Sunburnt and Sad

Well, after all that debate over whether to be tanned or not, I've come home this evening after a day out in the sun and I'm pink instead of brown! :-( My tan marks are even worse and way more noticeable now... I look like I have panda eyes! It's like I've had ski goggles on and then been blasted by wind and snow and sun and now have a very clear and defined mark around my eyes.

I thought I was being careful but obviously not enough! And now my poor face and arms and a bit on my chest are all pink and frazzled. I look and feel quite ugly instead of the gorgeous sun-kissed look I was going for. I'm hoping I haven't done too much damage to my skin - I've been moisturising it like mad and drinking gallons of water to rehydrate myself. Fingers crossed the pinkness will fade overnight and it will be okay in the morning - I have a BBQ to go to and the footie to watch! Which means I will be in the presence of men - and okay I'm not that vain but I want to look nice rather than pink and panda eyed.

Luckily I've never been really badly sunburnt - the most damage I've had is going pink and then it turns brown. I haven't had to deal with uncomfortable peeling dry sunburnt skin - touch wood! But I think because the marks that I'm most worried about are on my face is causing me to be a bit distressed about it - obviously the skin on your face is much more delicate the skin on your body, especially around the eyes, hence I wore my sunglasses pretty much ALL day. And even though I've done that most days for the past week I haven't had any major marks on my face. Guess the sun was alot stronger today... and it looks like we'll be having our hottest day of the year so far tomorrow.

I think I, like most other people, worry about facial appearance because it is one of the first things that somebody notices about you. When you get introduced and start speaking to people they watch for cues in facial expressions and body language. You can't get away from people looking at you in everyday life. The skin on my arms and chest I can easily cover up but I can't really cover my face!

I am so tired today and practically falling asleep on my MacBook so I'm off to bed and hopefully my good night of sleep will help to repair some of my skin cells :-)