#protect your skin

[uwudonoodle]

[sjw-dipper]

since it's summer and especially because the sun is so brutal right now I want to stress that EVERYONE needs to wear sunscreen. yes, everyone, this is not dependent on how much melanin is in your skin. sunscreen is not JUST for preventing the pink/red burns on pale skin (not to mention dark skin still gets burned even if it's not as visible).

sunscreen blocks ultraviolet radiation from entering the cells in your body. this radiation damages the proteins in DNA, causing cancer. skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the US and the number of people who get it worldwide increases every year as global warming gets worse and worse.

on a less lethal scale, UV radiation ages your skin unnaturally, making it wrinkly and leathery, if that's something you want to avoid. it is still damage though, make no mistake on that just because it's not cancer

it didn't occur to me people might think sunscreen only prevents burns until I offered to share mine with a black man I was lifeguarding with last summer and he told me, "my people don't need that," so now I make sure to emphasize how it protects your cells.

speaking of lifeguarding also reminds me how cloudy the pool always was. you need to apply waterproof sunscreen at least 15 minutes BEFORE getting wet otherwise it just washes right off!

TDLR: you need to wear broad-spectrum sunscreen, even if you are dark skinned! apply at least 15 minutes before getting wet! if it's a spray, rub it in, otherwise coverage will be patchy

[just-trying-to-figure-it-out]

I used to not care at all about wearing sunscreen. But now I have a sister-in-law who is a doctor and who kindly reminds us of the dangers of sun exposure and skin cancer every summer. Also my body is covered in scars which make my skin very sensitive. So now I always wear sunscreen even though, like most people, I hate the feeling.

Wear sunscreen, kids (and not-kids, too)

[lilovegaxx]

Let's complete a questionnaire!

🫧 Favourite song?

🫧 Favourite snack?

🫧 Favourite skincare item?

🫧 Latest purchase?

🫧 Favourite candle?

🫧 Last book you read?

🫧 Something you're looking forward to?

ANSWERS!

🫧 Currently "bad idea right?" By Olivia Rodrigo and "Enchanted (Taylor's Version)" by Taylor Swift

🫧 Chicken nuggets and french fries (just the basic)

🫧 Mario badescu acne drying lotion. This lady knows how to make miracles happen.

🫧 I did a shopping haul from Sarojini Nagar recently

🫧 Apple Slice by Miniso

🫧 Zodiac Academy #5, Cursed Fates

🫧 Next month's pocket money? I need it like my next breath!

I would like to tag @malboroxo to answer this questionnaire next! 😏

[htlifestyle]

Post-Holi Skincare: 7 Simple and Effective Tips To Protect Your Skin | Beauty Basics | HT Lifestyle

This video provides top 7 skincare hacks to take care of your skin post-Holi. The harsh colors used during the festival can damage your skin, leaving it feeling dry and irritated. To avoid this, use coconut oil, a mild cleanser, aloe vera gel, lukewarm water, hydrating masks, and avoid makeup for a few days. Additionally, apply a broad-spectrum sunscreen with SPF 30 or higher to protect your skin from harmful UV rays. Follow these tips to soothe and heal your skin, leaving it healthy and glowing. Enjoy the festival without worrying about damaging your skin.

[chloesimaginationthings]

Okay, but Elizabeth being an absolute savage girlboss isn't something that's talked about enough.

Love how you're spitting facts for our girly pop. 💪💪💪

TBH I go off the personality baby has, and gotta assume some of that sass is definitely Elizabeth

[marzipanandminutiae]

kind of hate that western society jumped from "dark skin is coarse and common and also ugly, whether natural or acquired from sun exposure" to "no actually tanning is The Beauty Standard (if you have naturally light skin) (still going to be racist about it) and anything bad that the entire medical establishment has to say about it is either fake or will Definitely Never Happen To You, Personally. also pale skin makes you look sick :/"

like

I feel as if we should have tried harder to find a more nuanced stance there, guys

[ianthedebonair]

Heat Stroke by GQ Los Diablos

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[kndrules]

:D

[fisheito]

hey so if yakumo puts up an essence shield does it looks like

this.?

this?

or this??

[saturnvs]

i bought a lanolin balm/salve to protect my poor, dry hands from the impending cold and it smells, in a good way, like a stable .. it’s such a safe scent for me i keep sniffing my hands when i go out😭

[astrangertomykin]

I truly honestly understand what the hell Ashton was thinking in that moment and cannot find myself to be mad at them. When you spend your life in pain already, there is no threat or fear of more. It's all the same, really. Especially when this way you could use it to help the people you love and, finally, make that pain worthwhile.

[rhisardthewizard]

Deaths that result from resistance against settler-colonial violence is ALWAYS the fault of the colonizers. Not the colonized.

Don't want a war? Don't spend 80 years doing an apartheid against the indigenous.

[kenisle]

are there any fics about the existential/body horror and everyday idiosyncrasies of being wolverine — indestructible heavy metal skeleton, knife hands, healing factor, amnesia, and eternally chained to this mortal plane cursed to watch everyone around you age and die except this one really weird guy you can’t fucking stand who also happens to be from canada — with maybe a dash of homoeroticism? or at least just minimal heterosexuality? is that too tall an order?

[kickthecan-revolution]

It’s a lifestyle.

[marzipanandminutiae]

You probably meant artificial tans, but tanning is not the opposite of leaving your natural skin tone be

I don't particularly sunbathe, but I do live in a Mediterranean country. Even with SPF 50+ I start tanning in late april and lose my tan in approximately october. Unless I should not go out or near a window for half of the year, I cannot just leave my "natural" skintone be

Your winter skin tone is your only natural skin tone, IMO. And people should take steps to prevent it from changing- sunscreen with 2-hour reapplications (the intended use), parasols, hats, sun-protective clothing, etc. Even though they often went too far and did it for the wrong reasons- racism, colorism, classism, etc -our ancestors were unfortunately right about needing to take sun protection more seriously. Sometimes it's not just leaving it be, no- sometimes you have to proactively work to protect it. like brushing your teeth is not just leaving them be, but it's still your teeth's natural, healthy state

Like I said, tanning is literally skin damage. It's your skin producing more melanin to try and protect itself from the sun- which means the sun is causing DNA injury. (source) If it happens every year that doesn't make it any less harmful. I have very light-skinned friends in Australia who are able to avoid tanning, so it's clearly not impossible.

also dark-skinned people still need sun protection- melanoma is less likely to be caught early on dark skin, partially due to racist teaching practices among dermatologists, so PoC often have worse outcomes and higher mortality rates from it

My mother just had to have basal cell carcinoma removed from her upper lip. There was a huge hole in her face- the surgery to remove it, Mohs, involves cutting off pieces of tissue, testing them, and repeating until the test comes out clean. It takes hours and you're only under local anesthesia. You're awake the whole time and sometimes the doctor shows you what it looks like before they close the wound. Luckily she was able to get reconstructive surgery, but she's now insecure because her lip looks different- not bad, and she realizes that, but it's not the version of herself she was used to for 70 years. She now hates looking in mirrors. And this is the best-case scenario because she's. You know. Not Dead.

She hasn't tanned on purpose since she was in her early 20s (occasionally laid out by her parents' pool). She used sunscreen when I was growing up. But she didn't reapply after putting it on once, or employ any other form of sun protection. This isn't even her first brush with skin cancer; just the first on her face that required reconstruction.

No method is foolproof; I have freckles on parts of my body that never see the sun, and though they look benign, things can still happen. And of course you should go outside and enjoy the outdoors as much as you like, with appropriate precautions; I'm not trying to stress anyone out. you don't have to wear those full-face UV masks or anything

But. I don't know. I take this very seriously because I do NOT want to go through what my mother- and her mother before her, actually -went through. It seems like all the evidence shows that any amount of skin darkening from your winter shade, caused by UV light, is dangerous. The precautions seem so easy and minor to me compared to the risk that I just don't understand why anyone wouldn't take them- besides maybe sensory issues, and there are ways around even that

(personally I wear SPF 50 on all exposed skin and reapply every two hours or when I'm about to go back outside for longer than like 10 minutes, if I've been indoors all day. I also use a parasol when the sunlight is strong, plus sunglasses, a long skirt, and long sleeves in a natural-fiber fabric up to like 85 degrees Fahrenheit. then again, I also just don't LIKE being outside in the sun very much- I love going for long walks and being outdoors if it's overcast and/or cold, but warm sunny days are not my thing. and my clothing style is Victorian GothicTM, so it's easy to adapt for sun protection. YMMV)

(and no, I am not Vitamin D deficient that I'm aware of)