5 Things To Know Before Getting A Spray Tan

What to expect from a professional spray tan

Firstly, when you get a professional spray tan, what happens in the salon, stays in the salon so don’t be concerned!

You will be offered disposable underwear or you can bring your own, just make sure they’re not your favorites and go for black. Your therapist will give you some sticky feet (tanned soles of the feet isn’t an ‘in’ look), a hair towel and will apply moisturizer to your ankles, elbows, knees, feet, hands and any other drier areas of skin.

Your spray tan should only take around 15 minutes, simply spray and glow!

Development time

Spray tans take 4-8 hours to develop, so be careful not to get wet beforehand. If you opt for Express, however, we can get you from desk to dancefloor in just 1 hour! Express allows you to control your depth of tan so you can rinse it off after 1 hour for a sunkissed glow, 2 hours for a medium tan or 3 hours for a dark bronze.

Don’t panic when you rinse off and all that colour goes down the drain – we call that guide colour, your tan will not wash away!

Choose your tan

We have a collection of tans that suit all occasions – but if you’re unsure, I’d recommend going for Express. You can choose your depth of tan – from a light sunkissed glow to a deep, dark tan just by choosing when to rinse it off!  Definitely my favourite!

Maintain your glow

Now you’re glowing, you want to make sure you maintain your tan for as long as possible and ensure you have that even fade St.Tropez are known for!  For a long-lasting tan, make sure you moisturize daily, and if you feel you want to top up the color I always use one of our Gradual Tans to prolong it those extra few days.

For the most even fade, I’d recommend lightly exfoliating after a couple of days and doing so every other day thereafter – don’t worry, it won’t remove your tan, it will just gently buff away any dead skin cells and smooth out your glow!