Tanning Salons in Huntington Beach

A modern, glass-laden façade lures guests into the tanning salon's sleek lobby, whose slate floors and walls surround modern furnishings and vibrant artwork. Sunstyle Tanning's 7,000-square-foot facility houses a corridor lined with private treatment rooms that feature Ergoline sunbeds and VersaSpa spray-tanning systems. The spa's Smart Tan–certified concierges work to help guests to choose from an assortment of tanning apparatuses, which range from sensor-controlled UV-tanning beds to custom spray tans. Patrons may also take advantage of a fully stocked vanity bar and park their car or motor-unicycle in the spa's private lot.

The OC Tan brings the sparkling soulshine lingering within each customer to the surface through a variety of tanning services. The Elixir tanning bed ($20 per session) envelops tanners in 51 body bulbs—one for each U.S. state—for 12 minutes of air-conditioned tanning. Disappear into the Mystic Tan spray booth ($35) as a pale newspaper reporter and emerge 60 seconds later as Supertan, the poorly named hero with a healthy glow. For those who love the taste of tanning bulbs but hate the sound of laying down, the Solarforce 652V ($20) offers a 10-minute tan in a stand-up unit that can accommodate clients up to seven feet tall. The ultimate in tan architecture at The OC Tan, however, is the King 420 bed ($40), which combines aromatherapy, aquatherapy, and a non-claustrophobic design into 12 minutes of high-pressure tanning. A five-minute airbrush tan is also available ($55), with custom application and results lasting up to a week.

The house of bronzing features a variety of epidermal-evolving methods, including a bevy of bronzing beds, hand-held hue hoses, and motorized melanin sprays. A cheerful employee will help to select the mode of tonal transformation that best suits your needs and lifestyle. Opt for 20 sessions in the bronzing bed ($100) to ease gradually into a summer glow, or choose the UV-free Mystic Tan ($100 for six sessions) for a machine-powered splash of instant color. With a mobile airbrush tent, clients can even summon the experienced airbrushing artists to a home or secret tree house for a personalized on-the-spot treatment ($40 per session). You can also use the value of your Groupon toward monthly tanning packages.

Uvasun, mentioned on the hit show Entourage, keeps its clients paparazzi-ready with an array of tanning services. Controlled UV rays bronze the skin inside standup and lie-down tanning capsules. Alternatively, spray systems coat skin in color and hydration, using formulas that include Mystic Tan and Uvasun’s exclusive tanning spray, Liquid Sun, which is designed to look natural and more uniform while giving off a pleasant citrus scent that makes it easier to hide in orange groves. Other forms of light benefit the skin and body in different ways, from acne-treating blue light to anti-aging red light to SlimStar body wraps, which draw on the infrared portion of the light spectrum to contour the body.

Tan By the Sea in Carlsbad and Deep Tan & Spa in Encinitas keep skin bronzed seven days a week, regardless of the season. To deliver the sun-kissed look of Apollo's cheekbones, the facilities offer tanning beds—which range in intensity from the introductory Sunrise 3500 to the lamp-riddled European high-pressure TurboPower 25000s—as well as VersaSpa chambers that provide summer-worthy façades without the stern gaze of UV rays, misting clients from head to chakra with clear or bronzing solution in as little as 60 seconds. Decorating the salons are swimsuits, sandals by Havaianas, and products by Designer Skin, Hempz, and Australian Gold. In addition to tanning specialists, the spas' teams include aestheticians as well as technicians who can brighten pearly whites with dental-grade treatments.

The Tanning Club's quick indoor bronzing sessions rely on Mystic tanning booths' MagneTan nozzles and the illuminated lamps of Ergoline and ETS tanning beds to impart a golden glow to skin. The European beds spend 10 or 12 minutes sun-kissing skin according to each patron's desired level of color and include soothing extras, such as the Ergoline Excellence 800's aromatherapy feature and built-in sound system. For a UV-free bronze, patrons clad in skivvies or birthday suits step into the Mystic Tan standup booth after selecting their shade, bathing in particles of FDA-approved DHA, moisturizer, and optional bronzer that coat bodies evenly. The Tanning Club's Westwood location makes for convenient day tripping, and private parking spares guests from having to find an unoccupied car disposal.