Questions and Answers About Tanning Lotions and Beds
I always leave one day in between visits. My times were 6 mins , 7 mins and 10 mins.
How long before I start to see noticeable results?
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Try using a tanning lotion and if your already using one maybe try another one with a bronzer it it. Dont shower 3 hours before a tan or 3 hours after a tan. Apparently this effects the tanning process and your tan. You should also maybe increase the minutes your tanning. Maybe the time your going in is not long enough for your skin to tan. I usally see a difference after going about 2 times when i follow all of this
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First, and most importantly, it all depends on your skin type. If you’ve always been one to take long to tan outside, it will take longer inside too. Or if your skin color is very white, it takes longer for the UV rays to penetrate deep enough to make a noticable tan.
Second, bronzers and lotions. I personally like all Swedish Beauty lotions/bronzer lotions. Go to your tanning salon and talk to some of the workers, see what they suggest. If they’re smart, they’ll give you a few choices of bronzers and what not.
Third, longer time periods or leveling up a bed if you still haven’t tanned darker (but only level up if you’re ready!!). 6 and 7 minutes are pretty short time if you’re in a lower level bed. If you’re in the lowest bed, i suggest doing 12-15 minutes. Higher level beds, just try going a few more times at 10. Then again, it also depends on what the beds are like at your salon. Again, talk to a worker. They should (hopefully) know about their beds and suggest something for you.
But seriously remember this, though; don’t ‘level up’ just because you aren’t quite getting all the tan you want. The lower level beds will give you a more permenent tan, but it will take quite a bit longer to form. The high level beds tend to give more burning with longer tanning periods, but also ‘instant gratification,’ which sounds good, but the tans fade so quickly that you would just have to go everyday almost and destroy your skin to keep the tan. (The reason behind that is that the higher level beds us a type of UV ray that doesn’t penetrate as far into the skin because its thicker and causes a much darker tan on top, but of course goes away just as fast. (i believe they use more UVB rays, if you don’t know what i mean, tanning beds use mostly UVA rays, and a little UVB rays. look it up, its kind of interesting actually.))
hope this helps! Consider talking to a consultant at your salon. Sometimes they’re the biggest help!
This depends on many, many things, one of which is your skin type. If you are fair skinned it may take a few more visits, but you are right not to spend too much time under the lamps because you could burn.
Another factor is the type of bed you are in. How many lamps are there and how powerful are they?
Lotion is very important too. Moist skin tans, dry skin doesn’t. The quality of the lotion is important too, though you don’t have to spend a small fortune for a decent lotion.
If you go to a reputable salon, the staff there should be trained and able to advise you and put you on the path to maximize your tan.
Good luck.
You could try using a tanning lotion that has bronzers in it. Just be careful because if you use too much it can leave a streak on you. You may also need to increase the tanning level that you are in if your salon has different tanning levels.