How to Get a Bronze Glow Without the Tanning Bed!

With the recent buzz surrounding the dangers associated with sun tanning and tanning beds, it's not a surprise to see that many former sun worshipers have turned their attentions toward using self tanners. With the promise of a perfect French Rivera suntan all bottled up inside, I cracked open the self tanner bottle and quickly slathered it onto my face and body. Now, all I had to do was to wait for my inner bronze goddess to emerge, right? Wrong! After a few hours my golden glow had started to show and so far so good. But, it wasn't until 3 days later that I realized my beautiful tan looked more like tiger strips.