brand background: Sunless salon owner and Registered Nurse, Amy Staubitz, launched X-Tan with its cult-favorite sunless tan remover in 2019. After becoming widely known in the sunless community for her extremely effective yet nourishing remover, Amy then created X-Tan self tanning mousse and shortly after passed the X-Tan baton to Kelly Callaghan; founder of Spray Tan Class and Obsidian solutions. Now, under the X-Tan umbrella you can find X-Tan self tanner and remover, Obsidian professional spray tan solutions, and sunless education courses via Spray Tan Class. Check out all of the brands offerings here.

solution applied: A two-hour solution with a deep brown color guide.

professional solution price: $27 for 8 oz., $85 for 32 oz., and $297 for 128 oz on XTanSunless.com.

texture: a light, fine mist with a dark mahogany-toned color guide.

scent: Unscented.

product call-outs: Paraben-free, organic ingredients, eco cert DHA, vegan, and cruelty-free.

key ingredients: Grapeseed and sunflower seed oil are packed with vitamins A, C, and E to moisturize, nourish, and stimulate collagen. As well as aloe vera to sooth and green tea extract to clarify.

dry time: less than three minutes.

(hot) take on the tan: Obsidian has championed a rapid solution in a way that not many others have. The two+ hour solution can be rinsed within two hours for a light tan or in eight+ hours for a dark tan. Most rapid solutions are designed to only sit on the skin between one and four hours for best results and if kept on longer the bronzers can dry out the skin or develop into an unwanted color. However, Obsidian Rapid/Dark is strong enough to give a gorgeous glow after two hours, or a stunning dark tan after eight all while nourishing the skin.

As for the color itself, Obsidian’s mahogany-toned bronzer is perfect for warming up the skin and cancelling out hollow, or unwanted green undertones. Regardless of the development time, the end result is always a rich tan with an even, flawless skin finish that fades evenly beginning nine days after application.

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