I received a gift certificate for some minutes at any Kokomo's location in London, but I chose this one since it is on my route home from work and easy to get to coming from the west side of town. I used to tan a lot in high school and then sometimes in university before trips, so i am not new to the process. I was heading to vegas so I thought I would get a base tan before I fried in the hot desert sun.
I really enjoy researching tanning lotions. I love the different kinds, the packaging, the smells, the intended benefits, everything. When I arrived, I noticed all the bottles of lotion were behind the desk. So I asked the girl working there if she had any firming lotions. She didn't know, but recommended a product to me because she liked the smell. I was a bit underwhelmed by this because I feel she should have known her products a bit better and fit something that was a bit more what I was looking for. She didn't take much time to look into it at all. I only purchased sample lotions because I wasn't going to put down a ton of money on something I may not enjoy.
I had minutes for the monster beds, I have seen these types of beds on their website and when I got into the room, I was pretty disappointed. The stand up bed's floor was pretty sunken in, and very heavily used. I once asked for the lay-down bed and I was warned that the fan was broken in it. I used it anyways but noticed the acrylic was in such a horrible state. This is partly due to people wearing the wrong type of products in the bed, but still, I've never ever seen beds in this shape before.
There are little things that just kind of bothered me when I went there. Like I would call ahead and make an appointment for a specific time and when I arrived, the girl had no idea who I was, and I had to recite my 6 digit ID number to her each time. It wasn't very welcoming. The salon is dark and dated, I think it could use a LOT of work. I will be choosing a different salon the next time I decide to tan again. read more