A lot of indoor tanning lotions on the market these days contain what is called a tan accelerator or bronzer. This type of tan accelerator is very popular with those who do self tanning and has often been toted as the best and fastest way to get a deep natural tan.
What are Indoor Tanning Accelerators?
The difference that sets a bronze, tan accelerator apart from other tanning lotions is the fact that they promote tanning of the skin without necessary exposure to sunlight and / or UV rays. The idea behind bronzers is to give the self tanner an almost immediate bronze colour without sun or sunbed exposure.
The most common and most effective additives in tan accelerators are certain chemicals that react with the different proteins and amino acids found on the skin.
We have discussed dihydroxyacetone (DHA) in a previous post. It is added to indoor tanning lotion products to assist with the tanning process. It is often used along with another ingredient called Erythrulose.
Erythrulose is a very similar chemical that turns brown or bronze when coming into contact with the skin. Generally, when use together with dihydroxyacetone (DHA) it improves the length of time that the tan will last.
Different types of Bronzer:
Hot Bronzers refer to bronzers that have ingredients added to them that make the skin tingle or feel hot. Usually this tingle is nothing to worry about as it is just the way the lotion stimulates the skin.
Cool Bronzers have cooling ingredients, such as menthol, to cool and soothe the skin.
Other bronzers do not fall into either the hot or cool category, but rather offer non-tingle products that are enriched with vitamins and moisturisers. The Australian Gold Swedish Beauty bronzing line is a good example of this.
Though these types of indoor tanning lotion additives are very effective (some are more effective than others), they do eventually wear off and so are often used to kick-start the actual sunbed tanning process.
What are Indoor Tanning Accelerators?
The difference that sets a bronze, tan accelerator apart from other tanning lotions is the fact that they promote tanning of the skin without necessary exposure to sunlight and / or UV rays. The idea behind bronzers is to give the self tanner an almost immediate bronze colour without sun or sunbed exposure.
The most common and most effective additives in tan accelerators are certain chemicals that react with the different proteins and amino acids found on the skin.
We have discussed dihydroxyacetone (DHA) in a previous post. It is added to indoor tanning lotion products to assist with the tanning process. It is often used along with another ingredient called Erythrulose.
Erythrulose is a very similar chemical that turns brown or bronze when coming into contact with the skin. Generally, when use together with dihydroxyacetone (DHA) it improves the length of time that the tan will last.
Different types of Bronzer:
Hot Bronzers refer to bronzers that have ingredients added to them that make the skin tingle or feel hot. Usually this tingle is nothing to worry about as it is just the way the lotion stimulates the skin.
Cool Bronzers have cooling ingredients, such as menthol, to cool and soothe the skin.
Other bronzers do not fall into either the hot or cool category, but rather offer non-tingle products that are enriched with vitamins and moisturisers. The Australian Gold Swedish Beauty bronzing line is a good example of this.
Though these types of indoor tanning lotion additives are very effective (some are more effective than others), they do eventually wear off and so are often used to kick-start the actual sunbed tanning process.
Usually a tanner would apply a bronzer when starting out but would go for a few sun bed sessions as well so that when the tan accelerator wears off the real tan is already in place.
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