The Importance of Sunscreen... by Louise Jeckells

Summer is over and all we have to look forward to is a gorgeous winter boot and the return of our milky white legs.

Once summer is over we tend to get slack on keeping ourselves protected from the sun’s harmful rays. In summer we soak up as much vitamin D as we can which gives us a well-balanced mind and happiness. Summer is also the time for creating a better you; I worked out more, I wore tinier clothes (only to show off my toned body!), I looked after my skin and I drank more fluids.

Now that summer is over, we see the decline of women wearing sunscreen and the increase of skin cancer developing in younger people.

While writing this blog I was on YouTube trying to find a clip I could show you about the importance of sunscreen, instead I found some girls giving demonstrations on how to apply sunscreen (pretty straight forward) and the chemicals that can be put into sunscreens.

If you are worried about these chemicals I will share with you my well kept secret. Tinted moisturiser. The answer to not wearing foundation and still achieving an even skin tone - who knew such a thing existed.

Australia has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world, which affects two in three Australians before the age of seventy. That means someone close to you, your daughter, father, cousin or best friend could not be looking after themselves correctly.

I made a pact with myself that I will continue to treat my body as if it was summer all year round. I will have the same attitude of looking after myself now as I do when I’m wearing a two piece bathing suit and being tanned, within an inch of my life.

My mother may have not told me to stay away from boys with tattoos and men with mother issues, but she did strongly advise me to wear sunscreen all year round and to look after my skin.

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