How to Prepare & prolong your service

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Preparation and maintenance of your sunless tan is the KEY to sunless success. Make sure to read our online sunless preparation and maintenance guide prior to your sunless application.

Follow these important steps to ensure maximum sunless results:

1. GENTLY exfoliate your skin prior to your sunless spray session. A gentle, sulfate-free skin polish, such as Norvell Renewing Sunless Exfoliator, can be used prior to your sunless session.
2. Any waxing, shaving, or use of depilatory creams should be performed 24 hours in advance of applying sunless products.
3. Remove any ‘barriers’ that may prevent the sunless product from absorbing into the skin evenly. These include, but are not limited to: make-up, deodorant, perfume, oils, moisturizers, residue from hair conditioners. If unavoiblable, remove prior to session. 
4. Optimize your skin surface pH levels prior to application. Do not use bar soaps,  high pH shower products, or in-shower moisturizers prior to your sunless tan, and apply Norvell Pre-Sunless xLaTan Ph Balancing Spray.
5. Wear losee, dark garments that you do not mind getting tanning solution on for your spray session and no jewlery. This includes socks, shoes, undergarments, jeans, bras, spandex, tight blouses. Tight fitting clothing can smudge bronzers. Keep in mind, Nylon, Lycra, Spandex, Silk and Wool may all stain from self-tanning products. 
6. . Please advise your technical of any known allergies, health concerns or if you are pregnant or breast feeding.

xLaTan works on the skin surface 3 ways:

• Boosts amino acid levels, which work directly with DHA, to maximize sunless color results.
• Balances the pH on skin to reduce any ‘orange’ coloring and produce golden brown results.
• Hydrates skin for even and maximum absorption of sunless solution.

Please protect car seats, fabrics and leather, or porous surfaces you may sit on, with a towel to prevent staining. Clean toilet seats post use, if needed to prevent stains. Use dark sheets on bedding before you shower, to prevent color guide bronzer transfer stains.

Avoid touching your freshly tanned skin, during development time. Clean palms if product transfers to them, using alcohol based facial toner, or nail polish remover.

The “life span” of a sunless tan also depends on your skin’s natural exfoliation. The faster your skin turns over, the faster the sunless tan will fade. The tan created by the DHA affects only the top layer of the skin and will begin to fade after 4 to 5 days as the skin naturally begins to exfoliate.

Avoid sweating or water exposure. To give the DHA enough time to fully set, it is recommended to wait a minimum of 8 hours after a sunless spray tanning session or 24 hours for optimal results. As with all DHA products, sunless color begins showing development approximately 4 hours post application and continues to darken for up to 24 hours. Showering sooner may diminish the intensity of the tan. If you must shower before the 24 hours has lapsed, do so using a warm water rinse only. If you tan using an Instant Cosmetic Bronzer, the instant cosmetic color will wash off in the shower, but the color produced by the DHA will remain. Pat your skin dry after a shower or bath. Scrubbing or abrasion on the skin surface will remove some of your fresh tan. Avoid ong, hot baths. Hands may be cleansed by wiping palms only with a wet cloth or wet wipe

Swimming in chlorinated water or salt water can fade the sunless spray tanning results, cause possible streaking and diminish the length of your tan. However, normal activities such as bathing, showering or physical activities will not affect the quality of the tan.

Avoid shaving for 12 hours after your treatment and when you do shave, use a fresh razor/ 

Following a good skin care regimen before and after sunless tanning will help a sunless tan last longer. Exfoliating prior to a sunless tanning application and keeping skin moisturized afterwards are essential. Sunless tan-extending products with a light self-tanning bronzer, like Norvell Color Extender Pro-long™ Moisturizer or Dancing with the Stars by Norvell Endurance, help hydrate skin and maintain even, natural-looking color longer.

On roughly day 4-5, you can lightly exfoliate skin, and reapply a DHA containing product at home to help maintain and rebuild color. Please speak to your tanning technician about recommended products.

MOISTURIZE!  MOISTURIZE! MOISTURIZE! 

If you would like to completely remove your tan, this will require repeated exfoliation, paired with tub soaking, and will take a period of days to complete. Please discuss this with your spray tanning technician for additional information.

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