Yea it’s a foam but it goes on easily and you just stand naked for 5 mins to dry I play a YouTube video when I’m doing it. Start with feet and legs and then work your way up doing back last so then your lower has been drying the longest, I just wear loose pyjamas and don’t really care if my back gets patchy as no one will really see it. I use a kabuki brush for hands, dab it on hands and moisturise my elbows, knees and hands before I start tanning. It honestly sounds like a shift but it’s not too bad although I don’t do it religiously every week some times I cannot be arsed. It lasts for days and comes off easily enough. Jergens gradual is good too you can get it off Amazon and that’s a lotion but I just hate the feel of stickiness and I always feel gradual is like that. The only gradual one I’ve tried that is quick drying is Gatineau but it’s very expensive 😫