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FAQ

How does it work?

The active ingredient is dihydroxyacetone (DHA) causes a chemical reaction with the amino acids on the outer most layer of the skin. This reaction causes the colour of the skin to change, producing a beautiful natural tan. DHA starts to react with the skin within 2 hours of the tan application and continues to do so for a total of 12 hours after which time you can wash.

How long does a Mobile Tan last?

Depending on a person's activities and skin type, the tan lasts approximately 6-12 days. With follow up applications, a person can maintain the tan indefinitely.

How do I prepare for a Mobile

Tan session?For the maximum result, before your session, shower and exfoliate the skin. Make sure your skin is free of perfumes, lotions, oils, deodorants, gels or any product on the skin that would create a barrier. Also, remove all jewellery (and don't put it back on until a few hours after your tan)!

What should I wear?

Attire for women is whatever you are comfortable with. Many things can be done to minimise tan lines. The key is your comfort level. Attire for men is also what ever you are comfortable in or boxers, swim trunks or shorts. Your tanning specialist will use the utmost discretion. Loose fitting clothing should be worn after a Mobile-Tan. DHA can react with wool, nylon, and silk. These fabrics should not be worn during or immediately following your tanning session.

How long should I wait after a tanning session before showering?

To give the DHA enough time to fully set, it is recommended waiting a minimum of 7 hours after tanning. Showering sooner may diminish the intensity of the tan.

Can a Mobile Tan be removed?

The colour produced by a tan does not wash off; it simply fades as the upper layers of the epidermis wear away. You can try to speed the exfoliation process by gently scrubbing the skin with a washcloth or loofah sponge. DO NOT OVER SCRUB! It may take a week or more for the "tanned" skin to disappear.

Is a Mobile Tan safe?YES!

According to the American Academy of Dermatology, the most effective products available are sunless or self-tanning products that contain dihydroxyacetone (DHA) as the active ingredient. DHA has been used in cosmetic preparations for almost 30 years and was listed with the FDA in 1973. It is declared safe and suitable for use in cosmetics and drugs used to colour the skin. DHA is derived from glycerin (vegetable origin), which is a commonly used cosmetic and food ingredient. DHA is not absorbed into the body and poses no possibility of toxicity.

What happens if the spray mist gets in my eyes?

Tanning mist has been used in over three million tanning sessions with no adverse reactions documented.

What happens if I inhale any of the tan mist?

While no one should purposely inhale or ingest the tan mist, it is known that DHA (the active tanning ingredient) is a non-hazardous compound and causes no adverse reaction in moderate quantities when applied or even ingested. DHA has been used as a diet supplement in sports nutrition and is non-carcinogenic. Testing has further shown that DHA is less toxic than aspirin, caffeine and even common table salt.

Will swimming affect my Mobile Tan?

Swimming in chlorinated water or salt water can fade the results, cause possible streaking and will diminish the length of your tan.

Should I shave before or after the Mobile Tan application?

Shaving is a form of exfoliation so you should shave about 8 hours before the application. Shaving after will take off some of your tan, so shave before. After your application, be sure to use a new razor as old dull blades can mark your results.

Does a Mobile Tan provide SPF protection?

No! Spray Tans do not provide any sunscreen protection, so you should apply sunscreen accordingly. Your skin will appear tanned, even though it's not. This is an artificial tan. There is no Sun Protection Factor (SPF) so your skin is still exposed and vulnerable to the sun. If you choose to expose your skin to UV rays either from the sun or a tanning bed, it is important to use a lotion with SPF to protect you from the sun's harmful rays.

What is the advantage of a Mobile Tan over UV tanning?

Airbrush tanning is an alternative form of tanning. People with sensitive skin or people who have a hard time tanning, natural or in tanning beds will find this form of tanning very comforting. One application with airbrush tanning will be equivalent to approximately 6 tanning bed sessions, there for making it cost effective. Airbrush tanning also spares the skin of excessive wear and tear and free from potential burns caused by the sun or tanning beds.

Airbrush tanning at home - how does it work?

A mobile tan offers you a safe and professional salon tan applied in the comfort and privacy of your own home. Spray tanning has taken the beauty market by storm, providing both women and men of all ages, a way to get and maintain a healthy looking tan, without being exposed to the sun's harmful rays and those of a sun bed. For anyone wanting a safe tan a mobile tan is the perfect solution. A spray tan can be applied in your home, back yard or even at the office. The mobile spray tan service is popular for tanning parties, special occasions, weddings (brides and bridesmaids), hen parties, children's parties and many more.

Sun Tanning Health Risks

Sun Tanning – Health Risks
Sun tanning in Queensland is considered a high health and safety risk. Sun tanning is a very real danger in Australia, particularly Queensland. Getting that bronzed suntan or any sun exposure is the direct cause of skin cancer. “Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in Australia”. Queensland records show the highest rates of melanoma in the world. In Australia our culture of sun worship, and the quest for that sun kissed bronze tan has led to a major health safety and danger risk.

According to the Queensland Cancer Foundation “one in two Australians develops some form of skin cancer during their lifetime. This is the highest rate in the world. In Queensland, roughly one person in 19 will get a melanoma in their lifetime. Around 2500 Queenslanders develop melanoma each year.” The health and safety dangers of the search for that perfect tan are well known. So how do we reduce the danger from sun tanning and can we tan safely? According to the Queensland Cancer Foundation to reduce your health and safety risk and to protect yourself against the danger of skin cancer, there are a few preventative steps you can follow.

Sun Safe Tips
Reduce your sunlight exposure, especially in the peak ultraviolet radiation (UVR) hours of 10am to 3pm.
Find some shade, or create your own with an umbrella.
Slip on some protective clothing.
Slap on a broad brimmed hat, or one that covers your neck and shoulders.
Slop on a good layer of broad-spectrum water-resistant
SPF30+ sunscreen. Remember to reapply frequently if outdoors.
Protect your eyes with close fitting sunglasses.
Avoid getting a suntan, using a solarium or getting sunburnt.

In light of the research and recommendations of The Queensland Cancer Foundation the only safe way to tan is to use a fake or spray tan such as Techno Tan. Never, ever suntan or use a solarium. It is dangerous and the risk of developing skin cancer in Australia is just too high. The sun also has an aging effect on your body.

Queensland Cancer Foundation website, accessed 19th March 2009. http://www.cancerqld.org.au/pdf/Understandingsunspotsandskincancer.pdf

Solarium Health Risks

Solariums - Health Risks

Solariums - The Unsafe Way to Tan!
Think that solariums are a safe way to obtain that perfect tan? Thank again. Solarium tanning is a serious health and safety risk. The danger of solarium tanning is even higher than sun tanning. Why is solarium tanning so dangerous. Solariums use artificial ultraviolet radiation (UV) to tan the skin. In fact the UV used in solariums are up to five times as strong as the midday sun. UV prompts skin cells to produce ‘melanin’, which tans our skin. The artificial UV in solariums tans skin very quickly and is much more intense than UV from the sun.

Some of the risks of tanning in a solarium include burning, irritation, swelling, blistering of the skin and pain. This may continue to develop for up to 72 hours after exposure. Solariums also cause your skin to age much faster than it should. (That is definitely one reason not to tan in a Solarium).

Use a solarium regularly and you will notice your skin will wrinkle, blotch, sag and may even thicken. However the scariest health and safety danger is that Solarium tanning can also lead to skin cancer. UV penetrates deep into the skin, damaging skin cells and causing tumours to grow.

These tumours can turn into skin cancer, a potentially life threatening disease. If you are under the age of 18 you should strictly avoid solarium tanning, also if you are fair or burn easily, solariums are particularly dangerous for you. However all skin types will be damaged if exposed to UV often enough. Don’t be fooled by some of the myths out there. There is no safe or controlled way to tan. Any exposure to UV light can cause damage even 10 minutes exposure is dangerous to your health.

Summer Daize Tanning – The safe Alternative The only safe way to tan is to use a fake or spray tan such as Techno Tan. Never, ever suntan or use a solarium. It is dangerous and the risk of developing skin cancer is just too high. Not to mention the sun damage that your skin will suffer. Sun is the number one aging process. Stay out of the sun’s harmful rays. You and your skin deserves better

Reference: Queensland Cancer Foundation website, accessed 19th March 2009. http://www.cancerqld.org.au/pdf/Understandingsunspotsandskincancer.pdf

What is Sun Burn & How does it work

What is sunburn?
Over the course of several hours, exposed skin turns bright red and becomes extremely painful when touched. The skin will often feel very warm as well. When you get sunburnt, you're basically killing skin cells. The outer layer of skin on your body is called the epidermis. The outermost cells of the epidermis -- the cells you see and feel on your arm, for example -- are dead. But just below the dead cells is a layer of living cells. These living cells continuously produce new dead cells to replenish your skin. By sitting in the sun, you expose yourself to ultraviolet light. Ultraviolet light has the ability to kill cells. Ultraviolet light hits the layer of living cells in the epidermis and starts damaging and killing them. As your body senses the dead cells, two things happen:

1. Your immune system comes in to clean up the mess. It increases blood flow in the affected areas, opening up capillary walls so that white blood cells can come in and remove the damaged cells. The increased blood flow makes your skin warm and red.

2. The nerve endings for pain begin sending signals to your brain. The damaged cells release chemicals that activate pain receptors. This is why sunburned skin is so sensitive. The ways to avoid sunburn (without having to stay inside) are to use a sunscreen, which blocks ultraviolet light, or pace yourself so you get a tan first. When you get a tan, your body essentially creates its own sunscreen using its own special pigment cells in the epidermis.

How Sunburn works

If you are Caucasian and you don't have a tan, then the cells in your skin are not protected from the sun's ultraviolet radiation. You are therefore an easy target for sunburn if you spend too much time in the sun. As anyone who has sunburn knows, sunburn leaves your skin red and extremely painful. In severe cases the skin forms blisters. When you get sunburn, your skin is actually damaged by UV radiation and your body is responding to the damage. When you get sunburnt, what you are really getting is cellular damage from ultraviolet radiation. The body responds to the damage with increased blood flow to the capillary bed of the dermis in order to bring in cells to repair the damage. The extra blood in the capillaries causes the redness - if you press on sunburned skin it will turn white and then return to red as the capillaries refill.

Evidence is now showing that the massive increase in skin cancer is as a result of sun exposure some 20 – 30 years ago in the majority of cases. This demonstrates the huge importance of treating the inviting sun with respect. Food for thought: Treat the sun with respect, always use sunscreen, NEVER use the sun as a means to achieve a regular tan as human nature suggest that most of us to expose the skin too much. For cosmetic tanning, especially a tan that is required at short notice use a sunless tanning product.

How Tanning & Sunlight Work

How Tanning Works

When you get a tan, what is actually happening is that your melanocytes are producing melanin pigment in reaction to ultraviolet light in sunlight. Ultraviolet light stimulates melanin production. The pigment has the effect of absorbing the UV radiation in sunlight, so it protects the cells from UV damage. Melanin production takes a fair amount of time - that is why most people cannot get a tan in one day. You have to expose yourself to UV for a short period of time to activate the melanocytes. They produce melanin over the course of hours. By repeating this process over 5 to 7 days pigment builds up in your cells to a level that is protective.

In a variety of races melanin production is continuous, so the skin is always pigmented to some degree. In these races the incidence of skin cancer is much lower because cells are constantly protected from UV radiation by melanin. Melanocytes actually produce two different pigments: eumelanin (brown) and phaeomelanin (yellow and red). Redheads happen to produce more phaeomelanin and less eumelanin, which is why they don't tan very well. In albinos, the chemical pathway that produces melanin cannot proceed because an enzyme called Tyrosinase is missing.
Melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) is produced by the pituitary gland. MSH flows through the bloodstream and reaches the melanocytes, encouraging them to produce more melanin. The pituitary gland is tied into the optic nerve, which means that it can sense light resulting in the production of MSH. In fact a side effect of all of this is that wearing sunglasses may make you more susceptible to sunburn!

How Sunlight Works

Sunlight arrives on earth in three forms: infrared (heat), visible light and ultraviolet. Ultraviolet light is classified into three categories:UVA (315 to 400 nm), also known as black light, which causes tanningUVB (280 to 315 nm), which causes damage in the form of sunburn UVC (100 to 280 nm), which is filtered out by the atmosphere and never reaches us.

99% of the sun's UV radiation at sea level is UVA. It is the UVB that causes most of the problems related to sun exposure: things like aging, wrinkles, cancer and so on, although research is increasingly implicating UVA as well. One of the interesting things about UV radiation is that it is reflected by different surfaces.

These reflections can amplify the effects of UV exposure. For example, snow reflects 90% of UV light. That is why you can get snow blindness and severe sunburns from skiing on a sunny day. Sand can reflect up to 20% of UVB that hits it, meaning that you can get extra UV exposure at the beach.

On the other hand, certain things absorb almost all UV radiation partially or completely. Glass is one of these substances, which is why you cannot get sunburn in a greenhouse. Most sunscreens use chemicals that have the same UV-absorbing properties.

Why a UV Free Tan

Why a UV Free Spray on Tan?
Spray Tans are widely recognised as the only safe tanning system. The Queensland cancer Foundation advocates that the only safe tan is a “fake tan”. And the ultimate Fake Tan is using Techno Tan Solution. Techno Tan Solution provides a professional spray tan by using premium products to ensure a gorgeous, natural-looking, long lasting, golden brown tan every time. We recommend a small skin patch test before tanning if you have highly sensitive skin.
Skin is made up of two main layers: the epidermis on the outside and the dermis on the inside. Whether you are talking about sun tanning or self-tanning, the epidermis is where the action occurs. The epidermis is also made up of layers. The deepest layer of the epidermis, called the stratum basale (basal layer), is affected during sun tanning. The stratum corneum (horny layer) is the outermost layer of the epidermis -- it is this layer that is affected by most sunless-tanning products.

There are several different kinds of sunless-tanning products available today. People have been able to pour on a tan since 1960, when Coppertone® came out with the first sunless-tanning product -- QT® or Quick Tanning Lotion. If you are old enough to remember this, then you are probably thinking of the incredibly orange hue this lotion produced. Since then, there have been several advancements made on the sunless-tanning front. These days, you can find tanning pills, sunless- or self-tanners and bronzers. You can smooth, swipe or spray on a light bronze glow or a deep, dark tan. Many of these products take 45 minutes to one hour to start taking effect, and once you factor in drying time, you could be looking at about three hours spent achieving that sun-free tan.

The most effective products available are sunless- or self-tanning lotions that contain dihydroxyacetone (DHA) as the active ingredient (American Academy of Dermatology). DHA is a colourless sugar that interacts with the dead cells located in the stratum corneum of the epidermis. As the sugar interacts with the dead skin cells, a colour change occurs. This change usually lasts about five to seven days from the initial application.

Every day, millions of dead skin cells are sloughed off or worn away from the surface of your skin. In fact, every 35 to 45 days, you have an entirely new epidermis. This is why tans from sunless- or self-tanning lotions will gradually fade -- as the dead cells are worn away, so is your tan. For this reason, most of these products suggest that you reapply the sunless- or self-tanner about every four to five days to maintain your "tan." Although gels, lotions or sprays that contain DHA are said to be the most reliable and useful, there are dozens of other types of products on the market.

Tanning accelerators -- lotions or pills that usually contain the amino acid tyrosine -- claim that they stimulate and increase melanin formation, thereby accelerating the tanning process. At this time, there is no scientific data available to support these claims. Another sunless-tanning product is a tanning pill that contains canthaxanthin, which is most commonly used as a colour additive in certain foods. Although the FDA has approved the use of canthaxanthin in food, it does not approve its use as a tanning agent. When used as a colour additive, only very small amounts of canthaxanthin are necessary. As a tanning agent, however, much larger quantities are used. After canthaxanthin is consumed, it is deposited all over your body, including in your skin, which turns an orange-brown colour. These types of tanning pills have been linked to various side effects, including hepatitis and canthaxanthin retinopathy, a condition in which yellow deposits form in the retina of the eye.

Another popular form of sunless tanning is the bronzer. These powders and moisturizers, once applied, create a tan that can easily be removed with soap and water. More like make-up, these products tint or stain your skin only until they are washed off.

It's important to remember that most of these products, unless they contain an added sunscreen, will not protect you from the sun's UVA and UVB rays. Even products that do contain a sunscreen won't be of much help, since they lose their efficacy within hours of application. So, if you're planning to head outside to show off your new glow, be sure to apply some extra sunscreen. Another tip, a Sunless Tan will only last as long as the “coloured” skin remains on the body so the use of moisturizers slowing down the shedding process with prolong the tan.