Keep The Colour - Lose The Spots!

Over the weekend I picked up a whole lot of photos that my Mum had put in to be developed. As usual, the shop assistant wanted to make sure the photos belonged to me and I wasn’t just some random person stealing other people’s memories. He pulled a photo out of a pack and I proceeded to tell him, that no, these were not my photos and that he had better check again. As he was frantically looking under the counter I took another look at the photo. Staring in disbelief I realised that the girl lying half naked on a sunbed was in fact, me! I looked for a long time and thought back to when it was taken. It must have been years ago – I was lying in the sun with probably little or no sunscreen covering my bronzed body. Ah, those were the days. Fast-forward to present day and you wouldn’t catch me outdoors without 30+ smothered all over!

If you were to check in my bathroom cabinet you would find amongst all the make-up, skin care and moisterisers, a vast array of fake tanning lotions. Beside these, you will see about five or six different brands of sunscreen. Check up top behind my mirror and yep, you guessed it – more sun care - this time for my face. I prefer Megan Gale’s Invisible Zinc as it is a broad-spectrum sunscreen with very high protection against UVA & UVB rays, is mineral oil free and non-greasy.

My skin is prone to being somewhat stubborn and very Australian. I know that if I do not cover up I will gain a beautiful tan, along with some gorgeous freckles and if I’m lucky some super premature wrinkles. Later on I’m sure I’d have a few skin spots and perhaps cancers to go with my aging skin – keeping all of this in mind, why on earth would you want to expose your irreplaceable limbs to the harsh Aussie sun?! After giving up baking my skin to the point where it’s crispier than a Macca’s french fry, my freckles have already faded, my wrinkles are being kept at bay (for the time being) and my pale skin is nothing that a quick spray tan can’t fix!

AVD

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