Monday, August 5, 2013

How Tanning Lotions Can Accelerate Your Tan

How Tanning Lotions Can Accelerate Your Tan

By Haywood Hunter


Tanning lotions are popular in the spa and cosmetic industry. Most facilities or spas offer an array of creams and oils to offer their clients. These products may be organic or contain synthesized ingredients, but all do pretty much the same job.

Tanning lotions are hand-applied and most are intended for all-over use. Some cosmetic lines produce formulas that are safer than average for facial application. Whenever possible, it's a good idea to have two separate products for your face and body. Some facial formulas include gentler ingredients or firming qualities.

Lotions and oils are applied before stepping into a booth or bed. Regardless of brand, these generally contain moisturizers and ingredients that raise the amount of melanin in the top layer of skin. Some work by increasing blood flow to the skin, others increase melanin production itself. Since melanin is the color that creates a tan, this helps a tan set in more quickly and with more even coloring.

Tanning lotions created to be used indoors are always safe to use on plastic or acrylic surfaces. Since customers' skin touches the beds for a prolonged period of time, it's important to have safe ingredients in the lotion they use. Any cosmetics that may corrode the equipment would not be desirable for repeated use.

Oftentimes there are added benefits to applying tanning lotions. Almost all brands contain a high quality moisturizing ingredient. Others may include bronzers which deepen on their own over the following hours. Nearly all have some kind of scent, though it may be natural or perfumes that are added.

It is important not to confuse these tanning lotions with sunblock. Sunblock is intended to counter the harmful effects of sunlight by protecting the skin from UV damage. Tanning lotions or oils do exactly the opposite and increase the effect of lights on the body. In addition, using sunblock while in a bed or booth would counter its effects as well as potentially damage the quality of the machine, due to contact with the wrong kind of chemicals.

Sunlight and the lights in ultra violet beds or booths are not exactly the same. So, it is important to have tanning lotions that are used separately in each situation. The compounds found in products that are meant to be used outdoors will not react reliably when used under concentrated lights. Tanning lotions intended for spa or salon use will not be as effective when used under the sun.




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