I love to be tanned, dark tan. I was honestly not impressed with fake bake origional lotion at all.
Firstly, the application was difficult, it streaked around alot making it difficult and also the colour guide when applied made you look far to dark so most people don't put enough of the stuff on, it's really scary.
Secondly, the colour was rubbish, wasn't orange, but I didn't notice any difference in my colour whatsoever. It just went a yellowy- mustard tint. On my face it just looked mucky yellow with almost no colour, leaving my skin dry and patchy in the morning. The smell was also not very strong, but horrible, it smelled like a cross between curry and mustard ( to match the colour I suppose)
It lasts about 2 days then starts flaking ( and to add I did exfoliate before with st Ives apricot scrub.)
this deffinitely isn't as good as the hype and I will not recomend it to anybody.

I'm not sure if my bottle has gone off or something - the Fake Bake lotion smells like wet dogs, and that's before I've even put it on my skin! It's very messy, it's tinted so you know where to put it which is good, but the colour is very dark and looks like mud, way too dark for my skin. When I showered the next morning, there was hardly any colour left - which is good because the colour guide made my skin look dirty and I'm not sure what I would have done if I'd been stuck with that muddy colour for the best part of a week. I think you'd have to apply it 3-4 days in a row to achieve a dark tan.

I'm sure I'm in the minority here, but this stuff makes me itch like crazy. I don't break out into a rash, but by the end of the second day of having this on, my whole body itches like I rolled in a patch of poison ivy. I'm going away on vacation this week and wanted to put some on before I left, since my skin is very, very fair and my hair is almost black. The color indoors is okay, but once you get outside, WOAH are you orange. It may just be because I have fair skin but I've heard of many other people in the same situation and their color turns out fine. Maybe it's something in the lotion that does not react well with my skin. I'll use it one last time because like I said, I need to go on vacation and don't have time to order St. Tropez (which I will try next). But I will most certainly be itching the whole time. What a waste of 24 bucks.

Fake Bake Self Tan Cream gave a looking tan. Best tan from a bottle. Mostly washed off after one shower. I might purchase another bottle for a quick tan.