The Season Is Here!
Turn Heads With A Healthy-looking Tan

by Judie Bizzozero

Now that the hectic holidays are over and you have time to catch your breath, it's time to turn a little attention to yourself. Make some time to get to your favorite tanning salon for some relaxation and a healthy-looking golden tan.

In addition to making your skin look great, did you know that a tan actually can help hide some of those extra holiday pounds you acquired--by making you look thinner? Talk about pumping up your self-esteem while providing you with all the wonderful benefits of UVR!

The products featured here can be found in your professional tanning salon and are ideal for helping maintain proper skincare, whether you tan indoors, outdoors or not at all.

Get A Bio-Glo Tan

Bio-Glo® is a revolutionary development in skin-smart tanning technology from Body Invest. According to the company, the tanning lotion is guaranteed to be the most effective science-based tan accelerating and skin revitalizing product you've ever used.

The formula is bio-engineered to infuse skin with the essentials believed to be necessary in melanin production while delivering the latest in epidermal care. Bio-Glo contains maximum levels of skin-soluble copper--a key agent in skin maintenance, restoration and prevention of premature aging--to jump start the tan, tyrosine and oxygen (VEG-2002) needed by the skin to produce a healthy, glowing tan.

Bio-Glo's Cellguard technology provides documented cutting-edge DNA repair and cellular protection. Unipertan VEG-2002 assists in maximum tanning results in the shortest period of time. The quick-absorbing lotion is loaded with moisturizers, vitamins, hemp seed oil and a blend of premium exotic oils for maximum UV absorption. The formula delivers a tingle effect without skin irritation.

Bio-Glo is available in a 8-ounce bottle and retails for $28.

Platinum Zero™

John Abaté International helps you reach your tanning goal with its Platinum Zero™ Exhilarated Glacé Tanning, a unique tanning accelerator that brings a whole new sensory experience to accelerated indoor tanning.

Unique cooling formula contains JA's exclusive, brisk blend of invigorating and aromatherapeutic essences to cool, soothe and rejuvenate the senses and bring fragrant refreshment to the skin, body and soul. Intense Tingle Factor™ 4 provides the highest level of tingle for superior and fast tanning results.

The simultaneous sensation of intense tingling action with the invigorating cooling ingredients provides a truly unique--and JA exclusive--tanning experience never before available.

The formula contains a blend of vitamins E, F and Tyrosine, as well as Ultrasomes (Micrococcus Lysate), which is a unique patented milk flora enzyme extract encapsulated in liposomes to increase production of tanning melanin and prompt your skin's natural recovery system to help minimize visible signs of past and future UV damage. Platinum Zero also contains cucumber, spearmint and eucalyptus extracts.

Mini-bottle sampling packettes retail for $6.90 and 8-ounce soft touch bottles retail for $48.

A Smokin' Tan

Supre proudly introduces SMOKE™, a tanning maximizer that sets a new benchmark for dark tanning. Designed for the advanced tanner, Smoke™ incorporates Oxygen Regeneration Technology™ to encourage better microcirculation by allowing your skin to absorb unprecedented amounts of oxygen. The cascading effect of oxygen to your skin enhances and virtually multiplies the darkening ability of the skin.

Smoke™ Hot has been engineered to blend Oxygen Regeneration Technology™ with Skin Stimulation System™ to create what is the most intense heat available from any maximizer, says the company.

Smoke and Smoke Hot are available in .75-ounce packettes retailing for $7.95, 3-ounce tubes retailing for $17.50 and 10.5-ounce tubes retailing for $55.

Nourish Your Skin

After your tanning session or a day in the sun reach for Sun Ergoline's Bermuda Gold, an exclusive line of rehydrating lotions for indoor tanners. For the fastest, deepest tan ever, Bermuda Gold's Tanning Accelerator has maximum tyrosine to jumpstart the tanning process. The maximum tyrosine interacts with melanocytes to help create melanin and a natural tan. The core of this unique formula consists of super-rehydrating rose hip to keep your skin hydrated while tanning.

Bermuda Gold's Rose Hip Aloe Rehydrator After Exposure Lotion is formulated with essential natural oils and pure aloe vera gel. Daily use restores moisture balance in your skin, rehydrates the basal cell area, minimizes the appearance of wrinkles and keeps skin soft, supple and tan.

The products are available in 8-ounce bottles and 2-ounce Bermuda Bullets.

Double Your Tanning Power

Elements Doublez L'incendie "Double The Fire" combines the ultimate in technology for dark tanning. High-quality enriched grape seed oil--known for its phenomenal soothing and healing effects on the skin--joins with rich amounts of vitamins A and E to provide you with maximum skin hydration. A touch of calendula provides added healing properties to the mix.

New Doublez L'incendie Level 9 is one of the hottest tingle lotions on the market to date and was developed for the hard-core tanner looking for serious epidermal and thermal stimulation.

The 8.75-ounce tube retails for $59.95.

Sweet Ambrosia

California Tan offers Ambrosia™ Dark Deluxe, its Step-2 dark tanning blend for the increased moisturization needs of Step 2 tanners. The swirled quick-absorbing gel and moisture-rich lotion formula is designed with greater lotion content than its sister product, Step 1 Ambrosia.

Ambrosia Dark Deluxe features exclusive TRF2000™ and CuO2® technologies to encourage dark results while moisture-rich plant extracts lock in a smooth, dark tan. The formula also features fragrant orange blossom, rooibos extract, meadowsweet extract and Biosaccharide Complex to prevent after-tan odor.

The 6.8-ounce tube retails for $45.