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Catwalk HQ Self Tan Remover Review

Hello Lovelies! Long time no chat! If you follow my instagram page (@learningtolovebysjlx) you probably know now that I'm currently 15 weeks pregnant which is the explanation for my absence! As I'm sure you can imagine I have been incredibly tired but thankfully I've slowly started to regain some of my energy lately so here I am! 

Today I'm going to do a review of the Catwalk HQ Self Tan Remover, lately it seems like products like this one have just been popping up everywhere and for any tan lover like myself it really does sound like a dream come true so the main question on my mind was do they really work? So this week I went into Ryans Pharmacy in Nenagh to see what they had. I found they had this tan remover alongside the Iconic Bronze Tan Remover. I chose the Catwalk HQ remover purely because it contained slightly more product and it was a tiny bit cheaper. The Catwalk HQ remover contains 200ml of product and it cost me €12.80. 


I had never used any of this brands products before so I was excited to see what it was like. The packaging is very simple and pretty, I mean what girl doesn't love pink?! I was also super happy when I realised that it is an Irish made product by an Irish brand! So all in all first impressions were good! I wanted to use it because even though lately I have been using a brilliant tan that I'm in love with I had gotten a little bit lazy with my tan upkeep due to my tiredness and it had gone a bit mucky as expected. 

I followed the instructions on the bottle exactly, so I started by applying the remover all over my body. I rubbed it in until it started to lather up and then left it sitting for 10 minutes to soak in. I was unsure at this point of how well it would work as it dried in nearly completely to my skin which I wasn't expecting. I then did as advised and scrubbed myself with a dry exfoliating glove (pictured below) all over before hopping into the shower and getting rid of the excess using my normal body wash and exfoliating gloves. 


I won't lie as I was getting into the shower I was looking at how much tan still seemed to be stuck to my body and I felt a little hopeless thinking yet again this is just another gimmick but I carried on none the less! Even getting out of the shower I was still looking at myself unsure. However once I had finished up and dried myself I realised what a difference it had made. The proof is in the picture down below girlies, it definitely worked! 

As you can see from the pictures it did such a good job in removing stubborn patches of tan, if anything I still have slight tinges of discolouration here and there but they aren't noticeable at all. I would have felt totally confident in applying a fresh layer of tan to myself straight after knowing that no old tan would mess with my result but I was just too lazy! I did have a slightly unrealistic expectation at the start of the process that by applying this I could just glide my old tan off with no problems and that wasn't necessarily true, I still had to scrub, scrub, scrub but there's no way I would have gotten the tan off with the same amount of effort had I not used this product so it did make my job much easier! 


So just to recap, it didn't brake the bank, I found it to be unscented so no horrible smells, it is from an Irish brand and most importantly it worked! If you love your fake tan like me but hate the process of removing it or waiting for it to wear off I would 100% recommend this product to you, I'm delighted that I bought it! 

That's all my thoughts for today, I'm hoping to have another blogpost up next week all about the first trimester of my pregnancy so if that's something that interests you keep an eye out! I will also be doing another review veeeeery soon of the tanning brand that I have been using religiously lately! So until then I hope you all have an amazing weekend and if you have any thoughts or questions regarding this blogpost just let me know! 

All my love, 
SJL X 

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