Fantasy Tan is a natural looking spray tan you can achieve without spending hours in the sun or tanning beds. Spray tanning is exactly what it sounds like: a tanning solution is sprayed by a trained technician onto your body using an airbrush and mini spray gun. The tan lasts 7 to 10 days.

How Does Spray Tanning Work?

The main ingredient in tanning solution is dihydroxyacetone, or DHA. DHA is derived from sugar beets or sugar cane and has been used for more than 50 years to treat skin pigmentation disorders. DHA naturally reacts with amino acids in your skin, causing your skin to change to a tan color. Because spray tanning only affects the outermost layer of your skin, the epidermis, the tan will fade as your body naturally replaces dead surface skin cells with new ones.

Is a Fantasy Tan – Spray Tan Safe?

Because spray tans only affect the outermost layer of your skin, a technician applied Fantasy Tan is the safest type of tan you can get. Fantasy Tan technicians are trained how to use a small detail airbrush to spray the face – avoiding direct contact with mucus membranes such as eyes, nasal passages, lips and mouth.

Other sunless tanning methods lack fine detail capability because they were originally designed for painting wooden fences, siding, and furniture – not people. Instead of an artistic tanning experience, it’s like getting hosed down, leaving you wet and sticky with an “I can’t wait to shower” feeling.

Unlike sunless tanners, traditional tanning methods rely on UV rays which affect the deepest layers of the skin. According to skincancer.org, people who use tanning beds are 2.5 times more likely to develop squamous cell carcinoma¹ and 1.5 times more likely to develop basal cell carcinoma².

How can Spray Tanning help you?

You’re getting ready to go to a big event — a wedding, pageant, fitness competition, or vacation. Spray tanning a day or two before the big event will help you to look great in all your photos.

Fun (or work) in the sun has left you with a farmer’s tan. Your arms are bronzed, but your body is stuck in winter!  A trained spray tan professional can help you look great on your beach vacation by evening your skin tone – automated booths can’t control what parts of your body are sprayed and Fantasy Tan is the only company that offers 5 solutions to customize a color to match your existing tan.

If you’re ready to ditch the pale winter white for a glowing, healthy, realistic looking tan, find a professional spray tan service provider in your area!

¹ squamous cell carcinoma – common from of skin cancer that develops in the thin, flat squamous cells that make up the outer layer of the skin.  When untreated, cells can grow large or spread to other parts of your body, causing serious complications.

² basal cell carcinoma – type of skin cancer that begins in the basal cells – a type of cell within the skin that produces new skin cells as old ones die off.  Basal cell carcinoma occurs most often on areas of the skin that are often exposed to the sun, such as face and neck.