Yowza, sunburn!

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I foolishly decided not to put sunblock on this Tuesday, despite the fact that I was outside all day in a tank top. I knew I could get a sunburn even though it was overcast, and I know how easily my very pale skin will burn. I still decided that it was too much of a hassle to slather on some SPF30.

So, I earned myself a nasty little sunburn, complete with foolish tank top lines. Thank goodness the lotion that I put on my face every morning has sunscreen in it or I would have had a red face as well as sizzling shoulders and a burnt neck.

I normally put aloe on sunburns to ease the sting, but I read in a magazine that apple cider vinegar will fade the redness and prevent peeling, so I gave it a try. Usually these type of remedies don’t work for me, (witch hazel didn’t clear up my skin, baking soda and vinegar just don’t clean as good as ajax), so I was skeptical. Well, I thought, if this doesn’t work I’ll just make a lot of salad dressing.

But it did work! By this morning, my sunburn has faded to a tan and no peeling! Woo hoo! I wonder if all the other claims for apple cider vinegar’s miracle properties work, too?

Now if I could just find a way to get rid of these stupid bug bites, I’d be impervious to summer!

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No peeling? But that’s the best part of a sunburn!

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Apple cider vinegar, eh? I didn’t know about that one.

The worst sunburn I ever had was in Arizona in April. Perfectly clear sky, terribly bright sun. I went to a wave park for five hours in the peak of the day and of course was on my belly all day riding the float thingie. OH MY GOD, MY BACK. Dark red, the kind that is so painful and hot that then you’re cold, shiver, and send shockwaves of pain across yourself.

Stupid part was I did it again at a pool a few years later, because that was for only 2.5 hours. How much damage could that do, I thought?? Idiot.

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A brown paper bad, soaked in apple cider vinegar and applied to the forehead will cure a headache (and make your head smell like vinegar, but that’s beside the point).

As someone who spends ALOT of time in the sun and has experienced some pretty rough sunburns (try sitting for any length of time with sunburned ass), I can vouche for the vinegar trick.

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Heh. Sure you weren’t thinking about another use for vinegar when you wrote this?