Spray Tanning Tips

What to Ask Your Therapist

1. Always find out what tanning solution they use.

2. Ask them if their tan requires you to wear a barrier cream on your hands and feet?

Why is this important? Tanning solutions that require you to use a barrier cream on your hands and feet can mean one of two things.

1. The tan is likely to catch on dry areas. So you could end up with patchy knees and elbows. Chances are that the tan will also be difficult to remove and will probably fade patchy.

2. You may have a therapist that still isn’t very confienent in her ability to spray. They would use the barrier cream to ensure they don’t get it on your palms or too noticeable on your feet. A good spray tanner should be able to apply your tan perfectly and quickly.

Wondering how to know if your therapist is going to do a good job? Use your intuition, if the therapist walks you through the process and shows she has a good understanding on spray tanning, she probably does.

What to do before you tan

Exfoliate your skin is the number one rule, to give your tanner the best base to apply the product to.

read up on my exfoliating techniques here Don’t apply body lotion or an oil to the skin before you go in for your spray tan. Any lotion or oils on your skin will act as a barrier to the tan so it won’t work as well.

Take off your make-up. Again make-up will act like a barrier to the tan so it won’t work as well. You can have spray tan applied over make-up, but just keep in mind it will not tan as dark at the rest of your body.

Wear loose dark clothing to your appointment or take something to change into.

Most places should supply you with a disposable g-string to wear. If you prefer wear your own, that is also fine, just wear underwear that is cotton. You can also wear your swimming costume if you like, but keep in mind you will have tan lines.