Believe it or not, there is a proper way to prepare your skin for a spray tan. Here are the most important steps!
1. Shower and exfoliate your skin. Use a wash cloth to help get all the dead skin cells off your skin so that your spray tan can last as long as possible. Skin tends to slough off about every 14 days, so you want to make sure you exfoliate all the dead skin cells off your skin to provide a nice, clean slate for the spray tan to develop on.
- It's also a good idea to purchase BodiBronze Collection BodiCleanz pH Balancing Body wash to use as your prep and maintenance body wash. Being able to create and maintain properly balanced skin pH can have a direct impact on the spray tan outcome.
- Women going through menopause, pregnancy, monthly cycles, or those with poor eating habits (anything that can affect hormone levels) can have acidic tendencies in their skin. This can create a negative interaction with the spray tan solution as it develops. High acid levels in the skin can create an unattractive yellow or even orange "tint" to the spray tan results. This is why we want to make sure we neutralize any acid in the skin so the spray tan has the opportunity to develop properly.
- People that have very dry skin should be sprayed with a prepatory serum (such as a pH balancing spray or an Anti-Aging spray) that can add moisture to the skin before spray tan application. Dry skin will tend to over absorb the spray tan solution, so we want to add a prep spray onto the skin before applying the spray tan solution.
These things are all key to making sure you have great spray tan results each and every time!!
2. After you have showered and exfoliated your skin, it is important that you NOT apply any lotion, makeup or deodorant to your skin after showering.
- Depending on the lotion you use, the lotion can create a barrier between your skin and the spray tan solution. This barrier can affect how the spray tan develops, how it absorbs into your skin and how long the spray tan will eventually last.
- I do not recommend using salt scrubs or sugar scrubs to exfoliate your skin with before your spray tan appt. The oils that these scrubs can contain are barriers against a good spray tan as well.
- We do not want any makeup on your skin for the same reason. A lot of makeup can contain oils, mineral oils, chemicals, etc. We can avoid any negative interactions in the development process if makeup is not applied.
- We recommend that you not wear deodorant for the same reason... we understand this is difficult, but is needed to ensure great results. There are a lot of various types of deodorants on the market that contain chemicals for preventing perspiration... these chemicals could prevent the spray tan from developing at all or you could end up with white armpits, green armpits, yellow armpits or even orange armpits! So, please do not wear deodorant before your spray tan or during the 8-12 hrs you are developing.
3. Wear something dark and loose-fitting to spend the next 8-12 hrs in after your spray tan.
- We recommend that you wear dark clothing due to any cosmetic bronzers that may transfer onto your clothes. Typically, most sunless solutions should wash out from your clothing, but it's no fun to be going about your day with bronzer on your shirt. :)
- I recommend wearing loose-fitting clothes because tight fitting clothes can affect how the spray tan develops. You want the solution to absorb and develop on your skin, not on a pair of tight fitting jeans - leaving your legs lighter than the rest of your body.
- The spray tanner that we use here at BodiBronze Sunless Spa requires at least 8 hours of development. At 12 hours the spray tan is fully developed. There is no need to wear the solution on your skin for 24 hours, thinking that the longer you leave the solution on, the darker it will get. This is not the case. So feel free to shower at 12 hours or after a good night's sleep.
4. Please do not wash your hands or face, shower, sweat or get wet in that 8-12 hrs of development time.
- Interaction with soap, water, or sweat, can stop the bronzer from developing and leave affected areas lighter than the rest. So please refrain from dishes, washing the tub, washing your car, going to the gym, etc! Being spray tanned is an excuse to just relax :)
5. When you are ready to shower after 12 hrs (and throughout the life of your spray tan), do not use a loofa or washcloth in the shower. Just use water with a gentle soap (BodiCleanz pH Balancing Body Wash) and your hands.
- Using an exfoliating agent during your shower while you are airbrushed will decrease the life of the spray tan.
6. After you shower, it is imperative that you keep your spray tanned skin hydrated.
- Lotion your skin as much and as often as you can. A plain lotion is fine and will help to maintain your spray tan for 7-10 days. BodiBronze Collection makes a great bronzing lotion that can help maintain your spray tan for 10-14 days and can also help to create a tan all on its own called BodiExtendz Bronzing Moisturizer. This product is amazing and you will quickly become addicted to it, like me!
- If you do not moisturize your skin enough, your skin and the spray tan can become dried out and that is when you see problems with the spray tan flaking, peeling or becoming scaly.
So moisturize, moisturize, moisturize!!
Until next time... try these tricks out and you will be amazed at the results you can see!
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