Keeping Your Summer Glow Topped Up

As summer comes to an end, keeping your summer glow has never been easier with Kwik Tan.

Here are our tips on how to keep your tan topped up.

Regular Sessions

After working all summer on your base tan, keeping it up is the key to achieving that perfect year-round glow. You can do this with regular visits to a Kwik Tan Salon. Depending on your skin type, 1-2 sessions a week will help to maintain your glow.

Keeping Hydrated

Your skin can become dehydrated over the cooler months for a few factors. Between low humidity, cold weather, and indoor heating, the skin can be stripped of its natural oils, causing it to dry out. Maintaining the moisture in your skin helps create a smoother surface that can better absorb UV rays and stimulate melanin production. You can stay hydrated by drinking plenty of water and keeping up your after care. A tan extender, like Saltwater Sundays, which provides hydration to the skin.

Lotions

When it comes to tanning, lotions are your best friend. Tanning lotions keep your skin moisturised whilst increasing the melanin in your skin – helping to create a long lasting, deeper tan. Here’s what each type of lotion will do:

Tanning Accelerators – To speed up your tan. Accelerators activate the melanin in your skin – this means they can bring the melanin to the surface of the skin in less than one minute.

Bronzers – These work similarly to tanning accelerators but also include an instant boost of colour. This colour will then be washed off and replaced by clear bronzing technology, which will develop a stunning, deep colour within a few hours.

Tingle – For the experienced tanner. A tingle lotion creates a heating and tingling sensation on the skin by increasing blood flow and oxygen to the skin cells, which helps stimulate melanin production and achieve a deeper, darker tan.

Tanning Extenders – Tanning extenders help to prolong the length of your tan by provided helpful hydration to the skin.

This is a tan extender and aftersun, meaning it’ll make your tan last longer but also provide essential hydration to your skin after you’ve tanned. The many cooling and hydrating ingredients make it the perfect daily body moisturiser, especially in the summer and on holiday.

The Saltwater Sundays tan extender should be used after your first sunbed session, then daily in between sessions.

Tanning lotions also come with extra benefits depending on which one you choose. They can help you fight ageing, soothe skin conditions, reduce cellulite, and even protect tattoos!

Keep Glowing Glow-getters

By following these simple but effective tips, you can keep that gorgeous summer glow  – well into the colder months. Whether it’s sticking to regular tanning sessions, staying hydrated, or finding the perfect lotion to match your tanning goals, a little maintenance goes a long way.

Head to Find a Salon to locate your nearest Kwik Tan and keep your glow on.