How to Pick the Indoor Tanning Lotion?

Tanning, either indoor or outdoor, dehydrates the skin. The skin becomes prone to cracking because of drying out. It asks for more moisturizer to make it look smooth and healthy. Indoor tanning lotion is the moisturizing compensation for the skin that is used to increase the tanning rate. It improves the process by enhancing melanin production.

The major difference of indoor tanning lotion from outdoor is that they don’t have any sunscreen. They are the best for indoor use, tanning beds or ultraviolet rays. They help to tan in a better way and reduce the chances of cracking.

Important things

The most important things to consider before selecting an indoor tanning lotion for them are SPF and bronzer. As you might know, you need a high SPF like 45+ in outdoor suntan lotion. But for indoor tanning, you need little or no SPF at all in the tanning lotion. The other thing is using a cream with bronzers to enhance the tanning effects.

There is a large collection of tanning lotions available that are developed to capture the UV rays in a better way when you are exposed to them in tanning beds.

How to Choose?

Almost all of them have the description on the bottle so you know what exactly they are designed for. But it is still difficult to choose from the tanning lotions if you have no knowledge about what all that description means. Let’s get through the common and important terms for tanning lotions to understand them.

Bronzer

Dihydroxyacetone is the major ingredient of the bronzer. It is the part of the indoor tanning formula that is used to change the color tone immediately. It can be ranging between 10x to 30x. See the bottle to know the amount of bronzer in it. The higher amount means it is intended to make skin color darker. You can also ask to open the bottle and see the color of the lotion to know how much bronzer it has. The color of the lotion will tell it clearly that what color it can give to skin immediately.

Tingle Lotions

They are also known as tinglers. Tingle lotions are developed to improve the blood flow in skin. It increases melanin level in the skin and leaves it appearing redden or flushed for some time. They might have menthol to give cool feeling. Such lotions make some people experience tingling sensation in the skin. This experience varies for individuals.

Cooling sensations can be relaxing for some people. You can check the description for menthol if it is not your thing.

Intensifiers

Intensifiers are for those who want to continue with tanning after getting a base tan. Maximizers or intensifiers can help with achieving a darker skin color than the base tan. They are best for those with a base tan so it’s a second step. But you can start with any lotion you think your skin is compatible with. S

Accelerators

Accelerators are best for base tan and have the most moisturizer among all of the indoor tanning lotions. They are great due to the moisturizer as it won’t make the skin appear ashy due to dryness, plus moisturized skin is easily tanned.

Pick the perfect one indoor tanning lotion for you by understanding what it claims.