So how can we visit the beach or look good with a great tan without getting burnt by the sun or risking skin cancer from over exposure?
Like the words in the song “wear sunscreen”
But this kind of defeats the point; sun worshippers like me simply want a great sun tan to look good on holiday and at home.
Help is at hand though because you can achieve a safe sun tan by utilizing products like a home spray tan or tanning lotion. The idea being you use the sun free, self tanning products to achieve a fantastic tan for the whole family at home before you step out into the sun.
Now you can wear a high factor sun screen on top of your beautifully bronzed body. No one will ever know you looked like a bottle of milk only yesterday!
Are Tanning Beds Safe?
A safe sun tan is not going to be achieved on the tanning bed without a considerable investment in expensive tan accelerators at a well serviced sun bed salon. So to answer the questions are tanning beds safe?
Again the scientists and the health professionals say no!
However my question to you is, what’s the point? It takes a series of sun bed sessions over an extended period of time that costs good money and soaks up your valuable time. Alternatively you can use Safe; Self Tanning products which you can apply in 5 minutes go to bed in six minutes and wake up in the morning with a beautiful bronzed body!
Protect Yourself and Protect Your Family.
The bottom line is this, today we have new technology and new products that allow us to have wonderful golden bronzed bodies and to do this with safe moisturising products that are much cheaper than a session on the sun beds, take a fraction of the time of the sun bed and we eliminate all of the danger associated with over exposure to UVB and UVA rays.
That’s got to be worth a safe tan for you and your family?
There are many sunfree tanning products on the market so there is plenty of choice.
You get what you pay for though so be careful and do not buy cheap either you will turn orange or be as streaky as a zebra.
How can consumers decide which the best sunfree tanning products is?
Easy! Look for manufacturers or retailers who offer full money back guarantee if you are not happy with your purchase.
How to achieve the perfect bronzed sun tanned body?
To achieve the perfect tan and be safe on the beach all day or if you just want to tan to look and feel good follow these steps and you will have a beautiful sun kissed bronze body and beautiful soft skin!
The starting point on how to tan is always this. If you expose skin to the sun for more than 15 minutes you are going to start to get sunburn, particularly if you are fair skinned. You must always use a high factor sunscreen or cover exposed skin.
How to tan without the scientific jargon.
As you are aware the human body sheds it’s skin on a regular cycle therefore our skin is forever been renewed, this is why a natural tan or a fake tan will dissipate over five to ten days. There are ways of achieving slightly longer lasting tans but this is only by a small margin.
Best Fake Tan Preparation
To start you should shower and thoroughly exfoliate using an efficient body scrub and a milder facial scrub. This will remove the top layer of dead and dying skin hence giving you an extra day or so of gorgeous tan.
The sun’s rays are very dangerous to unprotected exposed skin so we will never recommend “sun tanning” in the traditional sense as a method to achieve your ideal tan.
How to Self Tan
After showering and exfoliating, wait until the body is thoroughly dry following the exfoliating regime above.
For the most luxurious result: next use an “age defying” conditioner all over the body, your skin will love you and your tan will glow. So moisturize with a product like Hempz Age Defying Moisturizer and allow this to soak in for about two hours before the next step. Then apply either your home spray tan or tanning lotion into all areas of the skin up to the bottom of the neck. Now wash hands thoroughly (if you did not wear glove) dry hands and prepare to tan your face.
Using the high quality face tanning lotion apply a small amount of product to the hands and work into your neck throat and face as if it were your moisturizer. Go put the kettle on have a cup of tea and by this time your fake tan should have completely absorbed into the skin and your skin should be silky smooth.
POINT TO NOTE: If you buy a cheap brand of fake tanning product it will take much longer to absorb into the skin.
Providing you selected a good brand you should now be able to get dressed or go to bed without staining your clothes or bedding. The fake tan will take between two and four hours to activate completely.
Now you have the perfect tan.
How to Stay Safe on The Beach
By now you have the perfect tan and you are ready to strut your stuff on the beach. About 30 minutes before you leave home or your apartment apply an SPF30 sunscreen lotion all over your body including your face, neck, throat, nose, lips and ears. Not forgetting your feet, toes and soles.
Imagine how good your day is going to be when you don’t have to worry about getting nasty peeling sunburn. You walk calmly onto the beach fully protected and have a great day at the envy of all of your friends and onlookers.