An Illawarra man has been ordered to pay $19,500 in fines and $14,000 in legal costs for running an illegal cosmetic tanning business and failing to comply with a notice to cease and desist his operations.
A NSW Environment Protection Authority investigation found Mr Nicholas Ivanovski was providing illegal commercial tanning services out of his residential property in Port Kembla.
Clients would book through the now-deleted ‘Glolounge’ Instagram page and let themselves in and out of a residential basement for 35-70 minute sessions in ultraviolet (UV) tanning beds.
Between 20 September 2024 and 2 April 2025, records indicate that Mr Ivanovski made more than $50,600 in profit from providing illicit tanning services, which expose people to unsafe levels of radiation.
