Which tan % would you use?

[Coconuts]

I have a client tomorrow who is really fair skinned she is a natural red head she want's be be as dark as her skin will allow, she has had various spray tans before done by someone else and they have looked terrible ie orange!
I know I should make my own decisions and I would go with Nouvatan 8% BUT do you think the 10% might give her the colour she is looking for or could I mix 8 and 10 together to get a 9%?
I have explained to her that if I use a higher % it won't make her skin darker as I have seen what she has looked like before and I do not want to give myself a bad name for doing the same to her.
What would you do? Would you just stick to the 8%?

 

[gemsie1983]

Personally I wouldn't go higher than 8% I am very fair and I only wear 8%, on the occasion I wea 10% it can fade off slightly patchy!

I can see where you are coming from with mixing your solutions, but as far as I am aware it won't make it into a 9%. You could use booster drops though x

 

[angelina221]

I use Nouvatan as well and on redheads with pale skin i usually use an 8% or 10% depending on how pale they are. I have one client who is a redhead who regularly has a 16% :suprised:
It's always best to go with the lowest percentage for their skin type with a first tan.
Different brands will yield different results. 8% is the lowest solution i have and even on really really pale skins, an 8% is fine.
You can mix 8% and 10% together and this will give you a 9% if you want. I've never done this as i have booster drops so i don't need to.
If she wants to go really dark then i'd probably give her 10% although it's hard to say without seeing her. I've never had a 10% look orange even on the palest of skin so i'd probably start her on a 10%.

 

[Jaffacake]

I agree, she will be fine with a 10% I have also sprayed some very pale people who wont be told with 12% but not a good look in my opinion, 10 would be much nicer

 

[mrsjones]

although technically on paper, a pale skinned redhead should go no higher than 8%, if she wants to go darker thats up to her. You only get an orange effect when the client has DHA over load.
If it were me in our salon, i would advise two things, either she had a patch test on her tummy/top of her thigh to see what the 10% would come out like, or tell her she is more than welcome to just go for it being clear that there is a chance it may be too dark for her and see if she likes it. If its for a special occasion, i would have a trial run in that case 2 weeks before if you have the time.
Does she know what % her previous tans were?

xx

 

[collin]

I have a client tomorrow who is really fair skinned she is a natural red head she want's be be as dark as her skin will allow, she has had various spray tans before done by someone else and they have looked terrible ie orange!
I know I should make my own decisions and I would go with Nouvatan 8% BUT do you think the 10% might give her the colour she is looking for or could I mix 8 and 10 together to get a 9%?
I have explained to her that if I use a higher % it won't make her skin darker as I have seen what she has looked like before and I do not want to give myself a bad name for doing the same to her.
What would you do? Would you just stick to the 8%?

Different skin types can of course take different percentages of solutions without going into DHA overload.
The guidelines set are for the average person however sometimes a fair skinned blue eyed individual can take more than others.
It really is trial and error but wise to start at a lower percentage and work upwards.
If this client has gone orange before clearly she has DHA overload...ask her what % she was sprayed with and drop down to the next one below....ok so she might initially want to be darker however better to be slightly browner than you would like rather than orange :lol::lol:

From this starting point you can then start to increase and see how you go.

And yes,assuming the solutions you are looking to mix are from the same manufacturer then mixing 8% with 10% (assuming in equal volumes) you will produce a 10% variant

HTH :hug:

 

[baybylaura]

I am a very fair skinned natural blonde and I actually use a 12% solution (Unreal). However, if you are using a different solution I would go with the 10%. If its a decent solution it should adapt to the skin tone of the client. For example with Unreal, if you used the same percentage solution (say, 10%) two different clients, and they would both be different colours according to whether or not they tan naturally in the sun!