Tanning Blog: Airbrush and Spray Tanning

FAQs: Client Forms

 

Does EnvyTan provide a document explains “risks, etc.” of spray tans for customers to sign?

We do have forms available. You can find copies on our website under Free Spray Tanning Forms.

Last fall, we released our Know It All: USB Drive ($25) with the latest version of these forms (both branded and non-branded).  You can purchase the USB drive separately if you’d like, but it is included as part of our It’s Official: Course & Certification. 

Upon completion of your course and certification, you will receive a framed EnvyTan Spray Pro Artist Certificate, eligibility for our new Spray Pro Club program and the Know It All: USB Drive.  Why not take the course?  Give your business a little extra credibility and give your customers peace of mind knowing they are in the very capable hands of a true profession.

But hey, if you like to pay expensive legal fees, you can always have your own forms drawn up by an attorney if you wish!

Technicians: Spring Break

Attention Spray Tanning Technicians!!!

The “Spring Break Season” is just around the corner!  You know what that means… co-eds lining up around the block for spray tans!

Here are a few tips:

• Stock up on solution!  Check out our Big Time: Envy Solution Stockpile ($90) for a great deal on solutions.
• Get the party started with our EnvyTan Solution Additives (Glitter Drops and Scent Boosts, $15-$20)
• Don’t forget the Client Disposables ($14-$35).  No one wants to ruin their teeny-weeny bikini before they get to the beach!
• Send ‘em to the beach with protection!  Order lots of Hands Off: DHA Friendly Oil-Free SPF 30 Sunscreen ($18-wholesale, $28-retail).

 

“Spring Break Season” is a great time to add new products for your new clients.  Pick up a few Tempted:  Sunless Secrets Sampler Kits ($35) for your new clients to sample new products.  Treat them right and they’ll be back all year long!

Spray Tanning: Start Up Pro Kits

 

Welcome to Start Up Pro Kits Fight Night!

Coming out of the red corner, we have “do your own thing” Casting Call: Spray Pro Kit…

And out of the back corner we have the “big brand affiliate,” the latest and greatest, Celebrity: Envy Pro Kit!

Only one can win it all here today, ladies and gentlemen?  Which one will you back?

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For those of you just getting started in the biz, the world is your oyster.  Why?  Because you could opt for either kit and be well on your way to success!  But how do you know which kit is right for you?

The Casting Call: Spray Pro Kit ($725) is perfect for anyone just getting started, but who isn’t looking for brand affiliation.  With the Casting Call, you can do your own thing.  Use your own business name, use whatever products you want.

Looking for the professional vibe?  EnvyTan offers 15 new website template packages.  Pick whichever matches your business best.  Bam!  Instant professionalism with a website, business cards, car magnets and other marketing materials that all match!

Our newest pro kit, the Celebrity: Envy Pro Kit ($1475), is ideal for two groups of technicians: those who are just starting out and those who may be established businesses but are willing to abandon their business name for success as an EnvyTan Celebrity Artist, thanks to brand affiliation.

Just what do we mean by brand affiliation?  Think of it this way:  Disney licenses its brand worldwide from Dora pj’s to Elmo sheets. It’s not that companies couldn’t sell sheets or pajamas without Disney, but the Disney logo sure does add a price point and instant credibility!

Confused?  Don’t worry. I was too.

As an EnvyTan Celebrity Artist (doing business as/dba “your name”), you are automatically affiliated with our EnvyTan brand.  And we are a powerhouse!  Who wouldn’t want to be affiliated with a company that has been in business for nearly a decade—almost 10 years of glowing reviews, great info, 100% eBay satisfaction feedback and worldwide recognition!  Check it out for yourself; it’s all over the internet, and it carries A LOT of weight!

While you’re doing your background check, be sure to check out our EnvyTan Celebrity site.  We are always developing new products to serve our customers best.  The newest is our EnvyTan Celebrity Site:  www.envytancelebrityartists.com!  This website is just for our Celebrities.  Customers can search for their local celebrities by zip or they can go directly to *your* own webpage!  Bonus:  EnvyTan takes care of the entire website building for you.  No worrying about anything!  And, because it’s an EnvyTan website, you have access to any new tools, information or products that EnvyTan develops…right at your finger tips and your customers’ for only $20 per month!

It’s your very own website:  www.envytancelebrityartists.com/yournamehere!  And of course, a matching email address as yournamehere@envytancelebrityartists.com that forwards to your everyday email address.  Plus, we have matching business cards and car magnets to go with it.  Wham!  That’s us dropping some more instant credibility (and professionalism) on you!  It’s huge--hosting, domain names, setup, advertising and instant online presence with this kit!

The best part?  The instant auto-responder!  It’s such a great feature because it provides a touch back to the client, immediately establishing that relationship, and demonstrating professionalism right from the start.  Talk about fostering a sense of care and encouraging the client to actually make the appointment!  Such a simple concept! Have you ever sent an email to a business online and you feel like you’re sending it into oblivion? Not in your business! The auto-responder is perfect for providing a touch back to the client, immediately establishing that relationship, and demonstrating professionalism right from the start! Would you book an appointment with a business that responded immediately? Absolutely, and so will your clients! Trust us.

Of course, with all this power comes some responsibility.  Since all of our EnvyTan Celebrities receive our top-notch training, it only makes sense that they absolutely use our products.  It’s really a no-brainer, but who wouldn’t want to anyway?  EnvyTan has a fabulous line up of pre- and post-tan care products (Sunless Secrets Pro Line) and two distinct solution lines perfect for anyone from Gwyneth to Beyonce!

Now take a moment to decide.  Do you want to reinvent the wheel or would you rather hook up with an established brand?  The choice is yours.  So…whose corner are you in?

Solutions: Fresh is Best

When it comes to spray tanning solutions, fresh is best!

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Hip, hip hooray!  It’s new solution day!  Get your orders in now! 

The solution fairy brought us a new, fresh batch of our training solutions and DHA-based solutions.

As the summer sun sets on this year’s summer spray tan season, we invite you to check out Big Time!  One of several new products, Big Time was made its debut last month.  Big Time: Envy Solution Stockpile comes with your choice of four 16-ounce bottles of our DHA solutions. 

While your spray tanning business may be tapering off, you should always be prepared for “cruise season”.  Who wouldn’t want a tropical vacation in January?  Just because you’re snowed in or a Jamaican vacation simply isn’t in the cards for you…that’s no reason to walk around all ghostly white.  Don’t get lost in the snow!

Keep your world travelers and die-hard spray tanning clients satisfied by using the freshest EnvyTan solutions available!  Big Time is available for only $90 in our Bulk Kits section of our EnvyStore.

DHA: The Not-So-Terrible Truth

It’s time you all learned the not-so-terrible truth about DHA.

Last night, as I was enjoying the waning hours of my weekend, I picked up this month’s issue of a certain magazine—let’s call it Vodka & Cranberry—and began flipping through the pages.  Imagine my horror when I saw its plug for a sunless tanner product.

To be honest, at this moment 12 hours later, I could not tell you what product it was talking about or even what article it was in.  But, I do remember what it said about DHA.  And in my line of work, that’s not cool, especially considering the circulation size of this magazine.  I’m sure the better part of half the women in America read this magazine (most grandmas excluded)!

So by now, I’m sure you are “dying” to know what was said.  Here goes:  “DHA is that stinky ingredient" in spray tans.  *GASP*

I just want to set the record straight…even though I know I have addressed it indirectly a million times.  Here’s to million and one.

Dihydroxyacetone is colorless and odorless.  Otherwise known by its street name, DHA, is a derivative of certain plant sources, namely sugar cane. In other words, it is not spray paint, dye, or any of the other things that you hear rumors about.

DHA was approved by the FDA as a permanent ingredient on their list of approved cosmetic ingredients in the 1970s. They approved DHA for topical application to the skin, as research has proven that the coloring effect of DHA is a reaction with the amino acids in the surface layer of the skin. The skin reacts to contact with DHA by producing a brown color that resembles a suntan.  

*ENTER SPRAY TAN SMELL*

Many people associate spray tans with that “funky spray tan smell” with DHA.  But that’s not quite right.  DHA by itself is odorless, which is why spray tan solutions don’t smell.  Really, if they did, who would ever want to get one.

And that infamous smell?  That’s a reaction—that’s your body reacting to the DHA.  Think of it like this:  Your skin doesn’t smell.  Go stand in the sun for an hour.  Now does it smell?  Yep.  It’s your skin reacting to the sunshine.

At EnvyTan, we don’t add fragrance to our *all natural, organic, hypoallergenic, eco-certified and PETA Approved* solutions.  Not everyone wants to smell like vanilla or coconut on spray tan day.  We do offer Scent Boosts to customize your tanning experience—but more importantly than that, at EnvyTan we go the extra mile to prevent any “stinky” reactions.  We invest extra time and money into our solutions to include ingredients that actually neutralize that odor.

Please, please, please keep in mind that only some people even experience this reaction, which again has a lot to do with body chemistry.  After all, one perfume can smell very different on different people, because of their body chemistry.

My point is that for those who experience this type of a reaction, the best thing to do is 1) use our EnvyTan spray tanning solutions and 2) use our product called Disguised: DHA Scent Neutralizing Spray ($24)—it’s like your insurance against that funky smell.  Mist Disguised onto your body in as little as 1 hour after your tan has been applied.  Don’t let anyone know you’ve been spray tanning.  Go on, be a closet tanner!

A professor in college once stated that for people to truly hear you, you must say the same thing three times.  And so, for the third and final time:  DHA is odorless.

Bad Vodka & Cranberry. 

Technicians: Skin Type Chart

 

New to spray tanning--looking for a skin type chart?

Confused about what solutions to use on which clients?

Check out the new Skin Type Chart in our Free Spray Tanning Forms section.

The new EnvyTan Skin Type Chart has updated information in an easy to read format.  Keep this “cheat sheet” in your big book of spray tanning secrets!  Make sure all your techs read it too!

Be sure to give each client the “Spray Tanning Questionnaire” to keep them as your clients!

Check out our Free Spray Tanning Forms section for tons of helpful information.  Oh yeah—and it’s FREE!

Technicians: Call for Reinforcements

When business is boomin’, call for Reinforcements!

Having left my “procrastinator days” behind me when I graduated from college, I’m a big fan of being prepared, organized and [overly] prompt.  Thanks to my dad, I leave 30 minutes before I have to be somewhere…even if it’s just the movies—don’t want to miss those silly trivia/preview games.

But back to the point…

 

Reinforcements: 3 Extra Cups and Lids are a great way to prepare for the day.  Look ahead.  See who your clients are for the day—or at least until you get a break.  Use Reinforcements to keep business moving and customers from waiting.  Take 10 minutes in the morning to pre-pour and customize your solutions.  Have them ready and waiting!

Reinforcements are particularly handy if you are a mobile technician.  After all, who wants to lug around bottles of solution…although I’m pretty sure it’s the fastest way to sculpting Madonna arms.

 

 

Worried about confusing what’s in which cup?  No fear.  Multiple Personalities:  Solution ID Mini Labels and Complicated:  Custom Blended Labels keep you worry free!

All three EnvyTan products can are part of our Tanning Technician Supplies.  They are available from our EnvyStore, $10-$25.  Small investments pay off big!

Training: Certified Spray Tanning Technician

 

It’s official, you too can be certified as a spray tanning technician!

 

In many areas, the spray tanning industry is relatively unregulated.  But how to be sure?  Check with your local Board of Cosmetology to see if there are any rules you must follow or licenses you must hold.

One of the best things you can do to bolster business is to become certified.  Potential customers generally lend more weight and trust to companies that have certified technicians.  After all, no one wants to be tanned by any ol' Joe Schmoe.  Personally, I’d rather be tanned by Joe Schmoe, certified spray tanning technician!

EnvyTan offers It’s Official:  Spray Tanning Course and Certification for anyone to purchase!  Our It’s Official: Spray Tanning Course and Certification is an online course and certification through the National Tanning Training Institute.  You will be able to print the information off a computer if you’d like, but the course and test are online.  It covers everything you will need to know to become certified, including technique, safety, pricing and more!

The certification course is set up for you to work at your own pace.  There are seven sections and you could most likely finish the course and test in a single day.  Once you complete the test, you will be able to download and print a copy of your certificate.  The official copy will be mailed to you, usually within a day or two of completion.

For your other training needs, visit our Spray Tanning Training section of our EnvyStore.  Our Money Maker:  Spray Tanning as a Business is great for people breaking into the industry and So Serious:  Professional Guide to Spray Tanning is great for those technicians in the business a bit longer.  Money Maker, So Serious and It’s Official are also available together in the Bargain Shopper Bundle!

Tan: What should client's wear to a spray tanning session?

Clients should wear loose fitting clothing to the tanning appointment. In warmer months flip-flops or sandals are recommended rather then shoes and socks. If using an airbrush compressor or HVLP spray gun, the client can wear either an old swimsuit, dark undergarments, or disposables while being sprayed. Disposables offer clients the option to wear something during the airbrush tanning process with no concerns about staining, after all, it’s disposable (http://envytan.com/airbrush_tanning_disposables.htm). Some salons will allow their clients to be sprayed nude if they so desire. Allow a few minutes drying time after the session before dressing. Solutions that produce sticky or strange smelling results will leave you with unhappy customers. A quality solution should dry in less than five minutes, should not smell horribly, and will not feel sticky or tacky.

Airbrush Tanning: What can I offer my clients to keep them coming back to me?

Offer them exactly what you would want-Great Service! If your appointment is at 2PM, then you need to make sure that you are there, set up, and have informed the client of everything before your session begins. You need to be ready to actually begin spraying by 2PM, which shows that you place a high value on the client’s time. You also want to offer them everything that they will need before, during, and after their tanning session with you. We carry absolutely everything that you should need to help your clients enjoy their tan and they keep coming back. If you take care of your clients, they will take care of you.