Skin preparation
- No products for 48hrs before your tan -deodorant stays on your skin 72 hours so scrub that area
- Exfoliate as much as you can up to 12hrs before
- No waxing within 24hrs before your appointment
- Remove unwanted hair before you come, try to use a razor and plain soap instead of a dry razor or a razor with a moisture strip
- No tint on your skin/ brows within 12hrs of your appointment
- Don’t shower within 2hrs before your app your skin retains the water leaving you with a lighter tan
- New piercings or tattoos should be covered with a plaster of some kind to prevent infection
What to wear / bring
- Please come with no makeup on
- Please don’t wear any jewellery to your appointment, or leave it in your car before you come in
- Wear whatever you want to be tanned in eg knickers ( we do not provide clothes to be tanned in )
- Most people just wear nickers but anything goes! whatever you feel comfortable in. just be aware of tan lines that the clothing will create. Under 16 must wear nipple covers/ bikini top/ bra & nickers/ bikini bottoms/ shorts)
- Bring long dark LOOSE clothing to wear after eg pyjamas
- A bobble (long hair in a bun preferably)
- An umbrella if raining
While your tan is developing
Your tan will take around 8/10hrs to develop so please don’t plan any activity’s in this time, we recommend just having a chill day in loose pjs.
- Avoid sweating
- Avoid water
- Wash hands with a wipe not soap after toilet or before food
- Wear no products
- Don’t touch your tan with your palms
- Wear long loose breathable clothes
Showering
Your FIRST shower (the rinse) -Luke warm/ cool water -Use palms of hands to gently buff the skin in circular motions. -Be sure to let the water clean your ears and from the top of your forehead, down your neck -Stay in the shower until the water has run clear -Shower should be approx 3 mins long -NO products allowed in the first shower at all -No hair washing in first shower as the shampoo or conditioner can strip your tan -No peeing in the shower, it can strip tan -No forms of hair removal When you’re out of the shower: -Pat dry with a soft towel -Apply a recommended moisturiser all over your body
Every shower after : You can pretty much do what you like. The more you shower & more products you use the quicker your tan will fade. Hair removal may strip your tan quicker in those places. Make sure to always pat dry & moisturise
Maintenance
Usually Face, Armpits, Inner Elbows & hands fade off the quickest. We recommend the sienna face rose mist to be used around day 5 to maintain tan in the areas that fade quickest.
- Moisturise twice a day with recommended products
- Use recommended top up mist on face or faster fading areas
- Stay hydrated -cool/luke warm showers (pat dry)
- Loose clothing
- Avoid: -hot baths -tight clothes -sweating -exfoliation -hair removal
Removal
Your tan may start to fade around 5 days. We recommend looking at removal techniques generally around 10 days if you still have tan left on which needs to be removed- To ease removal we recommend to soak in baby oil for half an hour then have a hot bath, scrub using an exfoliation glove. Bondi sands also has its own tan removing solution which We find works really well with most brands of spray tan.