OMG! I walked past here today and a lady came out glowing like a radio active orange. Seriously,…read moreshe made mahogany stained professional weight lifters look positively anaemic. This is a pink parlour of a tanning salon with an interesting promotional offer: half price sun beds for Mums after the school run. I don't quite understand the method behind the madness here because I don't personally believe that the majority of mothers out there drop their children off at the school gates and think: I need a tan!, but hey if it works for Tanmania then they should run with it. There is a range of lie down and stand up beds very cheaply priced at £1 a minute and the place looks clean and very, very pink. If Jordan aka Katie Price saw Tanmania she would fall in love. There is no ulterior motive to this place, what you see is what you get; It is all about the sunbeds but maybe the management should take some responsibility for that neon orange woman I saw this morning. You gotta know when to stop!

The fact that this place is a tanning salon masks where its true talent lies. The owner's daughter…read moreMichelle is the most talented manicurist I have ever come across and I feel like petitioning Parliament to pass a bill making all women in the North West come here for a spot of pampering. Michelle is absolutely lovely and she performs an award winning french polish in record time, even throwing in a spot of nail art and diamante gems all for £7.50! This girl can work wonders with torn cuticles and she transforms your nails into beautiful works of art. What I like about MIchelle is her honesty- when I recently expressed my WAG like desire for a full set of acrylics, she point blank refused because she would not, on principle damage my healthy nails. For those whose nails are not as blessed as mine though, Sunset City will do a full set of falsies for £25 and infills for only £19. Sunset City also have a beauty therapist on site who will take care of all your grooming requirements and prices are inexpensive: an eyebrow shape is only £5 and there are a range of pamper packages which make for excellent presents. This is a tanning salon with manners, there are three lie down sunbeds and three tan cabs all stocked with goggles, hand towels, flannels, deodorants and moisturisers. Large designer department stores and self-professed "spas" may have the wow factor, but Sunset City has all the know how and talent. My life would be far duller without Michelle in it, and my nails would be lacklustre.

A recently opened Sunbed Boulevard offer excellent tanning service 7 days a week until 22:00. They…read moreoffer stand up and lie down booths, all brand new equipment which feel very clean, regularly sanitised and comfortable to use, unlike the older tanning booths. Great customer service and also enough tanning booths so I've never experience waiting to use any make Boulvard one of the best of it's kind in the area. This comes reasonably priced , around £3 for 10 minutes , or £16 for 60 minutes course in very convenient location just by the Moorside train stop on the main A6 road.

I'm not a huge fan of fake tanning. I always get it wrong…read more The only time I ever got it right was the time I went to The Tanning Shop. It was for my Prom. I won't lie, it was a very weird experience. I wanted a spray tan. Sun beds are useless on me because I do not catch the sun usually, I am that pale that I instead reflect the sun. If I do change any colour, it's pretty much from pasty to white and that's it. So I'd have to spend an hour on a sunbed and god knows what that would do. Anyway, the spray tan, we've all seen that episode of Friends with Ross...this was the exact same thing! You stand there facing the machine, it sprays you, you turn (quickly so as to avoid the 'Ross look') and then it sprays you again. Scary stuff. The spray actually contains bronzer as well as fake tan so you notice the difference immediately although the actual tan doesn't kick in for four hours. So you gradually change colour over the course of the day which can very much confuse your work colleagues if you nip out for one during a lunch break. But if you are thinking of going for one, I'd really recommend this place, I was very unsure and they were beyond helpful and the price was great. The tan lasted about a week. Will go again when I find the occasion!

What DID I walk into?!? I'm sorry, but the worst advert of all for using sunbeds is a bottle…read moreraven-haired orange toothpick who obviously idolises a certain ex Mrs Andre. I'm speaking out of turn, I'm sorry. I just wasn't quite prepared for the tangerine sinewy arms, puffed up lips and overuse of liquid liner. That, my friend, was not why I was requesting a sunbed. THAT is not my intention, my goal. Nope, having unexpectedly found that I was visiting Mallorca, I thought my pasty skin might need a little UV exposure so that it didn't go into a state of catatonic shock when I actually walked out under the searing Balearic sun. This state is known as prickly heat to most. Now let's remember, I am not condoning sunbeds. This was last June and I have long since given the blighters up. But occasionally you out there in the Yelping community may wish to bronze under the purple light of a giant canister, and for that, please don't visit The Tanning Shop. The reason I'd popped in here was because I'd been turned away at Bannatyne's, as explained in my Bannatyne's review. Thus, I spotted this on Cross Street and wandered in. To my right was a row of tanning booths. You know, just the booths. The canisters. The ones that you usually walk into AFTER you've taken off your clothes in the PRIVACY of the CHANGING ROOM which surrounds it. But this was... just a row. Of canisters. Overlooking this momentarily I turned to my left, and there was my Jordan who immediately asked if I had an appointment. Apologies, I'm used to the soggy world of Achieve Fitness where you just walk in and bake yourself for a few minutes. Err, okay, I know Cross Street is pretty central, but an appointment for tanning? That's just insane. There were a good few booths, maybe if they just had a waiting area it would solve the appointment-making conundrum. Anyway, I soon decided this wasn't the place for me. Whether it was Jordanalike herself, whether it was my absolute puzzlement over what we do with our clothes (take them off IN the booth? Stand on them?), whether it was the sheer terrible logistics of the place whereby they seem to have overlooked the small size of the shop itself, I don't know. The point is, I'm glad I don't have to deal with this rigmarole any more. Thanks to the likes of that Girls Aloud chick and wotserface Twilight lady and her from Florence and the Machine, pale's becoming increasingly fashionable and we should probably follow suit. Either that or just use Jordanalike as an anti-tanning warning. Should do the trick. (Edit - after reading Sarah Anne's review I've bumped it up a star because obviously the spray-tanning contingent is top notch.)

NO!!! This is called TanTropics. Check out the reviews using the proper name. This is a great…read morelittle, very reasonably priced tanning salon. Highly recommended.

I love going to Tan Zania to get my eyebrows waxed, eylashes tinted and nails done. It's a small…read moresalon and run by friendly people. They have state of the art sunbeds and offer a range of accessories to help with your tan. Rotating special offers, they havae some great deals that you can take advantage of and every 10th sunbed session is free. It's easy to find and there is plenty of parking available. It's open til 9 most nights so there should be a time when you can get in for a well deserved treat at a reasonable price.

Now we all know sunbeds are bad for us but, warnings aside, if you do like to get yourself glowing,…read morethen Tan Mania is a nice little salon in Sale Moor that offers both stand up and lie down sunbeds. It tends to be quiet so you can nip in for a quick suntan without having to book in advance. The salon is light and airy and, perhaps most importantly of all, clean! The prices are reasonable and they often have offers where you can pay in advance and save money on a block booking of time on the sunbeds which you can also split between the stand up and lie down ones as you choose. The staff aren't generally the most cheerful of people but you probably won't speak to them long enough to care.

This place is great for both men and women, they have great offers on, Such as tan all week for £10…read morewhich is amazing value, they are open late till 8, which great for the people who work later than the average, the staff couldnt be more friendly, and they do great offers on Tanning creams and nail extensions a good place to get glammed this xmas.