I got this as a free sample of the L'Oreal website quite a while ago along with the NutriSummerbody lotion, but I was apprehensive about putting this on my face because once it's on it won't wash off. I kept putting it off but I decided to give it a go the other week before school. The sample comes with three sachets for each day and there is 1.5ml in each, but it was way too much for me so I only ended up using about a quarter of it.
Nobody seemed to notice that I had it on and I could hardly tell myself, but I know that it builds up gradually so I just did the same the next day. Using a quarter of a single sachet may only seem like a miniscule amount but it really is a lot. The texture was very greasy
when I had rubbed it in and it took a long time for it to finally sink in, and the smell lingered for ages which wasn't too good when it was right under my nose. It isn't a particularly bad smell but I would have much preferred it if it was odourless, especially when you're wearing perfume and it's drowning out the smell. Luckily I don't think other people could smell it - they'd have to be sniffing your face!
The next day I must have been asked at least five times if I was wearing makeup or if I had fake tan on so it must have been obvious. Once I'd applied it I didn't get a chance to see the effects because I had to go out, but the first time someone noticed I whipped out my mirror to take a look. On first impressions it looked very orange and darker in certain places like my mouth, nose and hairline making me feel really embarrassed and self conscious but it looked ok from a distance.
I was quite shocked that L'Oreal had gave me a sachet for a day that could last me for a month, because somebody with a similar skin tone to me might follow the instructions properly and use the whole lot and they would almost certainly come out looking brighter than the sun! On the packet it says that it is for everyday use and it's for fair skin but I would say it's more for medium.
I get lots of freckles on my face when I have a tan so it didn't look natural at all but I can't really blame L'Oreal for that, however I wasn't pleased that it came out more orange than tan coloured. The cream itself is the normal consistency of body/face lotions and it is white but goes darker on your face, but unfortunately mine just came out blotchy. When you put it on you think you've covered everywhere but you are sadly mistaken when you end up with dark patches around your mouth and white patches by your ears. The dead giveaway is your pale neck colour and behind your ears, but I couldn't be bothered doing them as well because it would just look weird. The only good thing about the colour of the cream is that it makes your teeth look whiter but to be honest I'd rather not have an uneven coloured face.
L'Oreal have been going for near enough a century, they started off in Paris when Eugène Schueller developed a hair care formula and have been selling beauty products ever since, so you would have thought that by now they would know how to create a worthwhile face tanning cream. It did moisturise my skin but I already have a moisturising cream so it didn't make much of an impact. On the website it claims to give a "subtle" hint of soft bronzing agent, that "gradually" builds up to give a beautiful natural looking tan - I beg to differ. It also says that it is non-greasy and absorbs quickly, so they're either lying through their teeth or I am one in a million who it doesn't work on. I definitely wouldn't recommend using this every day if you have fair skin even though L'Oreal do, but they probably just want you to run out of it quickly so you have to buy more.
It is really easy to use; all you do is get a blob on your finger and wipe it over your face evenly, but then you must wash your hands afterwards or they'll go orange too. It contains aquamine which moisturises and hydrates and bronzer which darkens the skin, so obviously the more you use the darker your skin will go. The problem with applying it was that you can't tell where you have and haven't rubbed it in because it goes colourless, but saying that I think I'd be a bit put off if it was brown.
It costs around £7.99 for 200ml but personally I would not buy it nor use it ever again. There is a cream for fair skin and one for medium but I don't think L'Oreal really know what fair skin looks like with this on. I do not recommend this product to you if you are looking for a natural and non-blotchy tan.
Advantages
Good consistency
Makes your teeth look whiter
It darkens the skin
Disadvantages
It makes you turn orange
It has an overpowering smell
It makes your face blotchy and the colour uneven
It doesn't look natural at all
Builds up too quickly
It takes ages to sink in properly
You can't tell where you've applied it to
It isn't subtle at all and L'Oreal has made false claims in my opinion
Pictures of L'Oreal Nutrisummer Face
L'Oreal NutriSummer Face
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Mar 7th, 2008
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