Go Bronze!

This is the evening sky in Puerto Rico where I lounged all day, sipped on piña coladas and didn't touch a PC for days. It can be done!!!

And thanks to some great tips from Cameron Diaz courtesy of InStyle magazine, I'm sporting a spectacular bronze tan and am dying to share this new bronzing technique. This is a truly fool-proof, no peeling, no burning, smooth bronzing technique that worked like magic. The trick is very simple, just layer sun defense and sun tan lotion in the following order and you'll soon be ready to wear your summer wardrobe and dazzle!

1) Before you go out, slather on an SPF 30 (or as low as 20) sun defense lotion over your birthday suit (a.k.a. naked body.)
2) Stay in your birthday suit for at least 20 min. or so and try not to even sit down (...that's what Ms. Diaz says!)
3) Now slather your low SPF tanning lotion (2 or 4) all over your birthday suit.
4) Wait a few min. and finally put on your bathing suit.
5) Go hit the sun!
6) Make sure you use lots of after-sun lotion to preserve the tan and provide moisture to your skin.
7) Repeat this procedure daily, increasing your sun exposure gradually so you don't burn.

It takes about 20 min. for the human body to absorb the lotion so keep this in mind and be sure to slather more lotion after you swim or are in the sun for more than an hour.

My fave lotions are from NATURA BISSÉ (manufactured in Barcelona and used in Spas there.)

You can buy these @Neiman Marcus or online.

Here's the NATURA BISSÉ product combo I used.

- Sun Defense Fluid SPF 30

- Sun Defense Active Bronze Cream SPF 2
- Sun Defense Sun Radiance Lotion (after-sun tan accelerator w/Aloe and Vitamin E.)

Happy tanning!