Let’s just start this out with acknowledging the fact that I am indeed and undoubtedly a direct decent of a very strong line of gingers.
While I may not have the red hair to prove it, my complexion is a dead give away.
I’m the girl that glows in the dark.
I’m the girl who nurses love when trying to find a vein.
I’m the girl who can’t tan to save her life.
In Disney I was given the nickname Snow White.
I burn, I freckle, I peel.
You can get much whiter than this girl.
So when someone asks if I want to go the beach on this beautiful summer day, I think to myself…
Where’s my extra large bottle of 60 SPF?
And then I proceed to apply a liberal amount on my entire body (even though I will be wearing a one piece).
I pack a hat, a beach umbrella, and the rest of the bottle of sunscreen, and I’m off!
Beach Hair.
My friend Jenanne and I laid out on the gorgeous white sand out at Halifax’s gem of a beach called Crystal Crescent. She forgot to apply any screen… and yet managed to only deepen her glow, where as I on the other hand am now forced to sleep on my stomach with after burn lotion smeared on my back like butter on toast…
Burnt toast.
Pink is the new tan.
I’ve long accepted the fact that I will be creamy white forever. I’ll always have to choose the 001 foundation when buying makeup.
That’s fine, I don’t want skin cancer anyway.
I would just like to be able to get through a day in the summer outdoors without requiring medical attention afterwards… (technically Shauna is a doctor and she’s the one that did the lotion smearing… I’m only being slightly melodramatic…)
On a completely different note though, I had such a great day with Jenanne today…beach, sushi, and drinks.
Hope to do it again soon before she heads back to Hong Kong.
i always imagined canada was too cold for beaches!
It’s really too bad people end up thinking that. It’s gorgeous here. Do some googling, you’ll be amazed the things you don’t know about Canada.
I am making plans to visit/move to Buffalo in two years, actually – I am looking forward to getting to know Canada (as some cities in Canada are close enough to make a day trip out of it, I hear)
Most people in Canada live really close to the Border. For nice weather (that’s not winter) I would suggest anytime between mid May and October.
That is the plan actually! It is too far away to make concrete plans (the reason behind the visit or potential move has to do with university and being a lil closer to the city), but once it gets closer, expect me to be drilling you about your country!
No problem!
The beach is great! I went to Mexico Beach, Florida with my son on my birthday. We fished off a long pier and got caught in a downpour but it was a fun time!
I feel your pain. My family is very Irish (the very Polish last name is my married name) and I’m pretty sure a sheet of paper has more color than I do. Baby sunscreen in 100spf seems to do the trick. I get made fun of when I pull it out of my bag, but it’s better than getting burnt crispy.
Haha I hear you on that one. I’m all covered up today
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Seriously though, It still itches!
Oh my gosh. Earlier this summer, I was thisclose to vowing to just never go outside again. It is SO aggravating when you do everything you can to protect your skin, and you STILL end up with with a painful sunburn. And it’s even worse when the people who are out in the sun with you don’t wear sunscreen and somehow don’t get burnt. (Although I tend to think really evil thoughts about how they’ll have skin cancer one day and I won’t.)
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Haha I know! And yet they still seem astonished that I burn… I’m like… “Have you SEEN my skin?”
I totally know what you mean! I’m so pale. I only burn if I don’t reapply sunscreen lol which I’ve managed to avoid for the most part thank God, but when it happens, it’s not fun. And even my vague sign of “tan” is pretty much still ivory. Tan Organic helps me fake it though! lol x
Haha I like to refer to myself as fair… rather than pale
lol. I’ll have to keep that in my box of clever word tricks for future!