FAQs About Lotions
- The most important reason for using a tanning lotion is that it replaces the depleted moisture that your skin loses during the tanning process. Dry skin reflects UV light, so if you are not using an indoor tanning lotion, you can waste up to 60% of your tanning session.
- Think of it this way, dry skin is what color? It is white. What does the color white do to light? It reflects it. If you have fairer skin, you will reflect a certain percentage of UV light. Just by applying lotion, you will increase your tanning potential by 60%.
- Tanning “dry” (without lotion) will not do anything to increase your tanning results and will result in dehydrated skin. Dehydrated skin will result in your skin exfoliating 20% faster. Dehydrated skin will also act as barrier and reflect UV light resulting is less UV absorption.
- Try this! Put lotion on one arm. After about 2 minutes, put both arms together and see which one is darker. The arm that you put the lotion on will always be darker. Darker, moisturized skin will absorb UV light better than ashy, dry skin.
- Tanning, whether indoors or outdoors, can be very drying to the skin. If you're not using lotion, chances are your skin is getting too dry and dehydrated to maximize your tanning potential.
All of our high-end indoor tanning lotions contain ingredients that are called biosaccharides. Biosaccharides are antibacterial ingredients designed to help diminish the after-tan smell that can occur when you are done tanning. When you use one of our high-end lotions, you will smell like the tanning lotion and not the after-tan smell. Keep in mind, outdoor tanning lotion as well as cheap drugstore lotion do not contain biosaccarides.
- Using lotions that contain a bronzer is a way to get better results from your tanning experience and to greatly increase the length of your tan.
- There are three main types of bronzers. Each gives a slightly different result. Below is a brief description of all three bronzers we offer.
- Natural Bronzers: Natural bronzers are made from naturally derived ingredients. “If it grows in the ground and turns your skin brown” it is considered a natural bronzer. These bronzers will help tan the skin more naturally without the use of self-tanning agents. These bronzers will not stain or streak the skin.
- Cosmetic Bronzers: Cosmetic bronzers are brown in color. They help you to apply the lotion more evenly and will give you immediate results. They allow you to achieve a dark brown color directly after tanning.
- DHA Bronzers: DHA bronzers are known as self-tanners. These bronzers work by reacting with certain proteins on the surface layer of the skin. DHA bronzing tanning lotions will gradually develop color over a few hours and can help extend your tan to seven to ten days.
- Tingle is an ingredient added to lotion, usually niacin or Vitamin B, which can help clients achieve quicker and darker results than if they just used a regular lotion. The ingredients in a tingle lotion increase the microcirculation and oxidation of blood in the surface layers of the skin. Blood also carries melanin to the surface of the skin. Since your skin needs oxygen to tan and the activation of melanin is what is needed to maximize that tan, the more melanin at the surface of the skin, the darker you will get.
- Since niacin causes a slight flushing effect at the surface layer of the skin, you can get a slight to moderate “tingle” or warming sensation. This feeling is completely harmless and will start to dissipate soon after your session is over. If the sensation continues or becomes annoying, you can take a shower and it will take it away immediately.
Absolutely! South Beach Tanning Company carries several products that are pure accelerators. Pure accelerators are formulated with amino acids, melanin peptides, and high-end skincare ingredients. Accelerators help super hydrate your skin and boost melanin production. Pure accelerators will help your skin to absorb increased amounts of UV light and tan you the most naturally. These lotions will help you get the most out of the tanning session you just purchased!
- Keep your skin healthy! How do you do that? Keep it moisturized – constantly. Using a high-end lotion that is specifically formulated with hydrating and skin-repairing ingredients is essential for proper skin care and to help achieve a healthier-looking, longer lasting tan.
- Our Professional Tan Extending Moisturizers should be applied after each shower, after tanning, and any time during the day you feel your skin is dry. By simply keeping your skin moisturized you can nearly double the length of your tan and keep your skin looking younger for years to come.
- South Beach Tanning Company carries a full line of inexpensive, high quality skin moisturizers, specifically engineered for the indoor tanner. These moisturizers will be free of alcohol and mineral oil unlike the drugstore bought lotions.
Absolutely! While South Beach Tanning Company carries one of the largest selections of lotions in the industry, it is nearly impossible to carry all of them. Just ask any member of our South Beach Staff and they will gladly place a special order for the exact lotion you want.
Keep in mind, all our lotions are specially formulated and engineered specifically for the indoor tanning industry by companies that spend millions of dollars annually on research. All our product lines contain high end ingredients that include active vitamins, minerals and nutrients to keep the skin as healthy and moisturized as possible, thus maximizing your tanning potential. Cheap, store brands do not contain these ingredients. In fact, many “drugstore” lotions actually contain alcohol and mineral oil in them, which will dry the skin, strip your tan, and hinder the tanning process.
- As with any product you buy online, the only advice we can give is caveat emptor, let the buyer beware!! There is not one single company in the entire United States that is licensed to sell any of the products and lotion lines we carry anywhere other than in a tanning salon.
- Many products online are actually counterfeits. Yes, just like fake watches and designer handbags, they actually counterfeit tanning lotion now. Others are coming from individuals that are buying them in a salon, using the product, and filling the bottle back up with some cheap store bought lotion and selling them online.
- Other products online have been reported to be contaminated. If you cannot guarantee what the product is or where it is coming from, you should not put it on your body.
- Others have reported paying for the product, and never actually receiving it. Since high end lotions have active ingredients such as the biosaccarides and vitamins and minerals, they do have an expiration date. There have been reports that many lotions showing up on the internet are expired products, which can result in a foul odor and lack of effectiveness.
- All products purchased in our salons are authentic and guaranteed.
