Let Summer Fade, Not Your Tan

By now, we all know faux is the way to go. Skin cancer is just not worth a few days of sun-baked skin. So rather than fading to a True Blood-shade of pale, substitute self-tanner for your lotion and stay beach-babe bronze even when you’re layering up for the autumn chill or hitting Utah’s wintery slopes.

Pick up the TanTowel for your bod, and SUN Strictly Faces for your face and neck. The TanTowel ($30 for a box of 10 at local spot Got Beauty) is a disposable cloth that comes pre-loaded with the right amount of color to cover all over. These genius squares are a foolproof way to a streak-free glow. And for your face time, SUN Strictly Faces ($17 at Got Beauty) is like my flaxseed spinach-mango smoothie—I just can’t live without it. I use it as a daily face lotion because it creates an even, brown-based (rather than orangey) foundation that looks so natural. And, for the record, the color totally makes your eyes pop!

So don’t let the leaves get all the glory. Keep your bronze glowin’ strong all fall. Just remember, self-tanner works best on clean, exfoliated skin.

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Tan in a Packet

Self-tanning creams streak, turn orange and are so difficult to apply that fans of fake tans often have salons apply the creams for them. Now they can try Tantowel, a travel-size towelette with self-tanning lotion. ''It's something to carry in your pocket or throw in your bag, so you can tan when you're on the go,'' said Darian Braun, a Las Vegas-based investor, who developed the product after his mother survived skin cancer six years ago. It's been available since September at Ricky's drugstores. One $2 towelette provides enough coverage for the face and neck. A head-to-toe tan takes four or five packets. After a couple of hours, the tan emerges. Despite Tantowel's strong smell of coconut, it is less of a savage island tan than a rosy glow.

''I looked like I just got back from riding my bike,'' said Sally Narkis, 31, the publisher of a fashion newsletter, who uses Tantowel when she can't afford to take a sick day.

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PULSE; Tan in a Packet

Self-tanning creams streak, turn orange and are so difficult to apply that fans of fake tans often have salons apply the creams for them. Now they can try Tantowel, a travel-size towelette with self-tanning lotion. ''It's something to carry in your pocket or throw in your bag, so you can tan when you're on the go,'' said Darian Braun, a Las Vegas-based investor, who developed the product after his mother survived skin cancer six years ago. It's been available since September at Ricky's drugstores. One $2 towelette provides enough coverage for the face and neck. A head-to-toe tan takes four or five packets. After a couple of hours, the tan emerges. Despite Tantowel's strong smell of coconut, it is less of a savage island tan than a rosy glow.

''I looked like I just got back from riding my bike,'' said Sally Narkis, 31, the publisher of a fashion newsletter, who uses Tantowel when she can't afford to take a sick day.