So yesterday I spent 5 hours running around the Professional Beauty Show at the Excel in London and it was fun! I went to a seminar with the amazing James Harknett who demonstrated how to do contouring and body sculpting with Sienna X spray tanning. Picked up loads of supplies for waxing and tanning. And queued for almost an hour to get my hands on these new CND Shellac and Vinylux colours from the Spring and Summer Collections.

More photos of the new collection will be added to the Gallery page soon.

Want to try out these colours for yourself? Click here to book your appointment.

Here are a few tips to help your spray tan last longer and to make sure it fades off evenly!

• First of all it is most important that you exfoliate really well before you are sprayed. This creates a nice even base and gets rid off any dry skin that may absorb too much colour.
• If you need to wax or shave make sure this done at least 24 hours before your spray tan.
• On the day of your spray tan appointment, avoid using any perfumes, moisturisers and deodorants. Moisturiser will act as a barrier to the tan and deodorant and perfume will make you look green as can react with the spray tan solution.
• At your spray tan appointment, make sure you have loose fitting clothes so you don't get any unwanted tan lines when you get dressed after you have been sprayed.
• Leave the tan on for 8-10 hours. Leaving it on longer than this can make you look orange so its not recommended! Get in the shower and stay there until the water runs clear. It is the guide colour from the spray that you are washing off and you will be left with a lovely golden tan.
• To help your tan last the full 5-7 days, avoid long baths, swimming and jacuzzis. Keep your skin moisturised but avoid the use of oil based products as these can strip the tan. 
• If knuckles and toes are looking a bit on the dark side, you can use some baby oil to remove the excess colour.
• Begin exfoliating again from the fourth day after your spray tan, this helps promote even fade off and will stop you looking patchy.

Sienna X have a lovely range of retail products to help you prepare and prolong your tan. Please contact me for orders and further info. Sample sachets are also available from £1.00 so you can try them out before buying the full sized bottles.