Few drops in moisturiser to wake up bronzed.
Try it for up to 60 days.
DHA alone
Fades in patches
One active, one clock. It lifts unevenly and leaves you touching it up.
DHA-Duo™
Fades level
Two actives on different clocks, so the colour leaves the way it arrived.
2 actives
DHA and erythrulose
Overnight
Develops while you sleep
4 depths
From one bottle
Coconut
The only thing it smells of
No UV
Colour without sun exposure
Mixes in
Into the moisturiser you own
Every reason people give up on a tan, and what we did about each one.
A UV tan is damage you can see. The World Health Organization's cancer agency puts sunbeds in its highest risk category, next to tobacco. Used before 35, they raise melanoma risk sharply. The lines and the leathering arrive later.
With Oleyra
No UV at any point. DHA-Duo™ colours the surface of the skin. It is not sun protection, so wear SPF exactly as you would without it.
For fair skin the sun mostly skips the tan and goes straight to the burn: redness, sting, itch, then the week of peeling. And the peel takes whatever colour you did get with it.
With Oleyra
No sun in the method, at any point. The colour develops overnight instead: no burn to pay first, and nothing peels because nothing burned.
Mousses and lotions go on in a layer of their own. A missed patch or a heavy elbow only shows up once it is too late to fix.
With Oleyra
It mixes into your moisturiser, so it goes exactly where that goes. You already know how to spread that evenly.
Most tans come at one depth. You choose light or dark in the shop and find out afterwards which you actually wanted.
With Oleyra
Depth is the drop count. A couple for barely there, more for deep, and you can change your mind any night.
A tan built on DHA alone lifts unevenly as skin turns over. That is what leaves edges and blotches to touch up.
With Oleyra
Two actives, two clocks. DHA and erythrulose fade together, so the colour leaves the way it arrived.
Booths have to be booked. Lotions have you standing about, waiting to be dry enough to get dressed.
With Oleyra
It works while you sleep. A few drops in your night moisturiser is the whole routine.
Up to 60 days to change your mind.
Up to 60-day money-back guarantee
Opened bottles included. Eligibility terms apply.
Read the refund termsEstimates for your routine. Start with two drops per moisturiser portion and build gradually.
Face only, and not every night. One bottle goes a long way at this rate, so there is no sense buying two.
Face, neck and chest use more drops than the face alone. One bottle is estimated to last about 10 weeks for this routine.
Arms and shoulders use more drops. Two bottles are estimated to last about 10 weeks for this routine.
Whole-body use needs more drops. Two bottles are estimated to last about 6 weeks for this routine.
One active, one clock. It lifts unevenly and leaves you touching it up.
Two actives on different clocks, so the colour leaves the way it arrived.
Using one before the age of 35 raises the risk of melanoma by around 75%. The WHO files sunbeds in the same cancer group as tobacco. Drops colour the skin you already have and no lamp is involved.
Skin sheds and rebuilds its surface roughly every four weeks, and it takes the colour with it. That is why a tan goes patchy on its own, and why drops are built to be topped up rather than started again.
Up to 90% of visible skin ageing is put down to UV, not to getting older. Lines, spots, slack skin. A tan out of a bottle costs your face none of it.
Calculated from the current three-bottle one-time price and an estimate of 70 applications per bottle. Delivery is extra where applicable. Actual use varies with the number of drops.
Delivery 1
Tan Mitt
Your FREE Tan Mitt arrives with your first parcel.
Deliveries 2 to 4
Build your glow routine
Your Application Brush, Head + Wristband and Cosmetic Pouch arrive one per consecutive delivery.
After payment 2
Manage your subscription
Use the link in your dispatch email to skip, pause, change products or cancel after your second successful payment. You can contact help@oleyra.com before payment two to request cancellation after the minimum term.
Runs for a minimum of two paid deliveries. Skip, pause, product changes and cancellation unlock after your second successful payment. For new subscriptions, the first-order trial ends 60 days after delivery or when payment two succeeds, whichever comes first. An approved trial refund releases the remaining minimum. Claims submitted before the deadline, existing subscription terms and statutory rights are unaffected.
Two drops, mixed into your usual night moisturiser. Build up over a few nights rather than jumping straight to eight. Colour does not come off immediately, it fades as your skin turns over, but you can always add more.
No. This is a cosmetic self-tan and contains no sunscreen. It gives you colour, not protection.
DHA and erythrulose, the two tanning agents, in a moisturising serum with a coconut fragrance. It is a liquid you add to your own moisturiser rather than a lotion you apply neat.
I used to get sunburns and hated bathing in the harmful UV light. Tanning beds got expensive.
Rated 5 out of 5.Megan
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The first month
Colour builds. Scroll through a month of it, one stage at a time.
The first morning
A few drops in last night’s moisturiser. It develops while you sleep, and there is nothing to rinse off.
Night three
Go again and it layers. More drops to go deeper, fewer to stay where you are.
End of week one
Most of the depth arrives in the first few nights. Once it is the shade you were after, you stop building.
Week four
A top up every few days holds it there. Stop, and two actives means it leaves evenly instead of in patches.
One person across about a month, photographed in the same spot. Most of the build happens in the first week and the rest is upkeep. Everyone’s is different: depth depends on how many drops you mix in, how often you top up, and the skin you started with.
One bottle, four depths
Depth is down to how many drops you mix in, not which bottle you buy. Start light, build up over a few nights.
LightOvernight
A barely-there warmth. The one to start with if you have never used a self-tan before.
Mix into your night moisturiser and go to sleep. Nothing to wash off.
Night 1
Night 3
Night 5MediumBuild over 2 nights
Looks like a week somewhere sunny. Most people end up here.
Build over two nights rather than doubling up on one.
Night 1
Night 3
Night 5DarkBuild over 3 nights
Properly bronzed. Worth doing the night before, not the morning of.
Exfoliate first. Knuckles, ankles and knees take colour fastest, so go lighter there.
Night 1
Night 3
Night 5Ultra DarkBuild gradually
The deepest we go. Best built up from Dark rather than jumped to.
Leave a full night, and give it a few minutes to sink in before bed.
Night 1
Night 3
Night 5In their words
See why they switched.
Reviews
Every review below is left by someone who bought the drops.
How it compares
 |  Sunbeds |  Tan lotions |  Tanning gummies | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No UV exposure | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Mixes into your own moisturiser | Yes | No | No | No |
| Nothing to wash off | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Control the depth yourself | Yes | No | No | No |
| Effectiveness | Very effective | Tanlines | Hit or miss | Unproven |
| Fragrance | Coconut | Sweat from others | That biscuit smell | None |
| Time it takes | Overnight | Repeat sessions | Hours, then a shower | Weeks of dosing |
| A year of colour | Cheap | Expensive | Varies | Varies |
What else is in the bottle
Most self-tans ask you to put something on top of your routine. This one goes into it, and brings conditioning ingredients along for the night.
Aloe vera
The thing people reach for when skin has had enough.
Vitamin E
Doing what vitamin E has always been in skincare to do.
Citric acid
Keeps the formula pH balanced, so it sits happily with everything already on your shelf.
Hydrolyzed silk and collagen
In for a smooth, moisturised feel on the skin.
Glycerin
In this formula for one job, and it is the most reliable humectant on the shelf.
Every benefit above names the ingredient it rests on, straight off the pack.
Not sure how much you need
Estimates for your routine. Start with two drops per moisturiser portion and build gradually.
Face only, and not every night. One bottle goes a long way at this rate, so there is no sense buying two.
Face, neck and chest use more drops than the face alone. One bottle is estimated to last about 10 weeks for this routine.
Arms and shoulders use more drops. Two bottles are estimated to last about 10 weeks for this routine.
Whole-body use needs more drops. Two bottles are estimated to last about 6 weeks for this routine.
Questions
Wondering something? Our team of experts is here for you Monday to Sunday, 9 AM to 6 PM (GMT).
Two, mixed into your usual night moisturiser. Build up over a few nights rather than jumping straight to eight. Colour does not come off immediately, it fades as your skin turns over, but you can always add more.
No. This is a cosmetic self-tan and contains no sunscreen. It gives you colour, not protection.
There is a small amount of caramel colour in the drops, so treat them as tinted until they sink in. Two things help: you mix them into moisturiser rather than applying them neat, so the colour is well diluted, and a thin serum absorbs instead of sitting on top of your skin like a mousse. Rub in until nothing looks tinted, give it a few minutes, then dress or get into bed. Worth an extra minute on white or delicate fabrics.
Coconut fragrance. The scent can vary as the colour develops.
The tanning actives are DHA and erythrulose. Alongside those: glycerin, aloe vera, raspberry seed oil, vitamin E, hydrolyzed silk and collagen, coenzyme Q10, and a standard preservative system.
It is formulated to be gentle and moisturising, but every skin is different. Patch test on a small area first, and stop if it irritates.
From the people using it
How other people worked out their dose, in their own words.
August 19, 2026How Long Does a Drops Tan Last (and How to Keep It)Every self tan is temporary, because the canvas is temporary: the colour lives in the outermost layer of your skin, and that...Read the story
August 16, 2026An Overnight Tan Routine That Survives the MorningThe best time to build a tan is while you are not available to fuss over it. An overnight routine works because...Read the story
August 11, 2026Do Tanning Drops Work on Your Face?Short answer: yes, and the face is where drops beat every other self tan format most clearly. The long answer is about...Read the story
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