Location: Morgan Hill salon, 261 Vineyard Town Center; Gilroy salon, 1360 A First Street; Blossom Hill salon, 1010 C Blossom Hill Road in San Jose and Campbell salon, 1810 West Campbell Ave.
Owner: Christie Dent
History: The Morgan Hill salon was opened in October of 2005. Since then the company has opened three other salons in the Bay Area, and has plans to open at least 10 more in the future. Owner Christie Dent worked for different salons in California. Her family owned 47 salons in Australia and Dent has used the Australian tanning model to run her business.
Services: The company has state-of-the-art tanning beds. It also has an open spray booth that releases a mist instead of a shower. The booth blows the skin dry and is used by customers who can’t tan in a bed. The business also has lotions imported from Australia. The company also has its own skin care product line, which was started in 2005 and then improved under a new name in March 2007.
Philosophy: The company focuses on tanning and skin care, with different levels of tanning equipment and a spray booth. It also offers clients skin care packages. Clients are skin typed and helped with their skin needs. Business staff spends a lot of time training.
Hours: 8am-9pm, week days; 9am-6pm, Saturday and 9am-7pm, Sunday.
Contact: (408) 778-3594, e-mail ch*******@*************************ny.com, wwwtheaustraliantanningcompany.com.
