It may only be mid-August, but in New York there is clear and clear in the air. It is an undeniable sign that the (apparently merciless) fever of summer is over and autumn is soon to come. Personally, it means that we are taking advantage of all the sunny, warm days we left before the inevitable happened. Short periods of sunlight, sweaters, gloves, and sun-damaged skin from the bottle, not the sun.
Legendary actress, iconic model and bestselling author Brooke Shields is already far ahead of me. In a recent interview with a strategist, the Blue Lagoon star revealed a new favorite way to get a tan all year round. Tan Lacus is a Cream’s progressive self-tanning face moisturizer ($49).
“I used to use Jergens, but the smell was really bad,” admits Shields. “I was surprised at how good the colour was, how it didn’t smell, and what overall it was bronze. It just made me naturally bronze and it didn’t turn orange. It really was custom makeup.”
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Shoppers reflect the feelings of Shields. Some gradually love the sparkle and say the moisturizer, self-tanner hybrid helps to look more like a colour than a straight self-tanner. “It adds color and great moisture at the same time,” one user raves. The second customer said, “It’s very subtle and very natural. There’s no fake tan smell, and it’s actually incredibly moisturizing… (it’s perfect for my combination skin. With this it gives you a nice healthy color that looks even, so you can go without makeup.” The 58-year-old, with “dehydrated/dry” skin and “brown spots that tend to suck on self-tan products,” calls Tan Lux a “heart-great blessing” because of the “moisturizer and sediment colour” to “see completely natural.”
