09-15-2014, 06:37 PM | #11 (permalink) |
Join Date: Aug 21 2009 Location: IL
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: How did you learn to airbrush tan? Been spraying clients for 10 years. I joined a airbrush talk forum. read ...read...read more from the "pros". Then practiced on friends and relatives..ALOT! But like said... it is so much more then just a gun in hand and machine! |
12-19-2014, 10:14 AM | #13 (permalink) |
Join Date: Apr 11 2011 Location: Toronto, ON
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Rep Power: 13 | Re: How did you learn to airbrush tan? Great question! Like others have said here it began with plenty of research. I had always self-tanned and had purchased a consumer airbrush tanning unit and a tan tent AFTER I turned my white bathroom bronze . I watched a ridiculous amount of youtube videos. It was ultimately Sheryl Bingham who started Tanning Central who really inspired me and made it seem possible. Others that were already doing it successfully helped like Elle the founder of Envy Tan, Abi O, Sjolie and Dante from Beach Bum. I received a certificate from Norvell, had a hands on session with FabuLIZ (now with VS) and bought a "How to" DVD from Tanning Central all were helpful in their own way. Nothing however replaces hands on experience but all the other stuff really helps prepare for that first. Never stop learning and building on skills some are lucky and have a talent but like anything it requires practice and patience. I often think that spray tanning is like movie special effects if done well no one notices your "tan" just how amazing you look.
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02-09-2015, 02:50 PM | #16 (permalink) | |
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02-18-2015, 03:28 PM | #17 (permalink) | |
Join Date: Apr 11 2011 Location: Toronto, ON
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Rep Power: 13 | Re: How did you learn to airbrush tan? Quote:
Any video on youtube or instructional "How to Tan" video or even hands on training features a "model" which is great BUT not entirely realistic. So when you eventually have clients with skin conditions, wrinkles, uneven skin tone, body hair on men and all the other stuff you mentioned it can be a real challenge. It would be great to have dealt with those things before you find yourself with a paying client. I've even found issues are created from certain tan poses that with some people are absolutely fine. I just saw an upcoming hands on course that deals with troubleshooting but geared towards fitness competitions so I doubt that will be helpful for wrinkles and weight. We'll see.
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03-05-2015, 04:19 AM | #18 (permalink) |
Join Date: May 19 2005 Location: UK
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: How did you learn to airbrush tan? Being able to spray tan more "challenging" body shapes is something we teach in our advanced spray tan courses. You need to be able to spray tan the perfect, young body first so really it's not a beginner thing. Getting to grips with spray tanning on a basic level can be overwhelming, so get a lot of easy spray tans under your belt first and then see if you can learn from a more experienced sprayer who's willing to pass the info on or find yourself an advanced class. One of the biggest issues is making sure your client is made to feel comfortable with the sometimes strange angles and poses you might be asking her to make. She may well feel awkward about her size in general or her large bosoms or whatever her foible is (we all have these hangups) the last thing we want to do as professionals is make her feel uncomfortable. I spray tan a lady who's over 80 and all I can say is if I'm still partying at her age I'll be very happy. I must say though her class of partying is a very grand English Garden Party! |
03-05-2015, 09:40 AM | #19 (permalink) | |
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03-22-2015, 06:13 PM | #20 (permalink) |
Join Date: Mar 22 2015 Location: Washington State
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: How did you learn to airbrush tan? When I purchases my LVCLP Airbrush Tanning unit I also ordered the training DVD. It had detailed instructions with examples of how to spray 3 different bodies. Very informative. |
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