According to Datamonitor, Feb. 2006, the big grocery chains (Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury etc.) not only account for three out of every four pounds spent in the UK’s £14.3bn health and beauty market ? they are also widening their lead! Where does this leave tanning salons?

 

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Spray tanning is still a young technique and things can and do go wrong. In this article we present a selection, and what to do about them or, better still, how to prevent them. The great advantage of automation is that you don’t need to pay for an operator’s time during a treatment. Sunbeds are the best example, and automated spray booths the most recent. But larger, heavier individuals have folds of skin which automated booths don’t do such a good job of spraying. This often results in lines of white flesh hidden in the folds, which become visible later, on stretching or moving around.

 

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When should you tan in a spa-day? Beginning, middle or end for best results? If you want to integrate tanning and spa services seamlessly - after all, you don’t want clients leaving after an otherwise perfectly good visit with the secret complaint: ‘It was good, but the tanning didn’t fit right with the rest of my treatments. I wish it had been better organised.’

 

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