Pick the wrong shade and the tan looks like a costume. Pick the right one and you don’t look tanned — you look rested, lit, slightly more expensive. Below is the honest version of what each Australian Glow shade actually does, who it’s built for, and how long to leave it on. No fluff.
Real results · from the library
Real Australian Glow studio results. Unretouched, dated, with shade + develop time.
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Medium develops into a warm, low-saturation tan that reads natural in daylight. Dark develops to about two shades deeper — visibly bronzed, sunkissed, still readable as a self-tan but never costume-y.
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