Thursday, October 10, 2013

Certain Stuff To Learn 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.

With sunless tan sprays the result can be obtained instantly. This makes the product ideal for those interested to expose a natural tan color during all seasons of the year. Tan spray is a best solution to obtain a natural and uniform bronze color. The big advantage is that these types of tan sprays can be easily used at home to tan the skin or just to maintain the color obtained in a professional saloon.

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 chemical composition of a tan spray is based on sugar, which is working with the skin's natural chemistry. The effect is a natural and beautiful tan, without risking harmful effects of the sun rays. Celebrities are the biggest users of sunless tanning sprays. Some have reported to have their own tanning spraying machine, and trained assistants to help them use it.

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 the DHA interacts with the dead cells of the skin, this is not absorbed directly, and therefore is not toxic. But as the dead cells are removed constantly from the skin's surface, the effect of sunless tan sprays containing DHA lasts from five to seven days. The DHA substance was first time discovered around 1920 by German researchers, and it is used for the preparation of cosmetics for more than 30 years.

The use of DHA in the chemical composition of cosmetics, including tan sprays, restricts their use only for external application. For this reason all sunless tan sprays should be used only for the external body parts; lips or other surfaces covered by a mucous membrane should be avoided. For other sensitive areas, as for example around the eye, these products should not contain color additive, unless this is specifically permitted for this 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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