It will do you well to listen to this advise, it truly is the MOST important cosmetic advise you'll ever receive...and you have most likely heard it all before...but this time, PLEASE LISTEN!
I know it sounds like a cliche...but sunscreen IS MANDATORY!
It is listed as my number one most effective skin care ingredient and it is scientifically proven to be effective.
If you don't adhere to any other advise, just do this ONE thing.
Sunscreen will protect your skin against premature ageing. Have a look at parts of your skin that is not exposed to sunlight e.g. the buttocks...this is what the skin on your face would have looked like if it was not exposed to the sun all the time.
Wear your sunscreen daily. Also during winter, as there are still UVA and UVB rays although you might not be aware of it.
When using AHA and Vitamin A products in your skin care regime it is VITAL to use sunscreen as these ingredients will make the skin more sensitive to sun damage. Especially if you are prone to pigmentation, applying sunscreen is .
Use a sunscreen that also contains anti-oxidants, it is scientifically proven to be more effective. (The anti-oxidants also counteract the free-radicals from the sunlight and therefore it will be even more effective against ageing)
It is listed as my number one most effective skin care ingredient and it is scientifically proven to be effective.
If you don't adhere to any other advise, just do this ONE thing.
Sunscreen will protect your skin against premature ageing. Have a look at parts of your skin that is not exposed to sunlight e.g. the buttocks...this is what the skin on your face would have looked like if it was not exposed to the sun all the time.
Wear your sunscreen daily. Also during winter, as there are still UVA and UVB rays although you might not be aware of it.
When using AHA and Vitamin A products in your skin care regime it is VITAL to use sunscreen as these ingredients will make the skin more sensitive to sun damage. Especially if you are prone to pigmentation, applying sunscreen is .
Use a sunscreen that also contains anti-oxidants, it is scientifically proven to be more effective. (The anti-oxidants also counteract the free-radicals from the sunlight and therefore it will be even more effective against ageing)
Now for the lyrics of Baz Luhrmann's Sunscreen song:
Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’97
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be
it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience…
I will dispense this advice now. Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh never mind; you will not
understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.
But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked….You’re not as fat as you
imagine.
Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that
never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm
on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing everyday that scares you. Sing. Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with
people who are reckless with yours. Floss.
Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.
Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements. Stretch.
Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your
life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they
wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year
olds I know still don’t.
Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.
Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children, maybe
you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky
chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…what ever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s.
Enjoy your body, use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what other people
think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.
Dance…even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.
Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.
Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly. Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the
people most likely to stick with you in the future. Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on.
Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young. Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel. Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were
noble and children respected their elders. Respect your elders.
Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.
Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85. Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of
fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than
it’s worth.
But trust me on the sunscreen…
