It all sounds great doing back to back shows until you get to the tanning part, where you’re not sure what to do with your skin to make sure your next competition tan looks as flawless as the first show and has no distracting patchy areas!

You hear a lot of wifes tails about what to do next, but from our years of experience (with our own trial and error). THIS blog will give you the best protocol to follow:

Your first instinct will probably be to start scrubbing like mad after your first show

BUT

Remember your skin will be more sensitive than usual due to hormonal changes that can occur during prep. Therefore, the more you scrub the more your skin will become sore which will cause your skin to be even more stubborn and lead to an even patchier tan as you will find some areas will cling onto the tan more than other areas.

This is what you should do instead…

Light exfoliation applying the same pressure around the body using quality products & tools. (Get Buffed and Deluxe Exfoliator).

Avoiding a patchy tan means keeping your moisturising super high moving forward. We recommend our PH Neutral Aqueous Cream below:

If you still find areas are a little patchy and could do with a little blending/buffering, then use something like ‘Tough Stuff’ which can even out and buffer the skin tone.

What if my skin isn’t 100% perfect before my next show?

Tell your tanner! They might be able to apply some additional prep spray/cream around the area(s) which can help the tan and also adjust their tanning style accordingly.

We hope this helps with some of your frequent questions relating to skin prep in between shows! Need any more questions answered? Just shoot us a message here.