Our story is pretty simple, kind of like OrganicTan.

OrganicTan Canada was established in 2011 in Calgary, AB and was born from both a desire to provide a safe alternative to harmful UV tanning, and to prevent the permanent and irreversible damage it has on skin. OrganicTan Lethbridge opened in March of 2013 and joined the 85 + passionate owners & airbrush artists across Canada who are deeply committed to providing natural, safe skin care solutions. While OrganicTan and SunnaTan have grown and evolved over the years, their mission remains to maintain healthy skin, confidence and natural beauty for now and the future.

OrganicTan Lethbridge

Olivia and Nika are long time friends, some of their earliest memories of each other date back to when we they were 5 years old at pizza hut birthday parties! They are both Polish, our families immigrated here right before they were born! Both are moms, with 5 kids between them! Both still have other jobs, Olivia is an MRI technologist at the hospital, a property manager, and does work for her family business, and Nika is the Director of Tourism Opportunity at Tourism Lethbridge.

Even though they are best friends, they are quite opposite of each other, but this is why their friendship and their partnership works so well. They both have strengths in different areas, and come together when they need to. Olivia is extremely business savvy and handles all of the background stuff, she keeps the business running! Nika, with her degree in Marketing, handles all of the marketing and promotions, as well as more of the day to day stuff in the salon. You can book in for a spray tan with her now too!

If they weren’t already busy enough chasing kids around and running this business, they both love to give back to the community as much as they can. Olivia is a past President of the Garry Station Neighbourhood Association, and was actually a founding member of the association. Nika has a strong passion for women and was on the YWCA board for many years. Giving back to the community is very important to both of them, and they hope to do more in the future through this business!

The opportunity. Nika had worked in beauty salons for over 10 years, she started in the industry when she was 16 years old. From there she worked in various salons over the years, until graduating from University, where she began focusing more on her career. They both had dreamed of someday running their own businesses. When they saw the business posting on FB, Olivia quickly messaged Nika about it. What originally started as a crazy idea we never thought was possible, ended us up here, starting the most amazing journey together they ever could have imagined. When discussing the opportunity with friends and family, no one was surprised that they were doing something like this together. They balance each other out in the most phenomenal ways, and empower each other to be successful.