Oh people... I am fair skinned. (I have my family tree-- I cannot wait to tell you about my ancestors! but for now, I'll just say MOSTLY WELSH). I have known this my whole life. I am an ardent supporter of SUNSCREEN. Early and often. But, I did not heed my own advice today. We laid out at Lake Michigan from 3pm-5pm and low and behold, my tenderest skin--upper thighs, lower back, upper arms--are a nice bright stoplight red. Serves me right, and yet ow. I already took a green tea and epsom salt bath. (I steeped 4 green tea bags in a bit of water and threw it into the bath-- green bath!!) And I mix a bit of these incredibly decadent salts (I buy them at Whole Foods as a "local buy") in with regular $2.99 epsom salts. Then I slathered on cortisone cream (mixed with a little fancy CoQ10 facial night cream--I want my skin to heal!) and some lavender oil spray. Only my lower back is feeling really tender. Oh and I'm feeling stupid... a sunburn. So silly.
BUT IT WAS A GREAT DAY!!
"Noo, don't put any sunscreen on, you don't need it," she says. little sister's sunburn is on your head, too. :)
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