You Need More Than A Hat During That Workout
My thing is head to toe beauty, from the inside out.
A beautiful woman (and of course, we are all beautiful women) is soooo many things, exterior and interior, tangible and intangible, heart and soul
Tags: Beauty, Health, skin care, sunscreen
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Honestly, Seanna…
This message really needs to go out to the sistahs who forget this. I have never been a sunscreen girl and now in my ripe old age I am paying for it. I have brown spots that bother me. I do not have wrinkles as of yet but the spots are enough for me. I do not avoid the sun now because the benefits of sun exposure are many, but I am much more attentive as to how I spend my time in the sun. I do wear a sunscreen and hats and such and I hope that I can at least slow down the signs of aging. All those years on a track have caught up to me and not one of my coaches ever said anything about sunscreen. Thanks for getting the message out there.:o)
I know you hate the spots, girl, me too (mine of course). Thank goodness for makeup!
Yeah, back in the day, sun protection and why it’s important wasn’t on our collective mind, so it’s not like the coaches were keeping secrets. I had heard of it, sure, but at 18 didn’t care. Until on the way to the neighborhood, my new step-grandmother, who lived in Hawaii her whole life and was visiting, showed me these ice cream scoop sized scars on her arms and shoulders, as well as smaller divets on her nose and forehead, where melanoma had been removed (not to mention she was mottled and spotted to high heaven). She was disfigured and, honestly, it creeped me out. I started using Oil of Olay w/ spf 15, that’s all there was!, the very next day, not really knowing anything, but hoping that it was doing something.
These days we are really bombarded w/ a lot of information but it’s confusing and sometimes even conflicting. And since we should get outside as much as we can to train and enjoy the many benefits and warmth of the sun, we need to get it sorted out.
I have both spots and wrinkles! LOL! Too many years smiling and sun worshiping, I suppose.
And you said it…thank goodness for makeup!
Joanna, my fellow mascara addict!
And weren’t all of us of a certain age range sun worshipers? Even as a kid? If I knew then what I know now …
I also want to say that changes happen to our bodies as we age, good and bad, and whether we nudged the changes on or not. This is no way makes us not every bit as beautiful as we were in our youth. My view is that it’s good and ok to wish to age on the outside as gracefully and well as we are aging on the inside.
You know, it is blog posts like these that make me so glad I’m pale! lol. There was a year, in HS, when I so desperately wanted to be tan and I frequented the tanning salon. I’m glad it was only for that 1 year!!!!!!!
Hey Seanna,
Great to hear from you!!! Remember we just met in Miami in 2008…
Just wanted to say hi.
Love your blog, i’m a sunny girl leaving in a sunny island so definitely need a good SPF
Hi Sabine! Great to have you mama! Of course I remember you! Indeed, Florida girl, protect your skin!
Amy, so glad it was only for that one year too! You are skin is too gorgeous for words. It’s like chiseled from alabaster. Really. So young, so beautiful. OMG, my Katie, 21, knows everything, yet STILL goes occasionally to the tanning beds! Those things should be illegal. Grrrr!
Yes, thank goodness for make-up. For me, Bare Minerals hides a multitude of skin sins. Hopefully my girls will start with the SPF much, much, MUCH earlier then I did!