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victorialynnexx 07-29-2013 08:34 AM

Cheaper Indoor Tanning Lotion?
 
At the salon I work at we carry Designer Skin, Australian Gold, Swedish Beauty, and California Tan. We have many expensive lotions but I was wondering if someone could recommend a cheaper lotion that worked decently $35 or lower?

patsnails 08-05-2013 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by victorialynnexx (Post 15077769)
At the salon I work at we carry Designer Skin, Australian Gold, Swedish Beauty, and California Tan. We have many expensive lotions but I was wondering if someone could recommend a cheaper lotion that worked decently $35 or lower?

We use some of the Most Products... Coconut Beach has done really really well and retails for $23.50 as well as Into the darkness and Bronze invasion. Wild Cherry.. and Black hemp... Those are some of the lower end line...

tangirl23 08-05-2013 11:03 AM

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Do you carry the SB Botanica Line? Those do really well for my salons and there are a range of price points. SB Cherry Baby retails @ $30 and SB Kiwi Be Friends @ $35. All of them easy sells.

victorialynnexx 08-14-2013 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by tangirl23 (Post 15077932)
Do you carry the SB Botanica Line? Those do really well for my salons and there are a range of price points. SB Cherry Baby retails @ $30 and SB Kiwi Be Friends @ $35. All of them easy sells.

Yes, we do carry that brand. We just heard that the Botanica lotions don't smell very good and didn't think that they would go over well in the salon.

neubie 08-14-2013 10:47 AM

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SB Drift away

UnitedWeTan 02-10-2014 10:09 AM

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AG makes a great inexpensive lotion: Accelerator. Also check out Emerald Bay's lotions. I have a client who uses nothing but the Definitely Black and her skin looks amazing; tanned and moisturized at the same time

UnitedWeTan 02-10-2014 10:10 AM

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The Swedish Beauty Botanica line smells AMAZING, by the way.

crosbytan 02-10-2014 08:42 PM

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ag bodaciously black sells well at our salon. I don't carry much AG because customers have issues distinguishing my AG with the AG @ Walmart.then i have to explain why their product is $5 and mine is $30. It's having to make 2 sales in principle for a $30 bottle. Designer makes love ds Sweet romeo which replaced get down brown. It is a very hot seller especially as it works just as well as an outdoor lotion

CrystalSS 02-11-2014 01:56 AM

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SB is great.....shelf presence on the bottles and great range of pricing. Don't carry Supre Products....I used to send Supre back.

Devoted Creations has a fun economy line this year...very up to date and juice based...sells well and will work with your line up.

There is an Amazon seller that is coming in lower on DC products than Four Seasons...wonder if they will do rebate sheets for diamonds if we buy Amazon?

SunseraWarman 02-11-2014 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by CrystalSS (Post 15082682)
Don't carry Supre Products....I used to send Supre back.

Why?

uts-sj 02-11-2014 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by crosbytan (Post 15082675)
ag bodaciously black sells well at our salon. I don't carry much AG because customers have issues distinguishing my AG with the AG @ Walmart.then i have to explain why their product is $5 and mine is $30. It's having to make 2 sales in principle for a $30 bottle. Designer makes love ds Sweet romeo which replaced get down brown. It is a very hot seller especially as it works just as well as an outdoor lotion

I have never gone into walmart to check if they sell AG Accelerator (or anything else). Is it really $5 plus tax in your walmart? You can't get it that cheap on amazon and you either have to buy 3 at a time and/or have a prime membership. Who sells more of it you think walmart or amazon? Interesting.

crosbytan 02-11-2014 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by uts-sj (Post 15082717)
I have never gone into walmart to check if they sell AG Accelerator (or anything else). Is it really $5 plus tax in your walmart? You can't get it that cheap on amazon and you either have to buy 3 at a time and/or have a prime membership. Who sells more of it you think walmart or amazon? Interesting.



$5 was a general statement but I know that I have customers daily that try and use an outdoor lotion in my facility which is truly the biggest concern. It is an uphill battle fighting the average consumer which is smart enough to comparison shop between salons and online. I cant and wont match online prices but I do what I can to eliminate it. I keep a lot of "hard to find" lotions. When a lotion is discontinued I will order the remaining bottles from fourseason for example today I ordered DC iced bronze couture a couple weeks ago which isnt that easy to find anywhere else. As long as my customers are A. using lotions B. making sure their lotions are for indoor use and C. using authentic products then I am happy. I'd be even happier if the online lotion business would shut down lol

CrystalSS 02-12-2014 02:09 AM

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The online business has only begun....I repeat...stop letting them use unknown lotions from the DC Groupon lotions, Ebay, Amazon, Walmart in your beds. They have to have a bed to use it in....when they can't find a place to use it they will not buy it....hence the on liners fold.
I can't buy bottles of wine at the corner liqueur store and take it into my favorite restaurant to drink or my local nightclub. Why? Because they are not stupid. I changed and I am watching my curve bend again.

kilaskyy 02-12-2014 06:27 PM

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We recently started carrying Emerald Bay as our cheaper line & they have been selling very quickly (better than any other cheap line we have ever tried). Especially Definitely Black, Sun Luvin', & Dark N' Dazed. Plus, they all smell awesome which I think really helps!

SunseraWarman 02-14-2014 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by CrystalSS (Post 15082739)
I can't buy bottles of wine at the corner liqueur store and take it into my favorite restaurant to drink or my local nightclub. Why? Because they are not stupid. I changed and I am watching my curve bend again.


They've actually started to do this where I am in certain restaurants, you can bring in your own wine, you just have to pay a fee per bottle.

crosbytan 02-15-2014 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by CrystalSS (Post 15082739)
The online business has only begun....I repeat...stop letting them use unknown lotions from the DC Groupon lotions, Ebay, Amazon, Walmart in your beds. They have to have a bed to use it in....when they can't find a place to use it they will not buy it....hence the on liners fold.
I can't buy bottles of wine at the corner liqueur store and take it into my favorite restaurant to drink or my local nightclub. Why? Because they are not stupid. I changed and I am watching my curve bend again.

How do you know that they aren't putting it on at home and just telling your employees they don't use lotion?


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