Top 5 Tips for Mummies who like to Tan!
A large number of my clients are mums. As a mum myself, I understand how your body changes after giving birth and how difficult it can be to get your pre-bub body back, if at all. When you’re taking care of children, especially young children, your time is precious. Here are my top tips for tanning as an active mum.
1. Book a spray tan Ditch the tan in a tube! By far, the quickest, easiest way to tan is to get a spray tan. With an experienced spray tan technician, you can have a full body tan and be dry enough to put clothes on in less than 15 minutes.
2. Organise a mobile tanner to come to you Why go out, look for a car parking space and drag your kids into a salon when you can have a professional spray tan technician come to your door? A mobile spray tan can be done in the privacy of your own home when kids are taking their nap or they’re at school. A mobile tanner comes equipped with a tan tent and everything you need for a sunless, natural tan. Most mobile tan technicians work after hours also, so you can tan once the kids have gone to bed.
3. Ask for an express tan If you’re breastfeeding or don’t have time to leave an 8 hour tan on, you can request an express/rapid tan. Express tans can be washed off in as little as 1 hour, or up to 4 hours if you want a darker tan. They still take up to 8 hours to fully develop, but you can wash them off and get on with your day or feed your baby without having tanned breasts (I’m sure you’ve all seen the “Don’t mix breastfeeding and spray tans’ meme!).
4. Find a technician who is also a mum As a mum, I don’t have the perfect body – far from it in fact! Six years after giving birth to my daughter I’m still struggling to lose my baby weight, but c’est la vie! Finding a tan technician who is also a mum can take away the awkwardness of being naked in front of a younger technician who may not have the patience for having kids around or understand the changes in your body.
5. Preparing for a tan with kids Preparing your skin for a spray tan can be somewhat time consuming, but it need not be. Shaving and waxing needs to be done 24 hours prior to your spray. On the day of your tan, your skin then needs to be fully exfoliated – this can be done in the shower or in a bath with the kids if time is tight. Older kids can even help scrub your back with an exfoliating mitt. No moisturiser or deodorant can be applied until after your tan.
