Venetian Gradual Color Extender Lotion, 8.5 fl oz | Moisturizing Self Tanner with Violet Brown Tones and Instant Bronzer for Natural Color

GIRL I wanna gatekeep this product so I’m shouting off the rooftops here. The video is this product. Natural, beautiful, not dry. This ISN'T even with lotion on. The photo of my feet is with bondi sands dark 1 hour express. NOT for fair pinky girls. It’s for those that have an olive skin tone or a base tan. When that developed, I was a walking orange and it faded nastyyyy and dry. If you have dry skin, that product made you look worse than you did before you even put it on. This product goes on amazing. I use a little brush for my hands, feet, and neck and it blends seamlessly. No more orange knuckles. It’s thick, so your first application will be a learning curve. You’re gonna get frustrated that it’s not blending the way you want it to. But be PATIENT. keep rubbing, it will. Prep properly. I do not apply with a mitt, and I don’t even think I’d recommend that due to the thickness of this product. I use my bare hands and clean palms, sides of fingers with a makeup wipe and dry. However, I will be switching to a surgical glove when I have my nails done. You don’t need to wash it off after the timeframe, but I do as I would a regular tanner. I even left this on for two hours the first time due to being afraid I’d turn orange again but it brought me a nice life-like color just from two hours. When you’re rubbing it in, you can see the pink hues in it for us paper girls. This is made for us to work well and look natural. This should be treated more as a self tanner than a gradual tanner due to the color. One application and you’re at the result most aim for. But it’s great that you can layer a couple days in between to keep it with light exfoliation and hydration. I also struggled with getting my chest and neck to tan and not be patchy with others. This doesn’t cause that issue. I start with my chest area, then calves, thighs, stomach, back, arms, neck, feet, then hands. Perfect for 8pm application after you’re winding down, wait for it to dry, put on loose clothes, go to bed and wake up to rinse and go. By the end of the day, it’s fully developed and beautiful. Lotion when you get home. So far I have zero cons to this or product except if you constantly wash your hands/wrists and don’t moisturize after, the wrist area can get patchy and hands to lose the product. Overall, YES.

Ive tried so many self tanners. I was hesitant to buy Norvell because if the cost but its 100% worth it. The color is perfect. For reference I am VERY fair skinned. Theres zero orange and it only took 1 appliancation to see a difference. After the 2nd I had a beautiful natural looking tan.

I have been using tanner since I was 12, I’m not kidding when I tell you I have used almost every tanner you could think of. I have learned a lot along the way. I recently have been obsessed with ST. Tropez classic self bronzing lotion for a min. I use that to extend my mousse tanner I use Bondi sands (something cheap) I also use the st tropez as a bronzing face lotion to match my tanner. I really can’t be dishing out 45$ a month or every other month on the lotion so I needed to find an alternative that was tinted. You’d be surprised how many non tinted tanners over shadow the tinted. That has literally been all there used to be. Anyways, this tanner is gorgeous it does leave a teeny hint of orange but only if you’re actually standing next to someone pale -like my bf, you also have to note my undertone is fair-light with pink undertones, there’s only like 1-2 online tanners I can get that won’t turn me some shade of orange. It doesn’t bother me. I really wasnt expecting this to develop so dark on my skin, I am so impressed. It definitely developed darker than the st tropez and I can use this in lieu of my mousses instead of an extender. Very happy with this and the price

Love this sunless tanning cream - always loooks natural.

Pros: it’s actually not orange, and I am picky when it comes to the shade of my self tanner. Doesn’t leave streaks easily. Smell is tolerable. Does not need to be rinsed off. Cons: for me it doesn’t last very long. Half of the tan goes down the drain in one shower. Comes off in the pool too. Takes a little while to dry after application. Verdict: I hate having to rinse off self tanners so this is my best option. Obviously you can rinse it off but I find that a significant amount of tan comes off with it. I like the shade and as long as you don’t get soaked it stays put. As long as you rub it in well it won’t leave streaks.

I really like this stuff. It doesn’t smell bad. It kinda smells like one of those expensive lotions we used to use in the tanning bed in the 00’s lol and it was super easy to use. Way darker than I was expecting but a nice color. I didn’t know you were supposed to prep skin so I didn’t and it still turned out nice. I did use a mit. It’s not streaky or patchy. I’m glad I found this because I feel like it’s a little easier than the foam. It got on my clothes a little while I was sleeping but all tan does that. So I’m not mad. I would recommend.

I keep trying different lotions that keep looking orange on me. This finally gave me a nice non orange color. The thickness is like molasses, which I don't love. Also, the color doesn't last long, but I still like the way it looks and without streaks.

It is very thick, like molasses. It is also sticky for the first 10 minutes after application. The color is immediate, but blending it in takes too much effort. Not beginner friendly and I'm returning it.