Designing a tanning salon in the most efficient way possible provides a multitude of benefits. A well-crafted layout allows you to maximize revenue while expediting customer sessions to increase turnover and enhance profits.
The industry experts at ProSun have consulted with salon owners on hundreds of start-ups. If you’re interested in creating a truly successful studio and making the most of your available space, we can help you discover how to draw your target clientele and design a salon that delivers the utmost in longevity and profitability.
Location, Location, Location
Every small business owner is aware that finding the prime location is the first key to success, but finding a space that is suitable for a tanning salon can be challenging, especially in trendy areas that draw high traffic. In most cases, you’ll need to make improvements to an existing storefront. Some architectural elements may require work-arounds or upgrades, including:
• Usable space and overall square-footage
• Load-bearing walls and support columns
• 200- or 220-volt single- or double-phase power supply
• Windows
• Doors
• Plumbing
Salon Design Elements
Successful tanning salons must include certain essential elements in addition to tanning rooms.
• Restrooms for employee/client use
• Microwave and table
• Easily accessed utility room to house networking equipment, power boxes and (optionally) a computer terminal
• Reception desk, lobby and waiting area with customer seating
• Laundry area with stacked washer and dryer
Project: Studio
We pulled a floor plan from our files to demonstrate our expertise in tanning salon layout and design. Exact measurements from an existing salon are used in the following case study. Every building and business is...
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...ate the door radius, we placed the tanning bed flush against the wall. The final room is 8 X 7’ and houses the Onyx system. The basic restroom (sink and toilet) follows. Finally, the utility room houses the stackable washer/dryer, power plant, microwave and optional computer station.
Lobby and Reception
A stylish lobby and professional reception area gives new customers their first impression of your business. The project floor plan includes an open, 11 X 18’ lobby: roomy enough to accommodate both customer seating and a reception desk.
Even start-ups on shoestring budgets can get more studio for their money with ProSun. Our industry experts can help you choose the perfect mix of booths and beds to suit your clientele, and we’ll help you utilize available space efficiently to maximize revenue. Let us help you build a better business. Call ProSun today.
The Station was a single story wood frame building of approximately 4500 square feet.. It was originally built in 1946 as a club for local military personnel who were on leave. Over the years it served as a variety of restaurants, bars and nightclubs. In 1972, a fire damaged the building and reopened in 1974. In 1991 it was converted into its final incarnation as a bar and showroom. The building was arranged with the bar, kitchen, dart room along with offices and storage on the east end of the building. The showroom and sunroom area comprised the west. There were four exits. The front door was only accessible through a corridor partially occluded by a small ticket booth and another 36 inch wide doorway in the middle of the corridor. This becomes a critical chokepoint when the fire breaks out.
As consenting adults, people should be able to use tanning beds at their free will. Knowing the harmful side effects and conditions tanning beds can cause, people should be able to choose to use them, considerably like cigarettes (Should Tanning Beds Be Banned?). Telling citizens they cannot use tanning beds is unconstitutional and violates their freedom rights and their right to choose how to treat their bodies. Banning tanning beds will also close down business which is unfair to business owners. With businesses closing down, more people will be dependent on government programs and will eventually cause the government debt to
The ambiance of the salon is something to focus on because the fell of the place is a big deal. “Ambiance refers to the atmosphere of one’s surroundings” (168). It is very important to make your clients feel like they are “important and valued individuals”(170). Every Time you have contact with your guest it is called touch point. Successful professionals are those who realize that no opportunity should be wasted & to make the best out of each situation. Staff synergy is where everyone in the salon works together will keep clients coming back because of how well everyone works together and how great there time with you
First of all, the history off the tanning bed did not start when tan skin was hip. The first indoor tanning lamp was created for medicinal purposes in 1906. It was used on ricketts patients to help them develop stronger bones .# How does a tanning bed create stronger bones? Sunlight produces vitamin D in the body, which allows absorption of calcium. The absorption of calcium creates stronger bones. This tanning lamp was not thought about again until the 1970s, when a man named Friederich Wolff came along. Wolff used “artificially produced indoor tanning UV light to study athletes and how they might benefit from more exposure to sunlight.”# The artificial indoor light also gave the subjects of his study a darker complexion. In the fifties, the invention of the bikini popularized tanning outdoors significantly.# This trend still remained in the seventies.
Tanning is a commonly used by Caucasian women to cause their skin tone to darken. Melanin is what gives skin its color. Naturally, when we are exposed to sun, the production of a pigment known as melanin starts which itself acts as a deterrent to the burning effects of ultra violet rays of sun (Pakhare). Some Caucasians find it necessary to tan to increase beauty. It is not necessary to tan to increase beauty.
There are no proven health risks of spray tanning as of right now; however the FDA is investigating the safety of the DHA component in the "Mystic Tan".
Levine, Jody A., MD, Michael Sorace, MD, James Spencer, MD, and Daniel M. Siegel, MD. "The Indoor UV Tanning Industry: A Review of Skin Cancer Risk, Health Benefit Claims, and Regulation." Special Article 53.6 (2010): 1038-043. Web. 14 Apr. 2014.
The most impressive room in the building was the registry room. It measured 200 feet by 100 feet, and had an impressive fifty-six foot arched ceiling. Twelve narrow aisles, divided by iron bars, channeled new arrivals to be examined by doctors at the front of the room. The officials who worked at the island, however, were not impressed by the architecture. In fact, they constantly complained of leaky roofs, and other problems within the building.
Indoor tanning is becoming a very popular “hobby”, but most people do not know, or do not care, about its dangerous side effects. Studies show that people who use tanning booths have a much higher chance of being diagnosed with skin cancer. If someone were to start tanning indoors before they turn 30 or 25, the risk of them getting Melanoma peaks, and if they start tanning before they turn 20 or 25, they are much more likely to get basal and squamous cancer.
The FDA says that “unprotected exposure to harmful UV rays break down the collagen and elastin fibers in healthy young skin, and cause wrinkles and loosened folds” The FDA proves that indoor tanning can cause premature skin ageing and can affect the appearance from it. There are few ways to treat damaged skin, the ways to treat it would be through Chemical peels, dermabrasion, and skin Fillers. The efforts to fixing skin after it's damaged it is hefty. After spending so much time and money of damaging skin, it is just as costly to get it
Using a tanning bed for a nice bronze or prom? Think again. You’re actually helping up your body’s risk of skin cancer by 75% if under the age of 35 (NCSL). The World Health Organization's International Agency of Research on Cancer have declared ultraviolet radiation from artificial sources, such as tanning beds and sun lamps, to be a well known carcinogen (cancer-causing substance) (AAD.org). The federal government needs to further legislate tanning bed exposure by raising the age of usage, limiting the power of the beds and further reduce exposure times.
Indoor Tanning beds are controversial and not without risk. The positives and negitives should be told straight up when going to a tanning salon. The risk of developing melanoma skin cancer from over exposure to UVA and UVB radiation has been proven and well documented by the medical field and research. There are a few benefits of using indoor tanning beds such as a positive mood boost, healing of some types of skin disorders and in the production of vitamin D. One must be educated about the use of indoor tanning before deciding to indulge and weigh the risks and benefits before making the decision to go tanning long term.
The beauty industry has great opportunities for companies wanting to profit from the growth and resiliency of the sector. Finding the right niche is important for becoming visible in the industry. Communicating the unique selling point to the target group will distinguish the company from the competition so it can survive. Also, product sales are needed to earn revenue beyond the service income. The success of Sugar Wax Salon will rely on its ability to offer a beneficial service, create the right products, and promote them to the right people at the right price.
In developing this contemporary and iconic building, the design focuses on practical attributes and optimises energy efficiency. The design strategy encapsulates four key aspects:
Tanning is the process by which animal skins are transformed into commercial leather. There are two main methods of tanning - Vegetable Tanning and Chrome Tanning. The latter uses chrome salts as the main tanning agent, and is the process widely used in India.