Tanning Blog: Airbrush and Spray Tanning

Coco Chanel: Fashion & Tanning Innovator?

Coco Chanel, the legendary genius behind Chanel, changed fashion forever in the 1900s and even today. But did you know she also changed the way we look at tans and tanning?

To explain her impact, it's crucial to talk about sun tanning throughout history. Before 1920, tanning was associated with being in the lower class and, because that was frowned upon, was to be avoided at all costs.

Upper class folks went to ridiculous and dangerous approaches to lighten their skin tone. Some women used lead-based cosmetics and arsenic to get just the right light skin tone. They also carried a parasol around with them at all times to make sure their skin didn't get too tanned.

It wasn't until the 1920s that Chanel fans spotted her after a sun burn. Because she was such a trendsetter, fans began to emulate her look and tanning spread in popularity.

From that point on, tanning grew from a hobby to an industry. In the 1940s, advertisements started promoted sun bathing. In 1978, tanning beds were introduced.

It was around the same time that spray tanning and sunless tanning became popular alternatives to tanning in beds.

That brings us to 2003 when Envy Tan was started as a mobile tanning business.

From our humble beginnings, we have grown to the industry leader in spray tanning and now help entreprenuers build other spray tanning businesses around the country.

Check out our website to find out more about our products and creating your own mobile spray tanning business.

PETA: PETA Approved Tanning Solutions

 

PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, burst onto the scene during the Silver Spring Monkeys Case, a case that would last 10 years. One of PETA’s founders, Alex Pacheco, had infiltrated a behavioral science lab in Silver Spring, Maryland and found that gruesome research was being conducted. PETA was founded in 1980, made headlines in 1981 and has been in the public eye since. The details of what was happening inside of that Silver Spring lab are far too gruesome to even be written about. It should suffice to say that Alex Pacheco found some extremely disturbing practices in play and decided that he should do something about it, and he did. He founded PETA for the global protection of all kinds of animals against these kinds of unnecessary atrocities.

Other PETA victories:

• North Carolina and Okalahoma, pig farms: brutal beatings and mistreatment of pigs, led to the first felony indictment of farm workers

• Florida: An exotic animal training school was found to beat the animals, leading the US Dept. of Agriculture to develop new regulations of animal training methods

• Mobil, Texaco, Shell, and other oil giants agreed to put covers over their exhaust stacks, as birds and bats would become trapped and die.

It is because of animal atrocities like these that EnvyTan is committed to cruelty-free practices.

We have always been and will continue to be a cruelty-free company. And now EnvyTan is proud to announce that we are PETA certified, which means that none of our products are tested on animals or contain animal byproducts. We hope that we will lead by example, especially in the beauty and cosmetics industry, because it’s not just about a spray tan, it’s about the world.

Happy Birthday to the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA, who turns 31 this year. And while I may not be old enough to remember the case that started it all, I am proud to work for a company so dedicated to animal welfare.