Ahh, its summer time. The time of year when the shorts get shorter, the tank tops get strappier and the sun shines with the heat from hell–I love it! Finally a time when my super pale skin can get a shade less pale, maybe. The sun can feel so good but at the same time can really be mean to my skin. As a super pale girl in the summer, it's a constant battle between loving the sun and hating it because I burn like a french fry in a fryer basket. Unlike other girls whose skin turns a nice golden bronze, I go from white to red in about 30 minutes, there is no transition. So here's a typical day in the sun for all the pale girls in this world..
Sunshine!
So excited to finally get some vitamin D in my skin again.
I get so pale in the winter.
Oh wait, I’m pale because of the person that I am. Not the season.
So annoying actually, I glow
Lake day with friends? So down!
Let me just pack all the essentials
Sunscreen? Definitely.
Hat? Probably a good idea since my face of porcelain will fry.
Where are my sunglasses? My eyes feel like they scorch out of my head without them.
Shirt with sleeves and some coverage in case I get a little too much sun halfway through the day.
Okay, now that my bag is already full, do I even have room for snacks?
Of course, there’s always room.
My friends are so tan already, how do they do it?!
Oh, they’re ready to run to the water? One sec, I gotta sunscreen it up.
Maybe I’ll just do a little bit, I want to try and get a little color this time.
There, just a little on my shoulders, butt cheeks (because ow, if those burn) and legs.
I should be fine, it’ll only be a few hours.
Picture time? And pose.
God, I literally look fluorescent next to my tan friends.
Time to lay out and soak up some sun.
This feels nice...maybe I’m actually getting some color!
My skin is feeling crispy.
We are leaving soon and I’m sure I’m fine.
Time to go, get in the car.
Ow, the car seat is so scratchy.
Oh my god my legs are so red...how did this happen?
My arms too?
No, not my face!
That’s it, I’m literally just a blotchy lobster.
I’m never not wearing sunscreen all over my body again.
That’s the fifth time this summer I’ve said that. I really should start listening to myself.
Where’s the aloe?
So yeah, I have quite the love-hate relationship with summer heat and sun. I have always wanted to be like my friends who can get a tan and half the time I tell myself that this time it will happen, I won't burn, it's August and I've had all summer to expose my skin to the sun. But it never works out that way. I always burn. No matter what. So I really just need to suck it up and rock the hat and sunscreen look.
