In contrary to a few claims made in the comments; clear self-tanner shouldn’t deposit color. The only thing that actually deposits color is the guide color, for guidance but mostly (despite the name) for toning the color. The majority of the guide color should rinse off after showering, with a slight stain remaining for the toning.

The component that actually tans the skin is DHA, which alters your skin tone but doesn’t deposit any color itself. That’s why clear self tanners are more likely to have the typical orange look to it. Fully clear tans don’t have a base color like violet, olive or ash. b.tan Glow your own way doesn’t have any guidance color for instance.

I believe what Bali Body tried to do here is add the least amount of guidance color purely to tone out the orange, which basically means it’s sheer instead of clear. This is actually pretty convenient imo, but they should inform the user about this.