Oleyra™ Tanning Drops

DHA-Duo™ technology
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  • Tan in your sleep, no sun and no sunbed
  • When mousse and mitts left you patchy
  • Face and body, you set the depth
  • Up to 60 day money-back guarantee
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A patchy fade across a week
DHA aloneFades in patches

One active, one clock. It lifts unevenly and leaves you touching it up.

An even fade across a week
DHA-Duo™Fades level

Two actives on different clocks, so the colour leaves the way it arrived.

The Numbers

Sunbeds

World Health Organization, group 1

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.

Melanoma risk, sunbeds before 35 75%

The burn you pay first

NHS guidance on sunburn

Chasing colour in the sun, fair skin usually collects the burn instead: redness, sting, itch, then days of peeling that strip whatever colour you did get. Drops involve no sun at all, so there is no burn to sit through and nothing peels because nothing burned.

For a sunburn to settle 7 days

Why every tan fades

The outer layer renews itself

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.

Skin renews about every 28 days

The sun is what ages you

Skin Cancer Foundation

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.

Visible ageing caused by UV 90%

Estimated cost per application

Three bottles, about 70 applications each

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.

Per application, one-time bundle $0.30
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How many drops should I start with?

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.

Does it protect me from the sun?

No. This is a cosmetic self-tan and contains no sunscreen. It gives you colour, not protection.

What is actually in it?

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.

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  • Based in England
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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  • No UV, ever
  • Gradual colour
  • Mixes into moisturiser
  • You pick the depth
  • Works overnight
  • Coconut fragrance
  • Ghost to golden

    Ghost to golden, mixed into her own moisturiser. - Klaudia

  • No patches

    A few drops at night. No patches to fix in the morning. - Hajar

  • No sunbeds

    I would rather fake a tan than risk skin cancer. - Cynthia

  • In the moisturiser

    A few drops in my moisturiser instead of booking a sunbed. - Blaire

  • Tried everything

    I was so pale I tried everything. This just goes in my moisturiser. - Elisha

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Customizable

Which Depth Is Yours?

Three questions and we will tell you how many drops to mix in, which bundle to start on and how long it lasts you. Under a minute.

Where do you want the colour?

One bottle, four depths

How Deep Can You Go?

Depth is down to how many drops you mix in, not which bottle you buy. Start light, build up over a few nights.

Choose how deep you want to go

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.

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  1. Night 1
  2. Night 3
  3. Night 5

MediumBuild over 2 nights

Looks like a week somewhere sunny. Most people end up here.

Build over two nights rather than doubling up on one.

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  1. Night 1
  2. Night 3
  3. Night 5

DarkBuild 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.

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  1. Night 1
  2. Night 3
  3. Night 5

Ultra 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.

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  1. Night 1
  2. Night 3
  3. Night 5

Same Skin. Few Nights.

Unedited photographs. Depth and shade is fully customizable by you.

The same person before and after using the drops
The same person before and after using the drops
The same person before and after using the drops
The same person before and after using the drops
The same person before and after using the drops
The difference

Before Oleyra, And After

Two actives on different clocks is what stops the colour lifting in patches.

Before

A lotion, or a sunbed

Goes on thick in some places and thin in others, then lifts in patches on the way out.

After

Oleyra (DHA-Duo™ Technology)

Two actives on two clocks, so the colour comes up level and leaves the same way.

And What Is In The Bottle

Aloe vera

Soothed, not stripped

The thing people reach for when skin has had enough.

Vitamin E

Antioxidant

Doing what vitamin E has always been in skincare to do.

Citric acid

Balanced, not harsh

Keeps the formula pH balanced, so it sits happily with everything already on your shelf.

Hydrolyzed silk and collagen

A finish you can feel

In for a smooth, moisturised feel on the skin.

Glycerin

Hydration

In this formula for one job, and it is the most reliable humectant on the shelf.

Raspberry seed oil

One of the oils it is carried in

A plant oil in the base, alongside the humectants.

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DHA-Duo™ technology

Brown, Not Orange

Two sugars, on two different clocks. Here is what each one is doing while you sleep.

Shape, not measurement. One sugar finishes early and the other carries on. How deep you go is set by your dose, not by the clock.

DHA, finishes early Erythrulose, carries on
  1. A cross section of the top layers of skin, the surface cells the colour forms inNight one

    It happens on the surface

    DHA is a sugar. It reacts with the amino acids in the outermost layer of skin, the layer that is already on its way out, and that reaction is the colour. Nothing is dyeing you and nothing is going deeper than that.

  2. Two clocks on a terracotta ground, one behind the otherThen, slower

    The second sugar, on a longer clock

    Erythrulose works the same way and takes longer over it, carrying on after the first one has finished. Two actives on two clocks is what the Duo in DHA-Duo means.

  3. Two dollops of moisturiser, one with two drops in it and one with tenEvery night

    The depth is a number you pick

    Two drops or eight, into the moisturiser you already own. There is no fixed shade in the bottle, so you can go up a drop at a time instead of committing on the first night.

How it compares

Goodbye, Skin Damage

Develops cosmetic colour without UV exposure. Self-tan provides no sun protection.

Comparison of Oleyra tanning drops against sunbeds, tan lotions and tanning gummies
 SunbedsTan lotionsTanning 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
EffectivenessVery effectiveTanlinesHit or missUnproven
FragranceCoconutSweat from othersThat biscuit smellNone
Time it takesOvernightRepeat sessionsHours, then a showerWeeks of dosing
A year of colourCheapExpensiveVariesVaries

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What People Actually Said

Every review is left by someone who bought the drops.

Questions

FAQ

Wondering something? Our team of experts is here for you Monday to Sunday, 9 AM to 6 PM (GMT).

How many drops should I start with?

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.

What if I come out orange?

Orange is a dose problem, not a mystery. It comes from too much product at once, sitting longest on the dry patches that take it up fastest: knuckles, elbows, knees. A fixed-strength lotion gives you one go at that. Drops do not.

  • Start at two drops. Colour does not come off immediately, it fades as your skin turns over, so build up rather than down.
  • It mixes into the moisturiser you already own, so it goes on as evenly as that does.
  • Exfoliate first, and go lighter on knuckles, ankles and knees.
  • 60 days for one-time purchases. For new subscriptions, the first-order guarantee ends after 60 days or at the second successful payment, whichever comes first.
Does it protect me from the sun?

No. This is a cosmetic self-tan and contains no sunscreen. It gives you colour, not protection.

Does it stain sheets or clothes?

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.

What does it smell like?

Coconut fragrance. The scent can vary as the colour develops.

What is actually in it?

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.

Is it suitable for sensitive skin?

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.

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