Natural sunblock?

[johnr]

Natural sunblock? We have several kinds in Yorkshire - you'll know them as rain: we call them steady, persistent and torrential. Works a treat.

 

[Bayerd]

Natural sunblock? We have several kinds in Yorkshire - you'll know them as rain: we call them steady, persistent and torrential. Works a treat.

Too true, as they say 'round here, if you can see the other side of the valley it's going to rain. If you can't, it already is....

 

[BentMikey]

Natural sunblock? We have several kinds in Yorkshire - you'll know them as rain: we call them steady, persistent and torrential. Works a treat.

You'd think, but clouds are good at blocking IR, middling at blocking visible light, and not so hot on blocking UV. More like the weather makes you wear more clothes, and that is what is blocking the UV.

 

[summerdays]

The thing I don't get are the people who wear only SPF factor 5-10 when they are still pretty white, it is pretty much just a token gesture and I suppose better than not wearing any at all, but I am quite tanned for a caucasian and I always slap on factor 30+ sunscreen.

I hate any that are 30+ ... too greasy - end result is that I don't apply or reapply them - so for me it is better to use factor 20 and reapply than put off putting on factor 30 or 40 ... I'm fair skinned. If I'm out and I feel I'm starting to burn then I look to see if there is anything I can put on my shoulders/back which is normally the first places to burn - anything to block the direct sunlight.

 

[BentMikey]

I reckon P20 is more effective than most much stronger suncreams, because it works all day so that the protection is continuous. Too often people forget to reapply.

 

[buggi]

having been burned really badly (70% 2nd degree burns) when i was a stupid teenager (cried for a week!) I've never bothered since for that reason and the following reasons

(a) it's painful if you misjudge the sun
(b) burnt skin looks like shite and blisters are definitely not a good look
(c) tanned skin just gives you wrinkles
(d) for me personally, i can spend 2 weeks on holiday getting a nice tan and two days after i'm back, i'm white as a ghost again
(e) having seen a friend die of skin cancer it frightened the hell out of me. We are not talking an overgrown mole here. we are talking a lump twice the size of your head (no exaggeration!)
(f) once burned, i can't put the fake stuff on!
(g) good weather only last 4 days in England. you break your back trying to get a tan and then you're back in your jeans again!

also when i was 18 i read that daily exposure to UV rays (the amount found in normal sunlight) account for 80% of old age wrinkles. i've used a SPF 15 moisturiser everyday since (thank you Olay) and it does make me wonder if this is the reason why people constantly age me at 30 instead of 40...

i suppose that could be due to my immaturity tho

 

[buggi]

Long ago, when I was young, you didn't really get sunscreen. Or at least we didn't, maybe because we were too poor. My mother got a hint or tip from somewhere, possibly 'The People's Friend,' to use a mix of olive oil and vinegar. She used to mix it up in a bottle and shake it vigorously before applying it.

I've no idea if it worked or not, probably it only helped us fry. Anyhow- you could always recognise our family on the beach. We were the shiny ones, with no friends, who smelled like a chipshop.

James

Olive Oil??? The very reason for my 2nd degree burns! remind me to thank my friend for the suggestion on how to accellerate my tan!

 

[pepecat]

I'm not usually out long enough to need suncream / block (she says..... )...... though I did get slightly pink gardening for two hours the other week.... and I am paler than pale.....
Think I might need to put some stuff on, but I hate the feel of suncream on my skin - it's like an extra layer or something....urgh.

 

[rjwilki3]

also remember that it does have a life span, when in florida a couple of years ago I applied factor 20 waterproof stuff, this should have been plenty seeing as I had been in the southern US for 5 weeks by this point, mostly out in the sun.

Long story short fell asleep in what was a shady area to wake up in direct sun and a lot of pain the next day both arms looked like this....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rjwilki3/4107644248/

 

[Nebulous]

Olive Oil??? The very reason for my 2nd degree burns! remind me to thank my friend for the suggestion on how to accellerate my tan!

OK - so my suggestion that it might just help you fry may well have been true.

I'm probably a bit older than you, but it might have been a circulating urban myth at one time, given you have heard of it as well.

Anyway, not at all recommended.

Luckily I never burned with it - we probably didn't have enough sun to properly test it!

James

 

[coffeejo]

also when i was 18 i read that daily exposure to UV rays (the amount found in normal sunlight) account for 80% of old age wrinkles. i've used a SPF 15 moisturiser everyday since (thank you Olay) and it does make me wonder if this is the reason why people constantly age me at 30 instead of 40...

i suppose that could be due to my immaturity tho

I'm 32 and am constantly mistaken for being 20 .... or younger. Last summer, someone asked if I was enjoying the school holidays

 

[Scotmitchy]

LOL Jo, lucky you!

 

[coffeejo]

My mate, who is 41 next month, was not impressed t'other week when someone thought she was my mum...

 

[tyred]

Lanolin is supposed to protect from sunburn so go and rub yourself down with a sheep!

 

[BentMikey]

My mate, who is 41 next month, was not impressed t'other week when someone thought she was my mum...

Wetting myself....