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Skin and tanning blog

Advice from the treatment room. These guides answer the questions clients ask us most: how to prepare, what a treatment feels like, how long results last and how to look after your skin afterwards. Each one links to the treatment it covers, so you can book once you've read up.

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Spray tanning

Sunlit shoulder with an even spray tan

Prep and aftercare

Spray tan prep and aftercare

Covers exfoliating, waxing timing, what to wear and how to make your colour last. Read it a few days before your appointment so you have time to prep.

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Close crop of an eye, brow and lashes

Weddings

Your pre-wedding skin timeline

Which facials, skin treatments and tans to book in the months and days before your wedding. It pairs well with our guide to mobile tans for bridal parties.

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Skin treatments

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Skin needling: what to expect

Explains downtime, aftercare and how many sessions most people need. Read it before your first needling appointment.

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Hydrofacial handpiece on a cheek

Hydrofacial vs hydradermabrasion

How the two water-based facials differ, so you can choose the right one for your skin and your timing.

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Serum applied with a dropper

What LED light therapy actually does

How LED light therapy is used in skin treatments.

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Facial mask being applied with a brush

Spring skin reset after winter

How to rehydrate dry, tired skin as the weather warms up, and which treatments help most.

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Treatment in progress

Sun damage and pigmentation after summer

What a hot summer does to your skin and how to fade pigmentation and repair the damage.

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Close crop of a shaped and tinted brow

Brows and lashes: tinting and shaping

What brow and lash tinting and shaping involve, how long they last and how to prepare.

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Seasonal skin

  • Sun damage and pigmentation after summerWhat helps once the damage is done and how to protect your skin next summer.
  • A spring skin resetRehydrating skin after a cold, dry Canberra region winter.

Brows and lashes

  • Brows and lashes: tinting and shapingHow tinting works, how long it lasts and how to keep your shape between visits. Also covers how to prepare if you've never had a tint.

Coming soon

New guides on how long a spray tan lasts and what to expect from diamond microdermabrasion are on the way.

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