Getting a tan has become an easy thing to do these days courtesy of tanning beds and in fact, you can enjoy that tan for a year.
To get the most of your tanning experience, it is recommended that you use an indoor tanning lotion.
It does not only protect your skin but it also helps speed up the tanning process.
Applying the tanning bed lotion can be done before and after the tanning process.
The amino acid in these moisturizers helps the body to produce melanin called tyrosine.
There are three kinds of tanning bed lotions:

1. The standard or regular lotions.
   These are the commonly used as they are considerably cheap.
   It contains no additional bronzing or tingling components but has various ingredients to moisturize and protect skin as well as containing anti-aging characteristics.
   It is applied before you start your tan and easily rinses off after a shower.
   
2. The bronzers.
   Containing added special elements to give your skin a superfluous dark, deep tone, it is also known as bronzing tanning bed lotion.
   A darker tan is achieved in less time with the bronzer.
   Compared with the regular lotions, bronzers must be washed off for at least 2 to 4 hours after the session or even 8 hours.
   The reason for this is that the ingredients of the bronzer are still working even after the tanning is finished, which is why you get a darker shade of tan.
   Because the bronzers leave muggy deposits on your skin and at times coloring some parts of your hands orange, you need to wash it off thoroughly.
   
3. The tingle lotions.
   This type contains extra elements leaving your skin to have that tingling feeling all through and after the session.
   

The above information on tanning bed lotions will perhaps assist you to make the right choice for you.