We recommend that all waxing, shaving, and nail services be completed prior to your tan. It’s important to exfoliate your skin well and avoid having any lotions, oils, deodorants, perfumes, or makeup on when you arrive for your appointment. These can create a barrier on your skin that will prevent the tanning solution from being applied properly. Remember that you cannot shower, get wet, sweat or apply any lotions for 8 hours after your appointment. Please bring loose fitting/dark colored clothing to wear out of the salon as tight clothing can lead to uneven results.

We recommend to wear dark colored, loose-fitting clothing to your appointment. Do not wear anything that is tight or restricting! Clothing that is too tight may rub the solution off your skin or cause patchiness.

Avoid wearing fabrics such as denim, leather, satin, or silk— if stained, these fabrics tend to hold onto the solution more and can be harder to get stains out of!

Make sure to check the weather forecast! If there is a chance of rain, please come prepared with clothing that will fully cover and protect your skin from head-to-toe. (I.E. umbrella, rain jacket, closed-toed shoes, etc.)

What you wear during your spray tan appointment is 100% up to you and your comfort level.

If you do not want tan lines, we recommend that you tan fully nude.

If you are not comfortable with being nude, you can always bring a bathing suit or underwear to keep on during the service! Anything that you keep on will leave tan lines.

Keep in mind— if you prefer to wear a bathing suit or underwear during the service, the fabric of those items will inevitably come into contact with the spray tan solution. The tan solution should wash out of most fabrics without a problem, but we cannot guarantee that it will wash out of all fabrics. Wearing a darker-fabric will reduce the chances of noticeable stains.

Your spray tan will last anywhere from 5-7 days— depending on your skin type, physical activity, and aftercare/maintenance.

Here are a few tips to help make your spray tan last longer:

• Stay hydrated! Hydrated Skin = Healthy Skin.

• Moisturize! Moisturize! Moisturize!

• Avoid using products that contain a high alcohol content or contain mineral oil. These ingredients can strip the solution from your skin and cause the tan to fade faster.

• After you get your spray tan, do NOT exfoliate! Any type of exfoliation could remove the solution from the skin or cause patchiness.

• If you need to shave, be GENTLE! If you have to shave while you have a spray tan, make sure you use very light pressure. This will help guide the razor to only removing the hair, and not the skin cells on the top layer of your skin (that contain the spray tan solution).

At Melt Parlor, we offer Custom Airbrush Spray Tans. This means, we do not use the same solution on everyone.

Our tanning technician will do a consultation with you at the beginning of your appointment to better understand the exact look and outcome that you desire. During this time, they will assess your skin type, skin tones, and undertones— which will help them create the perfect customized spray tan formula made just for you!

After your spray tan appointment, you must wait a full 8-hours for your spray tan to develop. During this 8-hour processing time, it is very important that you keep your skin completely dry. Yes, this includes sweating!

If you would like to work out, please wait until after the 8-hour processing time has passed and you have rinsed the solution off of your skin.

The cosmetic bronzer you will have on for 8 hours has a slight chance of rubbing off onto fabrics, but it washes out of most fabrics similar to cotton. We cannot guarantee that it will wash out so we recommend sleeping on an older pair of sheets for the first night just in case.

All other services should be done before your spray tan session. Manicures and pedicures could mess up your tan since hands, feet, and legs usually soak in hot water and are exfoliated during those services. Waxing could take your spray tan off in the areas you get waxed, even days after your tanning session. If you would like to book a hair/nail/wax appointment right before your tanning session that would be best.

Your technician will go over after care instructions during your first appointment and you will be given a print out to take home with you. Soon after your session, if something happens and you have a mess up, call the salon and we can advise you on the best course of action. Sometimes a mess up can be fixed by coming back into the salon quickly, but we recommend that you go home and relax after your session and let your tan develop fully.

Be advised that if any water or rain comes in contact with your tan within 8 hours after your appointment it will greatly affect the overall results. We highly recommend for you to bring loose and covering clothing and close toed footwear to wear out of your appointment. Most importantly please do not forget an umbrella!

The spray tan solution does not protect from sunburn, so if you are going to be in the sun, we recommend using sunscreen. We recommend only lotion sunscreen because the alcohol content in a spray or aerosol sunscreen can make your tan fade fast and splotchy. We offer sunscreen at the salon that works great.

We suggest that you don’t apply one while you still have your tan. Our technicians formulate the solution used on your skin in order to make your spray tan customizable to your skin tone. Self-tanners apply a certain shade of color that might not match well with the solution that was used. We do offer a tan extending moisturizer that will work great and prolong the life of your tan.