Wednesday, January 25, 2012
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Sunday, January 15, 2012
Vote: David Magazine's Best Airbrush Technican in Atlanta
Despite being a long time advertiser with David Magazine, having one of the largest total populations of GLBT customers in the city, extensive positive online reviews and a myriad of Best of Atlanta Tanning Salon awards from various different publications (including most recently InSite Magazine's Best Tanning Salon 2011), Hollywood Tans is disappointed to see we weren't even nominated for David Magazine's Best of Atlanta 2012 as Atlanta's Best Tanning Salon. However, we do applaud David Magazine for adding a new category this year: Best Airbrush Technician in Atlanta.
Hollywood Tans has been a pioneer in UV-free spray tanning in the Atlanta market, and having offered custom airbrush now at 3 salons for the past year, we are proud of the work our 9 qualified airbrush technicians have done. We feel that any of them would be an excellent choice for Best Airbrush Technician in Atlanta.
So please vote and encourage your friends and family to vote for your favorite airbrush tech here at Hollywood Tans for question #60:
Tracy B. (Midtown and Toco Hills)
Laura P. (Midtown)
Kristina B. (Midtown and Toco Hills)
Brooklyn S. (Midtown)
Michelle R. (Toco Hills)
Taylor M. (Midtown, Toco Hills and Roswell)
Karina B. (Roswell)
Amanda D. (Roswell)
Tara D. (Roswell)
To vote, just visit http://davidatlanta.com/bestof2011, fill out the entry form and skip right to #60.
For more information on custom airbrush tanning at Hollywood Tans, please visit SprayTanNow.com or call 866-970-8267.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Dr. Oz Endorses Sunbeds
http://smarttan.com/news/index.php/dr-oz-endorses-sunbeds/
Friday, January 6th, 2012
Television health guru Dr. Mehmet Oz — better known as “Dr. Oz” — said on his program this week he is re-thinking his position on indoor tanning sunbeds because they are an abundant source of natural vitamin D production as well as other compounds made in the skin.
“The sun provides vitamin D in a very unique way. But it also provides tons of other compounds besides vitamin D.” Oz said in an interview on his own program with health educator Dr. Joseph Mercola. “I am rethinking tanning beds. In the last year I have looked at a lot of information. …I think there is a value of UVB radiation, not just for vitamin D but for other sources as well.”
Oz was commenting on Mercola’s recommendation that use of sunbeds in the winter is a key to good health. Mercola is among those who believe humans need 8,000 IU of vitamin D daily to assure that vitamin D blood levels are in natural range consistent with outdoor living and at levels indicated by hundreds of studies to be associated with lower risk of health problems from cancer to heart disease and autoimmune disorders.
No food source comes close to delivering that level of vitamin D. UVB from sun exposure can make up to 20,000 IU of vitamin D in the skin without the risk of an overdose, as the skin naturally de-metabolizes any extra vitamin D.
When Mercola told Oz that he recommends sunbed usage in the winter Oz’s in-studio crowd reacted in shock.
The two health education icons — in endorsing sunbed usage to make vitamin D — showed that they still do not fully understand all of the photobiology of tanning equipment. Oz suggested that most sunbeds emit UVA but not UVB — and that consumers need to look for equipment that emits measurable UVB.
“Dermatology has been misleading Oz,” Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy said. “More than 90 percent of sunbeds today emit UVB and UVA in dosages consistent with natural sunlight. But we’re glad that he seems to be open to the fact that there is a natural benefit to UV from sunlight, and that sunbeds can be a good surrogate for that.”
Oz still says he does not recommend sunbed usage for tanning — just for vitamin D production. “Again, that’s not a straight distinction,” Levy said. “Tanning has nothing to do with vitamin D production — melanin production happens while vitamin D is being produced. They happen at the same time.”
Mercola also continues to make issue of magnetic ballasts used in some sunbeds, alleging that electromagnetic fields (EMF) are dangerous. But EMF levels generated by sunbeds expose users to less EMF than cell phone usage — very small dosages one would find in many electronic products. Sunbed industry representatives have asked Mercola to document the source of his allegation about ballasts but have never received an answer.
Mercola and Oz also refer to what they called “safe” tanning beds — those that emit UVB and which use electronic ballasts instead of magnetic ballasts. Mercola sells equipment with electronic ballasts through his web site.
To see the Dr. Oz interview with Dr. Mercola click here.
To see Mercola discussing the Dr. Oz interview click here.
Friday, January 6th, 2012
Television health guru Dr. Mehmet Oz — better known as “Dr. Oz” — said on his program this week he is re-thinking his position on indoor tanning sunbeds because they are an abundant source of natural vitamin D production as well as other compounds made in the skin.
“The sun provides vitamin D in a very unique way. But it also provides tons of other compounds besides vitamin D.” Oz said in an interview on his own program with health educator Dr. Joseph Mercola. “I am rethinking tanning beds. In the last year I have looked at a lot of information. …I think there is a value of UVB radiation, not just for vitamin D but for other sources as well.”
Oz was commenting on Mercola’s recommendation that use of sunbeds in the winter is a key to good health. Mercola is among those who believe humans need 8,000 IU of vitamin D daily to assure that vitamin D blood levels are in natural range consistent with outdoor living and at levels indicated by hundreds of studies to be associated with lower risk of health problems from cancer to heart disease and autoimmune disorders.
No food source comes close to delivering that level of vitamin D. UVB from sun exposure can make up to 20,000 IU of vitamin D in the skin without the risk of an overdose, as the skin naturally de-metabolizes any extra vitamin D.
When Mercola told Oz that he recommends sunbed usage in the winter Oz’s in-studio crowd reacted in shock.
The two health education icons — in endorsing sunbed usage to make vitamin D — showed that they still do not fully understand all of the photobiology of tanning equipment. Oz suggested that most sunbeds emit UVA but not UVB — and that consumers need to look for equipment that emits measurable UVB.
“Dermatology has been misleading Oz,” Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy said. “More than 90 percent of sunbeds today emit UVB and UVA in dosages consistent with natural sunlight. But we’re glad that he seems to be open to the fact that there is a natural benefit to UV from sunlight, and that sunbeds can be a good surrogate for that.”
Oz still says he does not recommend sunbed usage for tanning — just for vitamin D production. “Again, that’s not a straight distinction,” Levy said. “Tanning has nothing to do with vitamin D production — melanin production happens while vitamin D is being produced. They happen at the same time.”
Mercola also continues to make issue of magnetic ballasts used in some sunbeds, alleging that electromagnetic fields (EMF) are dangerous. But EMF levels generated by sunbeds expose users to less EMF than cell phone usage — very small dosages one would find in many electronic products. Sunbed industry representatives have asked Mercola to document the source of his allegation about ballasts but have never received an answer.
Mercola and Oz also refer to what they called “safe” tanning beds — those that emit UVB and which use electronic ballasts instead of magnetic ballasts. Mercola sells equipment with electronic ballasts through his web site.
To see the Dr. Oz interview with Dr. Mercola click here.
To see Mercola discussing the Dr. Oz interview click here.
Angry Readers Want To Ban ‘Cosmo’
http://smarttan.com/news/index.php/angry-readers-want-to-ban-cosmo/
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
The magazine that has sold millions of dollars in chemical sunscreen advertising in exchange for leading a public relations charge to restrict teenagers from tanning salons has now been targeted by thousands of angry consumers who want to ban its teen-inappropriate covers from grocery store racks.
Fox News reported this week that Cosmopolitan Magazine is the target of a petition and a Federal Trade Commission complaint alleging that the magazine’s cover material — which frequently includes racy pictures of teen-age girls — is inappropriate for young eyes in grocery store check-out lines.
“Cosmopolitan magazine released its February issue this week featuring 17-year-old Dakota Fanning as the cover girl, surrounded by article captions such as ‘His Best Sex Ever,’ ‘Too Naughty To Stay Here: But You Have to Try This Sex Trick,’ Fox reported.
According to Fox, a petition with more than 10,000 signatures asking that Cosmo be treated like an X-rated magazine — with its cover hidden by a wrap when sold at newsstands — has already turned heads. And the petition’s founder, Nicole Weider, has contacted the Federal Trade Commission to get help on filing an effective complaint.
“As a former reader of the magazine, I happened to pick up an issue and was reading it and was completely shocked at how pornographic and explicit the content had become. I immediately thought of my young teenage brothers and it horrified me to think that they and their friends could be reading this material, and the damage it would do to them if they did,” Weider told FOX. “So I decided to do something about it.”
To read the Fox story, click here.
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
Fox News reported this week that Cosmopolitan Magazine is the target of a petition and a Federal Trade Commission complaint alleging that the magazine’s cover material — which frequently includes racy pictures of teen-age girls — is inappropriate for young eyes in grocery store check-out lines.
“Cosmopolitan magazine released its February issue this week featuring 17-year-old Dakota Fanning as the cover girl, surrounded by article captions such as ‘His Best Sex Ever,’ ‘Too Naughty To Stay Here: But You Have to Try This Sex Trick,’ Fox reported.
According to Fox, a petition with more than 10,000 signatures asking that Cosmo be treated like an X-rated magazine — with its cover hidden by a wrap when sold at newsstands — has already turned heads. And the petition’s founder, Nicole Weider, has contacted the Federal Trade Commission to get help on filing an effective complaint.
“As a former reader of the magazine, I happened to pick up an issue and was reading it and was completely shocked at how pornographic and explicit the content had become. I immediately thought of my young teenage brothers and it horrified me to think that they and their friends could be reading this material, and the damage it would do to them if they did,” Weider told FOX. “So I decided to do something about it.”
To read the Fox story, click here.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Dr. Oz discusses the benefits of indoor tanning
Dr. Joe Mercola's Alternative Health Guide: http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/joe-mercola-alternative-health-guide
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