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As I’ve gotten older I’ve realized that everything in life has a yin to its yang and having a roasty tan is no exception. It seems during summer everyone becomes obsessed with getting a tan and who wouldn’t be, we’ve been taught they look healthy and sexy. Personally, I’m a little mixed about the whole thing and here’s why. This past week both my husband and I went to see the dermatologist, luckily I had nothing to complain about except acne breakouts and fine lines (I stay out of the sun), but my leather faced celestial sex partner had to have several items burned and biopsied. However, I must note he enjoyed it because the doctor and nurse are both beautiful women and he said it was like a porno to be sitting on a table in nothing but a hospital gown and to have them probing around his skin—his description, not mine.
Presently I’m considering a spray tan before our vacation, but I’m not sure I want to bare my sagging breasts to some teenager wielding a spray gun, well, unless they can paint my boobs to look they aren’t resting on my stomach and a few abs would be nice. Another alternative that a friend has confessed to using is melatone injections which turn your skin darker…um, yeah, a little too scary and non-FDA approved for me. This highlights how obsessed people can get with being tan.
So, this summer I’ll be unfashionable by slathering on the sunblock---oh, wait! I just read a study that said a majority of sunblocks don’t work and are full of toxic chemicals. When I looked up the spray SPF 70 that I’d just bought for my children, I found it was rated one of the worst on the market. Find yours here: http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/special/sunscreens2008/findyoursunscreen.php
It seems that when it comes to the sun I’m damned if I do, damned if I don’t. I think the scriptures have it all wrong, it’s not those with dark skin that were cursed, it’s those of us who are “white and delightsome.”
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A lot of tanning salons have a mist tanner. Which basically is that you go into a room, by yourself, and you undress and put a hair net over your hair. Then you climb into a "mist shower" and it sprays you from top to bottom, then you turn around and it does it again.
The mist would be my best bet too - the injections sound really scary. My mom used to joke that we belonged to the clorox club. I don't know that I could tan if i tried, I just turn lobster red, it all peels off and I am casper white again. I know I have never wanted to be dark bronze but a little bit of a honey glow would be nice instead of my milk white blindingness.(im sure thats not a word) And toxic or not - if I dont use the sunscreen I burn to a crisp in less than an hour so it's either that or stay inside. And what fun is that?
Embrace the whiteness! I didn't used to care about my red-headed whiteness when bearing my chest at the pool/beach...but that was back when I had 7% body fat and went to the weight room daily. Unfortunately my six-pack is now a keg, and my pecs of steel are now verging on man-boobs. So, the pool/beach is now a little more traumatic experience for me, so I feel your pain.
I'd like to hear one_fish comment on this...I happen to know she is very beautiful. Are beautiful people anxious about their appearance like the rest of us?
Cosmetics Database, the website link you included, is practically addition to scripture in our very green home! Not only can you find out how bad the things you currently use really are for you, but you can find much safer alternatives! Badger brand has one of the safest sunscreens to offer. My kids have exceedingly sensitive skin, especially my fair-skinned oldest, so we have to use a physical sunblock and no chemicals at all. I've found several that work VERY well.
Please share what you've found! I'm leary of chemicals, but my boys burn easy. They wear sunproof rash guards, but those don't protect their necks, ears, scalps, legs, hands, etc.
I really disappointed in the FDA because it seems lately they haven't been doing what they were formed for--- hello new warnings on Cipro, tomatoes, Accutane, peppers,epilepsy drugs, Gardasil, spinach, and now sunblock!!
I was lucky to have a green-minded pediatrician in California when my first baby was born, so he was the first to spark my curiosity in the evils of sunscreen. Since then, I've been mega-vigilant about finding and using the safest ones I can find.
Lots of the chemical-free ones have essential oils in them. Some of those even irritate my daughter's skin, so it's a little bit of trial and error about which oils they don't tolerate. I like the Badger sunscreen. California Baby's SPF stick is great for the faces, fingers, toes, and ears, and the bare area where my fairer daughter's hair parts. Aubrey Organics has probably my favorite sunscreen lotion that I've tried this far, and it smells incredible.
The basic no-no's in sunscreen are nanotechnology, and chemical blockers. You want to look for something with the main active ingredient of zinc oxide.
All you have to do to search for safe brands is go to Cosmetics Database and just click on the skin care tab, then click sunscreens. Anything with a green dot is good. I never use anything with higher than a #1 in any of our personal care products.
I'm now totally freaked out about sunscreen. I had no idea it was so bad for you. I've just spent the last week basting myself and my baby in 50spf. As my brothers love to tell me "I glow in the dark." I have given up the battle against the white and delightsome and now whole heartedly embrace it. I may have to rethink how to keep my glow with another sunscreen. And thanks Doug!
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