Do you hold down the trigger?

[Violet Star]

Hi Geeks,

I was wondering when your spray tanning do you hold down the trigger constantly or do you do it in strips whilst letting go of the trigger?

i.e Do you hold it down and spray all across the back without letting it go

(hope i make sense lol)
:hug:

 

[Impulse1976]

Hi, i hold it at the top work down not accross and let go at the bottom. Move my gun to the top again, hold the trigger move slowly down and let go at the bottom again etc etc

 

[sknight]

Hi Geeks,

I was wondering when your spray tanning do you hold down the trigger constantly or do you do it in strips whilst letting go of the trigger?

i.e Do you hold it down and spray all across the back without letting it go

(hope i make sense lol)
:hug:

Don't you have a specific routine for your product? I only ask because you are a trainer aren't you? (I hope I am not thinking of someone else).

If I were on a course I would expect my trainer to be confident in their application. I feel bad saying that as I don't want to look like i'm having a go as you are more experienced than me in tanning as I don't do it but it's just my first thought from reading your post. x

 

[Violet Star]

Well i usually do it like hold it down then stop at knicker line and so on right away along the back this is how ive done it for 2 years

but when anne come wednesday for the trainer training she was holding down the trigger constantly and not letting it go so its kind of confused me now

I suppose i should stick to my origional way?

 

[sknight]

if it were me I would have asked her then and there. You could always call her and ask, then you would know for sure x

 

[Violet Star]

Its probably best if i stick to my routine that i know already or ill start getting confused myself!

Was just interested to know if anyone else holds the trigger down and doesnt let go but when doing that the tan comes out very very dark and allot of overspray

x

 

[FlawlessBeauty]

With couture, we were trained to hold the trigger only while spraying. If you keep hold of it while you're moving the gun, surely you'll spray parts by mistake and end up with an uneven tan.

I agree with Stephen that you should ask you're trainer. Also, i've noticed that you've put up a lot of threads with tanning questions recently and (don't take this the wrong way) but you don't seem too confident. Maybe you should make sure you have you're technique down to a tee before trying to train others. After all you'll need to be able to answer their questions.

Good Luc hun xx

 

[mizzy_dizzy]

i DON'T do spray tans but i do know a little about air brushing was there a chance she was using a dule action airbrush? (so going beetween the air and paint) i know they are normaly single action for spray tans though , but anything possable lol.

 

[Bronzewolf]

we all have different ways of doing things, our own "style".... sometimes after doing something a certain way for a long time we might need a change and look to others for inspiration, i dont think it means we are unconfident or that we are not trained properly, i change the way i do things all the time and always look towards improvement. just because someone trained you a certain way does not mean you HAVE to stick to it forever IMHO

 

[Zo Zo]

Just a thought... how do you know she was pulling the trigger the whole time? It's such a tiny movement, if I kept my finger on the trigger throughout a tan, it would be very hard to see if it was actually being pulled back or not.

I'd be very surprised if she were constantly pulling the trigger... someone training a trainer... noooooo! :hug:

 

[champagne]

Are you talking about Anne Swaine?

If so, Anne taught me and she talks through the application as she is showing you and also gives you a manual with precise instuctions.....

I ease off the trigger at certain points but you wouldnt know it when you see me or anyone else tanning......The movement when my finger is on the trigger is very slight & people who I tan wouldnt know if I was moving it.....

Maybe it was just air coming out at certain points....

If you have been tanning for so long then surely you would have just had product training therefore the actual tanning procedure would not have been neccessary?????

 

[angelina221]

I always spray horizontally when spraying the torso. I was trained this way and find it easier. I spray the limbs vertically and stop at the end of every 'stripe' and then let go of the trigger till i start at the top again.
With the torso i spray from neck to knicker line without letting go of the trigger as i spray the first stripe from left to right , the next stripe right to left etc.... so i do a continuous sweep all the way down and i don't have any overspray.

I know Violet has spray tanned for a couple of years and is competent in HER technique. I guess being trained by someone else and being shown a different technique can be a bit confusing at first.

You should get hold of your trainer Violet and go through any issues with her-i'm sure she'll be more than happy to help :hug:

 

[izzidoll]

we all have different ways of doing things, our own "style".... sometimes after doing something a certain way for a long time we might need a change and look to others for inspiration, i dont think it means we are unconfident or that we are not trained properly, i change the way i do things all the time and always look towards improvement. just because someone trained you a certain way does not mean you HAVE to stick to it forever IMHO

I take your point and you are right as far as working yourself in a Salon is concerned....but when you are a TRAINER for a company, whatever company or products, you should be using their methods to the letter.

How else will you be able to train somebody properly and be able to help them if they have a problem.

Violet star I agree with Steviedoll here ...if you noticed this at the time you really should have mentioned it to your trainer, that is the whole point surely. Why would you leave a day like this still wondering about stuff? and how will you be able to answer if oneof your students asks you?

 

[angelina221]

I'm sure you're trainer must have been letting go of the trigger Violet, you obviously just didn't notice.
I'm sure if Violet were not up to the job then she wouldn't have passed her course.
As far as i can tell she only asked if people let go of their trigger out of curiosity. By saying she would stick to her way, i'm sure she meant just sticking to letting go of the trigger and not doing a completely different way of spraying.
And there was me thinking this site was here to offer help and guidance!

 

[sknight]

I'm sure you're trainer must have been letting go of the trigger Violet, you obviously just didn't notice.
I'm sure if Violet were not up to the job then she wouldn't have passed her course.
As far as i can tell she only asked if people let go of their trigger out of curiosity. By saying she would stick to her way, i'm sure she meant just sticking to letting go of the trigger and not doing a completely different way of spraying.
And there was me thinking this site was here to offer help and guidance!

Hi, i hold it at the top work down not accross and let go at the bottom. Move my gun to the top again, hold the trigger move slowly down and let go at the bottom again etc etc

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Don't you have a specific routine for your product? I only ask because you are a trainer aren't you? (I hope I am not thinking of someone else).


If I were on a course I would expect my trainer to be confident in their application. I feel bad saying that as I don't want to look like i'm having a go as you are more experienced than me in tanning as I don't do it but it's just my first thought from reading your post. x

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if it were me I would have asked her then and there. You could always call her and ask, then you would know for sure x

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With couture, we were trained to hold the trigger only while spraying. If you keep hold of it while you're moving the gun, surely you'll spray parts by mistake and end up with an uneven tan.

I agree with Stephen that you should ask you're trainer. Also, i've noticed that you've put up a lot of threads with tanning questions recently and (don't take this the wrong way) but you don't seem too confident. Maybe you should make sure you have you're technique down to a tee before trying to train others. After all you'll need to be able to answer their questions.

Good Luc hun xx

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we all have different ways of doing things, our own "style".... sometimes after doing something a certain way for a long time we might need a change and look to others for inspiration, i dont think it means we are unconfident or that we are not trained properly, i change the way i do things all the time and always look towards improvement. just because someone trained you a certain way does not mean you HAVE to stick to it forever IMHO

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Just a thought... how do you know she was pulling the trigger the whole time? It's such a tiny movement, if I kept my finger on the trigger throughout a tan, it would be very hard to see if it was actually being pulled back or not.

I'd be very surprised if she were constantly pulling the trigger... someone training a trainer... noooooo! :hug:

help and guidance

Are you talking about Anne Swaine?

If so, Anne taught me and she talks through the application as she is showing you and also gives you a manual with precise instuctions.....

I ease off the trigger at certain points but you wouldnt know it when you see me or anyone else tanning......The movement when my finger is on the trigger is very slight & people who I tan wouldnt know if I was moving it.....

Maybe it was just air coming out at certain points....

If you have been tanning for so long then surely you would have just had product training therefore the actual tanning procedure would not have been neccessary?????

help and guidance

I take your point and you are right as far as working yourself in a Salon is concerned....but when you are a TRAINER for a company, whatever company or products, you should be using their methods to the letter.

How else will you be able to train somebody properly and be able to help them if they have a problem.

Violet star I agree with Steviedoll here ...if you noticed this at the time you really should have mentioned it to your trainer, that is the whole point surely. Why would you leave a day like this still wondering about stuff? and how will you be able to answer if oneof your students asks you?

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Lets not get all silly about this. A question was asked on a public forum and help and advice was given.
In my opinion there was a very good piece of advice given from more than one geek "if in doubt ask your trainer".

Nothing to get so uppety about

 

[angelina221]

I wasn't referring to those who did offer advice.
I wasn't saying that she didn't get good advice.
I wasn't getting uppity, i was just getting a bit downity with those that didn't

 

[sknight]

Fair enough, you can see where I was confused as it wasn't clear.

 

[SusanEvian]

Hi Geeks,

I was wondering when your spray tanning do you hold down the trigger constantly or do you do it in strips whilst letting go of the trigger?

i.e Do you hold it down and spray all across the back without letting it go

(hope i make sense lol)
:hug:

I really don't understand? you are a trainer and train people? in tanning.... think how this looks? and your other questions...

Su

 

[cabinkel]

I wasn't referring to those who did offer advice.
I wasn't saying that she didn't get good advice.
I wasn't getting uppity, i was just getting a bit downity with those that didn't

I understand what you are saying, but..
If I have a question with my brisa application, I ask my TRAINER
If I have a problem with a facial product, i ask my TRAINER
you get the idea:lol:

I think what a few people feel is that if some one is a trainer, then that, to me, SHOULD mean that they are top of their game, got tons of experience and able to train people in a confident and fail safe manner. To me a TRAINER is the companies spoke person, and im sorry but it just dosent seem professional that a trainer is on a professional forum asking basic application methods!!!!

For me, I am not having a dig at Violet, but do think that companies in general should not be so willing to slap a "trainer" title on someone, just because they have said they will be one! I repeat, this is not a personal dig at violet. I just get frustrated with the industry as a whole at times:hug:

 

[eden_beauty]

I say stick to what you know. If you have done it a certain way for 2 years and it has wprked out well ie- not many complaints and people love their tan then stick to what you're doing - If it ain't broke don't fix it scenario : )