St. Tropez Self Tan Express Advanced Bronzing Mousse

When I saw this in the Beauty vault I hoped I would be quick enough to snatch up one of these beauties. It was a big success and within a few days it was at my doorstep. (Thank you Beauty review).

The day before I planned to self tan I exfoliated my body from head to toe ,before shaving my legs and making everything as smooth as possible. On the day of self tanning I exfoliated again concentrating on the edges of my feet, knees, elbows and ankles. Once I dried myself I applied moisturizer to the palms of my hands (In between my fingers), knees, ankles, elbows and around edges of my feet to prevent the tanner from soaking into those areas.

Using a tanning mitt I would pump 2-3 sprays onto the mitt and rubbed it into my skin using a circular motion, I did this all over my body and with the product that was left over on the tanning mitt I applied that to my face. This took about 20 minutes.

The self tan mousse was light and airy, it absorbed into my skin nicely and I was surprised with how nice the self tan smelt, it was lightly scented to other tanners. It dried quickly and I was about to put some clothing on within minutes after applying.

I wanted the darkest shade possible so I left the self tan on for the full 3 hours. Once the 3 hours were finished I showered the tanner off and looked at the results, I was very happy with the result. Prior to tanning my body was the whitest it had ever been, within 3 hours I had a caramel golden tan, I looked like I had been sunbathing on a tropical island somewhere.

1 week has gone by and I still have a touch of tan, I was afraid with how the tanner would leave but each day it has been slowly fading with me not noticing. No patchiness what so ever.

I will be repurchasing this again, it was extremely easy to use, it applied beautifully and it was lightly scented.

I got this product from the Beauty Vault. I love St Tropez Tanning products as their shade tends to be more tan and less orange, especially on my pale skin, so I was hopeful this product would be the same. I wasn't disappointed.

The mousse consistency makes it really easy to apply, and apply without streaks, as it wipes on but doesn't set so fast that you don't have time to even up the application. You can afford to apply a little slower than other tinted tanning products I've used to get a streak free finish.

I used a tanning mitt with the product for a really even, non-streaky application. Found about 2-3 pumps is enough for half a leg, or a whole arm. Any residual I'd use on feet, heels etc. where they don't need much to get a little natural looking colour.

The mousse itself doesn't smell strong and over-powering like other products. You can definitely smell it but even with the 1-3 hours develop time, you don't really notice the scent too much! There was no noticeable transfer of the product onto clothing either, during the developing time. I did leave it a good 20 minutes before popping clothes on though.

I'm very pale, so left the product for the 3 hours for some decent colour, and then showered it off. What was left was a nice natural bronze tan. Not too yellow or orange, but you could tell I had a tan. The 3 hours was definitely plenty for me. It lasts several days - close to a week, and the fade is natural looking.

I'll definitely purchase again. It's a great match for my skin tone, and easily the most even application of tanning products I've used.

I am very impressed with this product. It is very easy to use, the self tan looks a natural colour and importantly, there's very little smell. I put some on and just left it rather than washing it off. I applied it with my fingers and washed hands afterwards with no staining. I used it on my legs and found it easy to blend. While I didn't put on clothes straight away, I found the product dried quickly and I don't have marks on my clothes which is a definite plus! Best fake tan I have ever used and will be using during the summer.

This product is perfect if you can't get to a tanning booth. Easy to apply, great colour, not streaky. Unfortunately quite pricey though.

I was excited to be selected for the St. Tropez Self Tan Express Advanced Bronzing Mousse tanning mousse trial team. I used to use St Tropez tanning products years ago, however in recent years had gravitated towards brands that offered express tans so that I could apply and be tanned for a last minute party invite. This St. Tropez Self Tan Express Advanced Bronzing Mousse tanning fulfilled those promises as you can leave the tan on for one hour for a light tan, two hours for a medium tan, and three hours for a dark tan.

I decided to go with the two hour processing time for my body as I am naturally fair and don’t like to look too dark. I chose a one hour processing time for my face as I like my face to have more of a light sun kissed natural glow, rather than a dark obvious tan.

The mousse is coloured which made it super easy to apply with the provided St Tropez Double Velvet mitt. Working quickly (as it dries fast), I applied the tan in circular movements.

The tan only felt slightly tacky and when I rinsed it off, I was impressed with the natural looking result. Longevity wise, this tan has lasted six days so far and is still going strong which I’m impressed with because some express tans start fading after a couple of days.

St. Tropez Self Tan Express Advanced Bronzing Mousse tanning mousse is a beautiful tanning product and will be my new “go to” going forward due to the natural results and quality of the product.

This is hands-down the best self-tan product I have ever used.

It is fabulous having this product come out in a lightly-coloured mousse rather than a cream lotion or liquid. It means you can see where it has been applied on your skin, and glides over it rather than immediately sinking in before it settles. Having said that, it dries super-quick once you've applied, so you feel touch-dry quickly, which I loved. The scent is minimal and pleasant with no detectable chemical smells. What a wonderful difference to others on the market that I've tried!

With my first application, I allowed it to develop for one hour, since I'm extremely pale and didn't want to come out looking like a carrot if the product wasn't ideal for me. I LOVE the idea of washing it off after development time so I feel fresh and contaminant-free for my furniture and bedsheets. The one hour application left a lovely slight-tan hue to my legs which took the white glow away. It lasted for a good couple of days, and probably would have been longer, but I wanted to try a longer development and see what happened.

The two hour development would be my favourite. The colour looks natural and is long-lasting. I'd say it gave me a good five days of colour, even with showering and using a shower puff. The problem areas of knees and ankles looked great too. I was thrilled.

I felt so confident in both the colour I was left with on my skin, and the fact that there was no chance of leaving smears of fake tan on my clothing in case of sweating.

This is a winner of a product in my eyes and I'm so glad to have been gifted the trial. Thank you BR Team for my new Beauty holy grail!

This tanning moouse is easy to use. It dispenses as a foam, and the lightweight formula spreads evenly with the mitt. It also has a pleasant scent, similar to a sunscreen scent.

I left it on for one and a half hours for a light to medium tan on my reasonably pale skin. This resulted in a natural looking tan that looked like I had just gotten back from holiday. I'm planning on doing two hours next time, now I have a feel for the results. I would suggest doing the full three hours if you have medium to dark skin.

It develops after washing off, so don't be alarmed if you don't see results immediately.

I followed the directions of exfoliating and applying moisturiser to dry patches first, I also applied remnants to those patches rather than the full amount. This proved to be effective in keeping it even. I applied this a week ago and there is no sign of fade so far.

Hi everyone.I only received my can of St Tropez about eight days ago- so I’ve only had the chance to use it once fully so my daughter also tried.As it was a lovely colour we let it go 3 hours not faded off yet 8 days later.We both left it on for three hours as we wanted a deeper colour-it was really lovely natural golden.My daughter is more lighter skin than me and with the three hours it turned us both into a really lovely golden bronze,hers slightly darker,as if we had been on holiday for a week!It wasn’t difficult to put on.However we did apply on each others backs so no streaks/hard to reach-were very careful about exfoliating first,and drying our skin properly before where we applied it, I would definitely recommend it to you all. I think paler skins would start with one hour of tanning maybe. Then you could have option to reapply/go darker if you wanted .And it’s worth having the matching mitt. I think that really helped apply the product in an even way.It just made me feel like that post holiday feel,& nice wearing no makeup looking tan.

This is a great tanning mousse that I'd recommend to everyone. The packaging is great - good quality, no flimsy cheap plastic, and easy to pump out. I used the St Tropez tanning mitt that was also provided. It smells really nice - no nasty chemical tan smell! I also appreciate that this is quite a dark formula so I can see exactly where I've applied it. I left it on for one hour to see how a "light" tan looks, which just takes away my winter paleness (my legs haven't really seen the sun this summer) so that was enough for me and I was happy with this. I tried again and left it on for two hours which gave me a deeper tan but not so much it looked fake. I had to moisturise my entire feet and ankles because the tan really stuck to the dry bits and they looked dirty! So moisturise moisturise moisturise!

Thanks BR for this trial

Applied to arms legs & a little to declotage & face.

Bottle is blue & black plastic, nice colour, very light weight, easy to handle, press down the nozzle to disperse which comes out with ease. Appears quite watery on application, has 2 tone colour, mainly due to one of the colours being used for guidance of application!

Exfoliated in morn, used non-moisturising shower gel & rinsed. Used St Tropez Tanning Mitt, to apply which was easy, ( seperate review done for mitt). Moisturised knees, feet & elbows as recommended, which gave more natural finish. Was cautious on how much product to dispense, don't think I applied enough on first application. Has a lovely smell not like other self tanners. Left product on for just over 4 hours in the eve. The product seemed to be touch dry after about 1/2 hr, but after that it felt sticky, which I wasn't keen on, i didn't get dressed as was wary about transfer on clothes & furniture. Rnsed off after 4 hrs with slightly warm water, patted skin dry. There was no transfer of product on my white towel which was great!

After rinsing, skin felt really soft & nice smell had almost disappeared. Next morn didn't notice that much of a tan, certainly not what I was expecting felt disappointed. Lower legs were alot lighter than tops of legs & arms, might have been because I didn't apply enough product. So it definitely needed a 2nd application.

2 days later, showered with moisturising body wash this time, applied again in eve, applied generous amount this time. Exfoliated in morn (left on for 2 hrs) Eager to rinse off as it felt sticky, skin felt soft after.

Colour was golden after rinsing but wanted to see how colour developed overnight!

No transfer to my white towel which was pretty impressive.

The next morn was so impressed with colour it was a lovely golden colour, didnt look unnatural and definitely needed 2nd coat.

Impressed the tanner had worked, eventhough I had used a moisturising body wash that morning!

Applied moisturiser each day after showering to maintain tan & exfoliated once. In-between. I also noticed when showering the colour wasn't coming off like the tanning gel I mormally use, so that was a win win for me.

Tan is gradually fading back after 6 days, it's maintained a nice colour throughout so I'm stoked!

I suffer from Keratosis Pilaris & noticed a difference to texture of my skin whilst using this, my skin was so much smoother.

Conclusion.... I'm super impressed with this Tanner and is defintely a keeper for me.

I would highly recommend this and have already recommended to a friend. I was using a tanning gel prior to this, which I really liked but I think St Tropez blows it out of the water. My only gripe is its too sticky until you wash it off.

The great thing is there was no transfer of St Tropez onto my sheets at all!