hi there
I am an avid Nouvatanner and I have used the 20% because I wanted to add it to my range to be able to offer a tan for those who want a "dark" tan, you the towie type. anyway. I have a girl who I regularly spray with LA disco and I asked her to try it to compare (disco is 18%). she tried the 20 % and said that she found the colour to be slightly lighter than the disco, but preferred the disco, coz it is a browner brown. Nouvatan tends to be more natural and golden. her dad commented that it looked more natural. she said fade off was fine (and she is extremly pale - but is 16 so has nice young skin). She likes to be really dark, and in fact I spray her with 2 coats of LA disco.
I also tried it on another client. this client has had 12 and 16% nouvatan in the past but foudn she wanted to be darker so she went with the 20%. now this time the colour was gorgeous and exactly what she wanted, howeer, when i went to see her, fade off was awful BUT - she has been jogging and sweating and using a lot of oil. so i cant really say whether fade off was due to product or sweating.
Also
I decided I would try the 20 as a rapid tan on myself. Oh dear!. I got my hsuband to spray me (as he usually does a not too bad job) and then 3 hours later i washed it off, expecting to see the results of about 10% which is what i wold normally spray myself with. Once I got out the shower, i would say if I had to put a percentage on it, i would say that it was about 4%, ie I had bearly changed colour. By bed time i was about 7% and then by the morning I would say my face was about a 12% and my arms were about an 8%, but this is problaby down to hubbys spraying technique than anything else. Also I dont usually notice much smell when I use the 10% on myself, however, the smell from using the 20% well lets say, 3 hours was long enough to sit with it on. By morning I had to take another shower coz the smell was so bad and I know this is down to the percentage of nouvatan on my skin and not the product (I have used this product coming up to 2 years).
I will still use the 20% on those who want a darker tan and I am going to spray my second client again with it (I would do myself if I didnt look hideous with more than 10%) but i definitly wouldnt be offering it as a rapid tan as I did not actually see the results until the next morning. Also I still will be using my LA disco as my towie tan as this is gives a dark browny brown.
Ill post back to let you know when I use it again.
PS - sounds a stupid question but - did you remember to shake the bottle before use?