Best 2004 Tanning Lotion

The Best 2004 Tanning Lotion

What was the best tanning lotion 2004 and does it stand to reason that the same lotion will be considered the best this year? It all depends, it turns out, on whom you ask. Several beauty magazines did their year-end product reviews fro 2004 and had surprisingly different results in terms of the best 2004 tanning lotion. Cosmopolitan, InStyle, and Vogue, for instance all named different traditional and sunless tanning lotions as the best in terms of ingredients, price, and results. When top authorities like these, reporting on scientifically determined findings, can’t seem to agree, what’s a consumer to do?

The best selling tanning lotion of 2004 was, surprisingly, Banana Boat, a relative newcomer compared to the power players like Aloha and Australia Gold (Banana Boat has been around fro a while actually, but has been making its mark quietly and is not sold exclusively in salons and online like the others), and its success is seen as surprising by some, but not all.

Banana Boat is sold a friendlier price point than the fancy-dancy salon formulas, but has a reputation for working very well. These facts, coupled with widespread availability (it is sold in grocery stores, drug stores, discount shops, almost everywhere).

Based on these results, it is possible that Banana Boat was in fact the best 2004 tanning lotion, and it is poised to claim the title for this year as well. Of course, can anyone really decide whether one brand of tanning lotion really is “the best” or is this too subjective and dependant on personal opinion? It may be.

In any given case, the “best” anything is going to be the product that works best for the individual and suits his or her needs better than any other. What one person considers the best, another may hate with a purple passion. It’s all, as they say, relative.


For the sake of argument, let’s say that Banana Boat – the overall brand, not an individual product of theirs – was the best 2004 tanning lotion. What next? What could possibly happen this year to knock the banana off its boat and elevate Bain de Soleil or Aloha or Joe’s tanning lotion to the position of “best 2005 tanning lotion?” It has entirely to do with personal preference and opinion and almost nothing to do with any one lotion truly being better than another.

If you’re interested in tanning you probably used one or more tanning lotions during the year 2004. If so, think back to how they worked for you and how well you liked them. Did you prefer one over another? Maybe you only used one exclusively all year long. Perhaps you have a favorite tanning lotion that you use all the time. If so, do you really need an internet writer to tell you which was the best 2004 tanning lotion? Probably not.

You’re more likely to continue using your personal choice again and again regardless of which one a web site tells you is or was the best. And that’s how it should be in a society based on freedom of choice.

About the Author

Abe Gardea is a full-time freelance writer and a contributor to http://tanning-beds-n-tanning-lotions.com.