Anyone ever done a spray tan??

KellieRay

I have a wedding I am in in the end of February. I really need a little bit of color on my white body! I also have tans lines from this summer that need to be covered up! I have never done this before and just wanted to know if anyone of you has??? Any suggestions of good places would be good too! Thanks!

funkypineapple

I've done it twice..for my bff's wedding and for mine. I did it with my friend for her wedding and it was the first time. It came out really good, was even, and a nice color. We both loved it.

However, when we both went back to get it done (at the same place) for my wedding we both were miserable and our faces were all splotchy, and we were super dark and I vowed never to do it again. If you want I can post non-pro pics of each so you can see the difference

KellieRay

Okay that would be great! Thanks!!

teakum

I have had it doen once and actually loved it. Wish they would have make me a little darker but other than that it was great!

funkypineapple

Ok, so each picture has me next to someone that's close to what my normal skin looks like. The first picture was my friend's (Crystal) wedding day and the 2nd was my rehearsal

 

 

Needless to say, I was not a happy camper and I came close to crying but Crystal kept me sane by joking that if either of us cried the tears would probably make it worse..lol. OH, and when we went back for the touchups the girl wasn't pleased with us and she was the owner.

KellieRay

Thanks for showing me this! I will probably go get it done! I am just not a big fan of the tanning bed! It tends to make me splotchy!!  If you don't mind me asking how much did you pay? Now I just gotta figure out where to get it done at?? Haha!

teakum

I paid $60 at RunWayTANZ in valley, but after the spray I stood in a stand up bed for 10 min.

funkypineapple

no problem. I can't remember how much it was but I think it was around 35-40 and I did it in the B'ham area

KellieRay

Thats not too bad! Another question! How long before the wedding did you go do it?

kc0721

I've had a few of them.  The first one I was really happy with, the 2nd time I did it, I wasn't happy at all.  It was streaky and it was a weird color. I did it at the same place, yet different people did it each time.  The first girl that did the first one obviously was good and knew what she was doing.  The second girl had no clue how to blend it. 

Funny story, DH owns his own paint and body shop and I got him to do a spray tan on me (b/c that's really all it is, the airgun and the coloring) and let me tell you, his turned out better on me than anyone else's did.

funkypineapple

Both times we went wednesday/thursday before.

 

KellieRay

Thanks guys this really helps!  Hopefully I can find someone that knows what they are doing!!

FutureMrsWagner

I've done several Mystic Tans and really like it.  I have gone to Sandollar and Planet Beach.  I'd love to get an airbrush tan though...where someone actually sprays you instead of a machine.  The result is supposed to be much more natural looking.  It's about twice as much though...Terrame in Hsv now offers those.  If you do Mystic, just made sure you shower and exfoliate beforehand.  Use the blending cream generously...especially on your fingers and toes!  Don't shower for at least 6 hours after.  For me, it only lasts about 4-5 days.

FutureMrsWagner

Oh, and I pay $25 in Hsv, but it was $35 when I did it in Atlanta.  Make sure you do it the day before (or 2 days before) your event.

KellieRay

Thanks Monica I will look into those!

jemahi586

I much prefer being sprayed by a technician.  The color comes out better and more even.

There's a nail salon over by Holywood 18 that I got it done at a couple years ago.  I don't think it was more than $25.

karinasoucy

I have done it a couple times and I loved it.  I am extremely pale and the woman did a great job making it look really natural.  I would say do airbrush before the others... not sure where in al you are but in hunts there is a place called at your fingertips that is 25 and she's really good:)

KellieRay

karinasoucy:

I have done it a couple times and I loved it.  I am extremely pale and the woman did a great job making it look really natural.  I would say do airbrush before the others... not sure where in al you are but in hunts there is a place called at your fingertips that is 25 and she's really good:)

I looked that place up on the internet and they looked very affordable! I'm glad to hear of someone that has been there before! I think I may use them! Thanks so much!

PinkLadyRN1

I have had it done several times....but the place I had mine done went out of business a little over a year ago   It really turned out good...I looked like I had been on the islands for a week...such a pretty blended tan! 

2 years ago I paid $30.  It included the first total body spray....and you came back 1-2 days later for a touch up spray!  Mine lasted for a little over 2 weeks.

karinasoucy

KellieRay:

karinasoucy:

I have done it a couple times and I loved it.  I am extremely pale and the woman did a great job making it look really natural.  I would say do airbrush before the others... not sure where in al you are but in hunts there is a place called at your fingertips that is 25 and she's really good:)

I looked that place up on the internet and they looked very affordable! I'm glad to hear of someone that has been there before! I think I may use them! Thanks so much!

yeah she does a great job! I know a couple of people who used her also and liked her.  She will also tell you what color she thinks you should go in order to look natural