A spray tan can be a beautiful thing if you take care of it properly. Here is list of things you can do to keep your tan. Please try to follow them as much as you can.

• Do not shower for 8 to 12 hours.Showering before your tan develops can result in patchiness. Some areas take a longer time for the tan to develop, so if you shower too early some areas may have developed the tan and other areas might not have developed yet. It is important to wear loose clothing after you get sprayed and until you take your first shower. We recommend not wearing a bra for a few hours after being sprayed. Also, jeans are not recommended until your first shower. Denim soaks up the spray tan solution.
• When you do shower, allow the water to sheet over you. This sheeting action is the final step that smooths out the tan and smooth out any marks that your clothes may have caused. When you shower you will see a tea color in the tub – this is the color guide we use to see where we are spray you. Not the tan washing off you. It’s important to make sure that you wash the entire color guide off your body during your first shower. If you don’t, you risk creating streaks in the tan.
• Avoid lathering yourself up or rubbing in the shower. Use little soap. The fewer drying products you put on your skin the better.
• Use our Tan extender lotion. It keeps your tan moisturized and has the same ingredient(DHA) as our spray tan, so it gradually adds a little color back to your tan as it fades. Helps tan look better longer, extends the tan and helps the tan fade out like a real tan.
• Avoid heavy sweating while you are waiting for your tan to develop (8 to 12 hours after you are sprayed) Heavy sweating will affect the final outcome of the tan. Don’t workout before your first shower.
• Take a shower no longer than 15hours after you get sprayed. Waiting too long to shower can alter the evenness of the tan.
• Use sunscreen if you are out in the sun. However, heavy rubbing of sunscreen can cause patchiness on your tan. We recommend Clarins and Clinique Clear spray on products, nothing oil based.
• Use moisturizer daily after you have your initial shower after being spray tanned. If you are using the tan extender, use that as your moisturizer. Don’t mix tan extender with another moisturizer. Use on or the other.
• It’s Ok to shave but shaving can exfoliate the tan quicker. Try to shave gently.
• Call us if you have any problem with your tan. Call us after you have taken a shower with a strong sheeting action. Remember you need to shower to see the true results of your tan. If there is a problem, there is a good reason. Please go through our list of do’s and don’ts. If you can’t figure out problem. Call us!
• We recommend sleeping with socks on your hands if you wait over night to shower. You could inadvertently touch a part of your body that has been sprayed and get self tanner on your palms. If you get tanner on your palms we recommend “Jolene Crème Bleach” you can put it on your palms for about 5mins and it will lift color. Don’t put on any other part of your body.

Things that can exfoliate and lift the tan. You will want to avoid these things until you are ready to exfoliate your tan.

• Taking a bath
• Using an exfoliate or acid based beauty product
• Saunas and steam rooms
• Chlorine (keep to a minimum)
• Salt Water (keep to a minimum)
• Anything that will dry out the skin

When you are ready to exfoliate the skin and remove the tan, taking a bath in baking soda will lift the tan, After you r bath, use a wet washcloth and gently rub the areas you want to remove tan, This works great to remove tan. Also, if you have access to a sauna/steam room, this helps to lift tan.

Fading

With any self tanner you will notice something as the product fades. To keep patchiness to a minimum, we suggest following guidelines above and only going a couple of shades darker than your natural color.