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​BRIGITTE SKILANDAT CO-OWNER OF THE GLOW BAR, IS A SPRAY TAN ARTIST AND LICENSED AESTHETICIAN. SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF ALFONS AND MANUELLE SKILANDAT AND THE SISTER OF RONALD SKILANDAT.
 

ALFONS HER FATHER, STARTED HIS PROFESSION AS A HAIR STYLIST IN GERMANY AND BECAME THE FRISEUR MEISTER ON THE BREMEN, GERMANY’S FIRST PASSENGER CRUISE SHIP. ONCE HE LANDED IN THE BARBARY COAST IN THE 70ʼS, HE DEVELOPED HIS PROFESSION AND BECAME THE TALENTED AND BELOVED OWNER OF “ALFONS OF SAN FRANCISCO”.
 

MANUELLE SKILANDAT HER MOTHER, OPENED AND OWNED ALFONS SKIN CARE FROM 1990 UNTIL 2009. THIS EUROPEAN DAY SPA WAS LOCATED IN MILL VALLEY. HERE BRIGITTE APPRENTICED WITH HER MOTHER AFTER GRADUATING FROM LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY. BRIGITTE QUICKLY BECAME A CERTIFIED SPRAY TAN ARTIST AND OPENED HER FIRST SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS, COCOA BY BRIGITTE.

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HER BROTHER RON WORKED WITH THEIR FATHER AT ALFONS OF SAN FRANCISCO FOR MANY YEARS AND TODAY IS THE PROUD OWNER OF “SCHNITT SALON” IN THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT OF SAN FRANCISCO.
 

BRIGITTE GREW UP SPENDING MANY FOND SUMMERS ON THE SPECTACULAR BEACHES OF PORTUGAL, WITH HER PARENTS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS. IN HER HIGH SCHOOL YEARS, SHE BEGAN TO WONDER HOW THE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN OF PORTUGAL HAD SUCH GOLDEN BROWN TANS WHILE CONSTANTLY APPLYING SUNSCREEN, WEARING LARGE SUNGLASSES, HATS AND/OR LYING UNDER THEIR UMBRELLAS. 

HERE, THE EXPERIMENTING WITH PRACTICALLY EVERY SINGLE SELF TANNING PRODUCT YOU CAN THINK OF BEGAN. SHE SOON DISCOVERED THE BEAUTY AND ART OF ORGANIC AIRBRUSH TANNING. THE DISCLAIMERS OF ORGANIC TANNING SOLUTIONS THAT CREATE A NATURAL LOOKING RESULT WITHOUT THE UN-NECESSARY HARSH INGREDIENTS, HORRIBLE SMELLS AND FAKE COLORS FOUND IN TRADITIONAL SELF TANNERS WERE TO GOOD TO BE TRUE. SHE DECIDED TO GO TRY IT OUT FOR HERSELF AND BOOKED A TRIP BACK TO BEAUTIFUL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
 

AFTER THAT FIRST ORGANIC SPRAY TAN IN SANTA MONICA, SHE KNEW THAT THIS WAS EXACTLY WHAT MARIN COUNTY WAS MISSING. THE GLOW BAR OPENED ITS DOORS IN THE FALL OF 2012 IN KENTFIELD CALIFORNIA. THE GLOW BAR IS THE ORGANIC SPRAY TAN & SKINCARE BOUTIQUE THAT MARIN COUNTY HAD BEEN WAITING FOR.

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BRIGITTE AND MANUELLE ARE A MOTHER DAUGHTER TEAM THAT OPENED AND RUN THE GLOW BAR. BRIGITTE IS THE LEAD SPRAY TAN AND MAKEUP ARTIST AND A LICENSED AESTHETICIAN. SHE HAS PERSONALLY TRAINED SEVERAL FANTASTIC ARTISTS TO JOIN HER TEAM. JILL AND ALEXANDRA ARE THE EXCEPTIONALLY TALENTED AIRBRUSH ARTISTS AT THE GLOW BAR TODAY. MANUELLE CONTINUES TO OFFER THE MOST LUXURIOUS FACIALS IN TOWN. WITH HER EXTENSIVE TRAININGS FROM EUROPEAN EXPERTS AND LEADERS OF THE BEAUTY INDUSTRY, YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU SIMPLY CANNOT FIND ANYWHERE ELSE, YOU ARE LUCKY TO GET A SPOT IN HER BUSY SCHEDULE. ALEXANDRA RECEIVED HER AESTHETICIANS LICENSE AND IS NOW OFFERING BOTH SPRAY TAN AND SKINCARE SERVICES. IF YOU ARE WONDERING WHY YOU DON'T SEE BRIGITTE AT THE GLOW BAR OFTEN, IT IS BECAUSE SHE IS EITHER AT THE LYCEE FRANCAIS DE SAN FRANCISCO, A PRIVATE FRENCH SCHOOL IN SAUSALITO, OR BUSY AT HOME RAISING HER THREE LITTLE ONES.

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