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Aftercare Protocol

Oil, towel and warm hydration textures on cream stone

After your tan

Aftercare Guide, make it last.

Two-thirds of the tan is what you do after. Three habits stretch a five-day tan to nine, ten — sometimes longer. Our salon clients live by this list.

01
An hourglass beside a folded towel and a dry brush

Wait 8 hours · no shower

For the first eight hours, no water. The DHA needs that window to develop fully. After eight, warm water only — no hot — for under five minutes.

02
Patting a forearm dry with a towel

Pat, never rub

Towel-rubbing takes off layers of skin cells with your tan attached. Pat dry instead. Ten extra seconds. Two extra days of tan.

03
Smoothing SoBe Skin Organic Hydrating Oil along a forearm

Oil daily, within 2 min

Apply the Hydrating Oil while skin is still damp from the shower. Hydrated skin holds tan; dry skin sheds it. One layer at night, locked in by morning.

04
A hand declining scrubs, exfoliating gloves and chlorine

Avoid the killers

Chlorine pools, hot tubs, exfoliating washes, long baths, sauna sessions. None of these are dealbreakers if you must — but each one trims a day off your tan.

Make it last

Lock in your glow with the Hydrating Oil, daily.

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