dream tan seems to give me a good color, but not enough shine. If I am ultra careful and slowly pat in some oil or hot stuff, it does the job. But I still think there is a better option. I think next time I might try an ultra dark spray tan, and hopefully the oil won't smear things around so much. Dream tan just gets so messy. Although, I think even dream tan gives a different color on different people. I wouldn't have guessed it, but another guy in my class at sudbury was using the same dream tan as me, (#2), and we had completely different colors. I looked brown, he looked red...