Self-Tan brands · 10 brands reviewed
Self tan.
Self-tan is the category Glow has tested most intensively — six weeks per product, two skin tones, cool versus warm undertones, mass versus salon. These are the brands that survived a head-to-head.
Editor's top three.
All self-tan brands.
10 brands · sorted by scoreLoving Tan
Salon-grade premium, biscuit-scented icon. Six weeks of testing across three formulas.
Isle of Paradise
Drops innovation, customisable depth. Self Tan Drops for face changed the category.
Eco Tan
Certified organic, Australian-made. The cleanest formulation in the category.
Australian Glow
Mass-market mousse range with one product that punches above its bracket.
St Tropez
UK benchmark, AU prices. Olive undertone — worth the premium on the right skin.
Tan-Luxe
Hybrid serums, brightening drops. Skincare-forward approach to self-tan.
Bondi Sands
The Australian giant tested across four formulas. Ubiquitous for good reason.
James Read
British celebrity tan technician's brand. The H2O Tan Mist is the most cosmetically elegant face tan on the Mecca shelf.
Three Warriors
Byron Bay clean tan brand. Fermented sugar beet DHA, mineral bronzers, the cleanest formulation in the category.
Bali Body
Gold Coast tan brand. The Cacao Tanning Oil is the body oil that made everyone Instagram-bronzed in 2016.
All 10 brands in the self-tan category are independently reviewed by named Glow editors against the same four-axis rubric. No paid rankings.
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