My latest obsession: Tan Towels

I ran into a friend the other day who looked like she had just gotten back from a tropical vacation. When I asked her where she had been she laughed and said, "nowhere...I just use Tan Towels". I was seriously blown away, this definitely did not look like the typical fake tan you get from a lotion or spray.

Image via WikipediaI decided I needed to try them for myself to see if I too would get that same glow. Luckily, Beauty Brands sells single packets of the Tan Towels so that you can give them a try without investing in a multi-pack. I got the full body Plus towel which is their largest and strongest solution.

Application is a breeze, and not messy like a lotion can be. All you have to do is wipe the towel in a circular motion over your entire body. The Tan Towel says it is also for the face, but I decided to skip that I just wasn't sure how dark my skin would get. After 2-4 hours you can really see the results.

There was a slight odor a few hours after application, but the towels themselves did not smell bad at all. I felt like the color came out very even, although it was lighter than I had hoped it would be. I think you may need to do multiple applications to get to the desired tan that want to achieve.

Overall I was completely happy with the results and I plan to use these all winter long. Visit a Beauty Brands store or beautybrands.com to see all the different products that Tan Towel offers. Prices start at $2.98 for a single towel and up to $27 for a 10 pack. This is quite a deal when you pay close to $30 for a one time spray tan.

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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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The Tan Towel: Does It Work?

A tan in a towel? That's what this product claims. A ten pack box will cost you around $20, but Does It Work?

We tested this product using a woman who is a redhead. She has fair skin. "I burn, then I go back to white. I don't tan that easily," says Kristen Ross. She showed us how pale her legs were. Kristen works inside all day, goes home to be a mom the rest of the day. She says she does not have time for the sun.

Image via WikipediaAll you do is take the towelette and rub it on the area you wish to tan, in this case, Kristen applied it to her legs. We came back after three hours to see the results. We saw tan patches on her ankles but her legs had no color to them. Kristen also rubbed her arms with the towel. Again, we could not see a big difference. The instructions even said you may need another application. So that is what Kristen did. "Just apply it again the morning, and we will re-visit you to see if that's made a difference," we said. "OK," said Kristen.

The next day, "All right, it's day two and you applied your second application this morning. Let's take a look at it. I can definitely see a difference," Coy said. "I can too," Kristen agreed.

"Do you like it?," we asked. "Yeah, I like it. I would use it in a crunch. I like the arm. The arm looks very natural," noticed Kristen.

I liked the Tan Towel, Kristen liked it too. The Tan Towel works!

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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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Get A Tan Even In The Rain -- All You Need -- A Towel And Tanning Pill

The rain. It seems like it's been here for weeks, and for East Texans wanting a golden tan, the weather has made it impossible. Or has it?

   The latest in tanning technology is the tan towel.

   Cathy Fuller at Coco's (903-825-2087) on FM 344 can hardly keep it on the shelves.

   "We've had to reorder several times," she explains, but do they work.

Image via Wikipedia   "I really like it," says Becky Morgan who has used tan towels for a month. She says it works and the color lasts a few days, she does offer this warning though.

   "You have to be careful, when you use it cause it's a plain white towel -- so you don't have a color guide. When I first used it I missed a few spots. I then went back with the tanning towel and filled them in. It then looked even."

   Becky also says bathing and shaving wears the color off. That's where products like the tanning pill come in.

   "This has beta carotene -- it stains the skin," says Grace Ram at WHole Health in Tyler (903-581-8811).

   Some of the hottest products at her store are tanning pills like Elu sun and Solair. Both are sold and were created in Europe. They are not FDA approved and they have Vitamin A and E along with carotene inside the pills.

  They supposedly add color to your skin and help enhance a natural or sunless tan. Supposedly they even keep you looking young.

   "They have antioxidants in it and they tend to make your skin softer, so if you did tan in the sun you wouldn't get deep wrinkles."

   So until the sun comes out in East Texas, the latest in tan technology promises the next best thing. But a warning, not everyone should take these pills. Check with your doctor first.

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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.

As seen in stores

THE PRODUCT: TanTowel self-tanning towelette.

THE PITCH: Rub this disposable towelette over your clean, exfoliated skin and you'll have a (fake) tan for about four days -- even if you shower. The package says you'll "look good naked!"

THE PRICE: $3-$3.50 per towelette (depending on whether you want a light tan or a dark tan. A box of 10: $26-$29) at Hanan Cosmetics, 31409 Southfield Road, Beverly Hills. 248-644-0277. For other stores: tantowel.com. Each towlette will cover about half your body.

THE PROS: The tan looks super natural, not -- paging Michael Kors! -- orange. It doesn't streak. Easy to apply and not messy the way lotion sometimes is. It's super portable, just stash it in your purse!

THE CONS: It takes 4-6 hours to work. As for whether it makes you look good naked, well, that's for you to decide.

THE BOTTOM LINE: Tan away. Everyone looks healthier with a bit of a tan.