Pale and Fabulous
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It was brought to our attention this post was not as inclusive as it should have been. Regardless of the color of your skin, “All racial groups should wear sunscreen,” says Dr. Susan Taylor of The Skin of Color Center. PPNNE urges all to avoid over-exposure to the sun and take responsible measures to protect yourself (sunscreen, hat, umbrella, etc.). For more information, check out this report from CNN http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/29/race.skin.cancer/index.html |
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 20 years, you should have heard by now how terrible tanning is for you (Attention Rock Dwellers—read this article by the International Agency for Research on Cancer). Yet, ironically, our culture continues to idolize bronze bodies.
What sort of alternatives do you have if the sun damaged, wrinkled raisin look isn’t for you?
Okay, so Snow White isn’t exactly real. But there are plenty of gorgeous, real life women who are pale inspirations. Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Anne Hathaway, all come to mind, among many others.
If you can’t live without some color, try a safe bronzer (safe being the operative word here). We recommend Afterglow’s Organic Bronzer for it’s low hazard score on EWG’s Skin Deep Database.
Get back to the basics. If you have to be out in the sun for a long period of time, wear sunscreen, sunglasses, a sunhat, and bring along a sun umbrella.
Bottom line, we live in northern New England. No one expects you to be tan. In fact, you may ridiculed if you show up to work or school five shades darker. My advice, if I may quote Olay, “Love the Skin You’re In.” There are way more important things to worry about in life…like looking like this:
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Tags: Anne Hathaway, cancer, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman, pale, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, raisin, Snow White, tanning
