How to Get a Better Tan with a Tanning Bed

A tanning bed will give you color all year round.

Knowing the right way to use a tanning bed will make the difference between having a beautiful tan, and having a painful burn. The correct usage of a tanning bed will keep you from looking like a lobster. Spending several minutes, and some money, in a tanning salon can give you a sun-kissed glow all year round.

Things You'll Need

• Eye protection
• Moisturizing lotion

Instructions

1. 

   Moisturized skin tans better.

   Remove your clothes and lather your body generously in moisturizing lotion. Lotion yourself from your face to your feet.

2. 

   Protecting your eyes is very important when tanning.

   Place eye protection on your eyes before getting into the tanning bed. The sticky part of the eye sticker goes on your lids.

3. Stay still for the duration of your time limit. Keep your eyes closed.

4. Lather yourself in lotion once more after tanning and throughout the rest of your day, as needed.

Tips & Warnings

• You do not need to go tanning every single day; going once or twice a week will help maintain your tan.

• The lotion that the salon sells can be expensive; you can bring your own lotion to use.

• You do not need to be completely naked in the tanning bed if you are not comfortable; wearing a bathing suit can help protect more sensitive body parts from getting burnt.

• You can use sunblock with a low SPF to prevent your skin from getting burned.

• Tanning can cause skin cancer and skin damage.

• Do not go tanning more than once in one day; your skin can get burnt.

• If you are not provided with eye protection, ask for it; tanning can cause eye damage.

References

• Master Tanning: How to use a tanning bed