Red & Blue Light in Our Beds, Explained
Red and blue light are layered into our beds, not sold as a separate room. Here's what they are, what people use them for, and how it works alongside your tan.
6 min readReviewed 19 June 2026
You'll see red light talked about everywhere at the moment, and there's a lot of confusion about what it is and how you get it. So let's clear it up — including one thing that's specific to how we do it at Tanners Lane.
The short version: at Tanners Lane, red and blue light aren't a separate bed you book on their own. They're built into our premium beds and layer over your tanning session, so you get the benefit alongside your colour, in the same visit.
What red and blue light are
Red and blue light sit in the visible part of the spectrum — they're not UV, and they're not what tans you. They're specific wavelengths of light that have long been used in skincare for their effect on the skin's surface and the layers just beneath.
Blue light is best known for targeting the bacteria associated with breakouts. Red light is associated with tone, radiance and collagen — the support structure that keeps skin looking firm and fresh. Together, they're a gentle, non-UV complement to a tanning session.
How we build it into the bed
This is the part that's specific to us, and worth being completely clear about: we do not offer a standalone 'red light bed'. Instead, the red and blue wavelengths are integrated into our premium Ergoline and megaSun beds, so they work alongside the UV lamps during your session.
In practice that means you don't choose between tanning and red light — you get both layered together in the one session, on beds engineered to combine them. It's a more complete experience than a UV-only lamp, without sending you to a separate room or a separate appointment.
What people use it for
People come to red and blue light for skin that looks and feels better — clearer, more even in tone, a little more radiant. It's long been used to calm and renew the skin's surface, and many regulars tell us they notice the difference over time, especially with consistency.
We'll always be straight with you here: this is a complement to good skincare, not a medical treatment, and results vary from person to person. What we can promise is that it's built into beds we've chosen for their quality, and that it costs you nothing extra to enjoy alongside your tan.
Does it affect my tanning time?
Because the light is integrated into the session rather than bolted on, you don't need to do anything differently — your session time is still set around your skin type and the UV exposure, exactly as it would be otherwise. The red and blue light simply runs as part of it.
If you're curious which of our beds best suit what you're after, just ask in studio. We'll point you to the right one for your skin and your routine, in Corby or Kettering.