AshLovesTanning
Tanning ❤️
This post has just been updated as of Tuesday 24th March 2020
Hi everyone, thank you all so much for reading my tanning thread.
I have been gone for a few months, but am back now so would love to answer ANY questions you have.
This thread is to help all beginners and experienced technicians.
Trouble Shooting
1. The clients tan has gone streaky.
The best machines to use are HVLP machines, these are high volume low pressure. Which means they shoot out powerful air allowing you to do a full body in 10 minutes.
With a HVLP machine, mine is Sienna X but any HVLP machine is the same, the gun allows you any setting you like. I do 4 full bodies in 30 mins with this machine, it's small and perfect for mobile!
I've noticed some solutions shoot out the back of the machine but you must keep the machine away from the tent. Always clean your filter and gun.
As for beginners, you will use more solution than experienced technicians, but this will come with experience. Practice makes perfect.
Any questions I will answer so please comment!
Happy Spraying!
Hi everyone, thank you all so much for reading my tanning thread.
I have been gone for a few months, but am back now so would love to answer ANY questions you have.
This thread is to help all beginners and experienced technicians.
Trouble Shooting
1. The clients tan has gone streaky.
- The client has used a razor with a moisturising strip or bar on them. This creates an oil barrier on the skin so the water based solution cannot adhere to the skin. If the client has no other razor, tell them to exfoliate their legs after shaving to remove the barrier.
- BODY SCRUBS. These are the absolute worst. They are oily and create a full barrier on the skin and so completely stop the tan from adhering to the skin. When making an appointment with the client tell them to use exfoliating gloves and body wash only.
- Moisturising shower gel and soaps. Ask the client not to use these before their spray tan as they are creating a barrier on the skin.
- Tan is extremely sensitive when the bronzer has been rinsed and using these products only ruins the tan.
- Before the client had her spray tan she used moisturising products and didn't wash them off prior to her appointment.
- This happens because the clients skin is dry. It is important to moisturise everyday for atleast a week before the tan to ensure even coverage. If the client has a skin condition such as Psoriasis, Eczema, dermatitis or dry skin in general it is a good idea to have a consultation and thorough examination of the skin before the spray tan.
- This also happens because the client has not exfoliated properly. This is essential to the even coverage of the tan.
- Another reason for this is if a pale skin client requests a dark or ultra dark tan, this will fade of like vitiligo because the clients skin is pale and the tan is too dark and there is a colour difference.
- 8 hour tan fades of patchy, a fast tan doesn't fade of as patchy. The reason why is because an 8 hour tan is baking on the skin for atleast 8 hours, therefore it is glued to the skin and harder to remove. A fast tan is baking for only a few hours and so is not glue to the skin and removes easier.
- This happens as the body will tan dark in certain area's and not others. This also happens with a natural tan. The skin doesn't take the same colour all over and this is why some clients will notice the tan didn't take on their legs, chest, neck. Some clients may require two sprays.
- Thinned skinned areas such as the shins and the chest will tan lighter because the area is thin and the product can't fully absorb.
- The quality of tan solution is low quality. This results in uneven fading, patchy fading, scaly skin, dry rough areas and orange tan results.
- This is also a result of dry skin. If the client doesn't moisturise this will happen.
- This is because the dial on your gun is up too high. The best way to see you are spraying too much is that you will see when you start spraying that the tan is beading or dripping on the skin. These are indications that your dial is up to high. Spray tan should never drip or bead on the skin but should sit nicely. Sometimes beading is normal but we don't need it.
- This is a common problem and is easily resolved allowing you to get more product for your money. The average solution to use per client is 50ml.
- Always make sure to clean the foam filter on the top of your motor as this sucks in air from the room and also tan.
- Sticky feet add a layer of protection for the client and also protect the soles of their feet from tan.
- Barrier cream. Some technicians feel like this isn't necessary but in fact it doesn't just stop the tan from developing in dry area's but also creates a smooth layer for the tan to develop seamlessly.
The best machines to use are HVLP machines, these are high volume low pressure. Which means they shoot out powerful air allowing you to do a full body in 10 minutes.
With a HVLP machine, mine is Sienna X but any HVLP machine is the same, the gun allows you any setting you like. I do 4 full bodies in 30 mins with this machine, it's small and perfect for mobile!
I've noticed some solutions shoot out the back of the machine but you must keep the machine away from the tent. Always clean your filter and gun.
As for beginners, you will use more solution than experienced technicians, but this will come with experience. Practice makes perfect.
Any questions I will answer so please comment!
Happy Spraying!
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