well spring officially arrives in less
than two weeks and soon the skin that
you've been hiding under long sleeves
and pants all winter will be revealed in
local four style editor John Jordan is
here with new ways to make it look
healthier overnight no matter what your
complexion John what are these products
okay well self tanners and bronzers and
bronzers and self tanners combined okay
so here's the thing they used to get a
bad rep about leaving your skin orange
yep yep that's still the case
yes and there are still people who use
it or they're using the wrong product
okay okay I mean names but it happens
you don't have to settle for that okay
okay
so let's define what everything is
starting over here this is a bronzer
okay so a bronzer is purely cosmetic all
right that will give you color and it's
kind of sheer and it will stain your
skin to a certain extent but it will it
will all wash off and they come in
various shades they also come in powder
if we go down here we can see a range of
powder bronzers okay now from a consumer
standpoint you might want to just try a
darker pressed powder it's kind of the
same thing the other thing too is that
with pressed powder it's a matte finish
and you don't get that sparkle that's
unnatural okay here's a foam all right
this is a product like this product here
where you have color you have the
bronzer but there's also a self-tanning
component in it so you will actually
develop a tan that will not wash off as
the chemical reaction occurs and it
usually takes a few hours so don't have
to keep reapplying or you just put it on
one time and wait you put it on once and
then you meter the dose by judging your
color got it okay there are more subtle
version stuff and this is so that you
don't get into trouble this one's called
build a tan it's a gradual color this is
a moisturizer by Jergens and it has
a little bit of self tanner so that you
could probably use every day this is
what let's bring in Michelle okay you
tried this on her yeah we well she did
this all by herself we don't believe in
in experimenting on animals in lab right
however we will experiment on Michelle
yeah so what you use on her so this is
what yeah I'm you yeah I found this at
Ulta it's called naked skin and it was
organic and cruelty-free was only 15
bucks at Ulta so it's not too bad okay
so where is it on your body so I did
everything except for this arm and if
you want to look at a side by side
Jefferson you can see the difference and
the point here is that Michelle has this
beautiful porcelain spring when did when
did she apply it though Michelle Winship
oh I took a shower last night and
applied it after my shower and I will
say that does not show up when you put
it on right and I went to bed like I
don't know if this is gonna work I even
put maybe a little extra right and then
when I woke up this morning I'm like I
am two different colors okay okay
but it's believable cause that's nice
that's the whole point of wearing
self-tanner at this point you know in
the 21st century you don't have to look
unnatural it doesn't have to be too dark
it doesn't have to smell bad this is
just a very subtle subtle amount of
color and could actually intensify that
but what about people with different
complexions and different skin tones Wow
okay here's a little hint if you use
moisturizer with a little self tanner
and it will counteract a shiness nobody
ever thinks of that but if you think
about it yeah she is kind of a blue cast
or a purplish greyish cast self tanners
are sort of orange yellow we warm tones
so not only will they moisturize they
will counteract the color let's talk
after the show all right I have one
question for you because you screwed up
I did screw up a little bit so if you
look on my ankle I have a spot Oh
not cover and I'm wondering is there and
part of it is because you can't see it
when you apply it so is there a way to
make it so I know where I'm putting this
so make sure it's even and the benefit
is to use one of the self-tanners that
actually has color in it
however for you because this doesn't
have color in it you could just buy a
dark foundation all right and you could
make your own by putting the dark
foundation in tandem with I love
childproof packaging because that great
that rules me out all right
you just blend those two things together
and then you will have a self-tanner
with a bronzer and you'll know where
it's going perfect and then cover the
patches exactly what great we will fix
Michelle up before we let her out on
this