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Summary: When getting a spray tan, you'll want to follow the proper instructions to maintain a nice blend without spots. Learn how to properly get a spray tan with advice from a tanning salon manager in this free video on tanning tips.
Melissa is the manager at Maui Tan in Atlanta, Georgia. She has more than five years of experience working in the tanning industry. Melissa has been at her current location for the...read more
"Hello my name is Melissa. I'm here at Maui Tan in Atlanta. We have two locations. This is our Vinings location. Our other location is in Midtown Atlanta. Here we offer UVB-free beds, mystic spray tans, all sorts of products and a great knowledge about tanning. Let's go over how to do a Mystic Tan in our Mystic Tan tanning booth. First you're going to want to apply your blending cream. You want to do this pretty liberally to your hands and feet. Aloe is going to absorb three times as dark to your hands and feet so obviously you don't want them three times darker than the rest of your body. The blending cream allows for a slower absorption in those areas. So you're going to apply this pretty liberally to the back of your hands and your feet and I'll show you take just a good size pump in your hand, rub it on your knuckles, your fingers and it doesn't have to be all the way rubbed in. In fact it's better if it isn't. You want to be sure to get in between your fingers on each fingernail and then another tip that's good for women is to take it and get some blending cream underneath your fingernails as well so that you don't get any Mystic solution underneath your fingernails. Once you have that applied then you're going to want to put your hair net on, you may want to use booties on your feet, that's up to you. You're going to step inside the booth. You'll first want to stand with your left foot on one and your right foot on three. You're going to spray your front sides twice at an angle. When you're spraying your front sides, keep your hands out to your sides, keep your fingers curled almost like you're playing the piano this way the solution can get in between your fingers. So you're going to spray your front side here, again here and then we turn to the back. When you turn to the back you want to be sure and tuck your palms in so that they don't get directly sprayed. This way you don't have a lot of solution on your hands. You'll spray this way twice, again and then you're done with your Mystic Tan. A lot of people are afraid that when they come out of the Mystic booth drying off is going to take their tan away. Don't be afraid of this. The drier you are before you get redressed the better off it is. You want to watch for any runs on the back of your legs. That's an area that people tend to forget about. Any runs that are left on your body will be visible once you're Mystic is completed."
eHow Article: Spray Tan Instructions