Tanning Bed Advice

Many people like to have bronzed skin. Athletes, people who train in gyms, people with high-profile jobs, executives and many more prefer to have an even, all year tan. Then there are those who like to begin their tan before they go on holiday to a hot destination. This is very sensible, because it is too much of a shock to the skin to go from no sun to 40c in one day. It is far better to prepare your skin to get used to higher temperatures before you go.

This is all very well if you have your home in a hot part of the country, but if you did you would not need to keep topping your tan up anyway. Therefore people turn to tanning beds, tanning booths and tanning lamps. Some people buy their own tanning bed or booth, but most people go to a tanning salon. If you have a spare room and some spare money, owning your own tanning bed is definitely a superlative luxury.

Having your own tanning bed means that you do not have to plan journeys to the tanning salon, that there is no travelling or waiting and that your tanning bed is always waiting for you. However, you will be unsupervised, so it is a very good idea to read up on the health and safety advice associated with tanning beds. There should have been a booklet with the tanning bed when you bought it, but if you bought it second hand it could have been mislaid.

If your safety pamphlet has been lost, you could write to the manufacturers and suggest to pay for a replacement or you could just follow the general advice that applies to all tanning beds. Another good idea is to take a few sessions at a tanning salon and learn as much as you can. However, in general, treat your tanning bed as you would the sun in the tropics, that is with a great deal of respect.

The first thing you definitely have to do before getting onto your tanning bed is rub a sun tan lotion which includes a moisturizer onto your skin. This is where you will have to employ the most prudence. When you are outside in the sun, you want to block some of the sun's rays, because you want to spend a couple of hours outside.

However, in a way, the opposite is the case on a tanning bed, you want to get bronzed and you do not want to spend hours lying on the bed. Therefore, you will need a specialized moisturizer, tanning lotion. There are enough of them in the pharmacy, just ask.

A lot of people like to wear a head scarf or bathing hat to stop their hair from drying out. Then there are safety precautions such as goggles to take care of your eyes. Never, in any circumstances, look directly into a tanning lamp while it is on without eye protection. If you are going for an all over tan, you might find it useful to put a few sticking plasters or band-aids over your pink bits or men might need a hankie or a flannel.

Check your tanning bed's safety timer, before using the bed for the first time and regularly after that. Make sure that it is precise and that you can depend on it. After the tanning bed session, shower and remoisturize to replenish your skin, but not with the same tanner-moisturizer you used to tan with.

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May 09 2010 | Acne | No Comments »

Using Self Tanning Sprays

The tanned look is both popular and trendy more now than at any time for many years; people like the brownish luminosity of their skin as it makes them feel cool and self-assured. However, at the same time, sun bathing is less and less prudent because of the increase in the quantity of skin cancer injuries. Therefore, substitutes to it have and still are being developed. Synthetic tanning using tanning beds or sunless tanning by artificial means such as body lotions, creams, gels or self tanning spray are broadly available.

Although the most advanced method of getting a tan is the use of a tanning bed or tanning booth, not everybody can afford to purchase their own machine or go to a salon four times a month in order to get their tan refreshened, so the do-it-yourself solutions have become more and more prevalent.

A self tanning spray is a beauty product frequently containing DHA that can be applied at home as a sunless tanning solution. DHA is a chemical that causes a reaction with the skin's amino acids, which in turn causes the turning of the top layer of skin a brownish colour. The outcome of a self tanning spray lasts for approximately six or eight days, if you are careful not to take too long in the shower, if you avoid using too a harsh soap and if you do not rub yourself too hard with the towel.

Self tanning presents several challenges and so, while it is less expensive than treatment in a commercial tanning salon, it is also more difficult to get a satisfactory result. It is more difficult to achieve an even tan when using a self tanning spray. The coloring solution needs to be atomized in a thin film with great care not to overlap too much. Overlapping leads to darker tan shades on certain body areas.

Therefore, another drawback of the self tanning spray is that you may require another person's help for the process. The back for instance is very hard to spray unless there is someone to assist you. The same problem presents itself for the back of the legs, the nape of the neck and the bottom. If you ask a friend to assist you with the tanning, it will make the process a lot easier.

You have got to be especially careful to protect your eyes, your lips, ears and other delicate body parts. It is also possible to stain your nails and palms when using a self tanning spray. You could do away with this problem by using gloves or wet wipes whenever essential so as not to allow the tanning agent to dry on the palms or your hands or your nails.

Then, last but not least, do not spray too much liquid on your body, because the result may be an unusual orange glow or a rather uneven tan. Although many people frequently use these cans of self tanning spray in its various forms, there is no question about it that they are a lower quality solution when compared to the top-quality, but more expensive tanning bed or tanning booth.

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