronze. Light bronze. Mine is not for use on the face. I'm gonna put on a
01:16bathing suit. Okay. A bandeau style bathing suit so that I won't have lines. And I'll just do waist up
01:23because, hey. You're a dude. Yeah, dude. Just a regular guy. Hannah and I are going to go back
01:29to our respective homes and try our individual products. And over the next
01:34three days, we are going to measure application, coverage, color, staining, and fading.
01:41All together now. Application, coverage, color, staining, and fading. Let's do it.
01:49Okay. It is about time to apply the tanning lotion for the first time. I'm not naked.
01:56I'm wearing a bandeau. My room's really messy. So the directions are real easy. Basically,
02:03it just says use a mitt if you don't want to stain your hands. I think I'm going to pull
02:07this off just fine because how hard can this possibly be? Got on my trusty glove. Squirt
02:13moves directly into tanning mitt. Apply to the body in circular motions. I should put up
02:18my hair. Am I doing it right? Who knows? Oh my god. I was not expecting it to be that
02:28dark.
02:33It's kind of cold. This is not a circle. I'm struggling. One thing I didn't count on is that I
02:42can't get to
02:42my back. So I might have a couple splotty areas. I just have a feeling that this is not going
02:48to
02:48be even like I want it to be. I can't do it. I will say it actually smells kind of
02:57nice. It smells
02:59like coconuts. All right. So I just finished. I only did this arm and not this one so that I
03:04can really compare. So far, looks about the same. Okay. So application is done. So I just got back
03:19from the gym where there's tons of fluorescent light. And in that light, you can really tell
03:23that one side is orange. And maybe it was just in my head, but I felt like people were looking
03:27because you can totally see the line from where I stopped applying it and where it's still white.
03:32Okay. So I am home now. I definitely look like I got a tan, but arms are pretty good. Here's
03:42the
03:42other one. It's pretty nice to me. I would say a success. I wouldn't say the results were dramatic,
03:51but you could definitely tell that I was a little bit more tan and that kind of felt good. One
03:56thing
03:56I am noticing though is that it's really tan and brownish, like right on my palm where the mitt
04:02touched it. And you can kind of see, I got a little bit of a tan around my white sheets.
04:07I thought it
04:08was dry after the first day, but I guess it wasn't. These are my white pillowcases. I don't see any
04:15hint
04:16of self-tanner. I'm happy to report that I redeemed my high school days of spray painting myself orange with
04:27self-tanner. And I think I did a pretty good job. So to recap, I used the less expensive Juergens
04:35self-tanner.
04:35And I used the more expensive James Reed self-tanner. Loved it.
04:42I had a pretty good experience with mine. And I also have to say that it depends on what lighting
04:46you're in to
04:47see how tan you look. When I'm inside with the natural light, I looked the same. But when I went
04:52to the gym, I looked
04:53completely orange under the fluorescent light and only on one half of my body. So spring is officially here, summer
04:59is around the corner. I know that I'm going to be using the self-tanner again. Would you use it?
05:04I probably wouldn't do it again, only because I am a very pale person and don't quite look great with
05:09tan slash orange skin. But if it makes you feel confident, go ahead and do it. I would just say
05:15to follow the directions and make sure to use the mitts.
05:18The mitts are a must. If you like it, put a mitt on it.
05:22Thanks for watching this three-day challenge and we will see you next time.
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