Living in Arizona can have lots of benefits...Beautiful desert land, gorgeous mountains, lakes for all your outdoor delights...fishing, boating, skiing....water and snow ) You name it, we probably have it. Well along with the good, comes the drawbacks of desert living. Baby it's hot outside! Get me a egg and we'll fry it up on the cement. My Chihuahua dog is even sweating!
Well, we've all heard the saying, " If you can't beat em, join them " So... sit back...drink a little iced tea and read further.
1. You need to stay hydrated. I know you've heard this before, but please just listen again. If you are thirsty, it's too late, you are already dehydrated. Now a days, no one leaves home with out their cell phone. How about a new habit? Don't leave home without your water bottle. If at all possible, try to be green friendly and take along your own polycarbonate water bottle. Refill it lots and reuse it lots. I started paying myself .25 cents every time I use my water bottle. If you think about all the times you run into the store and buy a cold water bottle, you could be saving up a bundle, not to mention the green effect it has on our landfills. Those plastic bottles take forever to decompose, if they ever do. Ok, now that we have the over piled high land fills taken care of, let's move on to number 2.
2. Sun safety. Now a days...safety is a must! From seat belts, to locked doors, to protected safe sex, to safety to prevent children from drownings, we are all about safety! Skin cancer is on the rise. The suns rays are hotter than ever. There has been some talk on the news about sunscreen causing cancer. In my opionion, not having on sunscreen is more cancer causing. There are Natural Organic options that are very skin user friendly. Shea butter is also a natural sun block to help with the dangerous sun rays. Along with protection from the sun, it will also help nourish and hydrate the skin.
We need protection from the sun! Hats to cover our heads, sunglasses with UV shields, sunscreen on our skin that is exposed to the sun, or keep it covered.
It's best to avoid the sun when it's rays are really strong. Try to stay out between 11:00 and 3:00. If you are outdoors during this time, be sure to reapply sunscreen 30 mins before water or sports activities, and apply it after. When you are done being outdoors, nourish your skin with some good lotions and or aloe to help soothe skin that has been damaged with sun exposure.
Don't forget about your lips! Keep them moistened at all times. No one wants to kiss lips that are chapped and dry. Personally I don't think lip balms with sunscreen is very healthy. The chemicals to block the rays in my opinion shouldn't be ingested, and that's what would happen with putting it on your lips. We all lick are lips. No one wants to lick unhealthy chemicals. Save the lips to healthy organic lip balms. Keeping them moist should do the trick to prevent chapping and scaling.
Well...that's it for the first edition for our hot summer blog! Continue to read everyday for much more fun and exciting info and news.
Have a cool day, and stay hydrated.
Well, we've all heard the saying, " If you can't beat em, join them " So... sit back...drink a little iced tea and read further.
1. You need to stay hydrated. I know you've heard this before, but please just listen again. If you are thirsty, it's too late, you are already dehydrated. Now a days, no one leaves home with out their cell phone. How about a new habit? Don't leave home without your water bottle. If at all possible, try to be green friendly and take along your own polycarbonate water bottle. Refill it lots and reuse it lots. I started paying myself .25 cents every time I use my water bottle. If you think about all the times you run into the store and buy a cold water bottle, you could be saving up a bundle, not to mention the green effect it has on our landfills. Those plastic bottles take forever to decompose, if they ever do. Ok, now that we have the over piled high land fills taken care of, let's move on to number 2.
2. Sun safety. Now a days...safety is a must! From seat belts, to locked doors, to protected safe sex, to safety to prevent children from drownings, we are all about safety! Skin cancer is on the rise. The suns rays are hotter than ever. There has been some talk on the news about sunscreen causing cancer. In my opionion, not having on sunscreen is more cancer causing. There are Natural Organic options that are very skin user friendly. Shea butter is also a natural sun block to help with the dangerous sun rays. Along with protection from the sun, it will also help nourish and hydrate the skin.
We need protection from the sun! Hats to cover our heads, sunglasses with UV shields, sunscreen on our skin that is exposed to the sun, or keep it covered.
It's best to avoid the sun when it's rays are really strong. Try to stay out between 11:00 and 3:00. If you are outdoors during this time, be sure to reapply sunscreen 30 mins before water or sports activities, and apply it after. When you are done being outdoors, nourish your skin with some good lotions and or aloe to help soothe skin that has been damaged with sun exposure.
Don't forget about your lips! Keep them moistened at all times. No one wants to kiss lips that are chapped and dry. Personally I don't think lip balms with sunscreen is very healthy. The chemicals to block the rays in my opinion shouldn't be ingested, and that's what would happen with putting it on your lips. We all lick are lips. No one wants to lick unhealthy chemicals. Save the lips to healthy organic lip balms. Keeping them moist should do the trick to prevent chapping and scaling.
Well...that's it for the first edition for our hot summer blog! Continue to read everyday for much more fun and exciting info and news.
Have a cool day, and stay hydrated.
Thanks for the information!! You rock!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat reminder! I am bad at remembering to put on sun protection. As you know, I am a red head. Red head and sun....not a good combo. :)
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