SPRAY TAN BEFORE & After CARE
SPRAY TAN BEFORE CARE
DO Exfoliate and moisturise 24 hours before your tanning appointment, paying particular attention to elbows, knees, ankles and problem dry areas.
DO Wax 24 hours or shave at least 8 hours prior to your tanning appointment. This allows the pores time to close. This will help avoid dark dots in your pores!
DO NOT For the entire 24 hours before you avoid using bar soaps, high pH shower products, oil-based products or in-shower moisturisers. These products may act as a barrier against your skin and can prevent the fast-acting tanning agents to develop.
DO NOT apply moisturiser, perfume, deodorant or makeup on the day of your tanning appointment. This may cause discoloration or a patchy tan result that won’t last as long.
DO shower before your appointment or the morning of your appointment.
DO wear dark loose-fitting clothing and slides or thongs to your appointment to ensure no transfer of colour onto your clothing and to prevent any rubbing of your freshly sprayed tan.
SPRAY TAN AFTER CARE
DO NOT exfoliate the skin for at least 7 days.
DO NOT use perfumes, deodorants and moisturisers until the tan has been showered off.
DO NOT use pools, spas, saunas for at least 24hrs as the chlorine will lessen the life of the tan.
DO moisturise every day.
DO NOT spray perfumes directly onto the skin.
DO NOT exercise until the tan has been showered off.
DO use tan extenders may be used to help ensure the life of the tan, this is a moisturising product that contains a small amount of DHA. This can be applied once a day with a soft tanning mitt, this is to help the tan fade more evenly and to prolong the life of your spray tan.
DO NOT use products that contain sodium laurel sulphate (SLS for short) which is found in many
shower gels/body washes as this will strip the tan.