reviews on Sephora are 50/50

I like Loreal's self tanning products best. Consumer Reports also rated it the best.

No self tanners ever again for me. Too many orange glow days.

I am very very fair, red hair, and most self tanners look very artificial on me. I have become a huge fan of Jergens Natural Glow products. http://www.jergens.com/products/natural-glow/

You just put them on like lotion every day, or every few days. It's very gradual, depending on how much and how often you use it. I even mix it with regular lotion to dilute it a bit at the beginning of the summer, when I am very pale, so it's not so noticeable. I use both the face and body products.

I think it looks quite natural, not at all orange, and it doesn't have that smell that many self tanners do.

I used the Clarins Golden Glow Booster last summer for my face (I think they've just come out with a similar product for the body) and I liked it a lot.

I'm pretty fair (Irish, blue eyes, blonde-ish hair) and burn easily, so I try not to spend too long in the sun, but I'd love to be tan all the time! I bought the Clarins product to hang on to the color I'd gotten on a trip to Florida and it really worked and looked very natural on me. Every day, I used two drops mixed with my daily moisturizer. It wasn't greasy or slick, and my moisturizer felt like it always did.

It's a little expensive ($35 for a about 2 oz. at Sephora) but it lasted all summer. I'm going to buy it again, as well as the whole-body version.

I've used the Jergens products successfully in the past, the accelerated (3day) version does get dark fast , the 7 day version layers up more discreetly which is what I prefer.

Now I'm tempted to try the Clarins mixed with the moisturizer, I like that idea: I'm headed to Florida this weekend and it would be nice to have somewhat of a glow.

Thank you all for your replies.

I will look into the l'oreal and jergens products before making a decision.

I think someone posted here that using these products on your face can bring on dark age spots. I remember reading that just as I was contemplating using it on my face but I've been too scared since. Has anyone else?

I also like L'Oreal Sublime Bronze, but only on my legs and farmer's tan on my shoulders. It's subtle. I'd rather have to apply more often than have orange legs. One thing I like about it is there's a topical bronzer that gives you immediate color and a sense of what the depth of the temp tan will be.

I no longer desire a tan face. Just enough on the extremities to not look like unbaked bread.