Happy Friday everyone! Meet Catherine, who is a great example of someone who truly uses sunscreen like they should! More power to her. She spends her days working, chasing around her bulldog (awesome!), and training for a 1/2 marathon (double awesome!), and she keeps the sun off all the while. Read on!
Name: Catherine
Age: 37
Current Weather: I live in Chicago and it has been all over the place this Spring, currently in the upper 30s and sunny!
Hair: I have long, straight, dark brown hair. It’s very fine and gets very oily.
Skin: I have residual oiliness from my teens and twenties, but I’d say it’s combination now. I’m fair, I have good skin tone and few wrinkles from being extremely diligent about sunscreen use. If SPF 1,000 existed I would use it!
Favorite Star: Ursula Andress
In the shower…
OK, I’m going a bit backwards here because I usually shower at night. I work from home and spend a lot of time outside, so in the morning I rinse my face with water and spray on Evan Healy’s Lavender Facial Tonic Hydrosol followed by Josie Maran’s Argan Daily Moisturizer with spf 40. I let that sink in and then I apply Elemental Herbs Zinc Sunstick spf 30, concentrating at the hairline and nose. I have a 60-lb american bulldog who needs lots of exercise, plus I am training for a half marathon, so I sweat A LOT. I need lots of protection in the blazing sun! When I shower at the end of the day, I exfoliate with Suki Lemongrass Exfoliating Cleanser. I wash and condition with Acure Organics Pure Mint and Echinacea Stem Cell Shampoo and Conditioner, and I wash the sweat off with EO Coconut Vanilla shower gel.
Outside the shower…
If I don’t shampoo my hair in the shower (I shampoo every other day), I use Lush No Drought Dry Shampoo if I have to go somewhere and don’t want to be seen with oily roots! If I’m going to bed, I use Mario Badescu Glycolic Acid toner, followed by Jurlique Herbal Recovery Gel. For my eyes I use MyChelle Fabulous Eye Cream. I moisturize my body with Acure Mandarin Orange and Mango body lotion.
Finishing touches…
I only wear makeup if I’m going out at night. Usually it’s 100% Pure Tinted Moisturizer, Josie Maran Argan Color Stick in Rosy, 100% Pure Mascara in Black Tea, Korres Eyeliner in Brown, and Afterglow Hydra Gloss Lip Gloss in Aerial. I carry Boscia blotting tissues in Lavender (these smell amazing!) for touch-ups.
So…Sunscreen queen! Is anyone else training for a race or otherwise spending a lot of time outside and have an active sunscreen that’s been working well?
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