The former "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" star, Melissa Joan Hart didn’t use any magic potions to drop the over 40 pounds of weight she gained after giving birth to her two sons. According to "People" magazine the now 113-pound mom saw a nutritionist and trainer for 14 months in order to look so svelte in a teeny purple bikini on the latest cover. Hart looks fabulous and certainly deserves a round of applause for all her hard work, we just think she would look even more gorgeous (if that’s possible) with a good 'ol faux glow (courtesy of a self-tanner). AND for all of us who don’t have the advantage of a fancy personal trainer and nutritionist (wink, wink) using self-tanner is a great cheater way to appear slimmer in a bikini. Not a genius in the self-tanner application department? Consult this video for some great tips. And use one of these reader-approved products.

Check out the full "People" magazine story here