For the Ladies at Storm2K - Wet N Wild Eyeshadow

[furluvcats]

My daughter only uses MAC makeup... the bold colors look great on her, but I am not that brave! She does use Clinique face powder tho...and steals mine when hers is out...the brat! :O)

[Janice]

You know, skin is funny. I have been here so many years and outside and I am still not really dark. Maybe it is my skin. My sis comes down and gets really dark in one week visit. I don't know what the problem is. I go to the states and everyone is as dark as me or darker, just being out for a short time. I have burned tho here, staying out a little too long on the beach.

[furluvcats]

Well, whatever you are doing, keep it up, unless you are just blessed! LOL...You look fabulous my dear! :O)

[O Town]

Glad I'm not the only one who thinks like you furry. I love the sun, and consider myself a sun worshiper too. I can't seem to stay away from laying out in it, I absoutley love it. I know I will be paying it for it real soon, Im sure I already am just don't know it yet. I know I will be one of those shrivled up old ladies that are all tan and wrinkly, sitting on a chair at the beach or with a fishing pole in my hand.

[Janice]

I wonder what the first signs of skin cancer are. The really very early stages so you can have it checked out We could have it and not know it.

[cajungal]

I am naturally fair skinned, but tan real well now. I am addicted to the tanning beds. I know I am ruining my skin, but it is such an addiction.

[O Town]

I wonder what the first signs of skin cancer are. The really very early stages so you can have it checked out We could have it and not know it.

I just watched something on t.v. about the warning signs of skin cancer. And I know fair skinned folks are more at risk, and that is not me I have that olive skin and get a nice tan line in one day. I do however still check my skin for irregularities because no one is immune. Here are 2 links. The first one talks about the ABCDE's of Moles & Melanoma, very helpful.

http://www.skincancer.org/self_exam/look_for.php
http://www.mydr.com.au/default.asp?article=3420

Sorry for the hijacked thread Mary.

[Stephanie]

I loved to lay out in the sun! I remember in the 70's as a pre-teen and teenager using BABY OIL! I was never one for getting really dark, but I would get a nice tan. I am fair, though I do have 1/4 Italian in me, so that saves the rest of my Celtic skin. However, I will burn if I'm out too long and when I've gone on vacation to the beach or on a cruise, I do use SPF 45. I think my meds also affect the sun's exposure on my skin.

My skin is strange too. In the winter it gets very dry and I use Oil of Olay facial moisturizer and eye gel. However, in the spring and summer, once the humidity cranks up, I almost don't even need the moisturizer. I stop using foundation because I really start to break out.

[HurricaneGirl]

My sister used to fry herself in the sun when she was younger. She has already had skin cancer removed from her face a couple years ago.

[alicia-w]

I now understand why women wore those huge hats and bonnets and the like. They also soaked their skin in buttermilk to fade the sun spots. I have had a few bouts with skin cancer since moving to Florida and stay out of the sun as much as possible. If I have to be out I have SPF in everything; makeup, lotion, hair care, even my shirts!