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Your employees have been trained on smart skin typing, but do your clients understand what smart tanning means? You might think it’s unnecessary for them to really get it, as long as your tanning consultants are there to guide them …

As the indoor tanning community continues to evolve and grow professionally, the market’s most successful operations continue to focus on key competencies.

Joe Levy, International Smart Tan Network’s senior vice president and lead author developer of Smart Tan’s salon certification …

Everything we do as indoor tanning professionals is based upon the underlying premise of sunburn prevention.

It’s a big part of the reason why all operators are trained in UV science, why we skin-type our clients, gradually acclimate them to …

By Ashley Wottring, California Tan Sunless

The sunless market is saturated with different brands to choose from, and in some cases each brand has multiple solution options. How can you choose which solution will work best for your salon? Below …

SmartTan.com news articles regularly report medical and scientific information to keep you abreast of current events related to UV light. This information is not intended to be used by any party to make unwarranted health claims …

Unfortunately, the winter months can linger on for what seems like forever, and all of us in the tanning world are praying for the return of our beloved tanning season where all is well with abundant tanners and where overall …

By Ashley Laabs

When a customer comes into your salon, you want your salespeople to look and play the part of tanning experts. With perfect golden color and experience with almost every product and service in the store, your team …

The Wall Street Journal reported that a new trend in athletic organizations including the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburg Steelers embraces an advantage that is as old as the sun: Vitamin D.

“With millions of dollars at stake, elite teams …