A Hint of Summer - The Classic
A Hint of Summer - The Classic
A light and intuitive self-tanner that blends with your cream.
A Hint of Summer – The Classic is summer in a bottle, giving you a natural, radiant summer glow – without the sun's rays. With just a few pumps, mix the self-tanner into your cream, serum, or oil and spread it evenly over your face – after just a few hours, you'll see the glow gradually build.
Why your skin will love it
- Summer all year round: You don't need the sun – just A Hint of Summer to get a radiant glow whenever you want.
- No UV: Your skin thanks you for sparing it from UV rays and creating the glow with self-tanner instead.
- Glow with natural ingredients: The natural DHA molecule creates the glow when it reacts with the peptides and amino acids that make up the top layer of your skin.
- Good moisture balance: A Hint of Summer is rich in aloe vera, which helps maintain a healthy skin barrier.
- Easy to use: Dispenses easily into the hand and blends smoothly with your face product.
- Light texture: Doesn't weigh down the skin and absorbs quickly.
How to use
Mix a few pumps of A Hint of Summer – The Classic with your face cream, serum or oil or body lotion/oil in the palm of your hand. Use the same amount of cream, serum, or oil as usual, and add 1–3 pumps for the face and 4–6 pumps for the body. Apply the product to the face and/or body. Be extra thorough around the eyebrows (especially if your brows are light), jawline, hairline, elbows, knees, and ankles – you can remove excess product with a damp cloth if needed. Wash your hands thoroughly afterward. Let the product absorb and dry completely before getting dressed and continuing your day. The glow builds gradually and can be seen after 2–6 hours. Repeat the same routine for 2–3 days, depending on your current skin tone and desired result. You may take a 2–3 day break and then resume the routine.
Natural scent
The product has a natural scent from its ingredients with a hint of Rudolph Care's Nordic Swan Ecolabel certified signature fragrance. Due to the variability of nature, you may notice variations in the scent.
Certifications
- Ecocert COSMOS Organic: Rich in organic ingredients – minimum 20%.
- Vegan Trademark: Contains no animal ingredients.
Read more about our certifications here.
- Effect
- Summer glow
- Hydrates the skin
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Tip for A Hint of Summer
A tip for creating a nice, smooth transition to hands and feet is to mix a single pump with your hand cream or body lotion. Apply the mixture to hands and feet – avoid your nails; wipe off any excess with a washcloth if needed.
Mix and match
Whether you use A Hint of Summer – The Classic on your face or body, it's a good idea to exfoliate your skin beforehand. This gives a smooth, even skin surface and an even more beautiful result from your self-tanner. Have you tried Açai Facial Scrub Mask and Açai Body Scrub – silky-soft exfoliation and nourishment for your skin.
A Hint of Summer FAQ
The self-tanner can be used alone but can be more difficult to apply. If you use the drops alone you may experience a greater concentration of color, so be careful. You can perform a patch test and apply A Hint of Summer to an inconspicuous area of your body and wait to see how your skin reacts before to applying the product to your entire body and/or face.
A Hint of Summer lasts between 2-3 days. After this, it is necessary to reapply to maintain the desired effect.
No, but you can mix A Hint of Summer - The Classic into your sun face cream or sun body lotion.
The A Hint of Summer range consists of three self-tanners: The Classic, The Lotion and The Mousse. All three give a beautiful, natural summer glow, but there is a slight difference in application. The Classic is self-tanner drops for both face and body, which must be mixed with your daily face cream and/or body lotion. The Lotion is a two-in-one self-tanner and body lotion which gives glow and provides nourishing, active care for the skin. The Mousse is a lightweight, skin- nurturing self-tanning foam for the body with an intense glow. It can be applied on top of your body lotion or body oil.
Our A Hint of Summer series of drops, mousse and body lotion is Ecocert COSMOS Organic certified and Vegan Trademark certified. They don't carry the Nordic Swan Ecolabel – and we would like to explain why.
At Rudolph Care, we perceive our certifications as a positive tool for education and change: a third party that guarantees that what we say and write about our products is true, just as the certifications help to emphasize the quality, effect and impact of our products in the world. We always develop our products to meet the standards of our core certifications – the Nordic Swan Ecolabel and Ecocert COSMOS Organic – but unfortunately it is not always possible to attain both. If we develop a fantastic product that both we and many of you love, our team of experts carefully evaluates the overall experience of the product, the exclusive ingredients, the effect and the quality before we make an addition or exclusion to its formula.
Our self tanning series doesn’t carry the Nordic Swan Ecolabel due to the ingredient DHA (dihydroxyacetone), a sugar molecule that turns the skin golden brown, but which is suspected of developing potentially allergenic formaldehyde over time and depending on storage. The Nordic Swan Ecolabel therefore, as a precautionary measure, doesn't approve self-tanners containing DHA.
Formaldehyde is everywhere in our everyday life. It is formed naturally in the body, it is in our indoor climate, as well as in air pollution outside. It is a part of our food and is also found as an impurity in many cosmetic products, although it is neither added deliberately nor should it be there.
The Nordic Swan label's greatest task is to respond to the latest knowledge and development. More detailed studies are currently underway, and the new policy is based on a precautionary approach. The Nordic Swan Ecolabel ensures the safety of those who suffer from allergic reactions and/or contact dermatitis by no longer certifying products containing DHA.
If you know that you are predisposed to allergic reactions and/or have previously experienced contact dermatitis or other types of allergic reactions, you can do a patch test on your skin with some self tanner. If, on the other hand, you have never previously experienced allergic reactions when using our self tanning series, you can continue to safely use the series' products.
Rudolph Care's founder, Andrea Elisabeth Rudolph, says:
"When we develop products at Rudolph Care, we always aim to combine certifications that complement each other. It is part of Rudolph Care's DNA to care for both people and planet while creating products that are effective, luxurious and stimulate all the senses. The Nordic Swan Ecolabel is a time-limited certification as ingredient requirements are continually evaluated and updated according to the latest developments. This underpins the Nordic Swan Ecolabel's very existence: to be watchful.
We believe that the self tanning series still lives up to Rudolph Care's requirements for responsible chemistry that is environmentally friendly and free from known endocrine disruptors. We also firmly believe that we continue to have some of the best natural self tanners on the market.”
If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, we generally recommend following the 'less-is-more' principle when choosing skincare products; choose as few products as possible. In our opinion, self-tanner is a 'nice-to-have' product and not necessary to provide your skin with the moisture and care it needs. Of course, it is always entirely up to you which products you use on your skin during your pregnancy and while breastfeeding.
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Mousse, lotion, drops or sun lotion?
Our self tanning series, A Hint of Summer, consists of the quartet The Classic, The Lotion, The Mousse, and Self Tanning Sun Body Lotion SPF 30. Four different self tanners packed with summer vibes and glow boosting effect.
If you want to know more about each self tanner and discover your personal favorite – read more here.