peppermint

Please help! I'm in the fitness industry and I need to tan for special events and competitions. I use an airbrush at home but so far, the solutions I've tried make me ORANGE! I'm a type II or III skin and I need some advise on which solution to buy, both for medium everyday tan and for special dark competition tan!

Neon Beach

I knew it as soon as I read the title to this thread, "getting orange", that it had something to do with spray on............. Get a real tan by doing it slowly and in moderation.

peppermint

Thanks Neon Beach, I´ll let this tan fade and I'll try again! 5%? 8%? 10%? 12%???? I live in Peru, South America, and all I can get is through the internet. Which solution works best for my skin?

BlueIslandTan

Look on the internet to find solutions made especially for competition...I know I have stumbled across a few. It might take some time though, good luck!

peppermint

I have a few more samples to try, I´m just waiting for the current one to disappear...but it doesn't!!!!! I sprayed about two weeks ago and this tan seems like it's staying with me forever! If it only had a better color...or I had a darker skin, I'd love this solution ! It's not too orange, but with no base color it looks orange in the sun. It looks pretty good indoors though.

Neon Beach

Why treat the symptoms, treat the disease! If you are able get a UV tan, in moderation and slowly done, then do it. You may have the type of body chemistry that is only going to give you 80's orange when using self tanners and spray/mist on solutions...........

peppermint

Getting a UV tan for me is too difficult. Outdoors impossible, sun in Peru is so strong yo would't believe it. I tan fine in California or the Caribbean but here no SPF is enough. Travelling all the way for 10 min sunbathing is not worth the tan. Indoor tanning here is too expensive, I can´t believe it when I read you guys talk about $.99 a session or $18 monthly payments. If you want to use a tanning bed here you pay about $20 for a single session. I need about 20 sessions to get a reasonable tan in a tanning bed. If I do faster, I burn. Add to this that our wages are sooooo low.
That´s why I chose sunless, I've had a very good spray about a month ago, lasted about 10 days and looked pretty natural, but the lady who does the airbrushing is no longer available and I don't know which solution she used :-S

Neon Beach

UV rays may be very intense there, but you can do it with very limited exposure a few times a week perhaps with a good sunscreen. Otherwise, track down the lady that did your spray on................ Good luck getting your colour.

peppermint

Every summer (December-March for us) I try getting a tan and for one reason or another, my tan fades before I get to the beach again. I do tan though but most of the people here get so dark in the sun compared to me that I always end looking pale...and with a few more freckles each year!
Neon, I know you don't like sunless, I prefer UV also, but if I continue to sunbathe here I'll end up looking as if I had just stepped off a BBQ!

LoriLeah

Get Fab Tan Bronze solution ......I own a tanning salon and my customers love the color of this stuff!!