Announcing PSU Sunless University: Learn Professional Airbrush Tanning Online from State College's Glow Experts
Calling all future glow experts, salon owners, and beauty babes! ✨ We’re so excited to announce the launch of PSU Sunless University, a new online professional spray tanning course created by Cassandra Bechdel, owner of Let’s Glow Girls PSU in State College.
If you’ve ever dreamed of turning your love for beauty into a skill, adding a high-demand service to your salon menu, or creating customized sunless tans that make clients feel ridiculously confident, this course is for you. 💖
PSU Sunless University brings real-world spray tanning education from State College’s premier glow experts directly to you, wherever you are.
Why PSU Sunless University? 👇
Let’s be real, babe: watching a few quick videos and picking up an airbrush gun does not automatically make someone a professional spray tan artist.
The difference between an average tan and a flawless, natural-looking glow comes down to:
- Understanding the science behind sunless tanning
- Knowing how to analyze a client’s skin and undertones
- Creating a personalized color plan
- Applying solution evenly and professionally
- Communicating clearly throughout the appointment
- Building a business clients want to return to again and again
The problem: Many new artists feel overwhelmed by equipment, color selection, client positioning, prep, aftercare, and business decisions.
The solution: PSU Sunless University gives you a structured blueprint so you can learn the art and science of professional airbrush tanning with more clarity, confidence, and clean girl energy. ✨
Meet Your Instructor: Cassandra Bechdel 💅
PSU Sunless University was created by Cassandra Bechdel, the owner and founder of Let’s Glow Girls PSU.
What began as a luxury sunless tanning studio has grown into a full beauty destination in State College, offering custom spray tans, lashes, brows, skincare, bridal beauty, and more.
Cassandra’s approach has always been personal. At Let’s Glow Girls PSU, every client receives a customized experience designed around their features, goals, lifestyle, and event, not a one-shade-fits-all formula.
That same philosophy is at the heart of PSU Sunless University.
You won’t just learn how to spray. You’ll learn how to create an experience that helps clients feel comfortable, cared for, and absolutely luminous.
What Students Will Learn Inside the Course ✨
PSU Sunless University is designed to help you build a strong foundation in professional sunless tanning while developing the confidence to serve real clients.
Here’s a sneak peek at the curriculum.
1. Mastering Professional Airbrush Techniques
A beautiful tan starts with technique, queen.
Inside PSU Sunless University, you’ll learn the fundamentals of professional airbrush application, including:
- Equipment basics and proper setup
- Gun control and spray consistency
- Distance, angle, and movement
- Creating even coverage from head to toe
- Blending hands, feet, face, and other detail areas
- Working with different body positions
- Avoiding streaks, buildup, and uneven application
- Creating a soft, natural finish instead of an obvious “spray tan” look
Why it matters: Your clients are trusting you with their confidence. Precise technique helps you create results that look seamless, photograph beautifully, and fade more evenly.
Think of the skin as your canvas. Your job is to prep it, understand it, and create a masterpiece that enhances the client’s natural beauty. 🎨✨
2. Client Consultations That Build Trust
A professional spray tan appointment begins before the first mist of solution.
You’ll learn how to guide a thoughtful client consultation by discussing:
- The client’s desired depth and final look
- Their skin tone and undertones
- Upcoming events, vacations, photoshoots, or weddings
- Previous tanning experiences
- Skin prep and aftercare
- Expectations for development and fade
- Questions, concerns, and comfort preferences
Why it matters: Great consultations prevent confusion and create a better experience for everyone.
A client may say, “I want to be dark,” when what she really means is, “I want to look healthy, defined, and glowing in my dress.” Your role is to listen, ask the right questions, and translate her vision into a customized plan.
That’s the difference between simply applying color and becoming a trusted glow expert. 💖
3. Custom Solution Blending
One of the most exciting parts of professional spray tanning is learning how to customize the result.
PSU Sunless University will cover custom solution blending, helping students understand how to make thoughtful product choices based on each client’s unique complexion and goals.
Norvell’s professional education resources highlight the importance of color theory, undertones, skin analysis, and solution selection when creating natural-looking results. You can explore more about professional sunless products and education through Norvell Tanning.
Students will learn how to think beyond a basic shade chart and consider:
- Cool, warm, and neutral undertones
- Desired color depth
- Event lighting and photography
- Skin type and individual variation
- Timing and development preferences
- How to avoid unwanted orange, muddy, or overly gray results
Why it matters: Customization is what makes a professional tan feel luxurious.
No two clients are exactly alike. Your formulas shouldn’t be either.
4. Sunless Science Made Simple
You don’t need to be a chemistry major to understand sunless tanning: but you do need to know what’s happening on the skin.
PSU Sunless University will introduce the science behind professional spray tanning, including the role of DHA, the active ingredient that reacts with amino acids in the outermost layer of the skin to create temporary color.
You’ll also learn how factors like these can affect results:
- Skin hydration
- Exfoliation
- Product buildup
- Natural skin shedding
- pH balance
- Solution strength
- Client prep and aftercare
Why it matters: Understanding the science allows you to make better decisions instead of guessing.
When you know why a tan develops unevenly, fades faster in certain areas, or appears deeper on dry skin, you can troubleshoot with confidence and educate your clients like the expert you are.
And one BIG reminder for every future artist: a sunless tan does not provide protection from UV exposure. Clients should continue using sunscreen and practicing sun-safe habits. 🚫☀️
5. Building Your Sunless Tanning Business
Beautiful artistry is only one part of creating a successful spray tanning career.
PSU Sunless University will also help students think through the business side of becoming a professional glow artist, including:
- Defining your ideal client
- Creating a memorable client experience
- Building confidence in your pricing
- Marketing your services locally
- Encouraging rebooking and referrals
- Creating packages and add-ons
- Developing a recognizable brand vibe
- Deciding between studio-based and mobile services
- Growing through consistency and client connection
Why it matters: You can be incredibly talented, but clients need to know where to find you, what makes you different, and why they should come back.
In State College and the surrounding Centre County community, spray tanning can be a beautiful addition to services for weddings, graduation photos, vacations, formals, events, performances, and everyday confidence.
Who Is PSU Sunless University For?
This course is made for anyone ready to grow their beauty skills and step into their next chapter.
Aspiring Beauty Professionals
If you’re building your beauty career, professional spray tanning can be an exciting skill to add to your toolkit.
It may be a great fit for:
- Estheticians
- Makeup artists
- Lash artists
- Brow artists
- Hairstylists
- Beauty students
- Independent beauty professionals
Adding sunless tanning can help you create a more complete glow-up experience for your clients.
Salon Owners
Already own a salon or studio? PSU Sunless University can help you explore how spray tanning may fit into your existing menu.
It can be an incredible complement to:
- Bridal beauty
- Makeup services
- Skincare treatments
- Hair appointments
- Lashes and brows
- Special-event packages
- Wellness and self-care services
Take a look at the Let’s Glow Girls PSU services for inspiration on how a beauty business can create a personalized, multi-service experience.
Beauty Enthusiasts
You don’t need to already own a salon to be passionate about beauty.
If you’re the friend everyone asks for tanning advice, obsessed with the glow-up process, or curious about turning your interest into a future opportunity, PSU Sunless University can be your first step toward learning something new.
Your PSU Sunless University Readiness Checklist ✅
Are you ready to become a glow girl with a professional skill set?
Check any that sound like you:
- I love helping people feel confident.
- I’m interested in the beauty industry.
- I want to learn professional airbrush tanning.
- I’m considering adding spray tans to my salon menu.
- I want to serve brides, graduates, vacationers, or event clients.
- I’m excited to understand custom color blending.
- I want flexible opportunities in the beauty space.
- I’m ready to learn from an experienced State College glow expert.
If you checked even one box, babe, keep watching this space. ✨
Learn From State College’s Glow Experts
Choosing who you learn from matters.
With PSU Sunless University, you’ll learn from a beauty business rooted in personalized service, confidence, community, and real client experience.
Let’s Glow Girls PSU understands what clients want because we work with them every day. We know that a professional tan is about more than color: it’s about helping someone feel ready for her wedding, confident in her photos, excited for vacation, or simply more like herself.
That’s the energy PSU Sunless University is bringing to online education.
Ready to Start Your Glow-Up Era? 🎓✨
PSU Sunless University is here to help you move from “I’ve always wanted to learn” to “I’m ready to build this skill.”
Enrollment details and course updates will be shared soon. Follow Let’s Glow Girls PSU and visit our website to stay in the loop.
Whether you’re an aspiring artist, a salon owner, or a beauty lover with a big dream, your next chapter can start with one luminous step.
Your talent is already there, queen. PSU Sunless University is here to help you refine it, own it, and share your glow with the world. 💖✨