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Getting a Sun-Kissed Look Without Actually Exposing Yourself to the Sun

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15th of December 2008, 01:40 GMT | By Georgiana Bobolicu


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Looks have become a highly important aspect in human interactions and relationships, since people have made everlasting youth a goal in life. More and more people are preoccupied with staying, or becoming, in some people's case, beautiful. This is how the proliferation of beauty salons can be explained, as well as the multiplication of beauty gadgets, intended to put science to the use of beauty.

They say that a healthy person is also a beautiful person and you cannot deny that, as most likely your grandmother and her friends used to squeeze your cheeks when you were a child, praising their redness and talking proudly about your incorruptible health that reflected into that.

Well, today, women (and a few of the men, for that matter) don't pinch their cheeks anymore, in order to look flush and drive the paleness away, because they have found another solution: artificial tanning. For years now, women all over have realized that they either don't have the money or the time to stay tanned all year, so they've resorted to tanning devices, to always look, exotic, fresh and young.

If you want to do the same, then you might want to go for the devices from MagicTan, one of the best sun spas manufacturer at this moment. According to your likes and wishes, you might opt for the Sundazzler tanning booth, which offers premium vertical tanning. In no time, you can get a natural looking, healthy tan that will not only leave you feeling good but also make you look wonderful too. This tanning device will turn the room into a sumptuous skincare studio as you stimulate your body with the highly nourishing, age-defying sunless treatment.

Another option might be the 2M tanning booth, whose 50 lamps produce an excellent all-over tan in a 9-minute session. The Acclaim sun bed offers 360 degree-tanning, while sporting a state of the art timer system, which is programmable and fully networkable, with a complete tanning session lasting only 12 minutes.

The Infinity sun theater from MagicTan is also a viable option as it helps you get that bronzed look without having to head outdoors. It relies on strategically positioned studio lighting that illuminates the skin, relying on a streamline design that has an easy-glide drawer, which contains the solution away from the spray gun. A touch screen LCD display makes it easy to configure the desired settings, and best of all, the Infinity Sun Theater won't take up too much space in your pad.

If you travel a lot and you are always on the go, but you still want tanning to be accessible to you in every moment of the day, then you can go for the portable Infinity Sun Spa, which is specifically designed and engineered to atomize two different solutions precisely into a fine mist. You can spray in any orientation, as the spray remote operates in any position and still sprays perfectly. This allows you uninterrupted, continuous contouring capabilities, and a neat, clean application.

One of the most advanced models of MagicTan though, is VersaSpa, a state-of-the-art, non-claustrophobic booth, which features innovations in sunless tanning, like a wide open interior design, an EZ-2Breathe purification system, Comfort-Dry technology, and an intelliSENSE control system.

However, MagicTan is not the only company that is responsible for giving women a perfect tan all year round. Wolff System is a feared competitor, that's for sure. Thus, it comes with a few models of tanning beds that will make you crave for an artificial tan, more than for anything else.

This way, the StarPower 548 sun bed comes equipped with Premium Plus Series features, being more comfortable, as its ergonomically designed bench provides even support to the back, neck and shoulders. It sports heavy-duty extruded aluminum and steel mainframes with a durable, long-lasting Duramax 2000 exterior for easy maintenance and long life, while an innovative hinged acrylic system on the canopy and the bench makes it easier than ever for one person to maintain the bed.

The Sundome 548V tanning booth is specially shaped to place the user at the center of the tanning intensity, so that, no matter where they stand inside the booth, they are being evenly showered with bronzing, all-over tanning power. The unique design creates a chimney-like effect, pulling air through the unit to create a cool, comfortable tanning environment. Its stand-up design is perfect if you have limited space, and you will love the quick, 10-minute, no contact tanning sessions.

The Sunvision Pro 24S' advanced engineering and materials used in its construction combine for great value, durability and efficiency, and, with 24 super-efficient, 100-watt Wolff tanning lamps, the Pro 24S series delivers serious bronzing power for dark, head-to-toe results.

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This unit comes with a digital timer with built-in hour meter, so it is very easy to use and read. The Sunvision Bio-Tech tunnel design surrounds tanners for fast, consistently dark, all-over tanning results, for 20 minutes, the time it takes for a complete session.

The curved tanning surface of the SunQuest 32RSP from Wolff System offers all-around tanning in a comfortable resting position, while the specially glossed aluminum reflectors give it maximum tanning power and efficiency.

Also highly efficient and somehow within the same price range are the Alisun sun beds, a wide collection which gives its users a wonderful tanning experience, since the UV output of the lamps will be spread in a better way over the body, due especially to its special acrylics. Also, they can relax, by listening to their favorite music in a pleasant, aromatized, fresh atmosphere, thanks to the extra functions the Alisun tanning devices come equipped with.

It must be said that the V28 Pro Vertical Sunbed is also quite an attractive option. Not only that it takes very little space in your home, but the V28 Pro will also keep you comfortably cool throughout the tanning process, thanks to its built-in body cooling system. Its extra length makes it easier for the taller people to fit into it and benefit from a real all-over tan from head to toe. Boasting an electronic childproof lock, the V28 pro is easy to control with the electronic remote control that touts the user-friendly EasyUse software.

All functions of the V28 pro are easy to access via the electronic remote control that is fitted with the user-friendly EasyUse software. This remote control comes with an integrated magnet, which conveniently allows it to be attached to the middle console and, 1 minute before the set tanning time is up, the digital timer with memory function gives an acoustic signal.

Nevertheless, there might also be the case that you want to have only a part of your body tanned, let's say your face, neck and arms (you must take part in a televised conference, or you have to talk to the public, but it's winter, so you can't exactly wear your bathing suit, for everyone to see your perfect tan, etc) and there's also a solution for that, the Upper Body Tanner, merchandised by ProIdee.

Thanks to the technology used in its making, this tanner is praised to be healthier than the sun: a special filter only allows tanning UVA to reach the skin, tanning it faster, but without any risks of skin disease.

The tanning time is set with a timer. The solarium switches off automatically after a maximum of 30 minutes.

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This device is made of robust ABS plastic, features a cable compartment and integrated carrying handle and it is supplied with 2 protective eye shades. With the Upper Body Tanner, you will no longer have to go to a salon every time you want to give a more chocolate-like aspect to your skin. You'll be able to get the desired tan, in the comfort of your own home. Plus, it's way less expensive than the sun beds we've discussed so far.

You had the chance to see that there are numerous solution that can help you get an artificial tan. In fact, this was just a short selection of some of the best, in what their quality but also quality-price ratio is concerned. If you feel that they don't suit you, feel free to look for alternatives, as these are merely guidelines to a gadgety experience, such as the artificial tanning.
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