Tanning Blog: Airbrush and Spray Tanning

HVLP Equipment: Deciding Which is Right for You

Listen up and listen up good! 

What better time to purchase new equipment than at the start of a new year?  Start your new year out right!  Perfect for everyone, EnvyTan offers four HVLP (high volume, low pressure) options so you can dip your toes in the spray tanning industry…or dive right in!  But how do you know which piece is right for you? 

You will find that it is much easier if you do some legwork before you begin making your purchases.  The answers to these seemingly simple questions will help you navigation the spray tanning tides.  Spend some time thinking about the following:

• Will I be a mobile technician or salon-based?
• Is this a full-time or part-time opportunity or a hobby?
• Will I be catering to spray tanning parties, wedding parties, dance troupes?

It is important to think about the number of tans you will most likely be applying in a day and how busy you will be. 

If you are just starting out and looking to apply only a few tans (not back-to-back) a day, the T100: The Understudy ($275) or the T500: The Head Liner ($575) would be ideal for you.  Both are easy to use and are portable.  The T500 has a very chic aluminum case, perfect for storing supplies for a mobile tech!

Whether you are looking to cater spray tanning parties, wedding parties or just want to be really, really busy, you will need to invest in a piece of equipment that can handle continuous (back-to-back) usage.  Check out the T700: The Performer ($675) or the TC3: The Show Stealer ($975).

If you are in a serene, spa setting, the TC3: The Show Stealer is the only way to go.  It is built into a soundproof box to reduce the volume—something else you should always take into consideration when purchasing equipment.

Since I had the opportunity to jump back in the technician’s seat earlier this week, I’ve been thinking a lot about my favorite piece of equipment.  If I had it to do over again, I’d start with the T700: The Performer!  It’s my personal favorite!  Why?  Perhaps because I can use it all day without overheating it.  Maybe because it’s small enough to be portable which maintaining its professional, “workhorse of the industry” attitude.  Or maybe because it’s so user-friendly.

Having trouble deciding which piece is right for you?  Give our EnvyTan representatives a call at 866-368-9826 or drop us an email at questions@envytan.com.

Isn’t time to upgrade?

 

Spray Tanning Solutions: Which solution is best?

The million dollar question:  Which solution is best?

At EnvyTan, we like to think all of our spray tanning solution is equally the best, it really depends on you.  We do our very best to provide totally customizable tans.  If you are a dedicated reader, you know that on several occasions I have done the math and we have more than 240 different tans created from our Solution Additives alone!  Factor in our 12 different solutions and that’s 1200 options!  That doesn’t even get into the custom-created solution strengths (Combat Envy: DHA Booster Drop).

So which is best?  If I had a nickel for every time I’ve been asked that question…well, let’s just say I wouldn’t be slaving away in front of my computer… just kidding!  But in all honesty, this is a question we get a lot! 

And it’s always a tough one to answer?  Why?  Because I don’t know your customers like you do.  While we admire people who are ready and rarin’ to purchase oodles of new solution, it’s typically not the smartest move.

Invest in a sampler kit first.  Our Interested: Envy Solution Sampler Kit is available three different ways.  Interested: Envy Temptations Sampler Kit includes the 5, 8, 10 and 12% solutions from our Temptations line (any solution with a black label).  Interested: Envy Addict Sampler Kit includes the 5, 8, 10 and 12% from our Addict line (any solution with a platinum label).  Interested in both?  Interested: Split Kit allows you to try the 8% and 12% from both lines, Temptations and Addict.  And at only $35 each, sampler kits are a small investment that will pay off big in the end! 

Each kit contains four 8 ounce bottles.  That means you should get, at the very least, two tans from each bottle.  Let’s figure you charge a very reasonable $30 per tan.  You’ve just made about $200 off one $35 investment!  Cha-ching!  And now your clients love, love, love your new solutions (and we were pretty sure they would)!  Who says small investments don’t pay off!

Raise your hand if you see dollar-signs!

Now that you’ve been Interested, make it in the Big Time ($90).  Big Time: Envy Solution Stockpile lets you double-up on the solution with four 16 ounce bottles.  What, what?!

Solution Additives: Don't Forget the Sprinkles!

 

Don't forget the sprinkles...

It’s the holiday season and that means cookie-time! 

Last week, I introduced my other half to the fine art of baking…sugar cookies.  You should have seen his eyes light up when I gave him full reign of the sugar sprinkle decorations.  Oh my! 

In my family, there are two sayings:

          Everything tastes better with sprinkles.

          Everyone looks better tan.

From golden-brown, slightly lopsided sugar cookies to beautiful, glowing tans, don’t forget the best part… the statement piece… the cherry on top… the sparkle!  Sprinkle in some shimmer for your next holiday tan.  Get festive with EnvyTan's glitter drops ($15)!  Red Carpet: Ruby Red Glitter Drop, Jealous: Jade Glitter Drop or stick with our most popular metallics, Gold Digger: 24 Karat Gold and Paparazzi: Shimmering Bronze.  Can’t pick just one?  Try EnvyTan’s Glitter Blitz Pack ($125) containing all ten fantastically festive glitter drops! 

Tanning Tip:  Glitter drops are “day of” products meaning they will wash off in the first post-tan shower.  To reapply, simply add the glitter drop of choice to a small amount of distilled or bottled water and spray through your HVLP equipment!! Do not, I repeat, do not add cookie sprinkles to your spray tanning solution.  Yucko-bucko!

Go on; add a little glitz to the holiday parties!

Warning: Ubertan

Ubertan more like Ew-bertan!

For some time now, die-hard tanners (mainly in the UK) have been trying to understand the mysterious Ubertan.

For those of you who don’t know what Ubertan is, you’re not alone.  But let me tell you what I know and have learned in my research.  Ubertan is a nasal spray that claims to enhance your natural tan.  How?  Good question.  No one “nose.” 

What we do know is that it seems to do more harm than good!  With the promise of a beautiful tan, many people have taken to this technique.  The directions are similar to any other nasal spray:  hold one nostril closed and spray/inhale up the other…just like you would do with any saline (allergy-relieving, etc.) nasal spray when you are under the weather.  This is supposed to accelerate the production of melanin in your skin.  Melanin is responsible for your body's tan.

In many cases, following these directions have led to serious side effects.  At least one woman suffered a reaction similar to a heart attack and is still undergoing tests to check for permanent damage!  Several people report dizziness and nausea post-use.

Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to pinpoint why.  There are no ingredients listed on the box, label or product itself.  Red flag, anyone?

This summer The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, a government watchdog in the UK, said that Ubertan Sunless Tanning System is an unlicensed medicine, meaning it is illegal to sell, advertise or supply.  The MHRA has launched an investigation into the product.*

The owners of ubertan.com – along with two other sellers – could now face a maximum two-year prison sentence following legal action by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).

Ubertan, which was being sold illegally in gyms and tanning salons, is no longer available after the MHRA recently forced the company to close its UK-based website.**  However in my search for answers, I had absolutely no problem accessing the Ubertan website or its Facebook page.

Before you do anything silly, think about your health.  As they taught us in D.A.R.E class in elementary school, “Just Say No.”

“Say Yes to the Dress….Spray Tan!”  Spray tanning is a great way to give your skin a beautiful bronze glow!  It’s already doing wonders for your skin—especially if you are using our EnvyTan solutions.  Don’t forget, not only will they give you are great tan, but they are also hydrating, skin firming, anti-oxidant, anti-aging, not to mention anti-cellulite! Now there really is a fat-zapping spray!

EnvyTan solutions have always been and continue to be all natural, noncomedogenic, fragrance and odor-free. We still do not add any parabens or any other chemical gunk! Our solutions have been certified organic and hypoallergenic! They have also been eco-certified and are PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) Approved!  Check out our EnvyTan company profile on PETA.com

For super easy, super safe, DIY spray tans grab a can of Lasting Envy: Spray Tan in a Can!  At only $24 a bottle, it's great to between-appointment-touch-ups or complete body coverage!

Spray Safe!

 

For further information, check out the two sites I referenced above:

*BBC

**The Guardian

 

Spray Tanning: Spray Day Bag

Before you go to for your next spray tanning session, grab your Spray Day Bag.

Your Spray Day Bag (SDB) is your insurance against any subpar technicians.  Let’s face it, we’ve all been to those sketchy salons where the employees are more concerned with what’s going on in “The Real World” rather than the real world, the same employees that still twirl their hair and smack their bubblegum, absent-mindedly dispensing half-directions and texting at the same time.

Frightening isn’t it!  But of course, you have a big event in the next 24 hours and can’t afford to cancel because this is the only time you can get the tan, not to mention the every salon in town in booked solid—apparently even this place!

Now, of course, because of your 12 second interaction with Miss Thing, you’re starting to worry—even though she may the best tanning technician in the western hemisphere!  Judging from your experience, you highly doubt the “certified tanning technician” degree on the wall…assuming the gum smacker is indeed Miss T. Ann Pro.

This is where your SDB will be your BFF.

Whether you are a technician on the side (who knows how to get the most out of a tan), frequent tanner, or concerned first timer, be sure to purchase some insurance against sketchy tans.  More importantly, take it when you travel.  Most people know the spray tanning hot spots in their local town...but what about in another city, state or *yikes* country!  Keep your cool and stay in control of your spray tan!

Confused?  Here’s what your Spray Day Bag should include (and why):

Security: Pre-Tan Barrier ($24)

Apply Security to dry areas of your skin like elbows, knees, ankles, feet and hands.  This will keep those areas from soaking up solution like a sponge—and keep you from looking like you’ve contracted the Oompa-Loompa Pox.

Hide Out: pH Balancing Spray ($22)

Prep your skin before every tan.  Get rid of that daily gunk and balance your skin’s pH levels in one step.  This is super important because sweat and body oils can have a huge impact on a tan (and can lead to orange results).

Client Disposables ($14-35)

Many upstanding salons/technicians provide disposable undergarments for your convenience.  Toss a few options in your bag in case they don’t.  Don’t ruin your pretty things.

Lip Balm

Swipe this across your lips (and eyebrows if you have fair hair).  This keeps the DHA from staining these areas. 

Hair Tie & Over It: Hair Cap ($15)

For your hair.  Tie it back.  Make sure it’s up and out of the way.  A disposable hair cap is your best option for keeping overspray out of your hair.  Again, many places have these, but it’s a good idea to have your own personal stash—especially if you are a regular tanner.

Sole Patrols: Protective Sole Shields ($35)

Use Sole Patrols to keep from slippin' and slidin' inside a spray tan tent or on slippery tile surfaces.  These bad boys adhere to your feet and have traction on the bottom.  Walk of the salon in them and drive home in them.  Don't give your pretty feet flip-flop lines.

Interested: Solution Sampler Kit ($35)

Once you've found the perfect solution, don't chance another icky spray tan.  Purchase a sampler pack and BYOS...bring your own solution.  Hand the tech your solution and know what results you're getting.

Old/Black Towel

This is perfect to toss over your seat on the ride home.  Many solutions contain bronzer for immediate results.  Occasionally, this can rub off on tight clothes, etc.  Though it should have no bearing on the developed tan, you don’t want the bronzer to rub off onto the seats of your brand new car.

Disguised: DHA Scent Neutralizing Spray ($24)

Right-click, delete.  Confirm delete?  Yep.  Don’t walk around smelling like a spray tan.  If your body has a reaction to DHA, have no fear.  Mist your skin with Disguised in as little as 1 hour after your tan.  Don’t worry; if you have this reaction, you’re not alone.

 

Keep these items handy.  In a plastic bag, Louis Vuitton, or just your favorite beat up backpack, you’ll feel much more at ease when Miss Thing comes in (20 minutes late) to apply your spray tan.

I’d like to think that every tanning salon is a top-notch business.  But, we all know, that’s not always the case.  EnvyTan has just what you need.  For a limited time, check out our Control Freak: Spray Day Bag, $35 (complete with that oversized towel for your seat).  You are already making an investment in your appearance.  Invest in a Spray Day Bag; invest in your spray tan.

Technician Tools: Know It All...Oh! The Places You'll Go!

Oh. Em. Gee.

It’s like Christmas at EnvyTan today!  The latest edition of our Know It All: USB Drives arrived in *our* office this morning…and I’m totally stoked.  If we were in the land of Dr. Seuss, TODAY would be that today… you know, “Today is the day…Oh the places you’ll go”!

Get your business going far and wide with Know It All!  How?  Sure it’s a cute little black flash drive with our chic EnvyTan logo on it.  But it’s awesome-r than that!  It’s already PRE-LOADED with 11 different (and I might add handy) spray tanning client forms.

Whether you are just getting started, or a seasoned pro just joining the EnvyTan family of spray artists, check out “Building Your Brand in 15 Steps for Under $500” is just one of the forms available on our Know It All: USB Drive.  It’s conveniently loaded with our client information forms.  Be a true professional.  Use the pre-loaded forms to discuss the best solutions for your clients for optimal results.  Keep records of all your clients’ likes and dislikes.  Give your business a polished and put together look with our fabulous forms.  Complete with a key ring attachment, you never have to leave home without it!

For your convenience, our Know It All: USB Drive ($20) contains both branded and non-branded forms.  The forms that are EnvyTan branded will include the Sunless Secrets product line names.  Send your sales through the roof and watch your profits grow when you carry our Sunless Secrets Pro Line.  Deliver fabulous tans and follow up with fabulous spray tan care products and you’ll be booked solid!

Go on!  Get started! 

 

“With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet,

You’re too smart to go down any not-so-good street.

…Oh the places you’ll go.”

-Dr. Seuss, "Oh! The Places You'll Go"

Spray Tans: Make Your Spray Tan Smell Vanish!

 

Don’t mask your love for spray tans.  Make your “spray tan” smell vanish!

It’s Halloween and everyone knows it’s one of those times when girls go wild!  Today, it’s not really about the scariest or most creative costume.  It’s all about who’s hot and who’s not.  After all, it’s one of those few days a year that girls can go all out in the sexy-department and no one can judge her, because…well…hey, it’s Halloween.

So you’ve got your teeniest, tiniest, tightest black leather mini-skirt, black thigh-high boots and black bustier on, topped off with a witch hat.  Watch out!  Sexy witch, comin’ through! 

Let’s say, you decided to amp up the sexy factor with a spray tan.  But—ut oh—in your real life, you’re a overworked, cubicle dwelling accountant who didn’t have time to get a tan until 3 hours before the PAR-TAY!  No problem.

You were smart and grabbed Disguised.  Disguised: DHA Odor Neutralizing Spray ($24) kept your spray tan a secret!  By misting yourself with Disguised (as soon as 1 hour) post spray tan, you made that dead giveaway, that infamous spray tan smell, vanish!   Spritz, spritz, poof! Gone.

Ew.  What’s that smell?  Good news, it’s not you.  I think it’s that girl in the teeniest, tiniest, tightest black leather mini-skirt, black thigh-high boots and black bustier on, topped off with a red and white striped hat—definitely a new twist on Dr. Seuss’s Cat in the Hat.

Backorders: Don't Worry, It's a Good Thing

 

The Backorder Blues…

Ok.  So you’ve fallen madly in love with EnvyTan—who wouldn’t?  Great products, great prices, great customer service, great blog articles!

And now you absolutely cannot live without Body Armor.  Hey, it’s my favorite too!  Many of you notice that it can be difficult to get your paws on.  Body Amor: Tan Extending Lotion ($26) is one of our most popular products and it FLIES off the shelves!  Blink and it’s on backorder!

While I totally understand that this seems like a huge bummer, this is actually a good thing.  See, EnvyTan does not mix up oodles and oodles of product and leave it sitting on the shelf for ever and ever until it’s gone.  We are constantly mixing fresh batches of our products to ensure that our customers receive the best product possible.

We know that “want it, need it, gotta have it” feeling.  But we won’t ever comprise the quality of our products to keep the shelves stocked with excess product.  And while we apologize for any inconvenience the waiting period may cause, we know it’s worth it when you receive a brand-spankin’ new bottle of your favorite product.

Heads Up!  Our newest, freshest shipment of products will be arriving shortly and we hope to have Body Armor back on the shelves early in 2012.  Stay tuned for new products arriving in late fall!

Client Disposables: Get Your Customers 'Captivated'

Check out our new edition of Captivated: Disposables Best Seller Pack.

Forget a “Top 5.”  We’ve got a “Top 6!”

Don’t squander all your profit purchasing items one by one—continue saving!  Stretch your dollar further.  Check out Captivated: Disposables Best Seller Pack ($115).  With Captivated, there’s no need to figure out what you use the most…we already have!

 

Over It: Hair Caps – 100

Spare Me: Gloves – 50 Pairs (Medium)

Face It: Face Masks – 50

Sole Patrols: Sole Shields – 20 Pairs

Fling Thong – 20

Fling Bandeau – 20

 

At only $115.00, you can save money without thinking!

Be sure to check out our other disposables like Nobody Knows: Nose Filters or try them all with Intrigued: Envy Disposable Sampler Kit! Protect yourself and your client!              

It’s so easy to start with everything and reorder as needed.  That way I don’t have to guess where to start.  Plus, it’s a discount—why not save some hard earned dough!

-Samantha L., Pittsburgh, PA

Solution: Big Time

So you were Interested and now you’re ready for the Big Time?

Step right up!  Big Time: Envy Solution Stockpile is the latest edition to our Bulk Product Kits.  The grown-up version of Interested, Big Time contains (4) 16-ounce bottles of solution…that’s double the Interest[ed]! 

Our Big Time: Envy Solution Stockpile allows you to stock up on our DHA spray tanning solutions without going overboard.  Keep your solution fresh by purchasing in smaller bulk quantities.  Trust me—3 gallons of the same solution doesn’t do anyone any good if it sits around for 2 years! 

This is ideal for “stocking up” in slow season!  It is even great for “sampling” solutions.  It gives you a few more tans to decide if I liked the colors for sure.  Similar to our Interested: Envy Solution Sampler Kit, Big Time is available three ways:

1. Envy Temptations:  Tease (5%), Sinful (8%), Greedy (10%), Gluttony (12%)
2. Envy Addict:  Craving (5%), Habit (8%), Addiction (10%), Strung Out (12%)
3. Envy Split Kit:  Sinful (8%), Habit (8%), Gluttony (12%), Strung Out (12%)

Big Time: Envy Solution Stockpile is available for $90.00.  When ordering, be sure to let us know which Big Time you’d like to receive—simply choose from the drop-down menu!  Anyone up for a three-way?

Keep your love alive and your sexy tans glowing strong with Convinced: Sunless Secrets Best Seller Pack.  Don’t let your tan be a one night stand!

Spray Tanning Training: Bargain Shopper, Be the Best

 

Everyone wants to be the best.  We are competitive by nature—think about it, the Olympics, the Superbowl, the Car Salesmen of the Year, Employee of the Month, and don’t forget about commission and end of the year bonus checks!

Be the best in the spray tanning industry.  EnvyTan offers a complete training package to address and answer all of your spray tanning questions.  Just starting out, perfect.  Aiming to refine your business skills, perfect.  Looking to brush up on your spray tanning knowledge, perfect. 

 

Bargain Shopper: Spray Tanning Training Bundle is the product for you.  Bargain Shopper contains our three *exclusive* EnvyTan eBooks.  These eBooks are written by the pros.  Full of great information, each eBook is directly applicable to a different stage in your career.  Start out with Preview: 15 Minute Guide to Spray Tan.  Easy to read and understand, Preview will get you psyched for more!  Money Maker: Spray Tanning as a Business gets your business going…on the fast track.  Just starting out; no idea where to start?  Let Money Maker hold your hand the entire way.

At this point, take some time to check out our Show Off: Spray Tanning Training DVD.  Sit back and relax as you watch our EnvyTan technician beautifully, artfully and efficiently apply a spray tan.  Watch it over and over until you master the steps.  It’s like having a technician right in your home! 

Then, once you’ve got the basics down, get certified!  Certification is hugely important!  We feel so strongly about it, we’ve even included it in all of our start up packages!  It’s Official: Spray Tan Training Course is our online course and certification.  And it’s brand, spankin’ new!  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 several sections (don’t panic…they’re only a few pages at most)!  All of our official EnvyTan Certified Spray Tanning Artist certificates are displayed in a gorgeous platinum frame for you.  Now you just need to decide where to hang such a work of art!  Your official EnvyTan certificate will arrive soon after your test results are recorded, along with our handy client forms loaded onto our Know It All: USB Flash Drive.  Hit the ground running with EnvyTan! 

Continue your spray tanning education with So Serious: Professional Guide to Spray Tanning.  Once you’ve been in the industry for a few weeks and are coming across questions you never thought you’d be asked, find the answers in So Serious.

EBooks and DVDs and certification, oh my!  Give yourself a (spray tanned) leg up in this industry.  Of course, all of these products can be purchased separately in our EnvyStore, but why not make it easy on yourself?  You are going to need them all anyway!  Take advantage of our EnvyTan Bargain Shopper: Spray Tanning Training Bundle available now for only $125!

Come on.  Be the best.

Certification: It's Official, Spray Tanning Course and Certification

 

 

Attention spray tanning technician wannabes!!!

Learn to spray tan from the pros.  EnvyTan’s latest edition of It’s Official: Course and Certification is available now on our website!

At EnvyTan, we believe that the proper training and certification are key to a great business.  This course will guide you through the entire process.  From spray tanning basics like which equipment is right for you (and how to use it) to spray tan after care and exquisite customer service ideas, It’s Official is the best in the business…and so are we!

When you purchase It’s Official, you will receive our brand new, hot off the press edition of the course.  It will arrive in your inbox as a PDF shortly after purchase.  Grab your glasses and some drinks; sit down and get busy.  Once your answers are submitted and graded, you will receive a digital copy of your Envy Spray Pro Artist Certificate for you to print out and display—that is, until your official copy arrives on your doorstep, framed and ready for exhibition!

And now, for the first time ever, It’s Official comes with our handy client history forms and questionnaires pre-loaded onto our chic EnvyTan USB drive, Know It All.  Take all your forms with you when you visit clients.  Leave pertinent papers behind.  Give your clients peace of mind knowing you’re the real deal!

Distinguish your business from the rest.  At only $45, it’s a small investment that can make a world of difference.  It’s Official: Course and Certification is part of our Envy Academy.  Check out our other training products available in the Spray Tanning Training Materials section of our EnvyStore. 

Start Up Kits: Celebrity, Instant Stardom

Achieve instant stardom with EnvyTan’s just-released start up kit, Celebrity!

Everything you need to make it big in the industry, Celebrity: Envy Pro Kit has everything a mobile technician could ask for:  equipment, supplies, marketing materials and more.  Pocket your extra celeb success with Celebrity’s built-in discount!!!

Want to be an EnvyTan artist? Start here. This kit is perfect for mobile techs or salon techs who want to be trained EnvyTan technicians! Use our solutions and products; follow our training and guidelines; and consider yourself an EnvyTan Spray Tanning Artist. And oh yeah-you can use the EnvyTan name on your business promotional materials!

Glam up your business with Celebrity!  Don’t forget to stock up and save with Big Time: Envy Solution Stock Pile!

Start your business in three easy steps.

1. Select your kit.

2. Select your equipment.

3. Proceed to the check out page.

 

Get your spray tanning adventure off to a fantastic start!

The Celebrity: Envy Pro Kit includes:

T100-HVLP Spray System (Equipment, hose and warranty)

Undercover: Envy Spray Tan Tent

Get Out: Extraction Fan (Fan with filter)

Show Off-Training DVD (Training and technique)

It’s Official: Training Test and Certification (Certification)

Training Solution (32 oz bottle)

Envy Identity Web and Marketing Package (Domain name, 5 Page website, 1 year locator listing, 2 car magnets, and 500 business cards)

Entourage: Envy Rolling Duffle

Loaded: Envy Organizer Bag

Trendy: Envy Tanning Tech Uniform

Transparent: Tanning Technician Glasses

Wrap Party: Client Robe

Reinforcements: Extra cups and lids (3 cups with lids)

Multiple Personalities-Solution ID Mini Labels (12 labels)

Training Solution (64 oz bottle)

The Cleaner: HVLP Gun Cleaner (16 oz bottle)

Interested Solution Sampler Kit-Temptations and Addict (4-8 oz bottles)

Additives Pack (Killer Envy, Combat Envy, Glitter Drop, Scent Boost)

Spray Tanning Instructional Brochures and Poster (100 Brochures, 1 Poster)

Sunless Secrets Informational Brochure and Poster (100 Brochures, 1 Poster)

 

Become a Celebrity today!  Check out our EnvyTan Start Up Pro Kits!

Equipment: Cleaning Your Equipment

Many of you good technicians know you need to clean your equipment on a regular (daily) basis.  And I’m hoping that you do.  Although I have shared this in other posts before, I’m going to do it again, as there has been some confusing information floating around in cyberspace.

When you clean your equipment, use The Cleaner: HVLP Gun Cleaning Solution.  If you follow this blog, or have read previous articles, you know that you can cut this solution with water to make it go further.

Ahhh…but what kind of water to use?

Definitely not tap water.  Water from the faucet may contain minerals that can be damaging to your equipment—especially during prolonged exposure.

So now the big question becomes “Bottled Water or Distilled Water?”

And now the big answer:

…drum roll please…

While both are considered safe, if given the option, always choose distilled!   

Distilled water is the purest form of water available.  Even though bottled water goes through several rigorous filtration processes, distilled water has less chlorine and ammonia (which can be harmful to the equipment).

Keep your equipment in tip top shape and your business boomin’!  The Cleaner: HVLP Gun Cleaning Solution is available in the HVLP Equipment/Supplies section of our EnvyStore.  It is available in both 16 ounce and one gallon bottles!

HVLP Equipment: Apollo TC3

 

Don’t disturb the peace with your HVLP equipment; upgrade to the Apollo TC3: The Show Stealer!

 

With the Apollo TC3: The Show Stealer spray tanning is a silent cinch.  Built into a soundproof enclosure, the TC3 is our quietest piece of equipment.  The TC3 is a true professional piece, inside and out.  This is ideal for spa environments! 

For mobile technicians who prefer peace and quiet, the Apollo TC3 is fabulous!  In addition to providing a spray tan without the noise associated with other units, the TC3 case offers a workspace that you don’t have with other equipment.  At 22” x 19” x 23”, you not only have a great place to set supplies, you also have a holder for the gun!  Don’t worry about ruining your clients’ beautiful tabletops ever again! 

Be sure to check out The Show Stealer’s debut in our newest edition of Show Off: Spray Tanning DVD!

For more on the Apollo TC3: The Show Stealer or our other HVLP units check out our HVLP Equipment/Supplies section of our EnvyStore.

HVLP Equipment: Apollo TC3

 

Don’t disturb the peace with your HVLP equipment; upgrade to the Apollo TC3: The Show Stealer!

 

With the Apollo TC3: The Show Stealer spray tanning is a silent cinch.  Built into a soundproof enclosure, the TC3 is our quietest piece of equipment.  The TC3 is a true professional piece, inside and out.  This is ideal for spa environments! 

For mobile technicians who prefer peace and quiet, the Apollo TC3 is fabulous!  In addition to providing a spray tan without the noise associated with other units, the TC3 case offers a workspace that you don’t have with other equipment.  At 22” x 19” x 23”, you not only have a great place to set supplies, you also have a holder for the gun!  Don’t worry about ruining your clients’ beautiful tabletops ever again! 

Be sure to check out The Show Stealer’s debut in our newest edition of Show Off: Spray Tanning DVD!

For more on the Apollo TC3: The Show Stealer or our other HVLP units check out our HVLP Equipment/Supplies section of our EnvyStore.

Skin Care: Ambush Winter Skin

 

Happy First Day of Fall (and the fall of the summer glow)!

Fall is a beautiful time of the year—the leaves change and the weather cools.  And the carving of pumpkins ushers in the final major holidays of the year (yay)!

At the same time, fall begins the dry skin season—followed up by a long winter of bundled up bodies, with little chance of exposure to the sun.  The cure for hibernation legs?  Self-Tanners Confidential and Lasting Envy*!  But first, be kind to your skin…

 

POOF....Dead skin, flaky skin, peeling tans be gone!

Shed your winter skin with EnvyTan’s Ambush: Pre Tan Exfoliating Scrub.  Prep for your next tan or pamper yourself silly with super scrumptious cinnamon pumpkin treat! 

Use Ambush and Bodyguard:  DHA Friendly Body Wash to make your skin totally touchable. 

Get hot and steamy in the shower! 

Apply Ambush all over your body to give your skin that healthy, sexy glow.  Using your hands or someone else's, simply massage your gorgeous bod til soft and silky.  Rinse with warm water and top off with Bodyguard!

Once you’ve exfoliated your skin, you’re ready for some bronze!  Grab Lasting Envy and be envied!

Ambush: Pre Tan Exfoliating Scrub is available in the Pre-Tan Products category of our EnvyStore.  At only $24 for an 8 ounce jar, it’s one of our top sellers! 

 

*For more information on Confidential or Lasting Envy, please take a moment to read the blogs from earlier this week:  September 19 and September 21.

Self Tanner: Lasting Envy

 

When Lasting Envy heard that we did a piece on her good friends (self tanners) Confidential and Top Secret, she popped her top!  We didn’t even get a chance to tell her about her solo feature.

Tan in a can products are immensely popular.  If you ask me, it’s because they are so easy to use:  spray and go. 

Show up stunning!

EnvyTan's Lasting Envy: Spray Tan in a Can is the quick and easy answer for those DIY-ers.  Can’t make it to the salon?  Grab a can of Lasting Envy and go to work.  Spray Lasting Envy onto fresh skin and let the fun begin.  Apply before bed and wake up kissed by color.

Going on vacation?  Toss Lasting Envy or Confidential into your bag for quick touch ups!  Don’t leave home with out it.

Added bonus?!  Because Lasting Envy is an aerosol product, she is more forgiving of potential imperfections or “age-showers” like laugh lines and wrinkles.

Like Confidential: Self Tanning Lotion for the Body and Top Secret: Self Tanning Lotion for the Face, Lasting Envy: Spray Tan in a Can is available in the Self-Tanning Products category of our EnvyStore.

Self Tanner: Confidential & Top Secret

 
Time for self-tanners.

It was a brisk 60 degrees on my way to work this morning!  Love it!  I am a huge fan the fall—maybe it’s because that’s when my birthday is, and Halloween, and pumpkins, and big holiday feasts!  If it could be 60 degrees all day, everyday, I’d be a happy camper!

But that means bye-bye summer sun.  Bye-bye outside all day.  Bye-bye beach.  Bye-bye summer glow.  Ah…but not necessarily!

Fall means back to school time, which in theory means more mom time.  But let’s face it, there is very little time for pampering between all the sports games and practices, homework and projects. 

Don’t you wish the Quick-Fix Fairy had your back?!  Well now she does.  Check out EnvyTan's Top Secret: Self-Tanning Lotion for the Face and Confidential: Self-Tanning Lotion for the Body.

Light up that face with a beautiful glow!  Nothing accents a 1000-watt smile and sexy bedroom eyes like bronzed skin.  Have no fear—Top Secret: Self Tanning Lotion for the Face is specially formulated and is noncomedogenic so it won’t clog your pores!

 

And why stop with your face?  Get a gorgeous glow from head to toe with Confidential: Self Tanning Lotion for the Body.

Bring the sun to your skin.  Moisturize and bronze all in one step.  With Confidential: Self Tanning Lotion for the Body you can give your skin the gift of sunlight, even if you’re trapped in a cubicle, or the carpool lane.

We promise not to tell.

Confidential: Self Tanning Lotion for the Body and Top Secret: Self-Tanning Lotion for the Face are available in the Self-Tanning Products category of our EnvyStore.  Stock up and save!  Both products are available at wholesale pricing in quantities of 6! 

HVLP Equipment: Apollo T700: The Performer

 

Get The HVLP, Apollo T700: The Performer and Spray On EnvyTan Technicians!

 

If you are spraying 9-5, this equipment is perfect for you.  This little black beauty, The Performer, is chic and portable.  Its best feature?  You can run this bad boy all day long without overheating!  Upgrade from the Apollo T100 or the Apollo T100s (mobile mist) or simply start off with the Apollo T700!  If your business is going to double, why not start with T700 now? Best. Mobile. Piece. Ever.  Small and portable, it fits on the floor of the car (even in the cramped backseat quarters)!

Grab it and go.  You’re equipment can last all day.  Can you keep up?

For our quietest equipment, try the Apollo TC3: The Show Stealer.

The Apollo T700: The Performer is 11" x 7" x 11" and weighs about 20 lbs.  It comes in a stylish black colour, perfect for disguising spray tan solution dribbles!  This equipment, as well as our other 3 HVLP pieces are available in the HVLP Equipment/Supplies section of our EnvyStore.  With pricing from $295-$975, there is something for every budget!