Love Your Skin This Summer
As a boy Mom, I end up spending a lot of time outside. There's just something about the outdoors that boys love. Sticks, mud, bikes, puddles... They just plain love the outdoor life in a way that is so different from the little girls I meet. I remember almost dying of embarrassment as my boys picked up grass and dumped it on each other's heads saying they were taking showers! I mean, it's the OPPOSITE of a shower! REALLY?! They are going to dump GRASS and DIRT on each other?! Yep. They are. They are boys. The thing is, I'm still a girl, and I still love my skin and want to keep it young forever (I know it's going to change, but I like to prevent cancer from over exposure to the sun. So, 10 minutes of, nice, Vitamin D rich sunshine and on goes the sunscreen. What I didn't realize for the LONGEST time is that I was actually putting on junk that was more toxic than sun exposure and could actually have cancer causing ingredients in them! I was appalled when I fo...