10 out of 15(67%)reviewers recommend this product.
Product Reviews
Overall rating
5/ 5
Natassja
fromChicago
Skin Type:normal
Age:30-34
Best Brand for Sunless Tanning
PostedApril 13, 2010
Proseasy to use, moisturizing, natural-looking
A girl I worked with was raving about this brand and the amazing results she got. I was looking at her and she looked OLIVY BRONZE. She said it was Xen-tan. That was three years ago that I tried this brand and have not turned since.
This stuff is the real deal. You get an olive tan. You do not stink and you do not turn orange. What more do you want from a sunless tanner?
Personally, I like the mousse application the best but it takes two applications to get a nice deep color that lasts a week vs. the mist which after one application I don't need another. I just feel that the mousse goes on more evenly. I use leftover haircolor gloves to apply it so that I don't have to worry about my hands.
People have asked me if I have come back from vacation or if I laid out in the sun and I'm always tempted to say "Yes!", but instead I promote this stuff. It doesn't get much better than this.
6 of 7 found this review helpful.
Overall rating
1/ 5
Bethany Alice marie
fromLondon
Gender:Female
Dissapointing
PostedJune 27, 2014
I used to love this product. Used to being the main word.
Have used it for the past 2 years, gone through 3+ bottles, this being the first bought from Space NK. I know the product as being a brown mousse, applied golden, develops during the day allowing me to run errands and washes off leaving a glowy, olivey perfect look.
However when i opened this bottle I noticed it was producing a watery green mouse.. strange. I contacted Space NK expressing a concern expecting me to have got a dodgy bottle or from an off-batch but I was told that this is completely normal and not out of the ordinary at all. Whilst previous bottles of mine may have had a slight green tint to them (yes i understand counteracting orangeness etc) it was never anything as drastic as this, I simply wouldn't have e-mailed a concern otherwise, why would I if its my 4th repurchase?
Anyway, I gave it the benefit of the doubt. Whilst t I shook it to make the consistency more mousy the water inside splattered everywhere, It oozed onto my mit a distinct colour of moss green, it applied a distinct colour of moss green and it covered me in a sheer green gloss.. Leaving me looking like an extremely ill alien whilst it developed. I've just washed it off to discover an uneven tan, the worst part - those gross patchy wrists!! Huge tell tale sign of a bad tan and not something I have ever come across before with this product nor other tans I've chosen to use.
Seeing as I did contact Space NK first but was assured this is what the product is designed to be like, then I definitely feel a negative review is justified and necessary.
Basically when spending £24 on a fake tan the wearer shouldn't have to be confined to their house whilst it develops for fear of looking a weird alien, and should result in a natural all over glow.. definitely achievable with others brands.
Advise: If buying this in the future, definitely try a small squirt to test the contents before purchasing! I'm still hopeful that what I have is a dodgy bottle, & i'm still deciding whether to revert to old brands such as St Tropez or to attempt to repurchase XEN from where I used to buy it from, but if what i'm being told is true and this is how its meant to be, I would most certainly not recommend.
Such a shame!
(posted this in the wrong place before - sorry)
Written by a customer while visiting spacenk.com
Overall rating
5/ 5
NickyF
fromLondon
Gender:Female
Love this!
PostedAugust 12, 2012
I have been a St Tropez mouse fan for years but after seeing a write up on Xen tan in a magazine, and also having tried their bronzer compact, I decided to give this a go. The results are brilliant; you get a deep long lasting and most importantly v. natural tan.
I always get compliments after using it and everyone always assumes it is a real tan (unlike other tanning products I have tried). I think it really does give a more natural olive tone, rather than orange based on the comments I have received.
