The world is forever changing and with it is the need for rapid tans. Whilst traditional 8 hour tans are still favourites for some, others are opting for rapid tans. So why choose a rapid tan over a traditional? While rapid and traditional tans both take 18-24 hours to fully develop, the difference is that with a rapid tan the client has the convenience of being able to shower 1-2 hours after application (times may vary depending on the tan used). This means you can say goodbye to dirty bed sheets and can go about your day not having to worry about issues such as perspiration or smelling like a walking spray tan. When having that initial shower, the instant cosmetic bronzers are washed off and the active ingredient DHA will then take over and begin developing. Adore Tanning review the One Hour Rapid Tans we stock online.

This One Hour Wonder provides a flawless finish and is enriched with Kakadu Plum and Vitamin E that will leave your skin glowing with absolutely no fake tan odour or orange tones. The rapid ECOCERT organic DHA will begin to develop into superior olive tones in just one hour. The anti-oxidant rich formula is lightly scented with pure essential oils of Frangipani, Geranium and Vanilla. This spray tan is renowned for long lasting colour and even fade. Suitable for all skin types, OzTan spray tan solutions dry quickly, are not sticky or oily and produce no typical ‘fake tan smell’.

Moroccan Nights achieves the deepest and darkest exotic tan. This formula is Infused with luxurious Argan and Rosehip Oils and enriched with Vitamins to create radiant, silky hydrated skin. This One Hour Wonder is a non-oily non-sticky violet based tan that is jam packed with goodies such as a blend of Caffeine, Vitamins & O2 to achieve firmer skin and reduce the appearance of fine lines. Other nourishing ingredients include Vitamin E & Aloe Vera, which provides intense hydration for the skin and allows the client to leave the spray tan on for up to 5 hours to achieve darker results – with minimal chance of over development.

Fake Bake 60 Minute Liquid is a revolutionary, express, self-tan liquid that develops into a beautiful, natural looking tan in 60 minutes. The formula is a fast drying, non-sticky light weight formula which contains Erythulose; an ingredient that guarantees longer lasting results (up to 50% longer). This One Hour Wonder contains added benefits such as anti-ageing and anti-cellulite properties and designed to not clog the pores.

Beauty company Mancine Cosmetics brings you their Summer Tan tanning range. Their quick drying Rapid tan achieves a natural, sunkissed glow. This One Hour Wonder contains no harsh or offensive chemical smell and provides nourishing ingredient such as Sea Extracts, Calendula Extract and Vitamin C, which help to replenish and hydrate the skin.

How does the saying go? A workman is only as good as his tools. For our spray tanning community, this can ring true. Operating with a tanning unit that’s old, heavy, clunky or just the wrong type for your individual business can take up your time, energy and patience – and lose you clients.

Whether you are just starting out in business or an established salon thinking that it’s time for an upgrade, determining which spray tan unit is going to suit your business needs can be a tricky decision. We break down the best tool for every type of business.

Tanning Essentials Pro Spray Tan Machine is the best choice for professional salons that cater to a high volume of daily clientele and need to run their system for back to back spray tans.

The unit is compact, as well as being wall-mountable. Complete with two applicators, large salons can utilize this feature as a back up or a secondary gun during busy periods. The Pro Spray Tan Machine applicators have full flow control with limited over-spray, and use only 40mls of spray tan solution per full body application.

For less frequent tanning needs or low volume salons, the Glam Spray Tan System is your pick – complete with a 3 speed HVLP turbine for varied tanning speeds, the system comes in a variety of colors and weighs in at only 2.6kg!

So it’s now Autumn. That time of year when you slowly start to pack away your swimmers, reluctantly pull your coats out of storage and gradually say goodbye to daylight savings and your tan.

Not so fast. Just because temps are on their way back down again, doesn’t mean that your skin shade has to be, too. You may not be applying your full body tan with quite so much gusto as you were when you were spending summer holiday days lying on the sand, but there are options for the season.

Switch up the summer bronze for an Autumnal-appropriate lighter glow. Opt for solutions that contain less DHA – a light version will contain around 7–8%, compared to 10% plus in the standard tanning products. Changing up your (or your clients’) tanning habits to a lighter formula will result in a more natural looking, softer everyday tan.

We love:

OzTan Golden Honey (7%) – This professional formula is designed as a natural shade during the colder months as well as being perfect for bridal bronze. It’s a natural olive shade that is designed for people with red or pink undertones in their skin.

Vani-T Liquid Sun (8%)  – This professional liquid tan is also apt for lighter skin tones and bridal beauty, but also is the perfect gateway colour into the colder season. All of Vani-T’s formulas also work to disguise cellulite and stretch marks who just want that light veil of color cover.

Aviva Labs Original (8%) – While this formula was designed also for cooler skin tones, its designed to quick-drying and deeply moisturising so great for people who still want to maintain color in cooler months, but suffer from dryer skin.

If you slash your spray tan budget out of summer, DIY gradual tanners could be your alternative. With considerably less active DHA in each formula, the gradual tanner lets you control the amount of color you apply every day for the most subtle, natural look.

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MoroccanTan Tan Glow Gradual Tan & Extender  – Designed to be an extender on top of your regular tanning, smart tanners have worked out that it works a treat on its own as well. Combined with hydrating Argan Oil, this tan gives a natural, soft color with long-lasting moisturising benefits.

Summer Tan Tanning Lotion Light – With any luck, your favourite tanning product probably comes in a light version that you can utilise as a gradual tanner. Try this sun kissed shade, which gives you buildable coverage to give you the exact glow you want.

Everyone, back away from the Cadbury Crème Egg this Easter. This year, we’re going to go for the healthier kind of chocolate: a choco tan!

Forget the extra calories that usually pile on after your fourth or fifth Lindt bunny; this type of indulgence actually helps you to look more svelte instead.

The trick is working with a tanning product that’s green based – that’s what will give you a deeply bronze, chocolate tone to your skin.  Since the shade of green sits directly across from orange on the colour wheel, it works to counteract orange tones in your skin, so this type of formula is key to achieving a beautifully bronzed, sun kissed look.  No oompa loompas around here!

While a chocolate tan might sound like an intense shade to someone with a lighter skin tone, the fact is that most of us have some sort of redness in our skin, so a green-based solution is your answer to offsetting that and maintaining a balanced, natural shade.

Here are our picks of the best green-based tanners around:

MoroccanTan Original Not only does this spray tan have a green base for the perfect olive shade, but it is also infused with hydrating argan oil and vitamin E together with moisture lock technology for the bronze that goes the distance.

Summer Tan Organic Dark Great for skin types that are naturally olive or brown, this is one tan product that’ll give you a solid bronze for five days.

Naked Tan Chocolate Solution Using 15% DHA, this tropical tanner is organic, using naturally derived sugar cane and Erythrulose (a natural sugar that reacts with skin) for a deep Mediterranean bronze.

Black Magic 2 Hour Tan When you need to be bronzed, fast! This spray tan contains the highest grade DHA on the market that can be adapted to suit any skin shade – simply apply a lighter veiling for fair skin tones and go a deeper coat for more olive tones.

While it is important to be sun(screen) safe, don’t let that be a reason to not spend your days (and nights) with a beautiful, glowing tan. Faux it! Here are our tips for making your summer holiday blissfully bronzed.

Are you an instant bronzer girl or a gradual tanner-type?  If you’re a true tan connoisseur, is it a mousse, lotion or aerosol that gets your bronzed thumbs up?  Like anything, experimentation is key to working out which method is best for you.  If you’re someone who loves to nourish their skin daily, a gradual tanner can be a great option as it combines everyday body hydration with a kick of glowing self-tanner.  If you are someone who forgets these key steps on some days, choose one night a week for your bronzing night with a lightweight gel lotion that works double time containing moisturising ingredients as well, like California Tan’s Instant Sunless Lotion.

For more experienced tanners, a combination of methods can be the best option.  Start with a classic tanning mousse and then alternate with an aerosol spray tanner later in the week to top up your colour, followed by an after care product like Aviva’s Tan Restore Sunless Tanning Gel when fade starts.

Whatever your application, having the right mix of products that suit your routine, skin type and weekly activity is key, with Adore Tanning offering a range of tan enhancers and extenders available so you’ll never get stuck without fresh, glowing colour.

Everyone has a different skin tone and we each have different undertones (yellow or pink) that can affect how your tan will develop.

Cooler skin types (pink undertones) react with green based tans, to counteract any orange showing up, however warmer skin tones (yellow undertones) can work with deeper tones of violet and olive, which support deeper tan shades.

For fair skin types though, it’s best to look for something subtle: a lightweight lotion like Naked Tan’s Goddess Glaze that’s going to provide a golden glow, not take you too many tones up in the scale (and look fake).  Building up a gradual tanner application over a few days can be the best option.

Medium and dark skin tones can work with mousse and sprays, like MoroccanTan’s Luminous – Extender & Gradual Tan Mousse, which develops into a decadent bronze shade.

Have you ever opened up a bottle of spray tan; client all prepped, tanning equipment ready to go, only to realise the tanning solution has gone bad? Disaster!

Don’t let your salon get in this mess! Here are 3 top tips for preserving the life of your spray tan solutions.

Summer has well and truly arrived, but so has the heat, which can spell bad news for your favourite formulas!

The chemistry of the main tanning solution ingredients DHA and Erythrulose may become unstable when exposed to extreme heat or sudden change of temperature. This may cause your spray tan solution to turn green, and be less effective when applied onto the skin.

For best results, spray tan solutions should be stored in cool dark locations that are at a constant temperature of 20 degrees celsius or less.

To get the freshest tanning solutions, always choose a reputable spray tan wholesaler.  High-volume online sellers, like Adore Tanning have a higher turn over of stock, giving you a better chance of receiving the freshest supplies more consistently.

If you are worried your supplier is sending you old solution, call the tanning brand directly and find out if the distributor or store is an authorised stockist.

Unfortunately, tanning solutions have a limited life span and they slowly start to degrade as soon as you open the bottle.

Although most solutions last 6 months from opening due to oxidisation, quality tanning solutions are manufactured to be used within 6 months of purchase as the active ingredients in spray tan solutions will become less active the longer it remains unused.

This is especially the case with natural spray tanning solutions as there are only naturally derived preservatives added to prolong the shelf life.

With 24 hour online shopping and fast shipping readily available, you might even want to try stocking as you go! By placing smaller re-orders more frequently, you can maintain a steady, fresh supply of tanning solutions for your salon and your customers will appreciate the quality of product and service.

With skin cancer rates in Australia on the up and up – it is said that 2 in 3 Australians will be diagnosed by the time they are 70 – it’s now more than ever time to get up to speed with all the facts on sun care and tanning.

There is no such thing as a ‘base tan’ or safe tanning: if you are lying outside in the sun, you are burning. After 20 minutes, UV sunlight rays start to penetrate the deep layers of your skin, and the brown pigment that develops (tanning, which is a surge of melanin in the skin) is your body’s reaction to protect itself.

In Australia, we are exposed to two types of UV rays: UVA and UVB. UVB rays cause the burning the skin and will reach the skin first, however UVA are responsible for long term health and aging damage, and can penetrate glass so the likelihood of you being incidentally exposed to UVA rays (without being burnt) inside a car, or next to a window are increased.

Put simply, Sun Protection Factor (SPF) is a time indication of how long you can stay in the sun before harmful exposure to UV rays. An SPF 30 gives you 300minutes of protection, provided the full amount of sunscreen is applied. Australian standards state that one-teaspoon (6ml) should be applied to each arm, torso and leg, for a total of 35ml – roughly the size of a shot glass – to the entire body. However, research shows that Australians under apply sunscreen by almost half, so the full SPF isn’t nearly being reached.

In the last twelve months Australian laws allowed for an increase to an SPF50 level, in line with most global standards, however the increase in protection level is only slight (1.3%), so you need to ensure that you are continuing to apply the required amount.

Generally, self-tanners don’t contain an SPF due to the nature of the formulations, so choosing a sunscreen type (spray, gel, powder, lotion) that works with your method of faux tanning is important. There’s no reason why you can’t enjoy a fresh, glowing skin this summer – just make sure you lotion up first.

Aviva Labs have fast become a reputable spray tan brand widely used across salons in Australia since being established in 2006. The brand strives to not only change the face of sunless tanning, they also endorse that ‘the beauty of a sun-kissed glow should never be achieved at the sacrifice of healthy skin’ and what better way to promote this, than with their City Express Collection. Each ‘City’ in this range provides a vastly different tone depending on what look you are trying to achieve. Key features of the range include a non-oily, alcohol-free, hypoallergenic formula included with ECOCERT certified DHA.

Picture the Caribbean warmth of Miami; a city that conveys the balmy Spanish skin tones and rich Latino tans straight out of South beach. This formula comprises of a rich brown chocolate based bronzer that is a perfect choice for those with neutral to warmer skin types that are wanting to achieve a deep, sumptuous, Latino inspired colour.

Let’s set the scene and imagine the glitz and glam of Hollywood; picture designer handbags, the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the flashing cameras of paparazzi, and last but not least celebrities sporting their famous Hollywood golden glow. This tan is suitable for cool, neutral and warm skin tones, producing an enriched golden colour that will have you looking like a Hollywood star.

‘What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas’ – Aviva have provided us with an option that this is now no longer the case! You can now achieve a Vegas-inspired tan without having to actually go there in the first place. Imagine flashing city lights, showgirls, glitter, feathers and deep desert inspired tan with a beautiful red undertone.

A hui hou (Until we meet again) – Set you mind back to your Hawaiian escape, beach, cocktails, sunshine, shopping and the perfect bronze tan. Say Aloha to the newest destination in tanning; Honolulu!

All city collections require 30 minutes processing time for light, 60 minutes for medium and 90 minutes for a dark tan.