I came up in a time when people used to say staying in the sun too long is bad for you. People said too much sun\u2019ll give you skin cancer. And for the longest time I stayed out of the sun, a difficult feat living in Southern California. Remember, it never rains here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It also didn\u2019t help that I was stung by a bee when I was 17-years-old, and I swear ever since then it was like I became allergic to the sun, especially when combined with chemically formulated sunscreen. To much exposure and I break out in a terrible rash, and my eyes swell. To this day I cannot use anything\u2014makeup, lip balm, lotion \u2013 that has SPF. So I stayed out of the sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then I learned that my vitamin D was low, and I decided to get more sun, and I tell ya, it made a world of difference\u2026at least that\u2019s how it seemed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And maybe it\u2019s just me, but I think it\u2019s also improved my skin \u2013 the tone, the texture. I don\u2019t know, maybe the suns rays feed my melanin. I have no idea what that means, I just know that I feel like my skin feels and looks better after it\u2019s been kissed by the sun. Not too much sun, but a good hour of sun serves me well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n