Friday, 4 October 2013

Certain Stuff To Discover About Sunless Tan Sprays

By Haywood Hunter


Exposing a beautiful and natural tan is a very popular trend among celebrities and not only. People with a very light skin are also looking to obtain a darker skin color, using various ways. The traditional way get a tanned skin is exposing to sun. But a prolonged exposure can do more harm to the skin, and can increase the probability of a skin cancer. An alternative to sun exposure are the sunless tan sprays, available in various formats. Tan sprays are just one example of sunless tanning products.

The main advantage of sunless tan sprays is the instant result. Tan sprays can be the easiest way to maintain a healthy glow through the entire year. Whether you are looking to build the perfect tan or to create a beautiful glow, tan sprays are the natural choice to get a beautiful bronze color. Tan spray is designed to achieve the perfect tan at home, or to enhance the spray application within professional studios.

Using a tan spray instead of a sunless tanning lotion can bring some advantages. The first one is the uniform coverage, with no-rub application. This can be easily used by anyone at home, even for the hard to reach places, as the back or example. A tan spray usually dries in maximum 5 minutes, will not clog pores, oil free and usually available in medium or deep tint.

The way tan sprays work is interacting with the natural chemistry of the skin. Sunless tanning products are continuing to become more popular, due to damaging effects that the sun can have on the skin, and the increased cancer risk. There are many celebrities using tan sprays, many of them own their own tan spray machine, and are using the help of assistants to get tanned.

Researchers from the American Academy of Dermatology are sustaining that the active ingredient responsible for the tanning effect from tan sprays is the dihydroxyacetone (DHA). The substance is a derivate of glycerin that increases the melanin production. Melanin is the substance responsible for the darkening of skin's cells.

As DHA is interacting with the dead cells from the skin's surface, there is no risk of toxicity. The effect of sunless tan sprays usually lasts not more than few days; this because the dead cells are removed from our skin regularly. Therefore a lasting effect can be guaranteed only by a regular use. DHA was discovered for the first time in 1920 in Germany, and for more than 30 years in used in the cosmetic industry.

Tan sprays and many other cosmetic products having DHA as main ingredient, should be used only externally. Lips and any other area that is covered with a mucous membrane should be avoided when using the tan sprays. The surface around eyes is another sensitive area, and here products should not contain color additive, unless the circumstances are allowing its use.

A sunless tanning product can help to obtain a beautiful tanned skin in very short time. But the important thing to remember is that tan sprays are not substitutes of sunscreen lotions. This is because sunless tanning products are not having the capacity to protect the skin against the harmful effects of sun rays.




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