Image via Jergens

I just read this quote from Kiera Knightly talking about a picture of herself in Bend It Like Beckham: "It was a very hot summer in England, and we were getting suntans, and the production people were getting pissed off, because we started off really pale, and within two weeks we didn't match," and it reminded me of one of my all-time favorite tanning products, which will change your overall color in about two weeks as well. For those of you who want to hold on to these last Indian summer days by doing all that is humanly possible to extend the shelf-life of your fading bronzed skin, let me introduce you to my little friend. The hands down best self-tanning product available on the market is conveniently located at your drugstore for under $6.

Yep, it's Jergens Natural Glow Daily Moisturizer, and you can so get away with using it year round because it builds on color instead of coating you in a suspiciously unnatural shade all at once. (Plus, it even comes in a shade for us extra-pale people.) Trust me, I've doused myself in all of 'em, and this one is definitely the most natural looking. In fact, maybe this Beckham should have tried it instead.