Sun on a Sunday - The Mid-April Way

It is sunscreen season, or sunburn/suntan season, depending on how you look at it. With my fair skin, I look at it as sunburn season, less I manage to remember, before April gets too far along, to whip out the sunscreen & manage to actually apply it in relative time to when I spend the time in the sun.

Just days ago, I once again managed to remember I should be wearing sunscreen, & hadn't applied it just yet. Then, once I did, as well as adding my silly hat atop my head (in order to prevent any amount of scalp burn), it turned out to be time to eat, & all who were gathered outside were now headed indoors. I think to myself, "Darn" in these times because I could still see some of the sunscreen (I'd applied as quickly & robustly as possible as to not waste time or take away from our outdoor event.) in my skin's crevasses &, of course, I also had the thoughts in the back of my head, simply hoping that I'd not burned being under the suns rays before realizing that I needed the added protection.

Did I mention I was wearing a short-sleeved shirt? Can anyone say, "Farmer's Tan" with me? Yes, I need to just calm down & relax, & well, not care so dog-gone much. Yet I do. I do care, because I've spent way too many years with an awkward line, or lines, haphazardly spotting my skin. And I truly don't prefer it. At all.

Positive note: It's been pointed out to me that obviously my skin can hold a tan very well. Yes. Yes, it can. Hooray. 😃 I'd just like the tan that my skin can hold to be one without a line that's awkward & obvious, which is how mine typically end up.

Without further ado, there are sunscreens & sun blocks, & suntan lotions. There are sporty versions, & versions in a stick. There are spray-on versions. The most important version: The one that'll protect you properly while also keeping you healthy. Many sunscreens out there cannot properly protect a person from the sun's rays. Two ingredients are vital: Titanium Dioxide & Zinc Oxide. If your sunscreen doesn't contain these two ingredients, you aren't getting proper or adequate protection from the sun; you may not be getting any real protection from the sun. In fact, with many sunscreens out there today, you may be applying cancer causing lotions to your skin.

So if you're going to bother applying sunscreen, get yourself some containing Titanium Dioxide & Zinc Oxide. Both the Sensitive Skin variety from Neutrogena, as well as the variety for Babies from Neutrogena (links here are from Amazon), contain these two vital ingredients.

Get protected properly & have a blast hanging out in the sun. The sun's still got plenty of Vitamin D, a vital nutrient of which we all need plenty.