Designer Skin BombShell, 100XXBronzer, 13.5-Ounce Bottle

I've been tanning for a little over 10 years now. For the past couple years I've been using Designer Skin Glamour Goddess, which is also a tingle lotion and I really liked it but felt like changing it up. BombShell has a pleasant cherry fragrance to it although perhaps a bit stronger than I would like. It has a slight Crayola scent to it but that seems par for the course with these lotions. The tingle felt pretty mild when I was in the bed, but when I sat down in the car afterwards the tingle kicked in pretty strongly, more than what I felt with Glamour Goddess even though GG claims 300X to BombShell's 100. I naturally have an olive complexion and this got me a nicer shade of bronze/brown than what I've been getting out of Glamour Goddess, possibly due to the bronzer which I dont think Glamour Goddess has any bronzer in it. I tend to stay away from anything with bronzers because I always am concerned about staining my hands, but there was no staining with BombShell. I think I prefer the scent of Glamour Goddess, it smells like coconut and is a bit more subdued of a scent overall. I am happy with BombShell though and will probably keep using this for some time.

Works well

This is one of the best tanning lotions I have used. I worked at a tanning bed for a few years, and one girl's glorious (brown, not orangy) tan prompted me to try this. It does have a tingle, but I personally don't find it to be overwhelming. It makes me a little red and slightly itchy for about an hour, but the most amazing color emerges and it's not any sort of burn. I'm doing what another girl is doing an altering this with Designer Skin's Luminary and I'm also using a high pressure bed. By far the most expensive combination I've ever done, but if you could see the difference in my skin in smoothness, color, and smaller pores - It's GREAT. If I'm going to tan, which I'll eventually break off of, I'm going to do it right with the best products for my skin (leaving me smooth and not dry and cracked and burnt) and the highlest levels of "bronzing rays" rather than "burning rays" in a bed. Also girls, get a base tan and THEN a spray tan and that also looks good! Base tan to get color and it's not tan spray just going on white skin, and the spray tan to even out color and cover up any skin imperfections. Back to Bombshell...my first and favorite tingle lotion!

First off before i jump into this review (since i have a lot to say), let me note this is coming from someone who already had a decent tan prior to using bombshell. By 'decent tan', i mean about a nice medium golden colour. I wasn't incredibly brown or anything and was stuck in a tanning plateau (which is so annoying). When people in reviews say they're "dark now", their level of dark usually goes unspecified so you're left kind of clueless since they don't bother to explain what they started out as before using a lotion. I feel explaining that gives a better idea of the product's true potential. I just tried this today in a lvl 3 bed for 10 minutes, and man I am the darkest i have been in a long time. Brown, not orange. It smells the same after tanning as you first put it on but no gross smell. Has a cherry scent. The lotion is pretty moderate in terms of the tingle factor. It was hot but, not unbearable. And I was overestimating it a bit. It actually isn't that bad. I personally enjoy feeling hot when i tan, because I actually feel im getting a good tan. Afterwards, i was really pink and felt hot. I didn't feel burnt or tingly. Just my skin was warm to touch for a bit. Lasted about 4-6 hours then i was good. I also want to point out how much i liked that it dried pretty fast after i applied it. Id say about a good 45 seconds. I hate having to wait for lotion to dry before i can get in the bed. Sometimes with other lotions, i have to dance around or accumulate some kind of air flow because the lotion takes forever to dry. And its annoying. I know im not the only one who has that issue. The consistancy was smooth and not thick. I didn't have to empty half the bottle to cover my whole body. A little covers a good amount of surface area. That's a plus which means it'll last a lot longer. I was already tan when i started using this, but was majorly stuck in a plateau for a while which is what made me buy this lotion. I read if you're in a plateau and are having trouble getting darker, try a good tingle lotion. I got this one because of that reason and also partly because i am not a fan of cheap lotions whatsoever. They do nothing but waste my time and money. It sort of reminds me of the tattoo saying "cheap tattoos aren't good and good tattoos aren't cheap". A good lotion will not be cheap. Flat out. Especially if you're already tan, and are looking to get darker, you'll need to spend a little extra but this one was definitely worth it. If you're hesitant, please don't be. Its worth the money and gives a very deep brown tan. As for people just trying to build a base tan, i would not recommend using this to do that only because it is not for that. This is to trigger a richer tan after you got the base tan going on. Use something milder to build that good base tan before moving up to this. You will just end up burning yourself badly and it doesn't matter how much you don't burn easily. Everyone still does and CAN. Also, don't ever use a tingle lotion on your face. You'll cause blood vessels to break under the skin since its so delicate. Not a good idea. Overall, Bombshell is a major plus lotion and I am a very pleased customer. Seriously. Buy it. You won't regret it.

This lotion is my go to everytime. I have tried so many others and the tingle is just not there. It smells great and does have a bronzer.on it so your tan stays. It is not for beginner tanners. You will burn. Advanced only. When I start tanning I go no lotion for the first 5 times then put this on and I am super dark by the 3rd time I use it. I just wish the price hadn't gone up so much. But I guess everything is. Definitely recommend for advanced tanners!!!

This is my absolute favorite tanning lotion ever made. I have tried multiple different lotions but I always seem to go back to this one. If you have a hard time tanning this lotion will work wonders.

So, a couple days before using this lotion for the first time, I used Swedish Beauty's Pink Diamond in an Ultimate Bed (45,000 watt bulbs, with 5 high pressure facial bronzers.) The Pink Diamond was my first tingle lotion, and I felt a little warmer in the bed than usual, and when I got out I felt a little itchy for about 15-20 minutes. Then I received this and used it in a regular bed (36,000 watt bulbs) with no facial bulbs. I started feeling warm to hot on my shoulders while I was still putting this on as I got toward my legs, and I made sure to keep this off my face because the Pink Diamond actually caused me to burn and peel a little on my left cheek. All I can say is after reading the reviews that this was a mild tingle, I was blown away. Take into consideration that this was my 2nd tingle lotion use ever, but I used it in a regular bed as opposed to an Ultimate with the Pink Diamond, and the tanning itself wasn't too bad. Getting out of the bed, however, was a completely different story. I felt like I was on fire in several different parts of my body, and my shoulders looked blotchy. The fire sensation was so strong that I didn't really notice much itchiness, but I stuck with it and refused to shower for hours to let the bronzers work. It took about 2 1/2 to 3 hours before the burning sensation left some parts of my body (namely the front of my thighs because I tan in the buff.) I've tanned before, and I've been tanning about 3 months continuously, so its not like I went in completely unprepared. I have one hell of a base tan, and a naturally dark complexion due to heredity to begin with. I also didn't like the smell of this stuff after I tanned...it actually annoyed me, where I can't say that any lotion has ever gone that far before. End results were fantastic though! I was much darker that evening, and I still see a difference the next day. I will definitely be using this lotion again. Screw the pain and the smell, if it gets me through my tanning plateau, which I've had a lot of trouble with, then its worth it to me. I'm still going to use different lotions day in and out, but this will definitely stay in my rotation to help me extend my tan. And who knows? Maybe once I get used to this, I'll move up to a stronger tingle lotion lol. I'm a glutton for self-punishment if it makes me look good. =p

As an advanced tanner, I was suggested to buy a tingle by my tanning salon to achieve the dark tan I was looking for. Bombshell itself is a great product... But there are definitely some things I would've liked to know before purchasing the product some good and some not so good. First off, I highly recommend only experienced tanners to use this product. The tanning lotion contains tingle, which is supposed to have circulation faster within your body to make a tan appear faster than normal. The feeling is like an itching sensation and the aftermath is being red after you get out of the tanning bed. Again, tingle is a great thing if you are experienced at tanning and enjoy the feeling of it. If you have not tried tingle lotion, maybe your best bet is to try a sample lotion packet and see if you like it first. I however love it. The bottle has been in my possession for about four months now and I still have product left after me tanning a couple sessions a week. I am very impressed with the amount of product. The smell reminds me in a way of pomegranate and citrus. The bronzer is rich and dark and something I really like about Bombshell is that the bronzer lasts on your skin without staining your clothes. Out of any lotion I've ever used and I've basically used them all this is hands down my way of getting the darkest the quickest. I used this product for about a week in a mid level bed and everyone of my co workers had been asking if I had recently been to the Caribbean islands. If I could choose one lotion and stick with it for the rest of my life, hands down it'd be Bombshell. I've tried the popular ones like Black, Roar, Mood, 40 Karat Gold, Playboy, Smile your dark, Spellbound, and nothing gives me a richer more real looking tan than this product. Great shipping from the company and amazing customer service.