Sampling Sunless Solutions

There are so many different brands of spray tan solutions on the market!  Within those brands are all sorts of different colors and levels.  With so many options, how can you possibly know what the best spray tanning solution for your clientele is?

Purchasing sample size bottles of spray tanning solution is a great way to try different kinds, before you commit to a gallon size!  Sampling sunless tanning solutions makes it easy to find the best spray tanning solution for you. Keep up with this vastly growing and improving market by trying out all the latest brands!

Hand Blending Solutions

Hand blending spray tanning solutions is a great way to get a more natural look for the hands and feet.  It also works well for fixing any little mess ups.  Such as when solution beads up on the chest.

All you need to hand blend spray tanning solutions is your spray tanning gun and a soft cloth.  You dampen the cloth with spray tanning solution.  For the hands, spray the hands as you normally would, then take the damp cloth and blend the solution into the creases of the fingers and up into the wrist.  You do the same for the feet, blending into the ankles.  For beading, just blend the beaded up solution into the skin, with the solution dampened cloth!

When to Use Barrier Cream

Barrier cream can be a great tool for spray tanning!  It really can make your job as a spray tanning tech a lot easier!  Barrier cream will prevent sunless tanning solutions from developing in areas you don't want the tan to take.

Barrier cream is most typically used on the finger nails, toe nails, and palms of the hands.  It is also great for dry patches!  If you apply a thin layer of barrier cream to an area that is dry it will keep the sunless tanning solutions from over absorbing. You can also use it over tattoos to prevent temporary darkening of the colors!

Sunless Tanning Preparation

If you want great results from your sunless tanning solutions you have to prep your skin!  It is so important to take the proper steps to ensure your spray tan looks natural, and fades evenly.

Always exfoliate before applying sunless tanning solutions.  DHA only takes to the dead layer of your skin, so you want to get as much of the old skin off as possible.  That will make the tan more even, and help it to have the longest length possible. It is also important to moisturize the days before your sunless tan.  Spray tanning solution tends to over absorb in dry skin, so moisture is super important.  Also, the day of your tanning session, do not wear any makeup, deodorant, lotion or perfume.  These products can cause the solution to not take to your skin.

How Sunless Tanning Got Started

Ever wonder how sunless tanning got started? It was a far cry from the sunless tanning products available today, but DHA was actually first recognized as a skin coloring agent in the 1920's! It was used during the x-ray process and doctors noted that it changed the color of the skin when spilled!

After that DHA was used for treating children with glycogen storage disease.  It was again noticed that when spilled, it changed the color of the skin.  A doctor experimented with this on her own skin, and after much trial and error developed the first sunless tanners.  Sunless tanning products sure have come a long way!

Keep Your Feet Clean!

Tired of clients getting dark foot bottoms from over sprayed sunless tanning solution?  Check out Neat Feet disposable spray tanning sandals! These are a great, simple solution to keeping the bottoms of the feet clean during a spray tanning session!

Neat Feet are quality disposable sandals that stick to the bottom of your clients feet.  These are great for use with sunless tanning solutions because there will be no tan line on the top of the foot.  They are cardboard, and a perfect inexpensive product to use in your business! 

Light, Glowing Skin

Looking for more of a natural tan, than a dark tropical look?  Try using an original shade of sunless tanning solutions! If you are super fair skinned, try letting the tan develop for 5 or 6 hours instead of the standard 8.  The lower the level of DHA in the solution, the lighter the tan you will develop.

Light, natural looking tans are a great look for winter!  It's also great for any special event that you really want to stand out at.  Sunless tanning solutions give you a great glow, without the harmful effects of the sun!  Try getting your glow on, with a light shade of solution!

Choosing the Right Solution

There are so many different kinds of spray tanning solutions!  How can you possibly know what products to use on what clients?!

The answer to this is really simple.  Use the right DHA level for your clients skin type, and you will never be disappointed!  Light skinned people, who are very sun sensitive should use original shade solutions.  These have the lowest levels of DHA.  Dark solutions can be used on most people, light to dark skinned, who tan fairly well.  Extra dark spray tanning solutions are best for clients who already have dark skin.  Extra dark is also great for clients who tan very well, or who's skin is used to spray tanning.  Remember that using a higher DHA level does not always mean you client will be darker! Orange tones or off color development happen from spraying someone too light with too dark of a solution!