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Ortanic
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Neighborhood: Lincoln Park
Equinox Fitness Spa
1750 N Clark St
Chicago, IL 60614
(877) 678-2642
Equinox Fitness Spa
1750 N Clark St
Chicago, IL 60614
(877) 678-2642
Happy Holidays: 33% OFF @ Ortanic
Flawless & customized airbrush tanning results for the holiday season begin with Ortanic. First time clients CALL NOW for 33% OFF!
Announced 4 days ago- Nearest Transit:
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Sedgwick (Purple Express, Brown)
- Hours:
Mon-Thu. 10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Fri. 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Sat. 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Price Range:
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$$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Parking:
- Garage, Validated
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- By Appointment Only:
- Yes
15 reviews for Ortanic
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11/5/2009
11/25/2009
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10/27/2009
9/25/2009
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Updated - 8/7/2009
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11/5/2009
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As a white person, I always hate the winter in Chicago due to the fact that 1) We get no sun December-March and 2) my Western European heritage causes me to become deathly pale. That's not hot. Trust me, I have done tanning beds, mystic tans, tans in a bottle, etc. It's either get cancer, look orange, or give up and look pale. However, I'm not a quitter. That is why I'm ecstatic that I found out about Ortanic!
I have heard good things about airbrush tans, but they have always been out of my price range/I have no idea where to get one. So, when Ortanic was having a deal on http://WeGiveToGet.com, I decided to go ahead and purchase one. GREAT decision! I got my Ortanic a few days ago in preparation for a weekend trip to Miami.
The process is a little bit awkward, as you have to get butt naked (besides underwear) in front of a complete stranger. But the girl who did my tan, Danni, was totally sweet and made me feel not so awkward. The actual airbrush process takes about 10 minutes, then you dry for about 5 mintues. BOOM! Tan as HELL and totally natural looking.
The first night you get it, you will be reallllllllly dark, but no worries. Take a shower the next morning and your natural tan emerges. I love my tan so far and I am ready to party it up in Miami! I will definitely be going back. Ortanic is a miracle!
Ditto most sentiments on here. Follow the instructions, and you're sure to get a subtle, natural looking tan. I went 2 days before I was standing up in a wedding. Went at night (already in my pjs) so I could go straight home to bed. The tan does get progressively darker overnight, but washes out to a perfect color after showering.
Danni was very professional. And unless you want the typical white spots on your shoulder blades, under your buttcheeks, etc. from tanning beds (and don't even get me started on the mystic tan automatic spray tanners), this is a fantastic service!
For special occasions, I've always been a tanning bed kind of girl. Well, for my big day, I ran out of time and patience with those beds. After reading Ortanic's glowing (no pun intended) reviews from some of my favorite Yelpers, I braved the Ortanic experience.
Following the same procedures as other Yelpers, I prepped beforehand and arrived on time in all black, washable clothes. Kristin surveyed me as to habits and desires for the tan. After the evaluation, she started the airbrushing. Be prepared to check your modesty at the door for the experience.
In ten minutes time, I went from pale to lightly golden. Over the course of a drive up to Milwaukee for the wedding, my skin color darkened heavily thanks to the cosmetic bronzer. When I arrived in my parent's hamlet of Milwaukee, my dad was throughly impressed with the progress of the tan. By the time I slept in the tan, it dried and looked great. The tan didn't ooze off on my parent's old sheets as they feared either.
In the morning, I did my gentle wash as recommended by Ortanic. I lotioned up with Johnson's baby lotion to reveal a beautifully golden tan. Over the next few days, I took good care of it until the wedding. I didn't look orange or anything freakish at all. Instead, I looked like a nicely tanned bride who spent months perfecting her tan for the big day. I got tons of compliments from family members who were throughly impressed with this airbrushed tan.
Bottom line: I would do Ortanic again in a heartbeat. It's fast, inexpensive, and works so well. I recommend this to anyone looking not to waste their time with tanning beds while still looking fabulous for any special occasion.
I tried Ortanic this past summer after buying a Groupon for it. I was looking into spray tanning options for my upcoming wedding, but had been disappointed with the orange and splotchy results from the Mystic tans I had tried. Ortanic totally changed my opinion of airbrush/spray tans. The results were very, very natural and I received many compliments.
A couple things to note:
1) It's very important to follow the prepping procedures - i.e. exfoliate, don't wear any lotion, deodorant, perfume, make-up - this will really affect how good your tan looks.
2) You can get either 1 coat of color or 2. If you're pretty fair-skinned (like me) and worried about your tan looking too dark for an important event, I would just do 1. I've done Ortanic twice - the first time with 2 coats, the second time with 1. While it looked great both times, 1 coat was a little more subtle, especially considering I was going to be wearing all-white for my wedding.
3) Both times I've tried Ortanic, in the hours immediately following it my skin developed a really dark looking color - as in Magda from There's Something About Mary dark! I was freaked out that I would still look like that after I showered the next morning. Thankfully, after showering a lot of the color seemed to wash off and the result was just tanned, natural looking skin. So don't worry if you feel like it looks too dark after the application! (That being said, I would schedule your tan in the evening when you can just simply go home and get in your PJs afterward!)
4) Like a previous Yelper has mentioned, you really need to check your modesty at the door - you're totally naked except for your underwear with your arms and legs spread apart in various positions for about 10 minutes.
My only complaint is the scheduling process - you need to call an 800 number to schedule it with Ortanic, who then contacts Equinox, and then Ortanic will confirm with you. Seems like an unnecessary extra step, but I guess Ortanic and Equinox Spa haven't combined systems yet. Also, you can only pay cash for Ortanic. Neither is a huge deal, but worth mentioning.
Bottom line, Ortanic produces wonderful results. It's pricey, but worth it for special occasions. I don't think I'd use it regularly because it's out of my budget, but I'd love to if I could afford it!
After many years of baking in the sun I finally decided it was time to take my Dermatologist seriously. And while I"m all for no wrinkles and a skin cancer free life, I'm wondering why they chose Kristen Stewart to play Bella in Twilight. She's got nothing on the pale skin I'm sporting these days!
Just 2 days before I"d be performing yet another round of bridesmaids duties I decided to do something about my vampire-like skin...and remembered the uhmazing reviews I'd seen about Ortanic. I made a phone call and they said they could fit me in later that day! Hello tan bridesmaid!
After following a few instructions beforehand (exfoliate, no makeup, and even no deodorant) I showed up at the Equinox Spa ready to get my tan on. The lovely Danni mixed up some formula to make the perfect tan for my skin tone. Then I stood there naked in a scarecrow like position (slightly awkward) while she sprayed every inch of my body. She dried me with fans, lathered me up with baby powder, and minutes later I looked like I had just come back from a trip to the Bahamas.
Danni warned me that later that evening I would get especially dark, but she promised me I'd have the perfect tan the following day. And she was right...
Hours later my husband and the bride-to-be freaked out that I was getting darker by the minute. I glanced in the mirror and had to agree with them that I looked like I lived in the Bahamas. Oops. However, once I showered the next morning a layer of bronzer came off and I was left with a perfect tan..just like Danni promised! And people commented on my lovely tan for at least a week.
Like any tan this one doesn't last forever. My vampire looks have returned, but at least I know I can fix this with another trip to Ortanic. Not quite as relaxing as a vacation, but it sure is healthier and less expensive.
In: Looking sun-kissed.
Out: Looking orange and/or leathery.
Out: Pale and/or sickly colored.
In: Smooth.
Out: Wrinkly.
In: 25 minute applications.
Out: Hours baking in the sun and/or germ beds, ahem tanning beds.
Thus...
In: Ortanic.
Out: Tanning salons and large doses of "real sun."
In light (pun intended) of the recent findings about UV radiation...I opted to FINALLY try an airbrush tan. Hey, whatever...it's worth a shot. They've now deemed UV rays as a carcinogen, and as toxic as mustard gas and/or arsenic. GROSS. I'm out.
More on that here: http://www.kxii.com/ho...
Step-by-step guide to airbrush tanning with Ortanic.
1. Make an appt.
2. Day of or night before: EXFOLIATE.
3. Show up with NO makeup, lotions, deodorant, etc.
4. Go to Ortanic.
5. Go into room (Danni is AWESOME)
6. Strip to your undies (ok, its a bit personal, get over it)
7. Danni (or other tech) applies airbrush tan, in your selected shade.
8. Fans are placed to dry you off.
9. Baby power applied to reduce sweat, etc.
10. No exercising or ahem...other sweaty activities for 6-8 hours. Plan accordingly.
11. Shower at least 8 hours later. Bronzer washes off.
12. Beautiful (fake) tan that lasts for a few weeks, and all of your friends will wonder when you have the time to sunbathe.
13. Repeat.
I'm sold, friends.
Seriously...the only thing I miss is the freckles, but hey...small price to pay. Look tan with pretty much zero effort, zero sun damage and no toxic, cancer-causing side effects? Let's do this.
Pale girl, reporting for duty. APPROVED!
$45 + tip. Worth every copper penny.
Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.
("Confiteor" and only religious rant of the year)
I have always known that I couldn't be a hunter, a pose model for painters, or a PhD student (uhh....wait...)
See - I have no patience.
Plus I should have faith in my sweet and beloved Yelper ladies CC and ED.
Anyway - two days late I am REALLY happy with the result.
The light patch above my knee? Gone.
All the streaks were actually from the bronzer that washes out after the first shower.
So I am all nice and good and golden.
And got tons of compliments. Like: "You soaked up the sun all day!!" and not "Wow! god fake-tanning job!!"
Kristen tried to call me twice yesterday to follow up.
Nice touch.
So yeah...I heart Ortanic.
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8/5/2009
Hmmmmm.....almost 12 hours later my first spray tanning experience EVER - I am not convinced.
I am… Read more »
Bobby Brown. Bobbi Brown. The Brown Line. Brown Baggin' It. Brown Sugar.
I'm down with the Brown.
Yet so pale.
Fortunately, alabaster is totally in, but for my 30th birthday I wanted to beg the question, "Are you just back from T&C?" (Turks & Caicos naturally.)
Kristen at Ortanic did a dreamy job of turning me all rotisserie. I'm pretty sure I looked edible, bronzer and all, but you'll have to ask my sexy harem from party night. The application was perfection, Ortanic was nothing but professional and the Groupon discount did a lot to help my glee at the final result.
It felt glamorous, decadent and completely unnecessary. But I'm allowed to live bougie on my birthday, no?
p.s. Six days later and still glowing. That's what's up.
First of all, the yound girl who sprayed me was extremely nice and professional. She really acted like she knew what she was doing.
The first time I went, I was testing the spray tan for my wedding day in the near future. My tan turned out really nice and I was very satisfied. I made sure the girl knew that I would be back a few days before the wedding to get sprayed again and I wanted my tan to look just like the one she had just gave me.
I went back to get another spray tan a two days before the wedding. It was the same girl that had sprayed me the first time. She promised the spray tan would look exactly like it had the first time. After I showered the following day, it hardly looked like I even had a tan. By this time, I had to leave town for the wedding so I could not have gone back to the salon, which is what they suggested I do. Instead, they said they would overnight a bottle of spray that I could use on myself. The spray was suppose to arrive the morning of my wedding but didn't come until after the wedding was over.
So to wrap this up, I put my trust in them and did not have a tan for my wedding day. However, it seems they tried to fix it but since that didn't work out either, they at least said they would give me my money back (although I am still waiting for the check).
By the way, if you have never had a spray tan you should know a few things. After you are sprayed you absolutely can't get any part of your skin wet for 10 hours. You will feel dirty and smell bad until you are allowed to shower. The tan will only last for a few days and when it starts to come off, it disappears in patches on your skin.
I had a really positive experience at Ortanic. The woman who applied my spray (sorry, forgot her name) was polite and thorough and chose the perfect shade after asking me a series of questions. That first night after application it was pretty intense (the bronzer is mostly the cause) but the next day after my first (gentle) shower it looked completely realistic. And for a first-time cost of $35, it's a steal. I highly recommend this place. Don't be afraid to try it!
So, it's been nearly 24 hours after my first ever spray-on, airbrush tan. I'm a little loathe to admit that because I think I might try to pass off my new golden (not orange, goldenrod, or rust) colored skin as sun-kissed and natural. But, as a big proponent of skin care and seeing as how I am so avoidant of the sun for fear of cancer and wrinkles, I am a huge fan of the sun-less (and UV-damage-less) tanning option! And, as a freakishly pale Asian, I figured I might as well get some help for my seemingly dysfunctional genes.
I used the recently featured Groupon to get a discount on their usual $45 session. They emailed me a day before to remind me of the appointment and inform you of proper prep (most importantly, exfoliate!). The service is located in the Spa at Equinox, and they have free complimentary parking in the lot across the street (enter on Stockton).
After filling out some brief paperwork and asking me about my skin and skin care habits, I stripped to my underthings and got sprayed. The color looked pretty darn good as she finished, but took a while to dry. I didn't mind it as much, but in retrospect, I was (more naked than not) standing in a room, with fans blowing at me, for a good 10-15 minutes.
After the friendly service, I went home to let the color develop. This morning I eagerly jumped in the shower, excited for the final result!
And...
It was great! I am a good 3-4 shades darker, and it is super even. People have been asking me where I went recently, i.e. was I on a beach for the last week?
So, all in all, a great first experience for me. If you're into tanning, you should check it out.
I found out about them through Groupon and decided to splurge and 4 coupons all at once. I had read up on their website and called 2 days in advance to book my appt.
They asked for an email address and sent me an appt confirmation as well as some advance instructions on how to prepare the skin for the treatment.
Danni was the one performing the spray and she did a wonderful job. Asked about how dark you would like to be and tailored the color to your skin tone. Since the spray is sugar based, you tend to be a bit sticky afterwards - definitely wear some loose clothing.
It's been 3 hours since my spray and you can definitely tell the color getting darker. There are no streaks and no ugly orange fake tan!!!
I will definitely be back and would recommend this to anyone who is looking for a natural, sun-kissed look without the hazard of being in the sun!
I really wish that I had enjoyed my experience here but sadly it isn't so. The young girl who sprayed me was nice and bubbly but her lack of direction while she sprayed me made me a little nervous but alas this was her job and I tried to have faith in her.
I went out later that night and was so so dark from the bronzer. Don't get me wrong, I like my spray tans dark because I feel like, whats the point if I stay all pale! But this was so dark that I was actually embarassed to meet my friends out! Again, I can deal with it but when I woke up the next day I had white blotches all over my arm that did not go away after bathing. Talk about sucky right!? Hello, obvious tanning experiment gone wrong! Unfortunately I was taking off for the week (even more sucky) and wasn't able to call them until a few days later. The owner was nice enough about it, asking me to explain the white spots as well as making a time for me to meet her so she could look at them. Well, the day came and she called me and had to cancel but said some other lady would be there to look at the spots. I never went and never called back and neither did she. I just started to feel like I was irritated anyway about the spots and I certainly didn't want to go down there just so they could look at them. What's the point?
Anyway, to sum it up: the color wasn't great and I got white spots that screamed fake tan. The color faded all blotchy and made me look like I had a disease after. I've defiantly had better and feel free to message me if you want to know by whom!
Due to major traffic I arrived for my tanning appointment a 1/2 hr late on a Friday night, but because of a miscommunication between the call center the tanning tech had already left. The staff went out of their way to accommodate me - called the tanning tech to come back, gave me a discount on the massage I ended up getting instead when they couldn't reach her, and comping my tan which was rescheduled to the next morning. When I came in for my tan the next day, tthe tanning tech was very knowlegeble and professional and did a great job. Once I was finished, the manager and staff made it a point to come in to apologize for what had happened the night before AND brought me a beautiful bouquet of flowers to make up for the mistake. This is what I call amazing customer service! I will definetly recommend friends to come to Ortanic for all their tanning needs.
I heard about Ortanic through many friends who are big fans of and I decided to try it because I am tired of laying in the tanning bed and gross spray booths that turn you orange and splotchy and I was looking for something that is a safe cancer free tan. Ortanic is amazing, the girl Danny who did mine was such a sweetheart and made the entire situation so much less awkward than it could have been. She really knew what she was talking about which is comforting. Moreover, if you are insecure with the thought of standing in front of another woman with only underwear on, GET OVER IT. It's her job and I am pretty sure she see's all body types on a regular basis, and like i said she made the situation so much less awkward. The facility is clean and makes you relaxed from the second you step in. Everyone else has gone over the steps on here so I won't repeat myself, but I will say it is ESSENTIAL to follow the preparation and aftercare sheet in order to receive the best results. I had my appointment in the evening after work because you can not wear deodorant and or lotion and need to exfoliate before so I went home to shower and then went to my Ortanic appointment. I saw myself get drastically more tan as the night progressed, but when I washed it off in the morning I was amazed with my results. Ortanic is an amazing product and I will be going back for more. I highly recommend and suggest to do it. It is more expensive than other tanning options which are available but if you are really looking for a great tan and a great experience Ortanic is where it's at!