Colour enhancers

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Colour enhancers

skincare,make-up,self tan Colour enhancers

 

By Yanar Alkayat

 

If your golden-girl tan is rapidly disappearing after escaping to far-away shores, fear not. Colour-enhancing beauty delights should keep you looking sunkissed and glowing for longer, even as autumn approaches. Who said summer is over?

Elemis Total Glow Self-Tanning Cream

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A delicate and gorgeous-smelling face and body tanner that is light enough for fair-skinned beauties to use daily, giving a natural glow to post-summer faces. Contains macadamia-nut oil and vitamin E to nourish and hydrate

 

£12, time to spa  

Olay Total Effects Touch of Sunshine

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Bring a few rays of sunshine back with Olay\'s anti-ageing self-glow cream. Not only does it promise to sunkiss your face, but the SPF15 and an anti-oxidant complex will also provide maximum skin protection - a double dose of post-summer goodness

£16.99, available nationwide

Garnier Summer Body Spray Mist

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One of last year\'s best-sellers in gradual tanning now comes in a spray mist - a super-easy and refreshing spritz. The hint of self-tan means lower levels of tanning agents are used compared with standard tanners, so it\'s a lighter coverage with no scary streakiness!

£6.99, available nationwide

Liz Earle Botanicals Self-Tan Spray

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For chem-free lovers, this plant-extract tanning spray is the choice du jour. It uses the magical colouring powers of sunflower seeds to give a light glow to skin without overloading it with chemicals, and its pleasant scent is down to sweet orange and geranium

£15, Liz Earle

Lancaster After-Sun Tan Maximiser

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A soothing, post-sun comfort cream that not only calms and hydrates sun-exposed skin, but also helps beautiful tans last longer by boosting melanin production (the tanning pigment in skin)

£21, stockists: 0800 376 0688

Lancôme Sensuelle Summer Sunkissed Body Lotion

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This sweet-smelling body lotion will keep limbs looking beach-tan-perfect without overloading them with colour. The cream is enriched with glycerine, peach and vitamin E to keep skin soft and velvety

£24.50, available nationwide

Make Believe Gradual Self-Tan and Tan

skincare,self tan Make Believe Gradual Self-Tan and Tan

An artistically packaged slow-tanner that combines jojoba, hemp seed and shea butter with low levels of self-tan to condition skin and make it look radiant. Perfect for extending that healthy, just-stepped-off-the-plane look

£25, stockist: makebelievebeauty

No7 Sunkissed Bronzing Pearls

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Bring a swirl of deep summer back with these sunshine pearls. A rich bronze colour for a real bronze goddess...

£9, stockist: Boots

Chanel Bronze Universel

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For subtle, sun-kissed cheeks, blend Chanel\'s Sun Illuminator onto skin. A silky cream that glides on for a semi-matt golden finish


£24, stockists: 020 7493 3836

Dr Hauschka Translucent Bronze Concentrate

bronzer,self tan Dr Hauschka Translucent Bronze Concentrate

Don\'t be alarmed by this dark-coloured liquid - just mix a few drops with your moisturiser to bring a translucent but dewy glow to skin. Perfect for a year-round pick-me-up

£21, Dr Hauschka

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