Its summer! The sun is out! Pools, lakes, and BBQ's are waiting for you everywhere you look. But once you get home from the pool or wherever you went hows that skin of yours? Do you have that bronze summer glow? Probably not you probably look more like a freshly cooked crab.
Now if you read my Flashback Friday post you learned that I spent 7 whole years as a lifeguard in the blistering heat and sun of Arizona.
I will admit that I got a sun burn each summer but I was lucky to only burn once and then I would tan like a golden goddess. I took good care of my skin each day and thank the heavens because I have never had to get any moles or freckles removed.
But I now have a husband thats a redhead, they burn easy, I mean real easy. I applied what skin tips and treatments I learned all those 7 years in the sun to my husband and turns out they worked for him as well!
Now I will say that some of these tips are odd or well known but i feel like it is important to remind people that Hey You Need To Take Care Of Your Skin!!! Skin cancer is a real thing. When not caught its life threatening. So make sure that even if you are great at your skin care regiment you should still check with your doctor if you spend lots of time in the sun.
So here are my tips, remember that some you may cringe at but they work!
1. Strawberries! Eat them! They have natural skin protecting properties.They protect your skin from the suns harmful UV rays with their powerful anti-oxidant, ellagic acid. They also protect against acne and oily skin when used in a face scrub.
2. Milk. That's right I said milk. I use it when I have burned already and it really helps! Take a washcloth and soak it in milk and then put it on your burn. The protein in the milk will create a film that will ease the discomfort and reduce the heat. Most lotions and gels with contain the heat of a burn making your skin more tender. Obviously you want to do this treatment right before you shower or you will go around smelling like spoiled milk, gross. But it helps a ton!
3. Zinc Oxide. What is it you may ask. Well remember seeing those old school life guards with white stuff on their noses, it wasn't just a ton of sun screen that they had on there. It was Zinc oxide. It is the key ingredient in most sunscreens out there so you know its gotta work. It provides protection not only against UVB but also long and short wave UVA rays. Its the only ingredient that protect against all three types of radiation. Your skin doesn't absorb it but it layers on top of the skin. It works like tiny mirrors and reflects sunlight not letting the harmful rays to touch your beautiful skin. I put this all over my face and Mitch puts it pretty much all over his head. You can get it in fun colors or not but use it!
4. Sunscreen. SPF 30 is sufficient. What does SPF even stand for? SPF is just a rating system for the ability of a sunscreen to block UVB rays. It is a measure of the time it would take you to burn if you didn't have sunscreen on as opposed to the time it would take with sunscreen on. SPF 15 blocks 94% of UVB rays where SPF 30 blocks 97% of UVB rays. No sunscreen protect a full 100%. Rather then buying the higher SPF sunscreen just go with they 30 and apply it 15 minutes before you go out and then REAPPLY every hour. That should protect your skin pretty well.
5. Protective clothing. This might go against what you want, covering up won't give you a great tan. But if you're spending all day in the sun trust me your skin has had enough of that sun 3 to 4 hours in. Getting yourself a hat is one piece of clothing you should always have on hand. It protects you face! You don't want to go into that meeting at work with a nose as red as Rudolph the red nose reindeer, its totally the wrong season for that. A cover up or light weight jacket is also a great thing to pack in that bag of yours. I always had a rashguard and by the end of the summer i was so thankful that I did. What a rashguard is is a shirt made out of spandex, nylon, or polyester. It protects against rashes caused by abrasion or sunburn. You can find them at stores with an SPF coverage.
If you have any tips lets hear them!
Remember that if you burn easy, or even if you don't get your skin checked!
Keep that skin looking beautiful!
Thats it for now!
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