Prior to tanning salons, the only way to achieve a beautiful copper glow was to boil pennies and bathe in the scalding reduction. Achieve a less painful sheen with today’s Groupon to The Glow Lounge in Edina. Choose between the following options:

• For $20, you get one spray tan, plus 15% off added special effects (a $40 value).
• For $52, you get three spray tans, plus 15% off added special effects (a $114 value).<p>

The Glow Lounge’s trained and certified tan technicians focus exclusively on applying vitamin-enriched Evolv sunless tans, customized to suit any skin type and tone. The Evolv Sidekick machine keeps skin toasty and icicle free with an applicator that triggers the heat-activated bronzing solution and emitting a stream of warm air. Clients can choose between two base-color levels: the aloe- and green-tea-enriched level 1, which lends skin a sun-kissed glow, or the level 2 fortified with botanicals, which imparts pelts with a dark, deeper hue. The solution mimics a natural tan, nourishing cells with tea-tree and grape-seed oil as well as erythrulose and DHA, which encourage color to last longer before it surreptitiously fades away like a bank robber at a ski-mask fire sale. Shades last for up to eight days, depending on the type and amount of solution applied as well as proper prep and aftercare. Groupon customers also receive 15% off of any special effects they’d like to add to their tan, including a fragrance ($2), pH balancer ($3) or moisturizer ($3).