Online Indoor Tanning Lotion Sales Hurt Brick & Mortar Businesses

You indoor tanners, you've patronized your local tanning establishment and at, some point, made a tanning lotion purchase.  Prices run the gamut.  You don't have to spend a lot to get results when using lotion.  The better quality the ingredients, the more you'll spend.  The truth is, adding a lotion helps you achieve your results faster at a rate of 60% more than you would without lotion.

You decide that your spending to much, your friends say, "don't pay the salon prices, I paid a fraction of the price for my lotion online", so you venture to the Internet looking to "score big" at some of the "big name" online retailers.  "That's a great price", you say, "how can I go wrong"?  You make your purchase and wait for your lotion to arrive.  On your next visit to your tanning establishment you're feeling pretty good, and your thinking..."gotcha"!  "I didn't have to pay salon price for 'my' lotion"!  New Sunshine Products is informing those who make online purchases from anyone that is not a certified salon, that these products are often counterfeit, contaminated, old or expired products that may not be safe to use.  The reality is online lotion sales are hurting brick and mortar stores and effecting their livelihood, and in the end, effect tanning prices overall.

New Sunshine Products manufactures some of the top selling brands in Indoor Tanning Lotions.  Names like Designer Skin, Swedish Beauty, Australian Gold and California Tan.  They are trying to educate customers and combat these illegal sales, as their products are designated as being sold exclusively in brick and mortar salons.

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 Here is what New Sunshine Products is telling their customers:

Message to our Customers

Writer's Direct Number: 317-554-4760
Fax: 317-554-3449
E-mail: info@designerskin.com

July 5, 2011

Dear Valued Customers:

We want to thank you for choosing a professional tanning salon that offers one or more of our products in its salon. For several years, we have followed a salon only distribution policy, which means that our products are prohibited from being sold outside of professional tanning salons or directly to consumers online. We ask for your support in purchasing your lotions from your local salon. You may ask, "Why?

First we believe our products produce optimum results when chosen and sold by trained tanning salon professionals who best understand clients' tanning needs and objectives. These salons professionals are trained by our training staff and will ensure that you get the best product suited for your skin type and tanning needs.

Second, products which you may find online are many times counterfeit, contaminated, old or expired products that may not be safe to use. We often receive reports from dissatisfied consumers who have purchased products outside of their professional tanning salon, only to find it to be not genuine. Purchasing lotions from your tanning salon ensures that not only your salon, but the manufacturer, stands behind the quality of the product.

We thank you for your support of our brand and your local tanning salon.

Sincerely,

Tracy Ring
Vice President of U.S. Sales Indoor

Watch their Video on the Ramifications of Product Diversion

Indoor Tanning lotions produce optimum results when chosen and sold by trained tanning salon professionals who understand their clients’ tanning needs and objectives.  Salon owners rely on lotion sales not only to provide a means for their customers to obtain optimal results in their tanning process, but have the revenue factored into their overall business plan, and decreased lotion sales may cause them to revise that plan in order to meet revenue shortfalls do to online lotion sales.

Find Out More About Product Diversion and How You Can Stop It!

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The Benefits of Acetyl L-Tyrosine & Tanning Lotion

There are many benefits to using an indoor tanning lotion containing Tyrosine including those listed here.

• Mood and Depression:  Chronic mild stress can cause neurotransmitter deficiencies, leading to sullen moods.  Tyrosine elevates neurotransmitter levels, alleviates certain types depression, and can improve mood.

• Hair and Skin Color:  A closely related amino acid L-phenylalanine has been shown to restore skin pigment in cases of vitiligo (a localized loss of skin pigment).  The body converts phenylalanine and is converted to L-Tyrosine, which suggests that it will have similar results.

• Blood Pressure:  Stressful conditions often raise blood pressure.  Such rises have been experimentally suppressed by L-Tyrosine.  Although chronic high blood pressure doesn't not respond to this treatment.

• Parkinson's Disease:  L-Tyrosine is sometimes used by Parkinson's patients to boost concentration of dopamine in the brain, decreasing side effects of dopamine supplementation.

You can pick up your favorite brand of Indoor Tanning Lotion at our shop or call and order one over the phone (Major Credit Card Required).  Great brand names like Designer Skin, Supre, Norvell, Synergy Tan and Fiesta Sun all have this active ingredient.  Don't forget you can use these great lotions outdoors too.  Pick up some before your next vacation or on your next visit to Suns A Beach Tanning Shop in downtown Salt Lake City Utah.

We also carry other brand names like California Tan and Australian Gold.  If we don't have your favorite lotion on our shelves we will special order it for you.

We hope you'll stop by and tell your friends.  Suns A Beach Tanning Shop-Where the sand ends and the sun begins.  See you soon! 

Designer Skin Supre Synergy Tan Fiesta Sun Norvell

Although L-Tyrosine is beneficial in these areas, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has adopted censorship as a method for intensifying their control over the supplement industry and its customers.  Therefore, the FDA regulations prohibit anyone from telling you that any of the effects are effective (even if they are).  Even though there has been medical research relating to Tyrosine siting the proceeding benefits.

How to Get a Natural Looking Tan Using a Tanning Bed

Tanning is your body's way of protecting itself from sunburn. This layer of protection is also known as the base tan. Moderate exposure to UV rays is good for you because the Vitamin D helps your body control abnormal cell growth. Tanning in a bed allows you to control how much exposure you get. It's an all-over tan, so you can control how even and natural it looks.

• Fill out a questionnaire about your skin type and tone. Our indoor tanning shop uses this to determine how much time you should stay in the tanning unit. Be honest about your skins tendency to burn.
  

• Decide how tan you want to get. If you're looking for a base tan, you will only have to tan occasionally (2 or 3 times a week). If you're looking to get darker, you'll want to tan more often (5 days a week for 10 minutes will work).
  

• Apply an indoor tanning lotion to your skin before tanning. It helps the tan look more natural by moisturizing and protecting your skin. Skin that is hydrated will hold a tan longer, too. Some lotions even come with wrinkle-resistors and firming formulas.  Chose one with [Acteyl] L-Tyrosine.  Those who exfoliate and use lotion are 30% more likely to accelerate the tanning process.

• Tanning beds have a built in timing unit. Discuss an appropriate tanning time and schedule for you with your customer service representative.  A starting time of 5 to 7 minutes is a great place to start for your first week.  Typically, no one should stay inside a tanning bed for more than 20 minutes

• Tan in a variety of positions including Lying with your hands above your head  occasionally and on your stomach. Even though the front and back of your body is getting hit by the tanning bulbs, your underarms and sides often don't get color. This will increase your ability to tan those areas.

If you are going to continue your exposure to the sun and the tanning bed, a diet rich in vitamins D and E along with an indoor tanning lotion containing L-Tyrosine may be beneficial in helping your skin stave off the damaging effects of UV rays.


Suns A Beach carries a great selection of Indoor Tanning Lotions to suit your needs.  Those containing Tyrosine are product lines by Synergy Tan, Supre, Designer Skin, Fiesta Sun and Norvell.  Ask our customer service representative to suggest a lotion for you if you are unsure which one to purchase.