My beau bronze tanning experience and starting out in spray tan

Hello everyone

This is mainly for those tanning therapists just starting out but hopefully will be helpful for making a decision as to what brand of spray tan you want to go for.

When I decided to do my tanning course I went for a city and guilds over the day deploma purely for the fact you learn about the anatomy and physiology, contraindications, and it is just more in depth, this ment I had to do a lot of reaserch into the kits available. This was good for the fact that I learnt a lot about different solutions, paraben free formulas, different deals available etc. it was also bad as there are so many brands out there. I settled on fresh indulgence for my kit, I have the TS50 with helia gun, and it came with, sticky feet, 3 bottles of solution and the tent as well as the machine and gun. The solution has mainly good reviews so I went for it in any case it was cheap for the kit so it's a win win. It makes my skin feel amazing, soft and the colour is nice, it's not the best but it's ok. The fade off is very even and long lasting, I'm currently 6 days post tan and I still have a noticeable tan on my legs, even after 3 exfoliation showers. I must add that I have only done it on myself and will be trying it properly when my friend can spray me. The beau bronze I brought kind of on impulse, I saw it in beauty express so naturally I googled it, there isn't a massive amount of info out there but all that I read was good. I went to the company direct and as it was cheaper via them I bit the bullet very hard and got 3 bottles of tan, all three colours, the dramatic drops, exfoliese and the hydrating lock. It cost more than my kit. Ouch !!!

Firstly I love the colour of beau bronze, it is very natural looking, it has a hint of red which is a good thing because when we have been in the sun for real we all have a hint of red in our tan, this seems to really love my skin. I am fairly pale with lots of pigmentation on my face (due to my thyroid condition) I don't naturally tan well, I burn and when I fake tan most of them make me look stupid, either too yellow, orange or patchy. I hand applied the quick fix tan which is maybe not ideal but as the guide colour is good you can really get an even finish. It claims to give a medium tan in 2-4 hours and dark tan in 6-8 hours. After 4 hours I showered off as per tanning rules, just rub lightly with your hands until water runs clear, I moisturised with Nivea straight after and wow!! The colour was the best tan I have ever had, however this is totally my error but the next day my hands were even darker, make sure you advise your clients to really rub all areas to remove this tan as it continues to develop and my hands looked like I had soaked them in tan all night, not a good look. The colour fade on this particular tan was not great after 4 days it started to go patchy which was not rectified by exfoliation so that didn't wow me especially considering it is very expensive. My clients have been loving the beau bronze I've used the bronze original and forever and they both have come back with great comments about how long it lasts, the natural colour etc.
Overall beau bronze it lovely, definitely a luxury tan but I'm not sure as a mobile tan therapist you can make as much as with other brands.

I have been researching even more and have two more lots of samples, nouva tan and vita liberata. I have currently got patch tests of nouva on my arm and will do the same with vita liberata before using on any of my clients and I must say so far nouva tan is very similar to beau bronze at a fraction of the cost.

My advice to anyone thinking of tanning read reviews, speak to companies and get as many samples as you can before you commit to a brand. If you try and get hold of a company and it ends up being a pain leave well alone. Customer service goes a long way when you are trying to build your business.

Good luck choosing tan

Lots of love
Mrs G xxx