Club Soleil Tanning

The staff is nice but the beds are old and the whole place is in need of a major face lift. Will use the package I bought and then search for a more updated tanning salon.

I went out of my way to rush to make it by 5:45 since I use the expensive bed, the Matrix, which only takes 12 min. You need to change your closing time to 5:30 if you’re not going to let people come in and tan until 6:00. The kid at the desk was sitting on her phone doing nothing and could not let me use my package that I paid good money for ($ 30 a tan). I’ve been treated rudely multiple time by a worker at the desk simply because I asked her to clean the bed someone had just gotten out of before u got in. Once i use the $ 120 package I purchased, I will be taking my business elsewhere.

I was a tanorexic throughout my teens and early 20s so I have seen my fair share of tanning salons. I auditioned Zip Tanz on Woodward but was put off by their crappy packages (can’t buy 10 or 20 sessions only month to month. Ummmm what?) as well as their bad customer service. I don’t tan regularly (or really at all) anymore and have learned to embrace the pasty. I went strictly because my boyfriend and I are going to the Bahamas in a couple weeks and I didn’t want to spend any of our getaway locked inside the hotel room beet red and convinced I was dying of heat stroke. This may or may not have happened to me before. ;)
My boyfriend came along with me and I convinced him to get a base tan too. He has never tanned indoors in his life and his heritage is Norwegian and Irish so he’s basically so pale he glows in the dark. When we went the first time we interacted with John (the owner) who was super friendly and explained everything really well. He really encouraged us to not overdo it and explained the «science» behind tanning. My boyfriend is a physician so anytime anyone starts on bogus health claims he knows better. John had him at «melanocyte.» ;)
The packages are very affordable and they offer a ton of different packages based upon what you need. A good variety of beds and I am seeing results quick. My boyfriend has not burned which is saying a lot and is building a decent base color. The salon itself is nothing fancy though if you ask me it doesn’t need to be. That cost is always shifted to the customer. The salon is clean, there are mirrors and candy in every room and free goggles to use. These seem like no brainers but I have been to plenty of tanning places that didn’t care about the little things.
Great value, great experience.

I bought a Groupon for 3 spray tans for $ 36 (great deal!). I wanted to redeem one before I went to Miami so I called ahead and asked for a few details about the spray tans. I’ve gotten spray tans before, but noticed that the tans were being advertised as «Magic Tan», not «Mystic Tan» as I was used to. I’m glad I called because apparently Magic Tan is very different!
The girl explained to me that I should come 6 – 10 hours before I take a shower and make sure I take a shower before I go to bed. This was new to me, as my other spray tans I was always instructed not to shower. I went in and the place was clean and empty, and the girl took me into the spray tan room and explained everything. You pose 4 different times and the whole tan takes about 2 minutes. They had towels and shower caps and a sink inside the room which was nice, and I got ready (even had wipes to take off my face make up) and put the barrier cream on and stepped into the booth. It was very very cold but that’s okay. As soon as I got out I was soo streaky and nervous, but she told me beforehand that was normal. I did what I was told, and still looked streaky when I left. She said the color will gradually sink in and when I see myself as «tan as I want to be» take a shower and the streaks will come off. I was skeptical but sure enough in the shower the streaks came off and I looked pretty tan!
I wasn’t as tan as I had been with other spray tans, but it did last a long time which was good. Next time I go in I will make sure to exfoliate better and ask her the proper drying techniques. I remember she said it’s $ 30 for one spray tan, but your first purchase is a BOGO. Glad I got my Groupon!

I went to school in a miserably dark city and have visited my fair share of tanning salons in the process. I went to club soleil b/​c it’s close to my house and has several other locations I could go to if I really wanted. I usually do the spray tan (in this case — Mystic) and I really liked it there. The process is a little bit more intensive than just the turn around and have your fingers splayed and their employee explained it to me very well.

i’m your average euro mutt. blonde hair, blue eyes and incredibly fair skin. my people are genetically programmed to reject a suntan. i don’t know why i keep fighting this fact… but i do. every year when winter rolls around, i make an idiotic attempt to bronze my body. i don’t do it for vanity’s sake– more for a pick-​me-​up. perhaps i have that seasonal effective thing.
enter club soleil.
i’ve been there once and only once.
i’ll set the scene for you. it was a crisp autumn evening sometime last november. i stopped in on my way home form work. there were two young girls behind the desk.
so i head up to the counter, take care of my bill, grab some goggles and i’m ready to get down to business. one of the girls shows me to the first room, located a few feet from the entryway. i lock the door, get naked and crawl into the tanning bed and wait for the lights to turn on. they do. i’m content, relaxed and enjoying the radio.
then i hear the door open. slowly at first. then it gained momentum and escalated to a full swing.
seriously? are you kidding me?
«hello?» i yell. «excuse me?»
no answer.
«could someone please close the door?»
i can hear bimbo A and bimbo B amidst conversation behind the desk. i also hear the front door open and a customer come in… it’s an old dude.
great.
just my luck.
i was as naked as the day i was born.
i see him peering into the room. GOOD GRIEF! i moved one arm to cover the northern hemisphere and one hand to cover the south. i’m hoping he didn’t see my naughty bits… but his snicker suggested otherwise.
i turn off the radio.
«hello?»
no response.
i try to see if i could turn off the bed so someone can hear me. no dice. old dude did not come to my rescue. what an ARSE!
i hear gramps walking towards the back of the salon, and the bimbos resume conversation.
«hello?»
NOTHING.
“screw it” i said to myself. i got up to close the door, completely naked & clearly visible to the soccer mom who was on her way out the door. awesome. she looked startled and hurried on her way.
in case you’ve lost count, that’s TWO complete strangers that saw me naked.
i proceed to prop the door closed, get dressed, come out into the hallway & ask for another room… it turns out the lock on the door was broken and the bobbsey twins forgot to tell me.
said twins gasped & uproarious laughter ensued.
no apology. i repeat, no apology.
i was beyond irritated.
unless you are an exhibitionist at heart, i’d recommend that you take your pale ass elsewhere!!!

I’m not a typically fake-​baker. Nor am I a tan-​o-​rexic. Believe me, I know my fair share that would qualify for mental «guidance» in regards to tanning.
I was terribly pale. I needed some UV rays to get my tan going so I didn’t look physically ill. I went to Club Soleil.
It was clean, the staff was knew what kind of beds to suggest to what skin types (typically they’ll just say do the lowest even when you can do higher beds). They will always put you in the bed that has had a recent bulb change *when available.*
I wish they had more fans or better positioning of the fans.
Their packages are reasonably priced as well. $ 36 gets you more than a handful of times.