My Island Tan & Spa, located at 15880 San Carlos Blvd. in Fort Myers, was the idea of owner and Chicago native Lillian Canfield, who moved to the Fort Myers area seeking the ideal Florida outdoor lifestyle. “Individuals get uneven tanning results when they tan outdoors due to varying weather conditions, intense heat and clothing,” Canfield said. “This uneven tanning drives people to indoor tanning salons to balance things out. Therefore, I just felt that a better salon and spa experience needed to be available — which is why I wanted to open this salon.” 

Striving to provide a high-quality tanning experience to the people of Fort Myers led Canfield to choose to work with Indianapolis-based ETS Tan, the global leader in manufacturing and distributing indoor tanning beds. “ETS Tan has a wide selection of tanning beds to choose from,” Canfield said. “The beds are very cutting edge and offer many different features to give clients great tanning results. ETS also gives us excellent customer service — they have helped get the salon ready for business along every step of the way.”  

My Island Tan & Spa carries a full line of tanning beds manufactured by ETS Tan, including the SS756V, SolarForce 648 and Solaris 336. These beds are powered by Wolff® system lamps and have advanced after-tan cooling systems. The salon also offers an exciting addition to traditional tanning with the Velocity™ HP1000 bed. ETS Tan’s Velocity HP1000 has a futuristic design and offers a 360-degree ultra-pressure tanning experience providing a deep, rich, long-lasting tan. It also offers several special features, such as an integrated stereo system with four speakers, a subwoofer and a powerful, total-body cooling system. 

“With beds like the Velocity HP1000, this salon truly offers a 21^st century tanning and spa experience,” Canfield said. “We are a family-owned and operated tanning salon and take pride in being as technologically advanced with our products and services as possible.” 

The salon is operated using software designed by Helios LLC, a sister company to ETS Tan that is a leader in providing tanning salon management and customer data software, and carries a variety of skin products and lotions. Other products and services offered include a super high intensity LED facial lamp, the Hydration Station™, an advanced capsule using cutting edge technology to saturate tanned skin with moisture, helping to protect the skin and prolong the tan, as well as the New Mystic Magna Tan™ booth for sunless tanning. 

Additionally, the salon has Shiatsu massage and teeth-whitening services available. Customers can also take advantage of convenient tanning hours – My Island Tan and Spa is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. “My Island Tan & Spa offers a peaceful and stress-free atmosphere, along with clean and comfortable private tanning and spa suites,” Canfield said. 

For more information, visit www.myislandtanandspa.com or call the salon at (239) 267-TANS. Also, become a friend of ETS Tan on its new MySpace pages at www.myspace.com/rejuvasun and www.myspace.com/etsvelocity.