Tanning Beds Tips
When it comes to Tanning Beds, we've been there, done that, now serving 316 tips in 21 categories ranging from Commercial Tanning Beds to Wolff Tanning Beds.
Using a Tanning Bed
Here are some tanning bed tips and information about how to use a tanning bed:
- Call your local salon and find out what kinds of tanning beds are best to meet your needs.
- Ask about tanning packages to save money.
- Find out about tanning products to help achieve your look and keep your skin healthy. You can usually purchase these at the salon or from an online tanning supply company.
- Take a bag with a towel, tanning goggles, tanning products, and a ponytail holder or headband.
- When you get to the salon and enter the tanning room, be sure you have your tanning goggles. Always wear them when tanning.
- You can tan nude, wear underwear, or a swimsuit.
- Apply tanning lotion to your body. Use special lotion made just for your face.
- Put your hair back in a headband and/or pull your hair into a ponytail.
- If the tanning bed is horizontal, open the lid and lay down. Your salon may provide a pillow and fan (if there's not one built into the bed). Turn the fan on high.
- If you are using a stand up tanning bed, you may move around freely and raise your arms for an even tan.
- Be sure to put on your tanning goggles. Press the start button to begin.
- Relax and enjoy the rays. The light will turn off when you are finished.
- Wipe off with your towel and get dressed.
- Avoid bathing right away to preserve your tan.
- Always observe safety recommendations provided by your spa and tanning bed manufacturer. Do not exceed recommended tanning time.
Tanning Beds and Fair Skin
Tanning effects on different skin types has varied results. If you have pale or fair skin and you are thinking about using salon or home tanning beds, there are some things you need to know about tanning with fair skin:
- Tanning effects on skin can be different, depending on skin types. They are classified into six categories, from I - VI. If you have skin type I, the lightest type of skin, you are the most prone to burns while tanning.
- Shower before tanning. Makeup and perfume can cause your skin to be more apt to burn.
- If you are tanning fair skin, wear a sunscreen that contains a minimum of SPF 20 to 30 to help the skin tan without burning. Tanning for fair skin can be dangerous if you don't take precautions.
- Use salon or dealer recommended moisturizers specifically for indoor tanning, before and after tanning. They are specially formulated to keep your skin healthy with indoor tanning.
- Indoor tanning lotion is designed for indoor beds, since they do not contain dangerous UVC rays. Do not use indoor lotions for outdoor tanning.
- Wear UV protective lip balm to keep your lips from being overexposed.
- Always wear protective goggles.
- For pale skin, safe tanning involves exposing the skin for very short amounts of time initially. Depending on how your skin reacts, increase the amount of time little by little - until you get to the maximum session time. Do this over a long span of time and be patient.
- Let 24 to 72 hours pass before tanning again. It will take time for your tan to develop - don't rush the process. Too much tanning and aging skin are closely related.
- If you plan to tan nude, only tan your sensitive body areas for half the amount of time, for the first three or four sessions.
- If you develop a rash, itchiness, or other skin problems after tanning, consult a physician.
Wolff Super Crystal Sunlamp
The Wolff Super Crystal sunlamp is the newest, most innovative product in Wolff brand lamps. The 400 watt high pressure sunlamp employs a new quartz glass that allows maximum total UV outlet.
Lasting 800 hours, the lamp is designed to exceed user expectations with extra attention paid to assure transmission of the UVB component most effectively. Wolff's Super Crystal Lamp is a hot new product sure to be a hit in all compatible tanning beds.
Tips on Indoor Tanning from the American Tanning Institute
Do you want to buy an indoor tanning bed, or have you considered making an appointment to use indoor tanning beds at a salon? Here are some important indoor tanning tips from the American Tanning Institute (ATI):
- A study by the ATI confirms that the proper use of indoor tanning lotions improves the effectiveness of tanning. The effects of indoor tanning when lotions are used is healthier skin and a longer lasting tan.
- Indoor tanning supplies and products should not be purchased through non-tanning outlets, flea markets, or other business that are unrelated to the tanning industry. Products could be out-of-date or damaged if they are not sold by an indoor tanning bed business or retailer.
- What are the risks of indoor tanning? Their are fewer than the outdoor experience due to the control the consumer has over commercial indoor tanning beds. Timed sessions, protective eye wear, and temperature control are among the pros to indoor tanning.
- Since overexposure to tanning has been shown to cause melanoma, the history of indoor tanning has been marked by regulation to protect consumers. The FDA is mandated to publicize indoor tanning facts to reduce overexposure. Your salon should make you aware of the necessary indoor tanning information to keep your skin healthy while tanning.
- Your salon operator is obligated to make sure you wear protective eye wear while tanning to protect your eyes from overexposure. Always wear recommended goggles to protect from corneal sunburn.
- If you are researching indoor tanning beds with the intention to purchase, you should receive detailed information from the manufacturer about safe usage.
Rejuvasun 332 Spa Tanning Bed
The Wolff Rejuvasun 332 Spa tanning bed allows salons to offer tanning and beauty treatments all in one. The bed offers a 20 minute optional tanning session, as well as a 20 minute spa session.
After tanning under the Rejuvasun's canopy, users have the option of staying under the Rejuvasun panel for special spa treatments. The bed has an advanced cooling system for during and after the tanning session and the bed's bench is slightly curved for an ergonomic design.
Because the Wolff Rejuvasun 332 Spa tanning bed offers two services in one, if opens a great new channel of revenue for your salon.
Tanning Salon Owners Responsibility To Customers
Before you first open your new salon, it's a good idea to conduct a survey to see what your potential customers prefer in indoor tanning beds. If other salons in your area don't have the indoor tanning beds the people are looking for, they may come to your new salon to see what indoor tanning beds you have to offer. Since there is such a wide variety of indoor tanning beds and tanners are becoming more educated and opinionated on what they like, you need to try to make potential customers happy. Ask people what they look for in indoor tanning beds and what they would like to see in your salon.
Wolff Velocity Sunlamps
Wolff Velocity Sunlamps are among the most popular choices for original equipment, lamp replacements for other Wolff lamps, and replacements for lamps from other makers. The 80 & 100W non-reflector sunlamps use advanced phosphor technology so that tanners can get strong color over and over again.
Velocity sunlamps by Wolff are expected to work for 1,000 hours making them an extremely good value. They also have advanced UVB for shorter sessions.
Velocity sunlamps are available in standard F59/Bi-Pin, F71/Bi-pin and F73/RDC configurations, and VS-R 160W VHO reflector in FR71/Bi-pin. Before using Wolff Velocity sunlamps with your existing tanning bed of a different make, be sure that they are compatible with your equipment.
How Often Tanning Salons Should Change Tanning Bed Lamps
It is smart to buy your lamps in bulk as you will save money by buying more, and on shipping. Also, it may make it easier for you to change the bulbs on all of your beds all at once, meaning you should try to give all of your beds equal use if possible. A good way to determine when it is time to change your tanning bed lamps is to refer to your tanning beds' hour counters. There counters will tell you how many hours your bed has been in use and will let you know when you need to change the tanning bed lamps. Also, most tanning beds will come with a schedule detailing when you should replace the tanning bed lamps.
Wolff Sunquest 16RS Tanning Bed
The Sunquest 16RS tanning bed by Wolf is one of the best possible tanning beds that you can have in your home. This bed is lightweight and all you need to do is plug it into your regular 120-volt household outlet. It doesn't get any easier than that.
The aluminum and steel mainframe bed is attractive looking and delivered to you already 95% pre-assembled so it won't be long at all until you can start using your new Wolff Sunquest tanning bed.
The Sunquest 16RS tanning bed has an exclusive control key lock to ensure the safety of your tanning bed. Your 20 minute tanning sessions are monitored by the bed's digital timer. Why go to a salon when you can tan from the comfort of your own home?
The Wolff Sunquest 16RS tanning bed is 75.75"L x 35" W x 48" H and is recommended for use in 8'x 6' rooms.
Wolff SunDome Tanning Booth
Love tanning in tanning booths but can never seem to get comfortable? Then you should consider the Wolff SunDome Tanning booth. This booth not only gives you the ultimate tan, but it was designed for comfort.
A lot of people claim that they'd rather tan in booths because they feel as though they get a more all-around tan, but that they hate standing in the middle of an uncomfortable booth and therefore choose beds so they can lie down. The SunDome tanning booth by Wolff was designed so that you can tan in a booth and be comfortable. The booth features an ergonomically designed bench that actually provides support to your back, neck, and shoulders.
Not only does the SunDome booth have a relaxing booth to sit on, but it also has a special cooling system allowing you to tan to the ultimate perfection without overheating. The booth has a variable speed Vortex body fan that the tanner controls the tanning environment.
Apart from being comfortable while tanning, the SunDome tanning booth uses the most innovative technology available to tan you as best as possible. The booth contains three advanced SolarMax IFT face tanners that shower you with bronzing UV for a golden facial tan. The booth also has facial cassettes that utilize special filters to increase the amount of UV for added facial tanning power and the high gloss shoulder reflector allows the UV rays to focus more on tanning your shoulders and neck. Lastly, for increased tanning power, the specially designed acrylic sheets in Wolff's SunDome tanning booth allow the maximum amount of UV penetration.
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