Ship Shape Tan & Spa

I chose Ship Shape Tanning after researching best spray tan in Portland. Lucky for me this place has great reviews and its close to my house. So I did all of things the woman said on the phone when I made the appointment as well as followed the tips I read online. I wore no makeup, used no lotions or creams for 24 hours. I shaved and exfoliated with warm water and a washcloth. This was my first spray tan. I was warmly greeted by a friendly woman, filled out a consent form, watched a video. I was shown a room with the spray booth and the instructions were reviewed. The spray process was super easy. I would have changed the temperature. It was seriously freezing. I was shaking with cold by end. I wore loose clothes home. I did a level one based on her recommendation, but it was so light that it was difficult to see much tan, so next time I will try level two. Overall it was a super positive experience. I highly recommend this place.

Sheri saved me!
I live in California and came up to Washington for a wedding. I’m in the wedding so I wanted to be tan and look nice. I went to the salon I’m a member at in CA for a spray tan (I hadn’t done a spray tan since my junior year of high school, 10 years ago). I followed the directions perfectly and left thinking I would be tan… wrong!
The only part of me that was tan was a couple of giant orange blotches on my left arm. Not pretty!!!
When I got to Vancouver I started Unilocaling tanning places in the area and called ship shape. I described my nightmare and Sheri told me to soak the blotches in lemon juice and come in the next morning when the salon opened.
Lemon juice didn’t work on this orange mess.
The next morning I went to ship shape and she said she had never seen anything like it before. She told me a couple different options and decided to airbrush tan me (first time for that).
Long story short, I’m tan! It looks perfect! The blotches are blending in pretty well. Sheri is a miracle worker!
Unfortunately I can’t be a member here but I will be back whenever I come to Washington.
Thank you Sheri for being patient, explaining everything, making me feel comfortable, and fixing my skin!

I LOVE THIS PLACE!!! 5 stars for what’s most important to me is CUSTOMER SERVICE and KNOWLEDGEABLE staff, way to go SST!!! I don’t think I have had a bad experience here. Every time I go in, I am greeted with a smile and updated info on tanning skin care. Thank you SST

Literally been here for 2 years and never disappointed in dark in a week. Great staff, even got my mom to join !

Friendly staff, great daily hours, and plenty of beds so no appointment is necessary. You will get the standard upsells so bring your own lotion and goggles or you’ll pay a few bucks extra. I do appreciate that they also have just a leg tanner as my poor legs hadn’t seen the light of day in so many months! The minimal downside is that their décor is very out dated and drab. But besides some needed sprucing up, it’s a good find.

I love this salon! They are always upgrading and adding in new beauty treatments like the Revolution. I do the monthly package for the best deal!

Awesome place! They not only have multiple regular beds but have multiple high pressure beds as well. The staff is so friendly and helpful. Rooms all have their own sound systems so you can listen to whatever music you like while tanning or doing red light therapy. The rooms are also very clean. One of the best tanning salons I’ve ever been to.

I have used Ship Shape for about a year, and I have always found it to be beyond amazing. Ellen and crew are fantastic, and I’ve literally never had a bad experience here! The staff is so helpful, and they really know what they are talking about. I had everything explained to me so thoroughly, as it had been a while since I tanned, that I never had any hesitation about the beds or product that I used! I have been to some horrible tanning salons, but Ship Shape has been the best one by far. I refuse to go anywhere else for tanning. It’s well worth the drive from anywhere!

Outdated and dumpy. Bought a spray tan on Groupon, but ended up paying an additional $ 30 on top of my voucher at this place, and the spray tan wasn’t even that great.

This place is off the hook!!! Best Beds, décor, so clean, great atmosphere, friendly staff!
I go to Sherri at SS to get airbrushed. She are unbelievable!!! She always works around my schedule, I always love my color and its aLways Flawless!
Thanks SS Tan for your dedicated service. You guys are by far the best tanning place I’ve ever been too.
BTW… IN MY PROFILE PIC IS A EXAMPLE OF MY AMAZING TAN! AN I BEEN BACK 3 TIMES SINCE. I’MGOING TO CANCUN THIS MONTH AND CANT WAIT TO GET ANOTHER SPRAY TAN FROM SHERRI! SHE A SPAY TAN ARTISTIC GENIUS!!!

I just want to say that after reading the reviews from Olga and Svetlana I need to say that their words were really really confusing. Maybe there was a communication error because thru the reviews they gave I had NO idea what they were talking about. No wonder their spray tan turned out bad (I had to read the comment from Ellen in order to understand what happened). There was most likely a communication error because of the language barrier that seems apparent with the broken english. I am not trying to be mean, but from personal experience of living in another country and learning the language of that country I can see where communication can go wrong. It is always in the best interest of the person either living/​visiting in the new host country to learn the language perfectly before trying to receive services. Perhaps, in the customers defense, she was unable to accept/​understand the fact that the color would be too dark. Well, of course the «customer is alwaysssss right» so she got what she wanted and what she thought would be okay for her skin… even though the person who did the spray tan tried to persuade her not to get the dark color she did what ANY person in customer service would do; give the customer her way. Guess what? The customer got what she wanted! She ended up with a dark spray tan that probably looks blotchy and disgusting! I am sorry, but at sometime before you write a review make sure your language is understandble for the public to read and make DAMN sure that you are communicating to your customer service salon person so YOUR broken english is not misunderstood putting you into an ugly situation. IT IS NOT THE SALONS FAULT! REEVALUATE YOUR MISTAKES AND STOP TRYING TO GET FREEBIES!
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I Just have to say that my experiences tanning at Ship Shape have been AWESOME! The customer service is astounding, and the prices are fantastic especially when looking at the quality of what you get after you pay. My favorite bed has to be the bronzing bed which definitely added an amazing glow to my face that no other beds had ever given before. I live all the way out in Camas/​Washougal and even though the drive is a long ways away I will only continue to use Ship Shape as my only tanning service. Thank you guys for contributing to my beauty!!! I wish I could rate you all an infinity, but unfortunately there are only 5 stars, so let’s just pretend: D

We have been going to Ship Shape for the last 2 years and have found it to be the best Vancouver has to offer for the following reasons;
–EASY to understand tanning packages; Whether we want to purchase tans by-​the-​minute or ona per-​visit basis they have several flexible packages.
–NO long term commitment unlike other places that demand you put a credit card on file and commit to a long-​term deal;
–SUPER clean 100% of the time
–VERY friendly staff that doesn’t try to rope you into spending any more than you wish but is always happy to provide you with all of the information you need about the different options available.
I’ve written a few reviews on Unilocal before now but this is the first time I felt compelled to write a review about a tanning salon.
My wife and I love this place and can’t imagine a better place to tan.

I have been going to Ship Shape tanning for about 2 years, though I have never gotten a spray tan myself, I have bought quite a few for my best friend, she LOVES them, have never looked orange or splotched. The customer service is top notch. The prices are great and the tanning beds are wonderful. I am super fair skinned and burn easy, so I only go in for about 6 or 7 minutes, I am so grateful that when I went in for the first time I was offered so many educational facts. I am a customer for life.

I had a really ROUGH time here. I was going for my first ‘person done’ air brush tanning. I was expecting to be welcomed, to be shown the room, and to be warmly talked through about the process. I was nervous, and the lady was rude, rash, and in a hurry. She kept rolling her eyes at me when I would tell her my needs or when I told her the lotion was out. The room itself was scary. It is a tiny, gross, outdated closet. The lights were bright, and the «shower» that you step in made me think that there was a potential for creep to be spying on me through the cracks in the wall. During the spray tan, as I am stark naked, the lady refused to engage me in any conversation or laugh at any of my jokes– LADY! I am naked here and trying to relax! Laugh or talk or do something besides rush me through and roll your eyes.
Now the tan. IT WAS AWFUL. I had spots where she did not get and I was ORANGE. I was way too dark, and I looked like a freak. I have gone to the machine spray tans often and been satisfied with the results. This was bad and the process of it coming off was even worse.
Overall, the lady was a complete B — –, and the place was gross.