Remind Yourself Regularly Utilise Sun Tan Lotion

By Haywood Hunter


The sun is always a welcome visitor to the summer skies. It always seems like the first real sunny day brings out the sun worshippers in their droves. Any spare piece of ground is taken up by those trying to get a tan, and many do claim to feel healthier for having obtained a tan. It is hoped that these individuals have applied a sun tan lotion.

Quite a few find that they get their sun screen mixed up with their sun tan lotion. To assist with this dilemma, you can now buy combination screens, blocks and sun tan lotion. These allow you to get a tan while protecting the body from the more harmful UV rays. The tanning process works in unison with proteins naturally produced within the body. This helps to tan, or darken, skin tones.

Remember when shopping for a combination sun tan lotion, ensure that the letters SPF are present. This is the acronym for Sun Protection Factor. A lot of folk use an SPF of 20 as a good baseline, but if the number is higher the individual will discover they are able to withstand the direct sun's rays a lot longer.

One effect from the sun is that it will dry the skin. This is why your skin feels tight if you have sun burn. The sun tan lotion's cream aspect is designed to be readily absorbed by the skin, so keeping it hydrated. This will also assist in maintaining the skin's natural elasticity.

Something for the over 30s now, hopefully you will remember a campaign that started in Australia and then went global in the 1980s. It was called slip, slop, slap, and the thinking behind it was to raise awareness about how harmful to much sun could be. It is just as true today, so in the sun's full strength, slip on a shirt, slop on your sun tan lotion, and slap on a hat to protect your head.

The warnings aren't just for beach goers, you can catch the sun just as easily in your own backyard. There are also people like farmers and construction workers who work outside. Many wear just shorts and safety boots while they work in the scorching sun. They don't want to tan, anyone not using a sun tan lotion will turn red. If it is too severe it can be counter productive as sun burn might mean time off of work.

Now for the good news for those who are making an effort to gain a tan. By utilising a combination sun tan lotion you're shielded against the sun's strength for longer. Which also means that the sun is able to work jointly with the natural melanin for longer. The melanin acts like the bodies own sun block, and in so doing causes the pigment cells in the skin to become darker.

It is just as important to administer further coatings of sun tan lotion. Numerous sun tan lotions and oils claim to be waterproof, even if you are not going in the water it is worth using these due to the body perspiring. Consequently even this type of sun tan lotion needs to be re-administered.

So if you are looking forward to the sun, there are a few things to remember. Wear a sun tan lotion, and also regularly reapply it. A sun tan looks good, but sun burn doesn't.




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