Neutrogena build-a-tan, Vaseline Cocoa Radiant Vitalizing Body Gel review

Summer's coming! Warm weather, shorts, dresses, sandals.
Except. I'm so pale and ashy.
So I've been using these for the past month. One is a build-able self-tanner. The other is an extremely moisturizing body gel.

Let's start with the Neutrogena. It promises sheer color, buildable color, healthy glow, streak-free, and drying time of 5 minutes. I got it for $7.00 at Wal-Mart.

I've tried the Jergens and Ulta self-tanners in previous years, and lemme say, the drying time was what annoyed me the most. No matter how little I put on, it takes at least half an hour to dry.

The Neutrogena does only take 5 minutes drying. It seems to moisturize decently. This is the darkest I've gotten from a single application (once per week to keep it there) out of this, Jergens, and Ulta. There is no smell. It applies smoothly, just like a lotion.
BUT. It does streak. A lot. For some reason, only on my arms, even when I don't move for 10 minutes. Maybe I'll just keep this for my legs. My rating: 7/10

On to the Vaseline. I got it for $10 at CVS. I was so excited to try this. I love body lotions, souffles, whipped mixtures, body butter, whatever. This promises healthy, glowing skin. What does that mean, glowing? This is why I don't use luminizer. No idea what it does, although it wouldn't hurt to look it up :)

This one packs a punch with just a tiny bit of product. Glides on and makes my skin feel so smooth the rest of the day. I read reviews about this staining clothes. That doesn't happen if you only use a tiny bit. My skin stays oil-ed looking for an hour, which I don't mind. What I DO mind is the smell. I've smelled cocoa butter before. This kiiiinda smells like it. But, as my friend put it so accurately, it smells more like strong white chocolate. I don't want to smell like chocolate. The smell lingers for a while after application, probably because it doesn't dry so quickly. If I didn't like the results so much, I'd stop using it based on smell alone. My rating: 8/10

Nuance Tinted Moisturizer review

This is from Salma Hayek's line, I got it for $17.00 at CVS and seeing how it was pretty expensive for a 1 FL OZ tube, I expected great things. Maybe not Holy Grail material (I already found that in the Maybelline FIT line), but something awesome.

I got it in the light/medium 250 shade. I can never tell with these things. I've always thought I was pretty pale, so I would get the 2nd lightest shade I could find. Always too light. Apparently I'm a Medium skin tone. Hm.

This promises "oil-free, sheer coverage, delivers a health, radiant glow for all skin types." It is also "hypoallergenic, fragrance free, paraben free, and not tested on animals." Mega points right there.

Yes, sheer coverage. So sheer that I wouldn't suggest using this as a BB cream. It's not even moisturizing. My skin felt tight and dry after using it. It's pretty much just... a skin tint. It made me a bit darker.

For something that isn't moisturizing, though, it made my skin very oily, very fast. My face is not picky. But for some reason this made my skin get greasy and shiny.

It stayed put for about 2 hours, and then I was back to nothing.

So, I'd recommend using this on top of a light moisturizing primer for those days you want a bit more of a tan. I'm not sure what's going on with the oil/grease issue but using a bit of primer prevented that. Maybe some powder on top to set it would work too.

Anyway, my rating? 6/10. Not great, not bad, but not really worth the price.

What do you guys think?