Really, Leg Makeup?! Featuring Sally Hansen Airbrush Legs

First of all, let me say that I have passed this product a gazillion times in the drugstore thinking it was weird and gimmicky.  So, when Influenster sent me a complimentary Voxbox with this product in it to test, I was slightly disappointed, and there may have been an eye roll in there too...

I never though I would be a user of "leg makeup."  Actually, I try to avoid showing the world my legs at all.  Perhaps for this reason, my legs just do not tan.  It's like they know that they are happy to be covered and kept in the dark.  But sometimes, the legs have to come out...in all their pasty glory.  So, having a particularly busy Saturday with multiple parties, I had my outfit picked out and dare I say it, I was going to bare some leg!  Whoa, slow down there Em!  So, I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to try out the Sally Hansen Airbrush Legs. 

Here's the lowdown on my legs, they are hurt-your-eyes, pasty white, yet there's an eerie translucent quality to them...you can see veining and about 10 minutes after I shave, you can see the little hair dots (I'm Italian, folks).  So, I had high hopes that this "leg makeup"...seriously, foundation for your legs, would give me some coverage and evenness. 

Knowing that self tanner streaks around ankles and knees, I applied a light body lotion to those areas first.  I squeezed the recommended quarter-sized amount into my palm and began to rub it onto my skin.  Pause, it looked a little orangey.  I continued to thoroughly massage it in...the tone was becoming less orange, more natural looking.  Observe...there was a noticeable difference in the tone of my legs and my veining and "hair dots" were visibly diminished.  Hmm, maybe not so gimmicky at all.  I finished the other leg.  Starting to feel like a jerk for thinking the product was ridiculous, I applied another coat to see if the color would deepen a bit to match my tanned arms.  I proceeded to parade around the house while the product set admiring my new legs! 

There was a nice glow and tone - not in a self tanner kind of way, but an evenness that I had not had before.  Think about what foundation does for your face...this is what was happening to my legs.  Wanting to test if the product was transfer-resistant like the claims said, I put on an old pair of white pj pants and rubbed my legs.  No visible transfer!  The product also washed off my  hands completely, no orangey stains on my hands!! 

So, final thoughts...would I buy this?  Part of me wants to say no because applying leg makeup seems a bit high maintenance, but the repressed high maintenance part of me says YES because it actually works despite the gimmicky nature of the product and I'll admit, it is kinda awesome!!  I have a wedding coming up at the end of the month, and I'm already thinking I need to use this again!  So, I give in...I'm officially a fan of leg makeup/leg foundation!  You changed my mind, Sally Hansen Airbrush Legs!  Thanks for convincing me add another beauty product to my arsenal!