Tan in the City's Remuera salon brings fourteen years of spray tanning experience to 551 Remuera Road. Part of a New Zealand name with boutique salons in Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin — plus mobile tanning — the Remuera branch is led by founder Jessica and her team of tan technicians, who handle everything from a first-ever tan to a weekly glow.
The salon's promise is simple: no orange and no bad tan stories. Every client is matched to the right solution for their skin tone and the occasion, whether that's a soft sun-kissed sheen, a deep holiday bronze or a next-level competition tan. The team has tanned the stars of Dancing With the Stars (2018, 2019 and 2022) and served as preferred tanners for two seasons of Netflix's One of Us Is Lying, earning Best Tanning Salon at the 2020 Denizen Everyday Heroes Awards and spots in Verve magazine's Best in Beauty list in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Tans use Black Magic Tan products, with an automated booth for self-serve fans and late nights, every night. Walk-ins are welcome and booking is encouraged, while memberships, tan packs, mobile tanning and an at-home retail range keep regulars glowing between visits.
Step into Tan in the City on Remuera Road and you step into fourteen years of spray tanning craft. What began as one small Auckland salon has grown, under founder Jessica, into a much-loved New Zealand name with boutique locations in Remuera, Ponsonby, Christchurch and Dunedin, a base in Whangaparāoa and a mobile tanning service. The Remuera branch keeps the feel of a neighbourhood boutique: a team of tan technicians who know their regulars and take first-timers just as seriously.
The salon's promise is repeated so often it's practically a catchphrase: no orange, and no bad tan stories. Behind it sits a simple method. Rather than one-size-fits-all colour, every client is matched to the right solution for their skin tone and the occasion — a soft sun-kissed sheen for some, a deep holiday bronze for others, and stage-ready colour for bodybuilding and fitness competitors. There is never an excuse needed to get a tan, the team likes to say, and never a tan you'll regret.
That reliability has carried the name well beyond Remuera. Tan in the City was the trusted tanner for the stars of Dancing With the Stars in 2018, 2019 and 2022, and served as preferred tanners for two seasons of the Netflix series One of Us Is Lying, filmed in New Zealand. Recognition followed at home too: Best Tanning Salon at the 2020 Denizen Everyday Heroes Awards and a place in Verve magazine's Best in Beauty list in 2022, 2023 and 2024, plus a run at The David Awards, which celebrate New Zealand's small-business underdogs. Competitors have taken the salon's muscle-friendly tans to national titles, including a WFF overall champion, and brides keep adding to its collection of fabulously tanned weddings. Off duty, the Auckland salons double as drop-off points for pre-loved women's clothing supporting the charity Everlasting.
There's no jargon to learn and no pressure to arrive knowing what you want. New clients are asked about their skin tone and their vision before a solution is chosen — the salons work with Black Magic Tan, a New Zealand tanning brand, in options like the Argan Violet 16% and the fast-developing Vibe Ultimate Express. If you'd rather tan yourself, the salon also offers an automated tan booth, with plain-English step-by-step instructions published on the website. Prep and aftercare advice lives on the site's Tan Tips pages too, so you arrive ready and leave knowing how to make the colour last.
The hours are generous — the team advertises late night, every night — which makes the salon a natural after-work stop. Walk-ins are welcome, though booking ahead online is encouraged, and referral codes let friends share the glow at a discount. Whether you're a weekly tan regular or a once-a-year special-occasion guest, the aim is the same: that gorgeous height-of-summer feeling, all year round.
Regulars have options beyond the single visit. Memberships and tan packs bring the per-tan cost down and can be bought online or in salon; mobile tanning brings the full service to your door; and the online shop stocks an at-home self-tan retail range alongside Black Magic Tan products, skincare and more, so results can be topped up between appointments. For a business that nearly didn't see its fourth or fifth year — Jessica has written openly about the hard years behind the milestone — the fourteenth birthday was celebrated the way the brand does everything: with $14 walk-in tans for three hours at the Ponsonby and Remuera salons.
Fourteen years in, the promise still holds. Book online through Fresha or call the Remuera salon on 022 4826 968 — and walk out with glowy, warm skin and an all-round sparkle, whatever the weather is doing outside.