HOW TO PREPARE CLIENTS
FOR THEIR APPOINTMENT
Preparation and aftercare is the key to any picture perfect spray tan. We’ve outlined some simple tips and tricks to maximize your results with MineTan Body Skin.
BEFORE THE TAN
Preparation Tips
- Exfoliate and moisturize 24 hours before your treatment, paying particular attention to elbows, knees, ankles and problem dry areas.
- Paint nails and toenails, especially if artificial.
- Wax/shave at least 48 hours prior to treatment. This allows the pores time to close. Dotting in pores may appear if not adhered to.
- The entire 24 hours before your treatment avoid using bar soaps, high pH shower products or in shower moisturizers
- Please don’t apply moisturizer, perfume, deodorant or makeup on the day of your treatment.
- If the skin is dry, use a Primer, to balance pH levels in the skin and blending cream to block our unwanted tanning areas.
AFTER THE TAN
Aftercare Tips
- Wear dark loose clothing. Tight clothing or underwear may cause marks. Wear flip-flops or loose fitting shoes.
- Shower lightly in cold – lukewarm water for 45 seconds ONLY after the first hour for a light to medium tan.
- Wax/shave at least 48 hours prior to treatment. This allows the pores time to close. Dotting in pores may appear if not adhered to.
- Use plain water, don’t use shower gels, scrubs, shampoos or loofah during the first 24 hours after your treatment.
- Pat dry and use MineTan products after your first shower to extend the life of your tan and stay looking gorgeous.
- Avoid sweating. Don’t exercise or swim for the first 24 hours after your spray tan treatment.
- Try not to touch your skin during development time. Any marks on your hands, therefore, are due to your hands touching the developing tan. You need to be aware that once this has developed, nothing will remove it from your palms.
- Moisturize, moisturize and moisturize some more. Use a MineTan Everyday Glow Gradual Tan so your tan is continually being topped up and its life extended. Remember to wash your palms after.
- After day 5, exfoliate with a soft body polish on a daily basis, to help your skin absorb even more moisturizer and keep it looking and feeling gorgeous.
- Long exposure to water and sweating from exercise will fade your spray tan. Your outer cells will start to soak up water which dilutes the effect of the tan. The longer you are in water the lighter your tan will get.
give your clients
THE FIRST CLASS EXPERIENCE
Using your spray tan machine to apply an even tan is just the first of many important steps! They may seem obvious, but with these tips, your salon or mobile business can become one of the best spray tanning businesses around.
MAKE THE EXPERIENCE FOR YOUR CLIENT AS COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE
Making the spray tanning experience as pleasant as possible will increase the likelihood of clients returning. The most important factor is to maintain a clean room, including the spray tan machine! It can also help to monitor the temperature of your tanning rooms, remembering that the clients will have to undress for the appointment.
Lastly, some friendly, casual conversation is a great way to make your clients comfortable.
PREPARE YOUR CLIENT’S SKIN
Blending Cream can be your lifesaver! When your client arrives, it is important to apply moisturizing lotion, a barrier cream or blending cream to their elbows, knees, ankles and palms. These areas tend to absorb the spray tanning solution more readily, so a barrier or blending cream can help to avoid them turning too dark.
PREPARE YOUR CLIENT’S STANCE
Standing still is critical in order for the tan to be applied evenly. There are a couple of ways you can help your client to remain steady during their application. Firstly, prepare the client for a spray tan. This includes applying barrier cream and stick on soles. Secondly, it is always a good idea to instruct your client about what to expect.
Let them know that the spray tan machine will produce a cold spray, as this will help prepare them to avoid flinching once you begin.
BE CAREFUL WITH THEIR FACE
The face can be a tricky region to tan. It can also be the area that makes clients most nervous.
Firstly, never spray their face first as it can startle your client. Instead ease them into the process by spray tanning other areas first. Secondly, ensure that their hair is tightly tucked under a shower cap, especially if they have blonde hair. This helps avoid their hair from soaking up the colour and the smell from the spray tan solution.
Lastly, ask your client to hold their breath while the spray tan machine is focused on their face.
DRYING THEIR TAN AND PREPARING THEM FOR HOME
Ensuring that your client’s tan is touch dry before they get dressed is critical.
Providing a fan or drying them with the spray tan machine hose is the best way to speed up this process. However, either way you should give them a couple of minutes to let their tan set after turning off the spray tan machine and getting dressed. Preparing your clients for when they leave the salon is another way to ensure that your client receives optimal results and client satisfaction.
Inform them when to wash and how to maintain their tan. Up-sell some retail for added benefits!
SALON ESSENTIALS & ACCESSORIES
DISPOSABLES
While all clients want the picture perfect tan, they don't want it on their feet or hair. To protect your clients provide them with sticky soles, hair nets and disposable g-strings. For salon pros, nose filters are a great way to prevent inhalation of overspray.
MARKETING & AFTERCARE ADVICE
We understand the importance of marketing your business as much as ours, and offer a full range of promotional material to support your business. Brochures are the ultimate technician resource and a great take home tool for your clients.
TAKE HOME RETAIL PRODUCTS
Once your client has received their spray tan, recommend some retail products to extend the life of their tan. MineTan have a full range of perfect match tanning products for the Face & Body.
QUALITY ASSURANCE
FOR STORING YOUR SPRAY TAN SOLUTION
At Mine.Tan Body Skin we believe freshness is the key to the perfect spray tan, so we order weekly from the USA and bottle all of our spray tan products you will find in this catalogue, on-site in Australia. We formulate and manufacture our spray tan products in the USA. These products are formulated especially for Mine Tan Body Skin. We test our entire product for quality control when it arrives.
KEEP IT FRESH
The solution should be stored in a cool, temperature controlled environment. Maintain a maximum temperature of 24-30 degrees Celsius for long-term storage. Repeated or prolonged storage at high temperature will destroy the products tanning effectiveness. Refrigerating the solution after it has been opened is recommended. Technicians who intend to travel with their product should take along as little product as possible and never leave them in a hot car. We suggest transporting them in a commercial cooler to maximize effectiveness.
EXPOSURE TO SUNLIGHT
Due to the natural properties of the raw material in MineTan Professional Solutions, DO NOT store it in direct sunlight. The solution will NOT spoil from incidental exposure, however repeated or prolonged exposure will reduce the products effectiveness.
At MineTan Body Skin, we don’t mass produce, bottle, or stock months of inventory so product quality remains fresh and ready to use. The spray solutions our customers order are usually no more than 1-2 weeks old.
As the mercury rises, we adjust our shipping schedule on all solution shipments to protect your investment.
Why do we do this? To ensure that solution arrives to your doorstep at its peak efficacy. DHA is fragile, heat can cause DHA to activate, so the last place we want to have your product, is sitting in a hot truck or non-climate controlled warehouse over the weekend.
CONTACT TO METAL
The ingredients that make our solution are highly reactive to elements in the skin, making it an effective tanning agent, they also make it reactive to contact with metallic objects. Never pour the solution through a metal funnel, stir with a metal spoon, or store in metal containers. Doing so will dramatically reduce the tanning effect of the solution. Only stainless steel is safe for direct contact with the solution. Components of spray on systems are built from stainless steel and will not affect its performance.
