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Tips for Eliminating Wrinkles – Tanning Salons Tips

Posted by admin on Monday, August 30th 2010     

You finally got the proofs in from your family photo shoot. Instead of marveling at how great your outfits coordinated or at the fact the photographer was able to secure all of your children to smile in sync, you find yourself hovering over the photo with a magnifying glass, examining all your wrinkles while plowing through a pint of Ben and Jerry’s Brownie Batter ice cream. All hope is not lost, though, because there are several ways to reduce or remove these pesky lines that spell out your age across your forehead.

Get out of the sun! You get enough vitamin D from milk anyways. If you esteem gardening too much to hide away indoors like a hermit, just be positive to apply plenty of sunscreen before you go out and reapply when necessary. Also, stay out of the tanning salons. You might think that a rich Brazilian tan will support hide your wrinkles, but it will only make them worse. Instead, use a bronzer or spray tan to get a nice healthy glow. If you can’t eliminate your afternoon affairs with the sunbed, at least cloak your face with a towel and employ a bronzer to match the tone of your face with the rest of your body.

Stop smoking! Smoking causes wrinkles because it accelerates the aging process of your skin. Why? When you smoke, you lop the amount of blood flow to your face because the blood vessels constrict. Because the skin isn’t getting the blood flow it needs, it is also missing out on the important vitamins and nutrients that are carried in the blood such as vitamin A. It also reduces the amount of collagen and elastin, so your skin loses it elasticity and becomes more prone to wrinkles and sagging.

Use anti-aging creams. For a review of the best anti-wrinkle creams out on the market, visit the Best Anti Aging Wrinkle Cream Reviews website. See Resources for link. At the top of the list is the Dermajuv Complete Rejuvenation System. This product has a great reputation and has a huge inventory of repeat customers — meaning it obviously works well! It is a combination of three formulas that combat all the signs of aging, such as wrinkles and red spots. They also offer a thirty-day money-back guarantee. Another recommended product is LifeCellSkin. It is quite expensive, with a price tag of $189, but you can try the product out for free for thirty days before you actually have to pay anything. See Supporting Links for links.

Follow a healthy diet and get plenty of exercise. This seems to be the recommended antidote for every ailment known to mankind, so obviously it’s important. A diet rich in antioxidants and omega 3 fatty acids is an excellent defense against the aging process. Try to include plenty of fruits, vegetables, poultry and fish in your diet. It’s also important to drink plenty of water each day so that the essential vitamins and nutrients your skin needs can be transported to the cells.

You also need to exercise, but not unprejudiced through cardio and strength training. You need to use those facial muscles as well to help prevent wrinkles. Annelise Hagen has written a book called “The Yoga Face: Eliminate Wrinkles with the Ultimate Natural Facelift.” This book describes fun facial exercises to help hold your muscles strong to prevent sagging. See Supporting Links for links.

If you feel like your wrinkles are so out of control that no contemporary solution will suit you, you can always discover help from a professional. There is always the option of plastic surgery if you consider the problem to be severe enough. Botox is also big for reducing wrinkles around the eyes and lips.

You also have the option to undergo Plasma Skin Resurfacing. During this procedure, your skin is damaged using plasma gas and nitrogen. This causes the skin to regenerate and heal itself, therefore eliminating wrinkles. See References for link.

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Get Great Sunless Tan at Home

Posted by admin on Sunday, August 29th 2010     
  • A great dusky tan is easy to achieve with the just products and techniques.
  • Sunless tanning is a healthier alternative to sunbathing or tanning beds.
  • A great sunless tan can be achieved inexpensively at home.

With spring unprejudiced around the corner in many parts of the country, it’s only natural that for many of us, thoughts of sandals, sundresses and sunglasses are starting to occupy our minds. Flipping through the swimwear section of the Victoria’s Secret catalog and taking in page after page of thin, toned and tanned models romping in the surf and sand of faraway, exotic locales, it’s easy–inevitable, even–to start residence on the promise, no matter how distant it may seem just yet, of weather forecasts that don’t include the words “windchill factor”, “freezing temperatures” or, that four-letter word to beat all four-letter words, “snow”.

For some of us, however, the excitement felt at the prospect of longer, gloriously warmer days can be tempered somewhat by the dread of shorter hemlines and arm-baring tops that show our skin for what it really is: Very, very pale. If you’re like me, you cringe slightly at the dread of blinding innocent passers-by with the glare of sunlight reflecting off your whiter-than-white flesh, and shudder outright at the belief of your translucent skin showing every stretch mark, dimple and spider vein that time or genetics have made a part of your body’s landscape. Fear may tempt you to run to your nearest tanning salon and subject yourself to the dangerous and damaging UV rays of the beds just to take the edge off of your paleness, or, if you’re just as afraid of skin cancer as you are of looking like a Lestat wannabe while everyone around you looks like they just came help from a week in Aruba, you might consider shelling out the big bucks to have a tan applied to your skin via spray booth or airbrush.

But in these financially cramped times, there’s no need to shell out the big bucks destroying the health of your skin with ultraviolet radiation or driving across town to have a sunless tan applied. It is possible–and with a little practice, the right technique and the right products, easy–to accomplish a sun-kissed glow so natural-looking that no one will ever suspect your pasty little secret. All you need are the apt products, the just tools, and some gracious tips and techniques to guarantee you’ll keep glowing all summer long.

First and foremost (and perhaps most challenging) is finding the right sunless tanner for your particular skin type, skin tone, and sunless tanning goals. The good news is that there are a lot of great products out there, and a quick search of helpful websites like www.sunless.com or www.makeupalley.com can give you a enormous deal of insight into products that other sunless tanning devotees count among their must-haves and never-agains. The bad news, however, is that what looked great on one person might not look so great on you. So the first rule is:

If at first you turn orange (or yellow or peach or nothing happens at all), try, try again. Personally, I’ve come to adore Au Courant’s sunless tanners, available for purchase on the Au Courant Web site, aucourant.com. If I need a tanner immediately and don’t have time to wait for something to advance in the mail, I’ll go for my second choice, Clarins Self-Tanning Milk SPF 6, available at Clarins counters everywhere or at clarins.com. If I’m feeling pasty and I happen to be a little low on cash, I’ll choose a more affordable option from the Banana Boat line, viewable at bananaboat.com and available for purchase at drugstores and mass-market retailers everywhere. Conversely, no matter how strapped I am, I won’t go anywhere near Neutrogena’s sunless tanning line, as I have found it turns me a very unattractive shade of yellow. Your mileage may vary, however. One of my sisters swears by Neutrogena’s dim tanning line, as it turns her a sparkling shade of bronze. Try a few tanners (preferably on an area concealed by clothing and before bare-skin weather gets into rotund swing) and witness what produces the best color results on you. And should your first few forays into sunless tanning not produce the results you want, keep at it. Most major drugstore chains have a trustworthy return policy for cosmetic items, so if you hang onto your receipts, you won’t lose anything but a little bit of time if a particular sunless tanning product turns out to be an epic failure for you. Eventually, by trying a variety of brands and formulations, you’ll find the right product for you, and when that magic moment happens, you’ll be glad you persevered. That, however, brings us to rule number two, which is:

Not all skin is created equal, even if it’s all your skin. In other words, what works beautifully on your legs may not work as well on your face, or vice-versa. This is particularly true if your facial skin is oily or breakout-prone, but the skin on other parts of your body is drier. If that describes your skin, you may need more than one product: one for your face and neck, and another for the rest of your body. Again, trial and error is the key here. Also, keep in mind that for everyone, the skin on some parts of the body is thicker than it is on other parts of the body. What this means in self-tanning terms is that while a product may give you a exquisite brown color on your forearms and shoulders, it might make your heels, toes, elbows, knees and knuckles perceive dirty. In my personal experience, I’ve found that using a lighter-colored sunless tanner on those areas, diluting a accepted tanner with regular body lotion, and/or applying regular body lotion to rough areas before proceeding with the dusky tanner and again about ten minutes after applying tanner helps in achieving consistent, even, natural-looking results everywhere, even in those common trouble spots.

Third, there is a sunless tanning dress code. Wear gloves! Remember those exertion spots I just mentioned? Add to that list the palms of your hands and the areas between your fingers. Especially if you’re not a seasoned sunless-tanner user, you probably will (and should) take your time making sure you’ve applied the product evenly, not missed any spots or failed to rub the product in completely (I recommend an overlapping, circular motion when rubbing the product in). The dilemma lies in the fact that the extra time you take gives the rougher, more absorbent skin of your palms a more-than-ample opportunity to absorb quite a bit of sunless tanner, and washing it off without splashing water onto the rest of yourself (which will stop the development of color and leave you splotchy) is nigh impossible. Save yourself the trouble and wear latex or nitrile surgical gloves. A box of 50 pairs can usually be had for $5-$10 at drugstores, and wearing them while you apply your sunless tanning product can spare you from that most dreaded of all sunless tanning afflictions, The Dreaded Orange Palm Disease. It’s certainly much easier (and more feasible) to go back and apply tanner to the backs of your hands with a makeup sponge after you remove the gloves than it is to keep your hands in your pockets until Labor Day.

Fourth, do your homework–or rather, your prepwork. You wouldn’t try to cook a gourmet meal without first preparing your workspace and chopping, dicing, and measuring all your ingredients. The same logic dictates that you shouldn’t try to give yourself a shaded tan without preparing your skin properly. Exfoliation is key here. Just like the built-up skin on your body’s rougher areas can sometimes absorb too much tanner, so, too can excess dead skin on any other part of your body. And, adding insult to injury, not only can excess dreary skin hold too distinguished tanner initially, it also acts as like roofing shingles for the newer, fresher skin underneath it, preventing your tanner from ever coming in contact with it. The result? When that dead skin sloughs off on its contain, your tan will depart unevenly, leaving you patchy. Patchy is worse than pale. Don’t let it happen to you. And while we’re talking about exfoliation, it should be noted that you’re going for even exfoliation. Therefore, loofahs aren’t the best choice. I’ve found that mesh spa gloves work well, while others prefer bag sponges, sugar scrubs, or other methods. Find what works for you.

Fifth, and finally, make sure you’ve got your own back. While the ideal is to have a friend or spouse or other person handy who can apply tanner to your back, it’s not impossible to tan every inch of your own hide with the right tool. On the Au Courant website, they sell a device like a long-handled sponge paintbrush specifically for that purpose. You put the tanner on the sponge, and use the sponge to apply the tanner to your back. Ta-da! A seamless tan without any gaps. Looking for an even more budget-friendly option? Hit your local hardware store and head for the paint aisle. A standard foam paintbrush, while not as elegant-looking as Au Courant’s back tanning tool, should do the trick just as well.

Other sunless tanning tips and tricks from a seasoned unlit tanning pro:

Shave before you apply your dusky tanner, but not immediately before you apply your murky tanner. There’s peaceful some debate on this one, but I’ve found that if I shave in the morning and then apply my tanner at night, the pores on my legs have had a chance to halt up, preventing the tanner from sinking into them and giving my legs a “freckled” look.

Keep your eye, or rather, your hand, on the ball. To obtain your tan to look even on your hands, try holding a tennis ball with the hand you’re applying the tanner to, then switch hands and repeat the process. Holding a tennis ball will open up the little creases in your knuckles and prevent you from getting little white lines where there should be color.

Moisturize, moisturize, moisturize. Did I mention it’s important to moisturize? Moisturizing the rough spots on your body before sunless tanning prevents the skin from captivating too much tanner and producing a “dirty” look. Moisturizing those same areas about ten minutes after you apply your tanner helps dilute the tanner just slightly and spread it around a little, giving those difficult areas a more even look. Moisturizing every tanned part of your body in the days following your sunless tanner application will befriend keep your skin healthy and supple, extend the life of your sunless tan, and make the fading process more even and less noticeable.

Don’t sweat it (or dunk it or drench it or otherwise get it wet). I’m not saying that you can’t bathe or shower or swim with a sunless tan. Of course you can. You objective can’t do so immediately. The minimum recommended waiting time between applying a sunless tanner and exposing your skin to any kind of liquid is one hour, but I’ve found that sometimes, even that isn’t enough. Your best bet? At the end of the day, after the dishes, workouts, and children’s baths are done, grab a quick shower, exfoliate, dry your hair and then apply your shadowy tanner. You’ll be asleep while your color develops, meaning you’ll steer clear of water by default.

When you’ve finally achieved that perfect sunless glow, don’t cover it up in makeup. When you’re pale, your skin is often so translucent that every little vein, red patch or gloomy circle is readily apparent. But once you’ve achieved a good sunless tan, the tanner often hides all those little imperfections. So unless you’ve got something that truly needs covering, enjoy a pared-down makeup routine when you’ve got a sunless tan. Forego foundation, perhaps using just a miniature tinted moisturizer in its area if you truly need a little something. Skip concealer for all but the most obvious flaws, and if you must use one, perform sure it matches your new skin tone. Focus on perking up your color even further with honest a little bronzer and blush (liquid, cream and gel formulas are especially appropriate over a unlit tan as they’re sheerer and less likely to look ashy against your new, deeper skin tone), and unless you’re blessed with naturally dark lashes and brows, don’t forget to give them some love with a little tinted brow groomer and mascara. A quick slick of shiny gloss in a neutral or rosy tone will attain off your look and have you and your beautiful new tan out the door in minutes.

Learning to give yourself a superb sunless tan is like styling our hair, applying our makeup, painting our nails or anything else we do to improve our appearance and make ourselves feel estimable about the map we look. It takes a bit of practice, and your first attempt may not be totally successful. But once you’ve got the hang of it, you can achieve a healthy, bronzed glow quickly, easily, inexpensively and, most well-known of all, safely.

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Top Five Self-Tanning Products Under $50 – Self Tanners

Posted by admin on Saturday, August 28th 2010     
  • Exfoliating before self-tanning will give you the best results.
  • Using a tan extender can prolong the life of your tan, as can using a daily moisturizer.
  • It is not necessary to pay a high salon fee to execute a natural-looking sunless tan.

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As a naturally extremely fair-skinned person who’s always been prone to burning, I’ve spent years on a quest for a natural-looking, affordable sunless tan. These five products are the best I’ve found and the least likely to leave you streaky or orange!

1.) Mystic Tan – $12 to $25 per session, depending on which salon you visit. The Mystic Tan systems can be found at a wide variety of locations, from beauty salons/spas to gyms. They are most easily found at tanning salons or at Mystic Tan salons. The Mystic Tan is the closest and most cost-efficient way to emulate the experience of having an aesthetician at a salon or spa hand-airbrush you with self-tanner. Because a personalized treatment like that can cost upwards of $100, and doesn’t necessarily last any longer than a Mystic Tan, this is your next best bet. When you arrive at a Mystic Tan salon, you will be shown a video that teaches you how to get the best results. Pay attention to the video – it really does give good advice on how to avoid streaking, white areas around your knuckles and wrists, and too grand product on your feet and hands. The self-tanning process itself only takes about thirty seconds total (fourteen to fifteen seconds on each side of your body), and my current part is that it dries instantly – you can towel off the excess bronzer, get dressed, and be on your way!

2.) MysticSunless Spray – $20.95 from the Mystic Tan website (www.shopmystictan.com), but they also say that prices might be lower at your local salon. This product claimed to work as well as the Mystic Tan, but without having to go to a salon or pay each time. While it’s definitely more difficult to do the self-tanning yourself instead of standing in a booth and being sprayed, I actually liked having control over where the spray was going. There is a bronzer that shows up instantly and gives a nice light sheen to your skin, and the rest of the color develops over the next four hours. The color itself is quite comparable to what you’d get from a Mystic Tan, and it lasted for the same amount of time (around four to five days). There are supplementary products that you can also buy that will extend the life of your tan (my record was eight days) or prepare your skin for the self-tanning process. With any self-tanner, I would strongly recommend exfoliating first to do your skin’s surface area as even as possible. The MysticSunless exfoliant is fine, but I found other, less expensive products to be just as salubrious.

3.) Neutrogena MicroMist Dismal Tanning Spray – $11.99 or less at most drugstores. This is a great drugstore brand that comes in two colors, Medium (which turns you two shades darker than your natural skin color), and Deep (three shades darker). If you’re light-skinned or new to sunless tanning, I would definitely recommend the Medium shade, as errors will be less obvious and easier to correct. I tend to like sprays, because they make it possible to tan hard-to-reach areas like the back, back of legs, etc., but if you’re a fan of foams or creams, Neutrogena makes these also (my personal favorites are the Sunless Tanning Foam, $10.09, and the Instant Bronze Dim Tanner and Bronzer, $9.99). As a side note, though you can use these products on your face as well, I would recommend buying a separate tanner that is specifically meant for the face to avoid breakouts and extremely visible mistakes. All of the brands I have listed so far have face-specific tanners as well.

4.) Tantowel Self-Tan Towelette – $19.99 for a box of ten towelettes (www.drugstore.com). These individually wrapped towelettes are pre-soaked with self-tanner. These are extremely convenient if you’re traveling, and develop in a shorter amount of time than most (around three hours). The packaging says that you can apply another after three hours if you want a darker tan, but I have not yet tried that. You have less control over how noteworthy product comes out at a time than if you’re using a spray/lotion/foam, but the color still comes out evenly. The best use for this product is as a mistake fixer – just swipe it over tan lines or uneven color (I use it between my fingers and toes, since somehow self-tanner never manages to settle well there!). L’Oreal also makes a good self-tan towelette (Sublime Bronze Self-Tanning Towelettes, $9.49 for six) that are available at most local drugstores.

5.) Dove Energy Glow Daily Moisturizer – $7.99 at most drugstores. This lotion comes in Medium and Dusky, and has a separate product for use on the face. This is one of several moisturizers that can be used daily, and unlike other self-tanners, only deposits a diminutive amount of color at a time. If you’re looking for immediate, dramatic results, use another product – but this one is practically mistake-proof, and over the course of two days to a week, your skin will turn several shades darker. My favorite part of this is that I can employ it anytime and not worry that streaks or missed areas will suddenly turn up in the middle of dinner or a night out. Two other comparable products are Jergens Natural Glow Daily Moisturizer ($7.19 at drugstores) and Aveeno Active Naturals Continuous Radiance Moisturizing Lotion ($8.89 at drugstores, great for people with more sensitive skin).

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Sunless Tanning Vs. Spray Tanning – Spray Tanning Lotion

Posted by admin on Sunday, August 22nd 2010     

It’s summertime again and most everyone wants to have that nice brown summer glow. Shorts and bathing suits always seem to see better on us if our skin has a nice golden tan and for some reason seems to perform us think we observe healthier.

Many of us would rather opt to use a commercial product that will give us the look of having spent days out in the sun, but without the consequences. We all know that prolonged exposure to the sun can sometimes cause damaging effects, such as skin cancer.

So if you are someone that would rather expend an over the counter tanner then which kind should you choose? There are creams, gels, and now spray tanning. But which one is the most effective and looks the best after being applied?

I’ll tell you, it’s actually really in the application. Personally for me I think that the spray tanning works much better than the dismal tanning creams or gels.

I found that with the creams and gels having to use your hands to rub it into your skin can cause your fingernails to be stained and also any creases in your skin or fingers. As you rub it into the rest of your body, you cannot see any spots that you might have missed or an area where you might have applied too much.

As everyone knows this can cause the dreaded “orange” look and the creams and lotions always tend to cause streaks in different areas, where one portion of your skin looks tan and the other doesn’t.

With the tanning sprays, they seem to give you a more even application because it is a pretty mist and not a thick bunch of lotion. You don’t have to salvage your hands all messy or stain your fingernails.

With sprays they tend to have less streaks left on your skin, and have more of an allover coverage. I also believe the sprays save you money because of the fact that you don’t have to use as much spray as you do lotion since it is more lightweight.

I do recommend when using the tanning sprays that you do so in your shower, because of the fact that a spray can float in the air and land on clothing, furniture, etc. It’s better to be safe than sorry, and have brown streaks in your bathroom. In the shower after applying, just step out and rinse the bathtub and shower stall off and you have no worries.

　

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How to Apply Sunless Tanning Lotion Like a Pro, Even if You’re Beginner – Spray Tanning Lotion

Posted by admin on Wednesday, August 11th 2010     

I have tried only a few different sunless tanning products in my lifetime. My mother didn’t let me consume any sunless tanning products until I was 15 years old. However, sunless tanning is fairly easy. All you have to do is follow the instructions on the box. So, I learned in no time at all how to achieve the perfect sunless tan. If you are new to dismal tanning products, don’t use sprays. They are extremely difficult to apply evenly!

The easiest map to rid your hands of shadowy spots from the sunless tanner is by wearing gloves! Get the inexpensive medical supply kind which you can gather in most beauty supply stores. You should still wash your hands afterwards as a precaution, because some sunless tanner may still seep underneath. Use a diminutive sponge roller or paintbrush, which is available at any hardware store, in order to apply the sunless tanner to your back. See for one that is preferably two or three inches for the best results.

Distribute the sunless tanner all over! Don’t forget to rub the sunless tanner around your wrists, and the backs of your hands to blend color, to make it the same tone as your arms. Do the same around your ankles and the tops of your feet to blend color, to fabricate it the same tone as your legs. If a dark formula sunless tanner is causing dim spots on your hands and feet no matter what you do, try using a lighter sunless tanner on those areas, and dark formula everywhere else on your body.

Effect determined you cover your body with the sunless tanner, which includes body parts such as nipples and lips. If you try avoiding these spots, it will lead to an unattractive build-up of murky spots around their borders. Afterwards you need to make sure you exfoliate your skin in the shower, and make distinct you use a moisturizer everyday! I have used a few different products to do my many amazing tans.

The first product that I tried was “L’Oreal Sublime Bronze Self-Tanning Towelettes”. These were a good investment because they were inexpensive, and included six towelettes in each box. One towelette is usually just enough for all over coverage. Initiate with tiny strokes, and get sure you don’t miss a spot! Focus on every square stir of your body. If a towelette runs dry before you finish, you should spritz a sunless tanning spray on it and sustain going. I know that you can find these self-tanning towelettes in Harmon Discount, CVS pharmacy, and other drugstores. You can also buy them online at www.drugstore.com for $9.99. If you think about it, that’s only a little over $1.50 every time you want a tan!

Another product that I tried was “Bain de Soleil Streakguarde Self Tanning Creme, Dark”. I am extremely pale. I have a porcelain color skin tone. So, even if your skin is as white as mine, you should quiet gather the dark toner. The light version is ineffective, and sad will give you a perfect tan, and make your skin look like you were basking in the Hawaiian sun! The color results are almost always even and natural! If you are worried about streaks, then you should try this product! It’s hard not to get a streak-free tan with this product! Rub this product on in long even strokes, for full coverage. This product is easy to find in retail stores. You can find this product at Harmon Discount, or other drugstores. You can also find it online at www.drugstore.com for $8.99.

I’ve also tried “Banana Boat Sunless Summer Color Tanning Foam, Deep Dark”. I remember this product being out in stores when I was just 13 years faded, and the tanning foams were first produced. This is definitely a loyal product because it produces even results. The only thing that I didn’t like about this product is that it’s a little sticky when it dries. However, I did find a cure for this! If you brush a light dusting of cornstarch-based baby powder on your body a few minutes after applying the foam, the plight is solved! As the same for most sunless tanning products, you can gain this one in a lot of different drugstores all over the United States. Or, you can buy it online at www.drugstore.com for $6.99.

I tend to stick to those three sunless tanning products because that’s when I got the best results! Try my application ideas and you will have the perfect sunless tan in no time at all!

source used: www.sunless.com

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Basic Tanning Facts Cleared Up – Indoor Tanning Lotion

Posted by admin on Monday, August 9th 2010     

Indoor tanning is becoming an even more popular alternative to sun tanning. Although instant tanning sprays and lotions are still popular, since the cost of indoor tanning is going down, a lot of people are choosing this alternative of the instant lotion and bottle tanning since indoor tanning builds a deeper tan and a more even tan. Not all tanning places will offer the same advice though and some tanning places offer very little advice at all, so it can be difficult to know exactly what’s best for you. Instead of spending hours trying to sort through wesbite advice, here are some basic tips that should get you well on your way to a good and safe indoor tan.

Indoor tanning salons will tell you different things about moisturizing your skin before you tan. Some salons suggest it and some say that it interferes with your tan. Well, it is true that putting some type of skin moisturizer on will make it take longer for you to invent up your tan but you should use it anyways. Indoor tanning severely dries out your skin and using moisturizer before tanning will help to prevent skin damage now and when you are older. If you are really concerned with not wanting your tan to choose longer, buy an indoor tanning lotion to use but make sure that it is specifically meant for indoor tanning and not just tanning in general. Although moisturizing is good, make up is still unpleasant. It will block your tanning in those areas and you’ll get lines.

Although most tanning salons won’t scream you this until afterwards because it seems like common sense, a lot of people forget to acquire out their body jewelry when tanning. Wearing body jewelry while tanning will impede the tanning process and you will have un-tanned parts of skin where your body jewelry was left in, not so flattering although a good conversation starter.

Another thing is what to tan in. Most tanning salons are set up so that there is one tanning bed per private room so that clients can tan naked and not concern about anyone actually seeing them naked. Not everyone is comfortable with this even smooth but it doesn’t have to keep you from tanning. You can also do indoor tanning in your swimsuit or in cotton panties and a cotton wireless bra. A sports bra is not a good understanding. Please remember that if you tan in your swimsuit or underwear, you will have tan lines.

Having a few beers before an indoor tanning session seems like a good idea to a decent amount of indoor tanning patrons. Drinking before an indoor tanning session will not impede your tan and if you topple asleep the tanning beds are set to go off automatically at tanning salons after your set amount of time but drinking does judge your blood and you are in a box with hot lights which can cause health problems like heat strokes, dehydration, temporary delirium, etc.

Lastly people never seem distinct how long to tan or how often. This is mostly based on what your tanning goals are. If you have never tanned before you should start off at a lower amount of minutes and retain that same time for the first 3 times you tan. You should tan about 3 days on and 1 to 2 days off. If you tan any less it won’t give your color a chance to stick and you’ll essentially be doing the same thing every time you go in to tan. After the first three times you tan, you go up a diminutive each time until you reach the maximum allowable minutes for the tanning beds. You can now do two days on and 1 day off or you can stick to three days on and 1 or 2 days off. If you are fairer skin, please remember to consume it slower. On your fifth tan you should still be around only 4 minutes in the tanning bed. Anyone who tells you otherwise probably doesn’t have fair skin. Although most of your body will be able to progress in minutes because it does get some sun even though you are fair skin, the parts of your body that hardly ever get skin are still very susceptible due to its fair nature and will burn if you are in their longer. Those parts need more time to catch up with the skin on the rest of your body.

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What Makes Tropical Tan in Charlotte, NC so Great – Airbrush Tan Tips

Posted by admin on Sunday, August 8th 2010     

When I was unruffled tanning my skin using tanning beds, I grew very tired of corrupt staff in tanning salons. I also grew tired of ridiculous pricing, gross conditions like unsanitized beds and scary neighborhoods, and more. But I was very pleasantly surprised at how fair this tanning spa in Charlotte was!

8430 Park Road
Charlotte, NC
(704) 552-7993‎
www.tropicaltancharlotte.com

Who are they? With a boutique style setting, you are clear to feel totally at home and comfortable at this tanning salon in Charlotte. The staff is always upbeat and friendly, and they know what they are talking about. Don’t mediate you are going to walk into the place and have to deal with an over-tanned blonde ditsty teenager! These people know what they are doing and love it too. After all, this spa is family owned and operated, and they have been around since 1990 so they have a nice reputation slack the name.

What do they offer? Lots of ways to look your best when it comes to a tan! Try the awesome bed called the Open Sun 550 that allows you to achieve your best tan possible and it’s really comfortable as well – with a wide base and a nice headrest and even armrests and a footrest! It’s like you’re sitting in the sun in your favorite lounger! Or try the Affinity 500 with turbo power lamps and facial tanning lights. It also has really great mood lighting in your choice of blue, magenta, yellow, or red! And then there is also the awesome MyMyst System that is for airbrush tanners, and it offers great smooth tanning and coverage!

What is my overall experience? I really enjoyed this salon. Even though, as mentioned, I no longer do the whole tanning bed thing anymore because I choose that for the health of my skin, if you are looking for a great tanning experience in Charlotte with one of the many salons available, I would definitely recommend this one!

So come on and stop fearing going to a tanning salon! While many tanning salons are uninviting and the staff is unfriendly, this one stands out from the rest for the reasons listed above and many others as well! If you would like either a year-round tan, a tan for going to a tropical location in middle of winter, or perhaps a tan during the summer when you are working indoors, this location should be one of your first stops. Make sure to use the proper gear when it comes to indoor tanning – including eye shields and the proper indoor tanning lotion (buy one specifically made for indoor tanning purposes to fully protect and moisturize your skin). You can even ask the friendly staff at this awesome tanning salon for tips and pointers to make your experience truly great.

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Top Tanning Salons in Miami – Airbrush Tanning

Posted by admin on Saturday, August 7th 2010     

Miami is known for have plenty of sun and plenty of people with great tans. If however you are among the many who no longer want to sit out in the sun for the perfect tan you do have other options. Following is a list of the top tanning salons in the Miami Florida area.

1. SoBe Tan is well known in the Miami area for providing great tans. They are located at 8324 South Dixie Highway, Miami Florida 33143. The telephone number for this site is 305-662-8870. They are open Monday through Saturday from 9:30am until 9:30pm, and Sunday from 10:30am until 6:30pm. They have a large variety if tanning options such as the UV -free sunless tanning machine and the very popular mystic tan. They currently do not accept appointments only drag ins. Pricing options do vary depending on tanning options chosen. You can call for specific pricing information.

2. Tan Solaire Body Spa is located at 3210 Grandview Avenue Miami Florida. The telephone number is 305-446-5551. They are open Monday through Friday form 10:00am until 9:00pm, Saturday from 9:00am until 8:00pm, and Sunday from 11:00am until 6:00pm. They offer matrix tanning, premier gold tanning, stand up tanning, and air brushing services. The pricing ranges from $20 to $55. Additional services are also offered at this location. You can visit their website by clicking here for exact pricing information.

3. Forever Tan Airbrush Tanning is located at 284 South West 8th Street, Miami Florida. The telephone number is 305-856-8844. They are open Tuesday through Friday from 10:00am until 6:00pm, and Saturday from 10:00am until 5:00pm. They are one of the only tanning salons that uses all organic ingredients for the tanning solutions. They feel that this is the safest way to go. Their tanning prices range from $10 to $45 depending on what type of tanning package your determine. They offer airbrush tanning with or without the face, touch up tanning, and European Body Brushing. Appointments and walk ins are welcome.

4. Tropical Tanning Salon is located at 11547 South West 88th Street, Miami Florida. The telephone number is 786-263-0202. They are open Monday through Friday from 10:00am until 10:00pm, Saturday from 10:00am until 8:00pm, and Sunday from 12:00pm until 6:00pm. Their tanning prices do tend to vary depending on what tanning package you decide. The staff at this location is very safe and you should call to make an appointment on the weekends if you want to avoid the crowd.

5. Salorais Tan is located at 6905 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami Florida. The telephone number is 305-754-7882. They are open Monday through Saturday from 9:00am until 10:00pm, and on Sunday from 9:00am until 6:00pm. Appointments and flow ins are welcome. For exact pricing information you should call the telephone number above. Your pricing options to tend to vary depending on what tanning package your choose. This facility is very orderly and comfortable from the moment that you walk in the door.

6. SoBe Tan by Fabiola is located at 940 Lincoln Road Suite 214, Miami Beach, Florida. The telephone number is 305-532-0221. They are open Monday through Saturday from 10:00am until 8:00pm, and on Sundays they win appointments only. The prices of their tanning packages do tend to vary so make sure that you call ahead to look how much your package will cost you.

There you have the listing of the top tanning salons in Miami Florida. All of the locations listed here has a great staff that you are sure to create you feel comfortable and relaxed while getting the perfect tan.

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Nivea Sun-Kissed Firming Moisturizer; Self Tanner Review – Best Self Tanner

Posted by admin on Friday, August 6th 2010     

Skin cancer seems to be on the rise every year, it probably has to do with our growing need to explore tan. Why sit in the sun or under light bulbs to essentially ‘bake’ your skin when you can use a self tanner? The fact that I am so fairly complected that I burn in five minutes, compiled with the history of skin cancer in my family, leaves me no option but to forgo the bake for a self tanning lotion. The reliable news is, self tanners really work, and today I am going to give you a review of Nivea Sun Kissed Firming Moisturizer-Light to Medium Skin.

Self Tanner or Not

You might be wondering if a sun-kissed moisturizer is really a self tanner? I would say that yes it is, after just a few short days of use, your skin starts to appear as if you have a light tan. I have extremely pale skin so when I use this self tanner, I expose results in about 2 days. As I continue to expend the self tanner, my skin appears darker but never to the point of a unlit tan. After about a week, I have a beautiful brown glow to my skin that looks better than any tan because my skin is not too unlit.

Pros of Nivea Sun Kissed Firming Moisturizer

The best feature of this self tanner is that it leaves the skin with a fair glow. The sun kissed skin look of this self tanner starts to present in just a few days and with continued use, the peep is even better. I have noticed that I can skip a day of using the self tanner and not lose any of my sun kissed look. This product is a moisturizer and does a great job of keeping my skin soft and smooth. In comparison to the price of other self tanners, Niveas sun kissed version is fairly comparable, I paid about $8 for my 8.4 ounce bottle. I have not had any trouble with orange hands as often happens with other self tanners. Despite the fact that I originally belief that the lotion came out too thin, it is thin but it makes it easy to spread the self tanner.

Cons of Nivea Sun Kissed Firming Moisturizer

As far as self tanners go, the Nivea sun-kissed firming moisturizer is a top pick of mine but as with anything, it to has cons. Even though I stated that the thinness of this self tanner is a pro, it is also a con because it is so thin that it often slides right off my hand. I can not tell you how much self tanner has fallen on the shower floor as I try to dispense it. The thinness is more of a pro than a con, as I master the art of applying it I slay up loosing less, yet it calm is a con for this self tanner. The only other con of this self tanner is the smell. I am not distinct how to describe it and I have heard people say it smells large, but to me, it kind of smells like glue. Luckily, the smell dissipates after an hour or so, which means you do not have to smell like glue all day long!

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Last Night’s Episode of Sunset Tan – Sunset Tan

Posted by admin on Wednesday, July 21st 2010     

One of my guiltiest pleasures on Sunday nights is watching Sunset Tan. I’m not usually one to get into these reality shows, but I some how got sucked into this one.

One of the things that originally drew me into the show was Holly and Molly who are better known as the Olly girls. These girls are as dumb as rocks, but that is why the prove is such a guilty pleasure for me. I get off on the anticipation of what their next stupid move or dead thing that is going to come out of their mouths.

Last nights episode really surprised me when the final scene was Jeff and Devin sitting in a conference with the Olly girls. Devin and Jeff tried to soften the blow by telling the girls they were going to have to let them go. By no surprise to the audience the girls asked “Go where”? Leaving Devin with no choice to put it bluntly and say “YOU’RE FIRED!!”

I know I shouldn’t have been surprised by this because in the world I live in the girls would have been fired a long time ago. For some reason I just thought that Ania would be the one who would be fired first. I checked on some viewers reactions this morning and read that is what most people thought as well. When it comes to the Olly girls there is quite a mix of opinion on how people really feel about them. Some people like them and others despise them and truly feel that they are a waste of human air.

Now the question is can the show survive without the Olly girls? For a small percentage of people they think the answer is no. The thing is that Sunset Tan is a real business that just happens to have its own reality show. So the more important question is will the business do better without them? Maybe Jeff and Devin finally realized that TV shows don’t last forever. Even though the Olly girls may have increased television viewers, they weren’t helping customers take Sunset Tan seriously. The bottom line is they had to earn a serious business decision not one based on ratings. Besides, the whole show didn’t revolve around the Olly girls any way. Sure the stupidity factor will drop, but the drama factor will remain the same.

Will this be the last of the Olly girls? Whether they return to Sunset Tan or not, we haven’t seen the last of these girls. I wouldn’t be surprised to find the girls getting their own television show. Who knows, anything is possible these days in the world of reality television. Hey, Star Jones even got her own television show. Then again, Scientists might build them an offer to set aside them in a test similar to the one in the epic of “Flowers for Algernon”. I’m just kidding, kind of.

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