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How Tanning Lotions Boost Your Tan

By Haywood Hunter


Most spas encourage their clients to use tanning lotions to improve their color. These creams or oil are very popular and known to help deepen or improve the results of a session in a booth or bed. These products are similar in function but can vary widely in the outcome they provide.

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.

Tanning lotions are intended to be applied before stepping into an UV booth, or bed. Most brands offer moisturizers to keep skin soft, and all will increase the melanin content in one's skin. Melanin is the color seen when tans occur. Some blends work by stimulating blood flow to the surface of one's skin, and others increase the melanin count itself.

Tanning lotions meant for indoor use are almost always made of ingredients that will not harm plastic surfaces. Because they are worn on one's skin, and skin comes in contact with the beds, this is an important feature. Anything that would have a corrosive effect on the equipment would be unwise for regular 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's vital to be sure that tanning creams or oils are not being confused with sunblock. Sunblocks are meant to protect skin from ultra violet light damage. Using it in a UV bed or booth would negate the purpose, plus may damage the plastics of the machine. Tanning lotions and oils magnify the sun's impact on skin and so would offer zero protection from sunburn. To use them interchangeably may cause untold damage to one's body over time.

Sunshine and ultra violet lights in booths and tan bed are not equals. It is necessary to have appropriate tanning lotions or oils that are reserved for their intended tanning situation. Compounds in a product intended for outdoor use may react differently under concentrated light. Conversely, tanning lotions intended for salon use may not show any helpful effects when used under sunlight.




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