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What to buy someone who loves the sunbed: the 2026 gift guide

Island Coconut, Electric Melon and Lumière tubes with fir sprigs, gold ribbon and baubles

The 2026 gift guide

What to buy someone
who loves the sunbed.

The short answer: buy them a bronzer-free tanning accelerator they will actually use. For a sunbed regular that is a full 200ml tube of Island Coconut or Electric Melon. For someone who cares most about their face, it is Lumière, which already comes in a Delux gift box. For a stocking, it is a 20ml sachet. Below, the whole range sorted by the kind of tanner you are buying for, then by budget, with real prices.

50,000+orders shipped across the UK

£4.99the smallest gift, a 20ml sachet

0bronzer, 0 DHA, 0 fake colour

1product that arrives gift boxed: Lumière

Christmas delivery. Christmas order-by dates will be added here soon.

1The sunbed regular 2The holiday tanner 3The face-first one 4The stocking filler 5By budget 6FAQ

Rule one: buy for the habit, not the hope. A tanning accelerator works with UV, on a sunbed or outdoors. It suits someone who already tans. It will not turn a non-tanner into one.

Rule two: scent is the real decision. Island Coconut and Electric Melon share one Next-Gen formula. The difference is coconut or watermelon ice. Pick the one that sounds like them.

Rule three: none of these contain SPF. For outdoor tanning, a separate broad spectrum sunscreen goes over the top. Worth a line in the card.

Tanner one

What do you buy a sunbed regular?

A full tube. They go through cream, they know what they like, and a 200ml tube is the gift that gets used rather than admired.

Island Coconut is our Next-Gen cream: bronzer-free, lightweight, fast absorbing, with a subtle coconut scent. Electric Melon is the same formula in a crisp watermelon ice scent. Both are £30 a tube. If they use a lot, two tubes are £50 and three are £70.

If they prefer something richer, Go Dark is our original: a buttery conditioning cream built around butters and oils, with a bold signature scent. It comes in Bubblegum, Cherry or Coconut, at £27 a tube, £44 for two or £62 for three. It is the easy starting point in the range, and the one for anyone who likes their cream to smell like something.

And if they have ever said the words "I want something lighter than a cream", Sun Sauce is our tanning jelly. It is bronzer-free, glides on to a glossy finish and smells of pineapple. £28 a pouch, £50 for two, £65 for three. Our cream or jelly guide settles the argument if you are unsure.

Not sure which scent? Buy the one that sounds most like them. Island Coconut and Electric Melon have the same formula, so you cannot pick the wrong one.

Tanner two

What is a good gift for someone going on holiday?

Someone with winter sun booked needs two things: something for the case and something for the bag.

For the suitcase: a 200ml tube. Island Coconut, Electric Melon, Go Dark and Sun Sauce are all suitable for both indoor and outdoor tanning, so whatever they use at home goes on holiday too.

For the bag: sachets. Each 20ml sachet is sealed and easy to carry, made for the gym, sunbed or holiday bag.

For the card: the sunscreen line. None of our products contain SPF. Outdoors, a separate broad spectrum sunscreen goes over the top.

Our holiday tanning guide covers what to pack and how to use it once they land.

Tanner three

What do you buy someone who cares most about their face?

The person who checks their face in every mirror before they check anything else. Buy them Lumière.

Lumière is a 50ml facial tanning cream with a skincare base weighted for the face: lighter, faster absorbing and never greasy. It has a soft light reflecting finish that leaves skin looking luminous rather than flat, and it wears well under makeup. The scent is a warm vanilla. It is suitable for indoor and outdoor tanning, and like everything else here it has no SPF.

It is also the only product in the range that comes ready for the tree: it is presented in a Delux gift box. £22.

Lumière facial tanning cream tube on black marble with gold ribbon, vanilla pods and fir — Lumière, 50ml, £22. The tube ships in a Delux gift box.

For more on why the face gets its own formula, see how to tan your face on a sunbed or the Lumière ingredient guide.

Tanner four

What is a good tanning stocking filler?

A sachet. It is the full Next-Gen formula in a sealed 20ml pack, and it fits in a stocking without anyone having to reorganise the satsumas.

Both Island Coconut and Electric Melon come as a single sachet for £4.99 or a pack of five for £19.99. A single sachet is also the polite way to introduce a friend to the formula without handing over your own tube.

Island Coconut and Electric Melon 20ml sachets on dark wood with pine cones, cinnamon and a red stocking — Island Coconut and Electric Melon sachets, 20ml each, £4.99.

Our sachets guide explains what a single sachet can and cannot tell you.

By budget

What can you get under £10, £30 and £60?

Real prices, as they are on the site today.

Under £10

1
Island Coconut sachet, £4.9920ml, coconut scent.
2
Electric Melon sachet, £4.9920ml, watermelon ice scent. One of each still comes in under £10.

Under £30

1
Sachet five-pack, £19.99Island Coconut or Electric Melon.
2
Lumière, £2250ml facial tanning cream, gift boxed.
3
Go Dark, £27200ml, Bubblegum, Cherry or Coconut.
4
Sun Sauce, £28200ml tanning jelly pouch, pineapple scent.

Under £60

1
Island Coconut or Electric Melon, £30Exactly £30, which is why they live in this band. We checked.
2
Go Dark, two tubes, £44Two scents, or the same one twice.
3
Island Coconut or Electric Melon, two tubes, £50For the regular who would rather not run out in January.
4
Sun Sauce, two pouches, £50For the jelly loyalist.
5
Lumière plus a Next-Gen tube£22 and £30. Face and body covered.

Gift	Price	Best for
Island Coconut (200ml cream, coconut)	£30	The sunbed regular
Electric Melon (200ml cream, watermelon ice)	£30	The sunbed regular who likes it fresh
Go Dark (200ml cream, three scents)	£27	A first tube, or a scent lover
Sun Sauce (200ml jelly, pineapple)	£28	Anyone who wants lighter than a cream
Lumière (50ml face cream, vanilla, gift boxed)	£22	The face-first one
Sachets (20ml, coconut or watermelon ice)	£4.99 single, £19.99 for five	Stockings, holiday bags, first tries

What this guide does not include

No made-up gift sets, no invented Christmas offers and no guessed delivery dates. Everything above is a product you can buy today, at the price shown on the site today. If anything festive is added, it will be added here.

Until then, the tube is the gift. It does not need tinsel.

Quick answers

Frequently asked

What is a good gift for someone who uses sunbeds?

A bronzer-free tanning accelerator they will use every session. A 200ml tube of Island Coconut or Electric Melon (£30) suits a regular, Go Dark (£27) suits someone starting out or who loves a strong scent, and Sun Sauce (£28) suits anyone who prefers a jelly to a cream.

What is the best tanning gift under £10?

A 20ml sachet of Island Coconut or Electric Melon at £4.99. It is the full Next-Gen formula in a sealed pack, and one of each still comes in under £10.

Does any Delux product come in a gift box?

Yes. Lumière, the 50ml facial tanning cream, is presented in a Delux gift box. It is £22.

Do Delux creams contain bronzer or fake tan?

No. The range is bronzer-free and DHA-free. They are tanning accelerators made to be used with UV, on a sunbed or outdoors, rather than a fake tan that paints colour on.

Do any of them contain SPF?

No. When tanning outdoors, a separate broad spectrum sunscreen should go over the top.

When do I need to order for Christmas?

Christmas order-by dates will be added to this page soon.

Buy the tube they will actually finish.

Every product on this page is on the site now, at the price shown. Pick by tanner, pick by scent, and let the sachets handle the stockings.

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