Beauty Buzz Article

BEAUTY BUZZ
by Karen Peery

Karen Peery has 20 years experience in the newspaper and retail industries. For the past 8 1/2 years she has been an AVON Independent Sales Representative, certified beauty advisor, and top recruiter in her district since 1999. She is a mother and grandmother and enjoys helping people discover their beauty and second income needs. Karen currently resides in Iowa.

Protecting Your Skin From The Sun

It seems everyone wants that holiday-looking golden tan when summer arrives. And although a lovely bronze color can make you look youthful, it can also accelerate your normal ageing process in your skin and can irreparably damage skin cells, making it appear wrinkled.

For more than thirty years we have be aware of the potential damages of the environment unless you have been living under a rock. This means you should regularly use a sunscreening lotion and moisturizing agents.

A sunscreen lotion can be applied over body moisturizing lotion. The sunscreen lotion function is to help protect your skin from harmful ultraviolet radiation. The hours to avoid being in the sun is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. daylight saving time. This is when the sun’s rays are the strongest.

Tips on using your sunscreen:

You should apply your sunscreen evenly to clean skin at least twenty minutes before any sun exposure. This will allow the sunscreen to have time to absorb completely into the skin and will help when you first come in contact with ultraviolet rays.
Be sure to apply enough sunscreen. It may take approximately one ounce (about one-fourth of most bottles) of sunscreen to cover all exposed skin. If you don’t use enough sunscreen, you will not be getting the SPF rating listed on the sunscreen bottle. It can be possible that you are only getting half of the SPF. But if you were using an SPF 15 and you only got seven. This might not be so good especially for very fair or sensitive skin.
A sunscreen should be re-applied every two hours while you are in the sun even if the label on your product states waterproof, sweat-proof, or long-lasting.
It is important to re-apply the sunscreen immediately following exercising, swimming, tennis, golf, sailing, horseback riding, gardening, walking, running, attending a picnics or barbecue.
Avoid long periods of time in the sun no matter how much sunscreen you have on. Sometimes you may think it won’t hurt to stay out longer since you have sunscreen and there won’t be early signs of burning but you can end up with ultraviolet damage without realizing it.
The lifespan of sunscreens or sunblock products is one year.

You can get skin damage from the sun exposure even in the spring when the air is still apt to be cool and you don feel the heat rays right away.

It does make a difference in the clothing you choose to wear. It is best to choose cotton over silk or wool, a tight weave over a loose weave, dark colors over light colors; and wear a wide brim hat.

If you are a sunbather, you should avoid wearing perfume while sunbathing. It can cause dark spots, an itchy rash or a photosensitive.

Protecting your skin from the sun’s damaging rays is the last essential step in your all-over total body skin care routine. Smooth the sunscreen over the uncovered skin for a softer, younger-looking body.

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