Spray Tan Mistake #1: Spray Tan Technician sprays with uneven distance throughout the body – sometimes they spray close to the body and as they continue spraying, they move out further and further – this will make the tan come out uneven and shows up lighter or darker in some areas.

Spray Tan Mistake #2: Spray Tan Technician sprays too much solution on to the body – I can’t stress this very important part.  When you spray too much solution on to the body, the client can turn out orange and has bad fading experience.

Spray Tan Mistake #3: Spray Tan Technician forgets to set the spray gun nozzle the right way.  What I mean with that is…they set the spray gun on horizontal settings and then spray vertical  or set the nozzle to the vertical settings and then spray in the horizontal mode.  The tan will turn out with stripes.

Mistake#4:  Spray Tan Technician forgets to spray the hands or feet or in the back of the feet.

Mistake #5:  Spray Tan Technician does not wear protective mask to protect their own health.  From experience, I know that you should not inhale the solution and I know that you can not see the overspray of the solution, but trust me, it’s there.  Longterm exposure can result in you getting asthma or other lung conditions so I always recommend wearing a good protective mask.

There are of course other mistakes new spray tan technicians make but the above mention mistakes are the most common ones I see.  This is why I feel it’s important that new spray tan technicians need practice in order to get the confidence level to actually spray tan customers.  In my training course I provide 3-4 models to each student and I’m right next to each student correcting them on the proper technique and also how to handle customers.  If you want to get a head start on learning spray tanning the right way, I encourage you to sign up for my spray tanning class.