Spray Tanning

The newest thing on the market that is gaining more and more followers is spray tanning with a colourless (clear) spray tanning solution. Once you’ve had it, it is hard to go back to the old spray tan solution containing bronzer.

For years bronzer has been added to the mist on tan solution for 2 reasons:

1) For immediate gratification, so that immediately after the session it would appear that you just came back from holidays.

2) To ensure that you got an even tan. The person spray tanning you had to know if she did not miss any parts of your body. The brown dye in the spray tanning solution could show her exactly where she had been.

People that use spray tanning frequently know that until now you had to pay for those few days of golden skin with at least one day of discomfort.

When bronzer is added to the spray tanning solution, it is responsible for myriad of problems:

• There are often streaks. Sure, most of it comes out in the first shower, but until then you run around with what looks like a map of a river running down the back of your legs. A dead give away that you just had your spray tanning done.

• You can get dark stains, especially on your hands and feet. Those are almost impossible to remove in a hurry.

• The brown dye gets onto your clothes and underwear. Once again, most of it comes off in the wash, but if you try to wear your good satin or silk bra, the only place for it, after the encounter with a bronzer will be in the rubbish bin.

• If you have large pores on your face you will end up with a “blackhead effect”. The bronzer will lodge in those pores, and it will take days for it to come out. Very unattractive. The same will happen if you shave or wax your legs. You will have spotty legs for a week.

And what if the spray tanning solution has no added bronzer?

Well, the problems described above simply don’t exist. You get sprayed, and your own skin develops the colour. Full stop.

The only drawback of being sprayed with a clear spray tanning solution is that you will have to wait for your tan about 5-7 hours.

Oh, and another thing, you will probably have to get your tan done in a spray tanning booth. The reason for it is that most of technicians that do spray tans with a hand held unit simply cannot do a good job without the bronzer.

So the way to spray tan these days is to hop into a tanning booth, 1 minute later wipe yourself down , put your clothes on, and be on your way.