Tanistry Spray Tans

All Dolled up for Morgan’s wedding 🤎 It’s safe to say I’m pretty conservative with bridal tans but every now and then there’s a crew that can absolutely carry a deep bronze. Mission accomplished! 💁🏼‍♀️

This girl realized at the airport that her $65 bottle of mousse was about to get taken by TSA because it was too big to fly

and instead of throwing it away…
she walked over to a plant
dug a little hole
and buried it

like it was something she was coming back for later

then got on her flight like everything was normal

went on her trip… lived her life…

came back FOUR DAYS later
went back to the same plant

and her bottle of mousse was still there
just waiting for her

Meanwhile airport security is probably reviewing footage like
why is she landscaping before her flight

but honestly… I get it!

When you finally find a tan you like
you’re not just throwing it away. Absolutely not.

Yall know it better be a BIG deal for me to close up shop during peak wedding season. But for Mya and Cristian I didn’t hesitate. The sweetest, loveliest couple with sparkly smiles courtesy of Tanistry. ☺️ We cried, the sky cried and then this perfect moment came along like it was meant to be. Look at Cristian’s pot of gold at the end of the rainbow! 💍🌈

Somehow we’ve become the salon brides book with… without a trial… and sometimes without ever having had a spray tan at all.
And that is crazy wild when you think about it. I know there are a lot of salons that won’t even take a bride without a trial. And I get it. But if you know me, you know I’m going to roll with it.

What gets me every time is when they walk in and say, “my friend told me I’d be fine.” What level of trust are y’all on?! I don’t even trust myself that much! 😂

And then this review came in today. Kelly had never tanned with us before, never even had a spray tan by a person. After a long and busy week at the salon, I needed this.

Honestly… the fact that someone they trust told them they could trust us?

Yeah. You right. 🤏🏽

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐆𝐏𝐓 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬… 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞.

I know AI feels like the easy button. Type in a prompt, get a list of cute names, pick one and done. But here’s the part people don’t think about. ChatGPT doesn’t invent names out of thin air. It pulls patterns from what already exists on the internet. So a lot of the names it gives you are just remixes of businesses that are already out there.

Which is exactly how people end up accidentally stepping into trademark issues.

Ask me how I know.

My business name is trademarked. And over the past year I’ve had no less than TEN tanning businesses pop up using my name or something extremely close to it.

Ten.

And every time this conversation comes up, someone inevitably says:

“It’s not that big of a deal.”

Actually… it is.

Because the people saying that usually aren’t the ones who spent years building the brand, thousands of dollars on the trademark process, and even more time protecting it when someone decides to “borrow” the name. It’s easy to say it’s not a big deal when it’s not your time, your brand, your reputation, or your legal bill. AI doesn’t create originality. It only recycles what already exists.

So if you’re starting a business, please do yourself a favor before you fall in love with the name a robot gives you, search it online and check for a federal trademark on USPTO website.

Because building a brand takes years… and finding out later the name was never really yours is a very expensive mistake.

And if you’re wondering whether your business name might be too close to someone else’s trademark, feel free to ask. I’m happy to help as much as I can and point you in the right direction before it becomes a bigger issue.

“𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘯.”

𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆.

The goal has never been to look like you got a tan. The goal is to look like the best version of you!

We’ll always walk you through the process, because sometimes the tan people think they want is the one that ends up getting more attention than the person wearing it.

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 🤍

Spray Tan | Metairie | New Orleans
New Orleans Wedding | New Orleans Bride

𝘛𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘯, 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨?! 😭

Clients ask us all the time if tanning early because of travel or scheduling will still look good for the big day. When it’s done right, ABSOLUTELY! 𝐖𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐬. Take a peek for yourself and see how well her tan held up!

This bride tanned with us on Tuesday before heading to Florida for her wedding and her glow held up perfectly for her Saturday vows. Come see us and see why so many brides trust us with their biggest day.

Not the bridesmaid exposing her DIY plan… almost tanned herself for her wedding. I think it’s safe to say we are both happy she ended up at Tanistry instead! And I was so happy to meet this beauty in person. 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐰!🤍✨

We are all Shia LaBeouf 🎭