The Significance of Indoor Tanning Lotions (that is tanning lotions for use in the tanning bed)

Ever wondered what was the significance of all those sunless tanning products, indoor tanning lotions?

Direct sunlight or UV light when exposed to skin cells for an extended time can cause damage. Damaging these skin cells increases the chances of developing skin cancer. Indoor tanning lotions are specifically designed to help you tan and protect your skin from damges from the UV light.

Alot of folks think that indoor tanning lotions are a scam or just designed to get the tanner to spend more money. This is not the case. Tanning lotions are essential to help protect the skin while helping get a darker tan.

Here's some info that will give you a good idea about sunless tanning products, and indoor tanning lotion that will help show why tanning lotions should be used when tanning.

Magnification

Tanning lotions use natural oils including sunflower oil and hemp seed oil as well as aromatherapy essential oils and aloe-vera gel to create a thin magnifying layer on the outer layer of skin. This intensifies the UV light that reaches your skin. This increases the tanners amount of UV exposure.

Moisturization

Healthy skin is moist skin. It is a known fact that healthy skin tans better than unhealthy skin. Tanning lotions are loaded with great natural ingredients and anti-oxidants that help keep the skin moist and healthy.

Dry skin has a tendency to flake off. This not only looks bad, but is unhealthy for your skin. Not to mention if your skin is flaking off, your tan is flaking off too.

Tanning will actually cause your skin to dry out quicker. Tanning lotion not only slows down this process, but can reverse it.

Skin Conditioning

Tanning products and tanning lotions are designed to supplement the skin with some ingredients that will help you tan regardless if you are tanning in a tanning bed or laying out at the beach. Some of the key skin conditioning ingredients include:

Vitamins, Essential Oils, Natural Butters, Hemp Seed Oil,Natural Botanical Extracts, Tyrosine Complexes, Riboflavin, Copper, L-Tyrosine, Assorted Minerals

These aid you in your tanning. Tanning

Adding Heat To Acquire A Deeper Tan

Tanning products and tanning lotions that have a tingle help the tanning process. The tingle in tanning lotions comes from many different products, but they all work the same way. The tingle stimulates blood flow to the skin surface. Tanning is an oxidation process. Blood contains oxygen, The more blood flow to the skin's surface, the more oxygen to the skin. This equals a faster, better tan.

Do you need to use tanning lotion?

Indoor tanning lotions, sunless tanning products and other assorted self-tanning products will help you get a tan, every time that you tan.

They aid you in achieving a deeper, darker, longer lasting tan while at the same time, protecting it, keeping your skin healthy and natural looking. Quality tanning lotions will get you darker than you have ever been before.

How Do Tanning Lotions Provide Better Results?

Indoor tanning lotions and sunless tanning products help you tan through skin conditioning, moisturizing and magnification. Healthy and moist skin helps your tan last longer and look better.

What is the Optimum Amount of Tanning Product to be used prior to Tanning?

Different people need different amounts of tanning lotion. Normally the thinner and smoother that you apply your tanning lotion the better off that you are.

How Do I Use Thicker Tanning Lotions that do not Rub in Quickly?

Some tanning lotions are thicker and harder to rub in. Normally this is from more added moisturizing ingredients. If you can't rub it all the way in, don't worry. As soon as you start to tan, the tanning lotion will melt into your skin.

When should I apply the Tanning Lotion?

You should put on your tanning lotion right before you tan. Some people choose to apply their tanning lotion 1/2 an hour or so before they tan. This comes from old technology used in tanning several years ago. They wanted to give the ingredients time to penetrate their skin. Nowadays the technology allows the ingredients to start immediately.

What else can I do to help my tan?

You should use a good made for tanning moisturizer. These are loaded with anti-oxidant vitamins, and are made to keep the PH levels in your skin at the correct levels. Also it is a good idea to shower BEFORE you tan and exfoliate your skin.