o I found out quite recently that in about 2.8 billion years the sun is probably going to blow up and kill everyone on earth. Pretty bleak right? The interesting thing is that the sun is actually highly capable of killing you before then, with its pesky cancer-causing rays but the damage is way less showy than a great big explosion, so people keep on ignoring the UV death fingers of the evil sun. Sometimes it feels like people forget how damaging the sun can be, so I’m here to be that annoying (yet completely necessary) reminder. Here’s how to stop the sun from killing you.
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1. Remember that skin cancer is worse than hat hair
I’ve recently taken to wearing hats everywhere I go and yes, they do make my hair go a little bit flat but it poofs back up pretty quickly and the plus side is that I’ve protected my delicate little mug from a UV-ray ravaging.
I have two hats – a big swoopy one for proper outdoor times and a little wrap one that I keep in my backpack for my walk to and from my office. Both are very soft, light weight and can be rolled up in a bag for when I’m indoors. Major bonus: I don’t look like too much of a doofus wearing them.
Example of not terrible hats.
2. Remember that skin cancer is worse than sunscreen
Sunscreen is annoying, I know. It’s sticky and greasy. When you sweat it gets in your eyes and makes pain happen. It also smells weird. Unfortunately for you, it’s saving your life, so suck it up princess. Even if you’re outside for ten minutes you need sunscreen on your face, ears, neck, chest, arms and the back of your hands, at the VERY least. If your feet are exposed you should give them some sunscreen love too.
3. Reapply
If you put sunscreen on at 7am in the morning, when you’re doing your make up for the day and then you sit outside for 30 mins at lunch time eating your sanga, you might as well just face plant on a fry pan for all the good it’s doing you. The most hardcore sunscreens last just 3 hours so remember that when you’re doing your lunchtime yoga in the park and make sure you reapply.
4. Stay out of the sun
No one wants to get killed by a poisonous snake so we tend to avoid them but the sun is a seductive little temptress with her feel good endorphins and tingly skin lovely-ness. Don’t be fooled. That bitch be cray. If you’re outside doing stuff, that’s fine. Slather on some SPF 500 Billion and have fun. If it’s not necessary for you to be in the sun, don’t be there.
Look at this creep! ‘Imma gonna kill you!!!’
5. Realise that tans aren’t healthy
You know how everyone thought Michael Jackson was weird for trying to change his skin colour? I’ll just let that one sink in…
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Are you a sun lover? Or a sun hater?
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