Sunless Tanner Spray Tans

The new thing is sunless tanning is the spray tans. You can get this done at some of the tanning salons. I have done this and I have things that I liked about it, and things I did not like. I used to work at a tanning salon so I have a lot of experience with them. Usually people either love them or hate them.

There are different brands. I used the Mystic Tan. The pro to using something like this is that it is UV-free. UV is the ultraviolet rays in the sun or tanning beds that are harmful and give you the bad effects of the sun. So, using this will keep your skin and health safe. That is what I love about the Mystic Tan. It is also really quick. In about sixty seconds you are done. The Mystic Tan gives you a spray-on tan that is touch free and goes on evenly. Plus, the mess stays in the room, and it is not in your house. So that is really nice. Also, another thing that I do like is that there are different levels. So, if you have fair skin you will go with a level one or two. If you are tanner or have darker skin you can go to a higher level. They can customize it for you and your skin. They (at the salon) should help you pick what level you should use. We did at the salon I worked at. If they do not help you I would go somewhere else. It is hard for you as the customer to know what level to pick. I would go with what they recommend, you do not want to go too high and look ridiculous.

When you use the Mystic you will get instructions from one of the employees. Listen and do what they tell you! This will give you the best tan. You will take off your clothes, and put on a shower cap over your hair. This protects your hair. You do not want to forget this step. If you do, I would run to the bathroom and rinse the color out, it could mess up your hair color and that would not be good. You can use goggles for your eyes, but you do not have to. Usually they do not put these in the room, only if asked by a customer. I never used them. Then, there is a lotion/cream that is in the room for your hands and feet. You DO want to use this, and liberally. This will keep your hands and feet from getting the “orange” look. If you do not do this the color will latch onto the cracks in your hands and feet and you will have orange extremities. When I would put this on, I would put a crap load on. Sometimes if you just put a little layer on you will still get the orange effect. You should glob it on thick. I would honestly put big globs around my cuticles and in between my fingers. Do the same for your feet and don’t forget the ankles. Then you step into the booth.

So, once you are in you stand straight ahead, and push a green button. It will then spray you from top to bottom, and then stop. Here you want to turn around and it will spray your back. The first time I used it I kind of jerked when it sprayed my face and I choked a little on the spray. When it sprays you try to hold your breath as it sprays your face so you do not do this. Then you can breathe. Step out when the machine stops spraying. Remove the shower cap, grab the big towel, and dry yourself to a tanned goddess. I know people were always confused that you would get sprayed and then rub it all off. This really is what you do though. You rub it into your skin. Make sure to dry all areas, or you can get chunks of color where you missed. That is it, you are done. You can get dressed right after and leave. Your color will really start to show in about 5 hours and will last a couple of days.

When using the spray tanning you do have to think about a couple of things. It is like using sunless tanning products at home, you want to make sure you do not sweat after for awhile. Give it a couple of hours at least. Go as long as you can, you do not have to worry about it after 5 hours. You also want to be careful going out in the rain, and you do not want to shower. This will remove some of the color, or worse, make you streaky. Just be aware of that. They say that it last for days after, but that depends on the person. Some will last for awhile and other will notice the color fading sooner. One thing I do not like about this is the price. For one session it is $30. Most places will have coupons, so I would look for those. Otherwise it will get expensive. The other thing I did not like, is that it clogged my pores. I have big pores, I think, and once it clogged them, I broke out a little. This is why I never did it again. It is worth a try though; especially if it ends up working out for you. It is quicker and easier to use than doing sunless tanning yourself at home.