Anyway, why would you want to tan your armpits? If you want to make sure your skin color looks natural, then you should even it out by tanning under your arms.
If you want to tan your armpits naturally, the best way would be to do it outside on a sunny day. Lie down in a pool lounge, raise your arms and let the sun shine its ultraviolet rays on your armpits for about half an hour, depending on the intensity of the sun’s rays.
This natural method is the way to go in tropical climates with almost permanent sunny weather. But depending on your location, you can also try alternative methods, which are also very effective and quite simple to do.
Self tanning lotions
To use self-tanning lotions, you need to do a little research on the best ones available in stores or online. Once you decide which one will suit your needs, you can begin the process by following the steps below before applying the lotion to your body:
- Shave your armpits before application.
- Thoroughly exfoliate your armpits a few days before application.
- Use an effective moisturizer every day starting a week before application.
You want to exfoliate and hydrate your armpits so that all the dead skin cells that prevent the tanning lotion from absorbing into your skin can be removed.
Once you have completed these steps, you can start applying the tanning lotion to your armpits. The whole process takes time and requires a lot of dedication and patience to make sure you are using a safe indoor tanning technique. Keep applying the self-tanning lotion to your armpits for several days, until you see the results you want.
Bronzer or Airbrush
This indoor technique will generally require you to visit a nearby tanning salon. Most salons can apply a bronzer that will instantly tan you anywhere you want on your body. Or you can choose to use an airbrush, which is good if you plan to tan your entire body. In this case, since you are only interested in tanning your armpits, you can opt for any of the techniques.
The airbrush technique basically works by having a technician spray the tanning solution on a specific part of your body. You can instantly raise your arms and tan in the armpits, without much effort or pain, unlike what is sometimes experienced in natural sunlight.
Tanning bed
The last technique we will discuss is the tanning bed. To tan your armpits with a tanning bed, you must lie with your arms open on your back or down on the tanning bed. Set the intensity and stay in bed for about 20 minutes until you have the color you want.
One of the downsides to using this method is that most of your body tans, rather than just the part you wanted. Tanning beds vary in intensity and it is important to always use a tanning lotion made exclusively for use with tanning beds.
These are the three options available to tan your armpits, in addition to the natural tan. Take proper precautions for each method and enjoy the benefits of tanning naturally or indoors responsibly.