July 6, 2018

3 BENEFITS OF WEARING SPF SUNSCREEN

Happy July, my loves! I celebrated Canada Day at the beach and on the boat this past weekend like many Canadians, and I’m sure all the Americans reading this will be doing the same later this week for 4th of July!

There’s nothing like the Lake Life, as I shared in a recent post, but this sun-filled lifestyle really takes a toll on your skin, especially during these hot summer months when the temps are high and the UV rays are so strong. As much as I love a (healthy) summer glow on my face & body, I’m a firm believer in applying and reapplying sunscreen anytime you’re outside in the summer time, but I still cannot believe how many people don’t wear it! I’ve learned over the years that even with sunscreen, you’ll still get a tan, minus the burn. And for those of you who just can’t tan and any trace of SPF makes it that much harder, forget the sun and use self-tanner to get the same look, only MUCH easier on your skin! See a few of my favourite no UV, fake n’ bake tanning tips here and here.

For all these reasons, I rounded up just a few of the many reasons wearing sunscreen (with minimum SPF 15) is so crucial to the health of you and your skin!

IT REDUCES PREMATURE AGING

From wrinkles to sunspots, wearing SPP sunscreen shields your skin from the harmful UV rays that tend to speed up the look of aging on our skin! At minimal, apply SPF to your face, neck, and chest as these are the places where our skin is most sensitive and therefore, the most affected by the sun.

IT REDUCES YOUR CHANCES OF GETTING SKIN CANCER

If skin cancer doesn’t scare the sh!+ out of you and make you want to wear sunscreen, IDK WHAT WILL. If there’s any one thing that is proven to minimize your risk of getting cancer, wearing SPF to avoid skin cancer is definitely it. According to the Cancer Treatment Centres of America, over 3.5 MILLION cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed in 2018 just in the U.S. alone…

IT CAN DOUBLE AS A TINTED FOUNDATION

Skip the multi-step makeup process and invest in a sunscreen with SPF that contains skin tone correcting colour built in it! I LOVE Eau Thermale Avene’s new Complexion Correcting Shield in SPF 50 that comes in 3 shades: light, medium, and dark. With this dynamic SPF and foundation duo, all you need to do is apply it as you would your liquid foundation and you’re protected from the sun just as well as you would be with a regular SPF 50 sunscreen. Lately I’ve been wearing medium to blend my face & neck with the rest of my body and I’m loving the simplicity of it!

That’s all babes, 3 simple reasons for why you NEED to make SPF sunscreen a part of your everyday routine!

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