Spray tan for larger ladies??

[glitz]

I am by no means a size 10 but have this question which I hope doesn't sound rude.
I did my training on 3rd Nov with Sienna x and so far its going great I did 10 tans at a reduction last week just to get the routine imprinted in my head. I have a few ladies that having offered them a spray tan have said they have had them before and due to them being a bit on the large size they have never been that happy with them as they have too many white patches ie. folds on the back, bust, tummy, tops of thighs and wrists creases.
Is there a way around this I know that I need to ask them to stretch arms up for bust and tummy area and folds on the back slightly bend for back of thighs where they meet their buttocks but I would have thought that when the tan is complete and they are no longer stretching then the area will rub and the tan become patchy. I have one client who has said she would like just her legs arms face and chest doing every two weeks when she comes for her nail maintenance ( she will wear a towel ).
Is it just best to explain that they will obviously have patches? how can I do this without seeming rude or hurting their feelings.

 

[SunSpray]

Hiya, a couple of my regular clients are of a larger size too, and I have the same problems. I'm afraid I've never really mentioned it to them, and like you're doing I just get them to stretch up (with one regular client, who's a friend too, we start the spraying with her holding up her ****s to spray & dry underneath first). I sprayed another quite large client completely naked last month and I had no option but to ask her to lift her stomach up. We had a laugh about it but I felt quite awkward all the same. I'm seeing it as just one of those things we and our larger clientele will just have to put up with xx

 

[wowbb]

As you know from your training there is a certain way to tan those areas and especially with larger ladies or men there is more of the fold areas than with really slim people.

However if we look at what a natural tan looks like you could argue that when those people were sunbathing the chances of those areas staying slightly lighter would be the same.

 

[tonilee]

Just ask the client to stretch out the opposite way so you can spray under there tummy, or a bit on thier back etc, they will just move as directed and wont question it.

I am a jokey person so for clients I know well I tend to use terms like

"do you want me to spray under your bangers love?"

This always resorts in us having a good old giggle, particulalry when I add, that I personally never spray under mine as they have not seen the light of day in several years :green:

 

[glitz]

You do make me laugh, but yea suppose I will just have to go with the flow I am sure they prob know they are not going to get an all over even tan, just dont want to offend.

 

[Terese]

Hi Karen

It really is a case of whats been said before, but I wouldnt use the term bangers lol

First time clients of yours can be nervous but talk to them as you are doing it....guide them through it....."can you stretch over to the side for me, thankyou and now the other side" etc...practice doing it...I say as Im doing it then the clients know what they are doing.

But like whats been pointed out...if they were naturally tanning they wouldnt tan in those areas...however there can be a counterargument with well Im not naturally tanning, thats why I want a spray tan.

My motto is look over, and if necessary spray area again....or just spray it...its going to blend in anyway...If im dealing with a lady 18+ I do the difficult bits first, you really do have to look at your client and work with the situation at the time.....

 

[collin]

First time clients of yours can be nervous but talk to them as you are doing it....guide them through it....."can you stretch over to the side for me, thankyou and now the other side" etc...practice doing it...I say as Im doing it then the clients know what they are doing.

Absolutely perfect and extremely professional way of doing things in these situations.
Communicate with your customer..:hug:

 

[glitz]

Thanks for the advise guys I am sure my confidence with shapes & sizes will come with practice. xx

 

[kylieb]

Just ask the client to stretch out the opposite way so you can spray under there tummy, or a bit on thier back etc, they will just move as directed and wont question it.

I am a jokey person so for clients I know well I tend to use terms like

"do you want me to spray under your bangers love?"

This always resorts in us having a good old giggle, particulalry when I add, that I personally never spray under mine as they have not seen the light of day in several years :green:

Ha ha ha ha oh god you make me laugh :green: xx

 

[kylieb]

I spray a rolly polly gram that is 30 stone every week as she likes to look brown for her job.(she really doesnt mind me telling people and has given me before and after pics for the larger ladies)
I found that in the summer it was harder to tan the creases as we would spray them and she would sweat and the creases would be white again. The winter is not too bad. I am a pretty blatent person and I explain this to her. I now blot with tissue the areas where the folds areand then we spray and it seems to be working much better.
I try to use words like 'if you would just like to lift your skin up' rather than 'just pull ur belly up' as if we dont then you will have white patches.
They know they are big and they wont mind you asking them to do it because they want a good result xxx

 

[Poshfloss]

Hi,
I had a lady ask when I was just qualified if she needed to hold her very large ****s up for me to spray under.
In a joking way I told her we don't usually spray where the sun don't shine. :lol: She was amused. :lol: But on a serious note, I use a large old blusher brush to blend in and around creases & folds, I find it better than blotting, blotting takes too much tan off.
The bigger ladies really don't seem to mind when you ask them to stretch so you can do a better tan for them, they are usually so pleased to get it done........without being embarassed.
Sometimes they say don't want to get my fat wobbly bits out, I say well I'll show you mine if it makes you feel better. Not had to show mine yet, but it seems to put them at ease. Just hubby sees my wobbly bits, worth it though he is a good spray tanner, says it's just like spraying a car ???? :smack:
Lotsa luv x

 

[loubylou]

I spray a rolly polly gram that is 30 stone every week as she likes to look brown for her job.(she really doesnt mind me telling people and has given me before and after pics for the larger ladies)
I found that in the summer it was harder to tan the creases as we would spray them and she would sweat and the creases would be white again. The winter is not too bad. I am a pretty blatent person and I explain this to her. I now blot with tissue the areas where the folds areand then we spray and it seems to be working much better.
I try to use words like 'if you would just like to lift your skin up' rather than 'just pull ur belly up' as if we dont then you will have white patches.
They know they are big and they wont mind you asking them to do it because they want a good result xxx

This is something that lots of spray tanners come up against, hardly any of us are the perfect size 10 with no folds or rolls,
with the larger ladies once you have sprayed the problem area lightly use the air from your gun to help dry the area (10 seconds) then with a nice soft large blusher brush give the area a light dusting with purified talc, this will lessen the effect of the rub off hth :hug: