Friends Don’t Let Friends Get Weird Sunburns

I’m baaaaaaack!

A week of fun in the sun with my fam was PRECISELY what the doctor ordered…I am a brand new woman!

It’s amazing what more than 5 hours of sleep will do for a girl.

Do not disturb!

I have lots of things to tell you guys, but I was NOT the appointed Historian of the trip, so I need to wait for my seestah to upload some pix. (ahem, KATIE.) But in the meantime, and in light of the fact that poolside weather is HERE – I’d like to issue the warning that someone had given me before I sailed the high seas…

OK.  If you read this blog regularly, you know that I am wrinkle-obsessed. I have an unnatural relationship with my dermatologist (Hi, Jamie!), I prefer my tan in airbrush form, and I have become absolutely MILITANT about sunscreen.

It's not. And neither are the crow's feet. Fact.

Sunscreen is crucial. Not just at the beach or poolside and not just in the summer but EVERY. SINGLE.  DAY. At LEAST on your face, neck, and hands.  (old hands = dead giveaway.  Trust.)

That said, I love NOTHING more than parking myself in a lounge chair all day reading trashy novels, sipping cocktails, and taking dips in the nearest body of water (ocean, lake, pool, sprinkler system…whatever…I’m not picky!)

But since the plan is to look like this when I’m 80 (sorry, not sorry.) I generally rely on a combo/cocktail of the following…

Peter Thomas Roth SPF 15 mist

Blue Lizard Sport SPF 30 (bottle turns blue in UV light! Fun!)

Don't judge.

…which is usually pretty fool-proof. However: on day 1 (um, that’s right.  The first day.) I sat out in the BLAZING Caribbean sun, and while I finished both Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang…

Hilarious...but still preferred Are You There Vodka?...

And more than few of these bad boys…
…a few crucial areas of my body fried beyond all comprehension. I am talking LOBSTER CITY.  They were: my NOSE, my EARS, my SCALP, and my TOES  (and one random circle on my left leg.  Weird.)

Friends don’t let friends get weird sunburns. (Isn’t that how that saying goes?) So be sure and stock up on your SPF.

It’s officially bathing suit season!

xx, L