With state governors now grappling with the question of when to allow non-essential retail businesses to re-open and how, the American Suntanning Association has already reached out to governor offices in all 50 states asking that professional indoor tanning facilities …

Vitamin D may be protective against COVID-19 and deficiency could partially explain why black Americans are dying from the virus at a higher rate, according to an article written by Dr. Vatsal G. Thakkar and published Thursday by the Wall …

We’ve heard reports from salon owners about requesting lease adjustments due to forced closure, with varying results. Some have reported landlords being completely understanding and agreeable to adjusting terms, while many property owners and managers seem to expect business to …

By Scott Nichols, salon GM and consultant

Sight, smell, hearing, touch and taste – five of the most common senses. Senses are used to feed our minds with information and that information helps us make everyday decisions. If these senses …

By Ivy Potter

It has been 95 years since Coco Chanel stepped out with sun kissed skin, making sunbathing glam and laying the foundation for indoor UV tanning. Although consumers have been trying their hands at “sunless” options for just …

A large discrepancy exists between how much vitamin D people think they they are getting from their diet and how much they are really getting, according to the 2013 Functional Foods Consumer Survey. Sixty-eight percent of those surveyed by the …

Shelly DeJaynes LaPlant had never tanned in her life. Saddled with fair Type II skin growing up in sunny Colorado, she couldn’t go outside in the summer without breaking out in a rash or getting sunburn.

Her transformation story is …