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I may be paying for it now, but I have no fonder memories than those of my youth spent sunbathing on the beach in sunny San Diego. It was the early aughts, and while we knew how important sunscreen was by then, my teenage self was constantly on a never-ending quest for bronzy, sun-kissed skin. While I never resorted to the lengths my mother took in the 1970s to get a tan (tin foil and good old-fashioned baby oil, I’m told), I was loyal to a certain coconut-scented tanning oil that had a mere SPF 4, if I remember correctly.
These throwback formulas promised to accelerate the sun’s pigment-boosting effects, giving you a “deeper tan,” faster, while keeping your skin looking moisturized (often greasy, in all actuality, but hey, that was kind of a look). While I’m certainly not nostalgic for the significant sun damage I caused by buttering myself up in a cocktail of tanning potions and roasting in the San Diego sun, the smell of the ocean, strawberry shortcake popsicles, and pina-colada scented tanning oils sure transport me back to a simpler time.
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