tanTALK - View Single Post - What you need to be telling your tanners about tanning products!

Soakinuptherays · 08-19-2001, 11:53 AM

Laurie,The FDA when measuring "effective dose of SPF products indicate the average person should use 1.25 ounces of SPF lotion for total body coverage to get the correct SPF protection for their skin.If we use that as a measuring stick the the average 8 oz bottle would last only 6.4 uses.That would be great but I believe our goal should be that a tanner uses their 8 oz bottle in about 10 visits or uses .8 of an ounce of lotion before each tanning session.The thicker the lotion the more moisturing that product is but the thicker the lotion the harder it is to rub into your skin. The trade off is tanners like a tanning product that rapidly melts into their skin. As a manufacturer you blance the desire of the customers for rapid application vs the effectivness of making a thick tanning product.Every manufacturer makes those decisions on trade offs. I make thicker products because in the end it is all about preformance of the tanning product.The information I posted about:"Why Tanning Products Work" is already a tanner informational poster that I give away for free.The "How to Use Tanning Products" information will be on a tanner informational poster by the Nashville trade show.

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Soakinuptherays I love Derf!! Join Date: Oct 19 2000 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 1,439 Rep Power: 8	Laurie,The FDA when measuring "effective dose of SPF products indicate the average person should use 1.25 ounces of SPF lotion for total body coverage to get the correct SPF protection for their skin.If we use that as a measuring stick the the average 8 oz bottle would last only 6.4 uses.That would be great but I believe our goal should be that a tanner uses their 8 oz bottle in about 10 visits or uses .8 of an ounce of lotion before each tanning session.The thicker the lotion the more moisturing that product is but the thicker the lotion the harder it is to rub into your skin. The trade off is tanners like a tanning product that rapidly melts into their skin. As a manufacturer you blance the desire of the customers for rapid application vs the effectivness of making a thick tanning product.Every manufacturer makes those decisions on trade offs. I make thicker products because in the end it is all about preformance of the tanning product.The information I posted about:"Why Tanning Products Work" is already a tanner informational poster that I give away for free.The "How to Use Tanning Products" information will be on a tanner informational poster by the Nashville trade show.