As a teenager, I was a pale little thing. I was white and then as soon as I’d get into the sun for a period of time, I’d burn. Not the most attractive look. This look lasted until only a couple of years ago when I guess, global warming gave us so much sun that my skin started to soak it in and I developed a skin tone darker than my usual Elmer’s glue colouring. However, winter comes and the slight colour that I have goes away, along with long summer days, tall glasses of misty iced tea and short skirts in flimsy fabrics.

So for a couple of years, I’ve been trying sunless moisturizers. You know the ones – you lather on the lotion and then 3 hours later, you develop a slight tan. Now I have to admit that they have come along way. The ones of my youth would turn you this odd pumpkin colour and there would be a line around your ankles no matter how hard you rubbed it in. So these last years, I’ve found a couple that were all right.

I have been using it for a couple of weeks now and it not only makes me look good, but it lasts. I only apply it about every 10 days so the large 12 oz. bottle lasts a long, long time, unlike the tubes I was getting – and having to replenish all the time – from the drugstore!

The other part of the lotion I love is that it truly is a moisturizer, so I apply it as soon as I get out of the shower and my skin immediately feels supple and hydrated. And it is “an intense age defying, anti wrinkle moisturizer,” so you’re not only avoiding the sun’s damage from sunless tanning, but you’re also working at fighting wrinkles at the same time – can you say that about your current lotion?

Sun Sauce has a lovely fresh scent that remains throughout the day you apply it and I find my tan lasts 4-7 days. And if you’re wondering how it works, basically the lotion has something in it called DHA that creates the colour change on your skin.

According to the Sun Sauce website:

“DHA does not damage the skin, and is considered a safe skin colorant and nutritional supplement. The FDA, the Canadian Health Ministry, and most of the EU member nations have approved DHA for use in cosmetic products. DHA-based sunless tanning has been recommended by the Skin Cancer Foundation, American Academy of Dermatology Association, Canadian Dermatology Association and the American Medical Association.”

So I am going to spend the winter (and even the summer), sunless tanning. I feel like a million bucks having a little colour to my skin. I know it’s silly, but I feel a little healthier, a little more rejuvenated. And I don’t have to damage my skin under heat lamps or tanning beds – just a little rubdown of lotion every once in awhile.

This year I’m all about feeling good and simplifying.

Sun Sauce For Subtle, Natural Looking Color
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I am as light as light can be, so I need every bit of help I can get. I have tried everything… tanning in the sun, tanning in beds, spray tanning, and sunless tanning creams. Nothing seems to help. Either I burn, look completely fake, or turn a nice shade of orange – yes orange. Also, I cannot get over the yucky smell that the sunless tanners put out.

I recently stumbled upon a product called Sun Sauce while surfing the world of myspace. I began to research this product and started reading up on their Web site. I found out that, “Sun Sauce was created by Dale Hansen. Hansen’s Sun Sauce Research and Development team only use the finest ingredients. Sun Sauces proprietary blend of Monoi Oil and Kukui Nut Oil, enhance the skins appearance. Loaded with a special blend of vitamins and minerals, the Sun Sauce line also includes Shea Butter, Sweet Almond Oil and Jojoba Oil — all essential for quality skin care. These key ingredients are artfully blended with Aloe Vera, Tea Tree Oil, and Hemp Seed Oil. This trio enhances the skins naturally healing ability, and provides deep moisture replenishing.”

Because Sun Sauce is a moisturizing lotion with a hint of sunless tanner, I figured it was a good find. I was skeptical at first due to not having much luck before, but I thought: I can try at least one more! So I contacted the company and in a few short days, it arrived. I have to say — I was both nervous and excited.

I started using the Sun Sauce Moisturizer, available with a Touch of Sunless. In the site, it says to “Bathe your body in our very intense wrinkle fighting, anti aging Moisturizer while adding just a hint of color to your silky smooth skin. Keep your skin as soft and supple as possible with this perfectly blended moisture rich new Sun Sauce anti aging skin firming formula.”

I thought “SOLD!!!” Could a moisturizer get much better than that? It is a moisturizer, sunless tanner and its skin firming. AWESOME, sign me up!

This moisturizer with a Touch of Sunless is great, as there is not an overpowering unpleasant smell. It is actually quite nice, being light and absorbing into my skin very well. I have been using it for about 3 weeks now, and I am very pleased. No orange streaks! I am not ultra tan or even tan by any means, but my shockingly white glow is less than my normal appearance in February! I feel like I look like I was outside in the sun for an afternoon.

Just a nice subtle coloring, and it looks absolutely natural.