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2. Solarium. Possibly a little more sensible solution if you
take it easy, and build up your tan very gradually. Might
lower your chances of getting skin cancer if you never burn,
but if you tan regularly, it will definitely not save you
from real bad skin damage and broken capillaries (very high
temperatures boil blood in your capillaries- yuck).
3.
Spray tan. A relative newcomer. It can take less than one
minute to apply (in a booth), does not damage your skin in
any way and saves you hours and hours on trips to and from
solariums or lying on the beach.
Spray
tanning seems to be such a great solution, so why doesn’t
everybody, who wants a tanned look, do it?
Judging
from the reactions that I encounter at my salon, it seems
mainly to be the cost. A single session can cost up to $70
in some places, the average being about $50.
Isn’t
it cheaper to go to the beach?
If
you are asking this question, chances are, you are still very
young. Look at your mum. She is probably spending hundreds,
and hundreds of dollars per year trying to reverse the damage
of frying on the beach in her youth. Unfortunately, our generation
was told that getting suntan was healthy (whom can we sue
for those lies?).
She
also has to watch her skin very closely to make sure that
she catches any cancerous changes early.
Solariums-
a cheaper alternative?
Apart
from also causing serious skin damage long term, how much
does it cost in money terms?
A
single session is on average about $15, so lets see:
To
build up your tan safely: about 5 sessions, then two sessions
per week to keep your tan that way.
First
month: 9 sessions (5 to build up the tan+ 4 to maintain the
tan) at $15 each=$135.
Subsequent
months (8 sessions)=$120 per month
What
about spray tan?
The
beauty of this method is that if you spray tan regularly the
skin gets used to the solution and then holds the tan much
longer. You will need about 3 sessions 5 days apart to get
your skin to this stage (but you will be wonderfully brown
right after the very first session), after which (if you supplement
your spray tan with tan extending products) you will only
need a spray tanning session about every 2 weeks.
First
month: 4 sessions (3 to get your skin used to the solution+
1 to maintain the tan) at $50 each= $200 Subsequent months
(2 sessions) =$100per month
So,
after higher initial cost you will start saving money and
definitely lots of time on trips to the salon. Of course down
the track you will save yourself thousands and thousands of
dollars on skin care products repairing sun damage.
Additionally,
you will have a very low chance of developing skin cancer.
The
above prices are a guide only, different salons will have
different charges, but almost every salon will have packages,
where you can save even more.
If
spray tanning not only gives you a great tan, saves you from
skin damage and cancer, but is also cheaper compared to other
methods, does it not make sense to switch over ?
Go
on. Do your skin a favour, and try spray tanning.
For
advice and lots of spray tanning tips visit www.best-spray-tan-guide.com
About
the Author
Boshena
is an owner of TanXtreme, a spray tanning studio in Byron
Bay, Australia, and author of spray tanning guide. Read it
on http://www.best-spray-tan-guide.com
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