VIDEO: Faster brown with olive oil?

Olive oil speeds up the browning process

To get tanned, many people use the tanning bed or lie in the sun at home or on vacation. Unfortunately, it often takes too long to achieve the desired degree of browning. To accelerate the tanning, you can use olive oil instead of sunscreen.

• Olive oil browns faster because it reflects the sun's rays. In the Mediterranean region, olive oil with a few drops of lemon juice is traditional sun protection.
• The disadvantage of olive oil is that it does not contain any sun protection factor. Even commercially available sun oils have a sun protection factor of no more than 10, as physical UV filters cannot be added to oils. They "only" contain chemical UV filters. When using oils, you should make sure to adhere to the tanning time that suits your skin type.
• You should initially keep the tanning time short and only extend it by a few minutes as the tan progresses. How to prevent sunburn.
• The great advantage of olive oil: It is skin-friendly and well tolerated. It does not contain any preservatives or fragrances that could cause allergic reactions
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• In addition, olive oil contains carotene - a natural tanning accelerator. Eating carrots can also help browning.
• With oil-based agents there is a risk that the oil film will penetrate sweat rips open. The unprotected skin can quickly develop sunburn, which poses a serious risk of premature aging and skin cancer.
• With all the longing for a crisp tan, sun-sensitive and fair-skinned people should prefer to use a sun cream with sufficient SPF. Because only healthy skin is beautiful.