tusew002

So I have a couple of lotions that have always been at room temperature, never left in the sun or cold. They are bronzers, no tinglers. How long do lotions like these typically last? Someone had told me about a year, but I got the impression they just wanted my business. Thanks for your help. I am still learning a lot about the tanning world.

Soakinuptherays

Natural lotions without bronzing, tingling or cooling normally are very stable which should have a shelf life of at least 18 monts or more.

The more a lotion has bronzing, tingling or cooling ingredients the lower the shelf life time for that particular formula. Those ingreidents cause PH inbalances within the formula.

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delany

Also keep in mind shelf life also includes the time it sat at the distributor and the tanning salon before you bought it

Michelle N

Most bottles of lotion that you buy from the tanning salon also have an indicator on it stating if it is a 12 month or 18 month shelf life.
Above poster is right though, it is 12-18 months after is was bottled at the manufacture, not from when you bought it.

Din

you'll also see it at the back of the lotion, at the bottom, a little cosmetic jar/can looking image with the lid open and a number in it like 12 or 18. That is the amount of time in months for the lotion's shelf life. Most lotion companies put it on their lotions, some don't, but most do. if that particular one doesn't, check others and you will see.

Like stated above, that is from time of bottling. Consider transport and warehouse time as 3-4 months before you got it in your store.

So what the person told you that it lasts a year, they are correct.

Had you left the lotion in the sun or if it froze, it would be garbage immediately to maybe in 1 month's time. If stored properly, you will get the full 12-18 months out of it.

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As Greg and Michelle had mentioned, most every lotions should have a 12-18 month shelf life with the exception of lotions that have ingredients such as bronzers, cold action or tingle ingredients. Lotions that have combinations like a hot action bronzer or a hot action, cold action quad bronzer would even have a shorter shelf life. Also keep in mind, depending on the level of the "tingle and/or bronzers" will definitely affect the shelf life, especially if there are combinations such as "tingle bronzers. When tingle/hot action lotions were just coming out and becoming popular in 1999-2003, companies were making them hotter and hotter. Greg might remember one tingle lotion that was in my opinion was THE HOTTEST lotion I ever tried, called Stingray 200X. I am not sure if that lotion is still around but because it had the tingle ingredients at such a high level, the shelf life was dramatically shortened. Like I said, Stingray 200X was the one of the most intense tingle lotions I had ever used.

There is also another factor with regards to shelf life of any formula. Manufactures make lotions in several ways, one is a cold emulsion. That means they mix all the raw materials at room temperature. Another popular way is hot emulsion, in which they mix a portion of ingredients at temperatures of 160-180 degrees in heat jacketed kettles, and then allow the mixture to cool down. Once the temperature drops down to 120 degrees or so, then the next phase is to add other ingredients, such as DHA. My experience is that hot emulsion formulas tend to have a longer shelf life generally speaking. I mention all this because the way a lotion is stored can dramatically affect shelf life. Another thing to keep in mind is if a client purchases a bottle of a bronzing lotion, and leaves it in the back seat of their car in the summer for example, the heating up of the lotion can activate the DHA, thus not only shortening the shelf life but also make the bronzing ingredients less effective.
Every lotion bottle should have a manufactures date or a lot number on the bottle. This information will tell you when it was actually manufactured, thus allowing you to know the date of when it was produced, providing you another way to know an estimated time frame of how long before the lotion is expired or at least know what you are dealing with.

I hope this information helps better inform you of how things work from a manufactures perspective.

Anthony

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