The Beach Tanning Center
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You don't have to wait for a tropical vacation to give your skin a beautiful, beachy glow! You deserve to look and feel good now, and The Beach Tanning Center offers a variety of tanning services, packages, and skin care products so you can have gorgeous, bronze skin all year round. Come see why we're Gastonia's favorite tanning salon!

The Beach Tanning Center has been voted the best tanning salon in Gastonia for four years in a row! It's all thanks to our incredible tanning packages that include UV-free spray tanning, tanning beds, and the best tanning lotions on the market. We can help you get that summertime glow, no matter the time of year.
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The Beach Tanning Center is owned and operated by Mike Riddle. After working 20 years at UPS, Mike set out on the journey to open his own tanning salon. It all started in 1985 at the old Gaston Mall with only six tanning beds. We have been voted Best of Gaston multiple years in a row and noted an award-winning tanning center.
Your skin deserves a glowing review all year long, and you can get it at The Beach Tanning Center! We offer a variety of tanning packages, services, and products to meet your needs, whether you want a nice glow before vacation or want to stay tan all year round. We've come a long way from our roots as a six-bed salon; we now have our own standalone tanning center featuring 25 tanning beds!
At The Beach Tanning Center, we ensure that all of our products are undiluted, new, and ready for you. We won't ever sell something that we don't stand behind 100%. We partner with some of the top brands in the tanning industry including Designer Skin, Australian Gold, and Swedish Beauty. These are lotions you won't find in a typical department store but we carry them all on site.
This bed really sizzles. The Centauri is just one of the two beds in our 3600 series. It features 18 of our 160 watt super reflector lamps in the canopy and 18 of our new generation of Meridian 7.5% lamps in the bench. Our engineers have calculated numerous combinations of formulas with several of the best lamps in the business at many different wattages to bring you incredible results in a quick 12 minute session.
At Klafsun we have come to realize that parts and service after the sale is just as important as supplying you with a top of the line, quality tanning equipment. For this reason we offer quality tanning bed parts and equipment. You may contact The Beach Tanning Center for assistance with your tanning bed parts and service needs.
Reviews (9)
Lori Collier
Lori Collier
Dec 03, 2021
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So Relaxing๐Ÿ˜Ž
Very clean
Awesome people that work at the Front!
I had a nice visit!!!
Denise Sluder
Denise Sluder
Jun 30, 2021
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I was out of town and wanted to tan. One visit was $25๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ‘€
Staff was very helpful and kind.
Anna
Anna
Mar 30, 2021
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I love this place! The staff is always so friendly and helpful. I almost went to a different salon just to try it but I'm glad I didn't. I'll always go to this salon.
Roberta Featherstone
Roberta Featherstone
Nov 06, 2020
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I left a Beautiful chain in 1 of the rooms a d they made little to No effort to *Help* me find it or get it back....The beds are nice but Don't WEAR your GOOD jewelry there! You know WHO and How many people went in that room..
but play dumb if that helps.ypu sleep at night- I guess since it wasnt yours it isn't as important. The beds are nice tho....
Gina Allison
Gina Allison
Oct 02, 2019
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5 star service always! The salon keeps tanning lotion & goggles as an extra service to the clients. It is clearly stated on the paper you sign to take your lotion with you when your package has ended. We apologize to anyone who did not read & comprehend the salon policies as The Beach has been in business for over 30 years & takes pride in service to all clients.
Dana Watts
Dana Watts
Sep 18, 2019
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I love this place! Best tanning beds and spray tans. When I signed up a sweet employee named Amber was a big help. She even stayed late to show me around, help me pick locations and Tan!
Suzanne Metze
Suzanne Metze
Aug 14, 2019
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My daughter needed a spray tan for the two Proms she was attending. I went here and checked out the 3 different spray tan booths. I told them my daughter's name and that she would be coming on her on that afternoon. Her spray tan was beautiful!!
Chelsea Johnson
Chelsea Johnson
Aug 03, 2019
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Nice beds. But would definitely appreciate some sort of discount or just lower the cost a little. Became too expensive to continue to go. If it was a bit cheaper I would still be going.
Lisa Marie G.
Lisa Marie G.
Jan 08, 2017
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Great tanning place with great prices but is so hard to see from the main road! I lived a few blocks down for 6 months and never even knew they were there. This makes the place empty but that is cool because there is never a wait.