Benefits of Hemp Tanning Lotions
More and more indoor tanning lotions are using hemp oil as one of there main ingredients. It is natural to wondering if hemp lotions actually have any real benefit or if they are just a fad. The answer is hemp oil is actually a very important ingredient for tanning lotions, in fact it is probably one of the more important.
Hemp oil is very important because it is a type of humectants. If you are wondering what humectants are, they are a type of non-oily substance that attracts moisture from the air, retards evaporation, and holds in water or moisture. In other words it, when applied to the skin it will draw moisture from the air and hydrate the skin.
The fact that hemp oil hydrates the skin is fantastic because the tanning beds ultra violet (UV) lights are known to be dehydrating on the skin. Also, hemp lotions have a high concentration of essential fatty acids which are known to aid in increasing the effectiveness of absorption of moisture in the skins lipid layers. This will reduce the normal damage cause by tanning, such as the process of drying skin caused my tanning.
Not only does tanning lotions made with hemp oil, hydrate the skin and lock in the moisture, they also can amplify the tan in some case making your tan look darker and more natural. This is because the natural oils of hemp can cause an intensification of the UV rays that penetrate your skin. Also, tanning lotions with hemp have a lot more essential nutrients not found in regular lotions, which will help keep the skin health and aid in its overall development.
So are there and negative effects for using tanning lotions with hemp oil? And the answer is no. Unless you are one of the rare people who is allergic to hemp seed oil there is nothing to worry about. If you have lots of allergies you may want to test hemp seed oil based lotions on a small portion of skin first. Also, you don’t have to worry about failing a drug test or getting intoxicated by using hemp seed oil tanning lotions. This is because hemp seed oil tanning lotions are drug-free, that is they don’t contain THC.
