Usually, our March Lotion Issue is dedicated to showcasing the fabulous new tanning lotions of the year (which we did). But for this 2008 installment, the LOOKING FIT team didn’t just want to write about the new lotions … we wanted to shake things up and actually try them. So, we contacted all the big lotion manufacturers for samples, gathered a group of staffers that tan and set about testing these lotions—from the way they look, smell and feel, to how well they work. The following is our master list of the lotions and tanning treatments—of the samples we received—that we think are the creamiest of the crop.
Special thanks to all of the lotion manufacturers that provided LOOKING FIT with samples, as well as to Michelle Tilton, owner of Chandler, Ariz.-based Planet Beach, and her staff, for inviting our judges to use her salon as our testing ground for the tanning treatments.
