So the sun was out in London today and like most British, you probably rushed out to meet the sun, the second you could! I sat having a drink outside Somerset House this evening and it was an interesting sight, watching as chairs were moved further and further into the sun spots as the shadows creeped up on you like a hunk with a cold sore! . God forbid this is the only bit of sun we get this year and you miss it! But how many knew it was going to be a great sunny day? Now how many of you applied sun protection? Not that many I fear.
So what is SPF and what ratings should you use? SPF stands for Sun Protection Factor. If you burn after 10 minutes of being in the sun with NO sun protection, then an SPF15 will allow you to stay in the sun 15 x 10 minutes longer before burning. SPF30 = 30 x 10 min etc. But that does not take into consideration wearing off during the day, due to sweat or just rubbing off on your clothes. So all those sitting in the sun today, even if you had applied sunscreen earlier in the morning, might as well have sat there rubbing in a tub of lard for all the protection you were getting!
UV Protect Face & Body Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50 by Keihl's (RRP £19.00) provides protection in a handy bag sized 150ml tube, it provides protection from UVA and UVB. Or the product I use on myself, their Ultra Light Daily Moisturizer SP50 (RRP £26.00) which boasts that it protects against pigmentation irregularities as well as premature skin aging. To be honest, if you have olive to black skin, it will leave a white/grey tinge to your face, but because it is non greasy you can wear a tinted powder like Studio Careblend pressed powder by MAC (RRP £17.50) available in shades from light to deep dark, to counter act that. So put it in your bag for those sun burst emergencies and don't forget to reapply.
So what if you avoid the sun, but like that just back from holiday skin? Well your best bet is to get yourself to a salon for a professionally applied spray tan. I was doing a shoot the other day, with some of the dancers from Louis Spence's Showbusiness series and I have to say it was the worst self tanning I have ever seen. Word to the wise, those tide marks aren't sexy! At best, it looks as if you have gone in for some mud treatment and not quite washed it all off. At its worse, it looks like you have an aversion to cleanliness! And as for not using a self tan for body AND face...There isn't a shade of foundation ever been made, that will blend that orange tide mark in and of course, it is hard to retouch the skin because trying to get a nice tone of skin to paste over the patchy bits is difficult. Why?... because there are no nice skin tone bits!
So rule of thumb, if they are not asking you where you've been on holiday...you're doing it wrong!
So what is SPF and what ratings should you use? SPF stands for Sun Protection Factor. If you burn after 10 minutes of being in the sun with NO sun protection, then an SPF15 will allow you to stay in the sun 15 x 10 minutes longer before burning. SPF30 = 30 x 10 min etc. But that does not take into consideration wearing off during the day, due to sweat or just rubbing off on your clothes. So all those sitting in the sun today, even if you had applied sunscreen earlier in the morning, might as well have sat there rubbing in a tub of lard for all the protection you were getting!
UV Protect Face & Body Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50 by Keihl's (RRP £19.00) provides protection in a handy bag sized 150ml tube, it provides protection from UVA and UVB. Or the product I use on myself, their Ultra Light Daily Moisturizer SP50 (RRP £26.00) which boasts that it protects against pigmentation irregularities as well as premature skin aging. To be honest, if you have olive to black skin, it will leave a white/grey tinge to your face, but because it is non greasy you can wear a tinted powder like Studio Careblend pressed powder by MAC (RRP £17.50) available in shades from light to deep dark, to counter act that. So put it in your bag for those sun burst emergencies and don't forget to reapply.
So what if you avoid the sun, but like that just back from holiday skin? Well your best bet is to get yourself to a salon for a professionally applied spray tan. I was doing a shoot the other day, with some of the dancers from Louis Spence's Showbusiness series and I have to say it was the worst self tanning I have ever seen. Word to the wise, those tide marks aren't sexy! At best, it looks as if you have gone in for some mud treatment and not quite washed it all off. At its worse, it looks like you have an aversion to cleanliness! And as for not using a self tan for body AND face...There isn't a shade of foundation ever been made, that will blend that orange tide mark in and of course, it is hard to retouch the skin because trying to get a nice tone of skin to paste over the patchy bits is difficult. Why?... because there are no nice skin tone bits!
So rule of thumb, if they are not asking you where you've been on holiday...you're doing it wrong!
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