LAKE CHARLES, La. – A brother and sister, along with their spouses, are making the start of a new indoor tanning salon a family business. 

Eric and Sonya Ardoin, along with Eric’s sister Shellie Hoffpauir and her husband Derick, have just opened their new salon, Envy Tans. The salon is located at 1737 W. Sale Road, Suite 104, in Lake Charles. It features the SolarForce 652V, StarPower 548, SunStar 332 and Rejuvasun 332 tanning beds manufactured by ETS Tan, based in Indianapolis. 

The Rejuvasun Spa bed features revolutionary light technology offering customers beauty treatments and tanning all in one single unit. Clients can experience beauty-enhancing light therapy sessions only, tanning only or combine both in one 20-minute session.

“We wanted to open our own small business for some extra income and there was an available spot in our shopping center, so we jumped at the chance,” said Eric Ardoin. “I think the salon looks awesome. We made sure we had high-quality beds with the best lamps to offer our customers.” 

After researching several different tanning beds, Ardoin and his family decided on ETS Tan. “ETS Tan has the best bed for the price and all the newest technology features included,” he said. “Customers think the beds are great looking and help give them a quality tan.” 

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 skin products and lotions by Australian Gold, also a sister company of ETS Tan. 

Envy Tans also offers customers a California Tan® sunless bed and a variety of candles from the Circle E Candles collection. It is open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. 

For more information, visit www.myspace.com/envytans or call Envy Tans at (337) 477-7969.