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Sunbed Cream Sachets: How to Try a Formula Before You Commit

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Sunbed cream sachets:
try the formula first

Buying a full tube of a cream you have never felt is a gamble. A sachet takes the gamble out. Here is what a 20ml sachet can and cannot tell you, and how to get the most out of one.

20mlsealed sachet, the same formula as the tube
2scents: Island Coconut and Electric Melon
10psized amount per area, so it goes further than you think
0bronzer, 0 DHA
1What a sachet is for2How to judge it3Coconut or watermelon4Where they earn their place
Same formula, smaller pack. What is in the sachet is exactly what is in the 200ml tube.
A sachet tells you about feel fast. Texture, scent and how it absorbs, from the first use.
Colour takes sessions. One sachet shows you the start. A base takes two to three weeks.

Part one

What a sachet is for

Most people who switch sunbed creams do it because of how a cream feels or smells, not because of a lab report. Sticky, greasy, heavy perfume, a film left on the skin. You cannot find any of that out from a product photo. A sachet lets you find it out for the price of a coffee and a cake.

Our sachets carry the full Next-Gen formula, the same as the tubes: MelanoBronze, used under licence from its maker, alongside acetyl tyrosine, copper, peptides and the skincare base. The full ingredient guide lists everything.

You can read every ingredient online. You can only find out how it feels on your own skin.

Part two

How to judge a sachet properly

Use the right amount. A 10p-sized amount per area, spread thin until it disappears. Too much and any cream feels heavier than it is.
Check the finish after five minutes. Does it feel like skin again, or like something sitting on it?
Notice the scent an hour later. Pleasant in the packet is easy. Pleasant at the end of the day is the test.
Give the colour more than one session. Judge the feel from the first use. Judge the colour after a few.

What a sachet cannot tell you

Your tan builds over sessions, so a single sachet will not show you the colour you will have in three weeks. Anyone promising a full result from one sample is selling the sample.

What it will tell you is whether you want the tube. That is its job.

Part three

Coconut or watermelon?

Island Coconut

Warm and familiar

A soft, refined coconut. Our best seller.

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    Neutral creamSilky, no colour in it.
  • 2
    Same activesThe full Next-Gen formula.
Electric Melon

Fresh and bright

Watermelon ice. Lighter, cleaner, more lively.

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    Pale pink creamStill no bronzer, the pink is the cream itself.
  • 2
    Same activesIdentical formula, different scent.

Because the formula is the same, the only real question is scent. Plenty of people order one of each and keep the other for the gym bag.

Part four

Where sachets earn their place

The first try. Before you commit to a 200ml tube.
The gym or salon bag. Sealed, flat and light, so nothing leaks into everything else.
The holiday case. Small enough for hand luggage.
The gift for the friend who keeps asking. Cheaper than handing over your own tube.

Both scents come as a single sachet or a pack of five.

Quick answers

Frequently asked

Is the formula in the sachet the same as the tube?
Yes. Each 20ml sachet carries the same Next-Gen formula as the 200ml tube, just in a smaller sealed pack.
Can I judge results from one sachet?
You can judge texture, scent and how it absorbs straight away. Colour builds over sessions, so a single sachet shows you the start rather than the full result, which usually takes two to three weeks of regular use.
How much should I use from a sachet?
A 10p-sized amount per area, spread thin until it disappears. A little goes a long way, so a sachet goes further than most people expect.
What is the difference between Island Coconut and Electric Melon?
Only the scent and the colour of the cream. Island Coconut is a warm coconut with a neutral cream, Electric Melon is watermelon ice with a pale pink cream. The actives are identical.

Try it on your own skin.

The full formula in a 20ml sachet. If you like it, the tube is the same thing, just more of it.

Island Coconut sachet
Electric Melon sachet
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