Tips for the Tanner
Depending on skin type and colour, one session every second day for 8-10 sessions. This may vary from client to client, if you are in doubt, please ask. To maintain your tan, 1-2 sessions per week would suffice.

Using solarium equipment you must wear goggles at all times. Please ask for a pair of goggles to use during your session. Do not use any lotions or oils while using solarium equipment except for the indoor tanning range of suntanning products which includes moisturisers, aloe natural tanning accelerators, etc.

Move around on the sunbed as often as possible. Lie on your back or your front. Twist onto your sides and raise your arms to ensure every aspect of your body tans, it’s just like tanning on the beach.

Always moisturise your body after tanning. Avoid using perfume or an aftershave before tanning. This may cause a reaction, i.e. a rash. Jewellery may be removed before tanning and you may like to wear your watch, just so that you can see that you are tanning. The watch will leave a tanning line. You can wear make-up but just remember, some make-ups do not have a UV block in them, therefore tanning will be inhibited.

Don’t try and overdo your tanning. If you find your skin gets slightly irritable use Aloe Natural and reschedule your tanning sessions by missing a day o two. You are still tanning 3-4 hours after your tanning session so please ensure you do not sunbathe in the sun during this period.

Avoid sunbed exposure when on photosensitive medications. Common light sensitive drugs include Tetracycline, Psoralens and heart medications.

How to attain the
ultimate tan
Running parallel with the huge advances made in sunbed technology in the last few yeas has been the development of high quality skincare products and tanning accelerators.

You don’t require the use of these products to attain a tan, but with correct use, and

selection of a product that suits your skin-type, you can reach a higher tanning plateau in a much shorter time with a healthier skin.

To reach and maintain a tan your skin must be sufficiently hydrated as dry skin not only reflects UV light, but also exfoliates faster, causing your tan to fade quickly.

Natural vitamins are fundamental to the skins appearance and the ability to tan, as they replenish the necessary nutrition required to promoted cell regeneration and oxygenation.

Oxygenation fuels skin cell functions, stimulating melanin production and accelerating the tanning process. Notice how much faster you tan outdoors when exercising? This is because exercise stimulates your skins microcirculation in the same way as some accelerators.

Please ask at any of our salons for advice on the advantages of using these products.

Facts on “winter blues”

If you think that suntanning at Body Bronze is for the wealthy and can be done without… think again.

The thousands of New Zealanders who fly to the tropics each year to escape the dreaded winter blues may be responding to more than seductive travel advertising. Recent scientific findings indicate that people who are glum after several rainy days or down right depressed in the depths of winter may be experiencing symptoms of seasonal affective disorder (S.A.D.) a real physiological condition caused by a lack of sunlight.

In the winter months, problems of light deprivation may affect millions of working adults who leave home near dawn and return after dusk. Even during the summer the conscientious used of sunscreens by many people my be reducing their exposure to some of light’s benefits as well as it’s risks.

This syndrome is one of the recurrent depressions that begin in early autumn and grow progressively worse as the days shorten throughout the winter. Classic symptoms include irritability, anxiety, lethargy, arthritic aches and pains, a dramatic increase in appetite and a diminished sexual drive.

People who experience winter depression should not automatically assume that they are victims of S.A.D. Other factors such as changes in diet, exercise patterns, drug and alcohol use and social interactions must be considered in addition to lower light levels. Still there is some corroborating evidence that light can have a powerful effect on human behavior.

A study from the Institute of Applied Physiology in Vienna, Austria, in which exposure to artificial light contains the same wavelengths as sunlight produced statistically significant increase in alertness and psychological arousal in a test group. Participants reported that they felt more energetic and healthier.