Spray Tans: A-OK or Stay Away?


Posted by FitSugar · 14 comments

Are Spray Tans Safe?

Baking in the sun or on a tanning bed is bad news for your skin. Since exposure to UV rays leads to wrinkles and skin cancer, many people are turning to spray tans instead. This UV-free alternative is meant to give your skin that kissed-by-the-sun glow. You stand in a booth as your skin is coated with a mist of sunless tanning solution. The active ingredient in most sunless tanning products is Read more

Glowin' at the Gate: Gatwick Offers Free Self-Tanning


Updated 07/29/10 9:00 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 3 comments

Free Spray Tans Offered at Gatwick Airport

Growing up, one thing I always looked forward to when going to the airport was a visit to Cinnabon. (Doesn't take much, does it?) I did not, however, have visions of spray tanning at the terminal circling through my mind. But now, the people at St. Tropez have just made that crazy notion possible. Until Sunday, travelers at the Gatwick Airport in London can get a free preflight spray tan. Dubbed Read more

In Which YumSugar Gets a Spray Tan in the Buff


Updated 06/29/10 2:30 PM · Posted by BellaSugar · 2 comments

Spray Tan Review

Earlier this month, YumSugar had a big event coming up, the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen. She wanted a healthy glow for the days-long festivities but didn't want to expose her skin to UV rays. (Smart cookie.) Enter the spray tan. Yum decided to try Brown Sugar Boutique in SF. While this faux-tanning service can be performed by a machine, our foodie wanted the preciseness that only a human Read more

Snooki Has Found a Better Way to Tan


Updated 08/03/10 6:05 PM · Posted by BellaSugar · 14 comments

Snooki Talks About Fake Tans

Snooki from Jersey Shore is famous for her attitude, her hair, and her serious tan. Today she found a lot of joy in that last detail, enthusiastically tweeting, "My one love is SunLove! Sunlove.biz to look tan like me! Get Snookerized." While I personally do not plan to be Snookerized any time soon, I do give her a big thumbs-up for changing her tune on tanning. Whereas she used to sing the Read more

Are Spray Tans Safe?


Posted by FitSugar · 5 comments

Are Spray Tans Safe? 2009-06-09 13:30:00

Baking in the sun or on a tanning bed is bad news for your skin. Exposure to UV rays leads to wrinkles and more health-threatening conditions such as skin cancer. A UV-free alternative to give your skin that kissed by the sun glow is a spray tan. You stand in a booth as your skin is coated with a mist of sunless tanning solution. The active ingredient in most sunless tanning products is Read more

Beauty Blooper: See Spot Dance


Updated 08/27/07 8:23 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 9 comments

Beauty Blooper: See Spot Dance

Hey everyone! I just want to remind you to keep sending in your beauty bloopers. Help me help your fellow beauty addicts learn from your mistakes and mishaps! Today's blooper involves one anonymous reader's spray tan slip-up. "I decided to try spray tanning a couple of months ago for a wedding I was attending in the Bahamas. As a first-timer, I diligently watched the video, applied the barrier Read more

Does Spray Tanning Deserve A Rap?


Updated 07/02/07 4:37 PM · Posted by · 11 comments

Does Spray Tanning Deserve A Rap?

More power to hip-hop girl groups (R.I.P. TLC!), but when they bust a rhyme about going to the tanning parlor, I'm a little less than thrilled. These three gangstas divas go and get their glow on a few times a week. For real. So they're here to break down what it means to be "splotch free golden brown." Brace yourselves. Read more

Bellissima! InfinitySun


Updated 06/03/07 8:27 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 8 comments

Bellissima! InfinitySun

InfinitySun is an innovative sunless tanning technology designed to give each client a custom-blended tan for her skin tone. It's also the first-ever anti-aging spray tan formulated with antioxidants, vitamins A and E, and anti-aging emollients. As with any spray tan, you should be exfoliated, shaven, showered, and free of lotion and deodorant before getting in the booth. A technician will Read more

Have You Ever Gotten a Spray Tan?


Updated 09/01/09 11:18 PM · Posted by BellaSugar · 60 comments

Have You Ever Gotten a Spray Tan?

'Tis the season for fake tans, and while I'm partial to bronzers and self-tanning lotions, I don't frequent the spray-tan booth. So I'm curious: Who among you has gotten a tan professionally sprayed on? Source Have You Ever Gotten a Spray Tan? Yes. I love them! Yes, but I wouldn't do it again. No, but I want one. No, I have no interest. Other (tell me below) Read more

3 Rules For Great Skin


Updated 01/05/12 6:05 AM · Posted by Allure · 0 comments

Rules For Great Skin

We're excited to present this story from our friends at Allure: To start the new year off right, vow to stick to these three simple rules. Wear SPF daily (and not just in the summer). People tend to apply sunscreen on days when they're in the sun most, but that strategy won't cut it, says Ranella Hirsch, a dermatologist in Boston. "You're not getting the bulk of your sun from that one day; Read more