How to Protect Your Skin From the Sun

Series Summary

Taking care of skin is one of the best methods to look young and vibrant. There are several steps to good facial skin care, but the basics include cleansing, toning and moisturizing. Cleaning and caring for the skin prevents cracking, inflammation and infection, as well as wrinkling, dry spots and aging. Taking the right measures to care for and protect the skin will help keep it looking its best, especially for those who wear makeup everyday. In this free video series, let a professional skin care consultant, Kimberly Haertl, demonstrate some skin care tips for healthy skin. Heartl discusses the importance of wearing sunscreen everyday to prevent aging and skin cancer. Also, find out how to prevent and cure acne by exfoliating pores. Reduce under-eye wrinkles and dark eye circles. Regular skin care routines are the only way to ensure young and healthy-looking skin. So, take a moment, and learn some basic skin care with this free video series today!

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Kim with Simply Beautiful in Austin, Texas. Especially in the lower regions of the country we need to learn how to protect our skin from the sun. So, as usual, sunscreen is the best and number one way to do that. Sunscreen is rated between, say 5 and 50. The amount, the number on the sunscreens say 15 stands for how much longer you could stay in the sun with sunscreen on than you would be able to without burning. So, if you can stay ten minutes in the sun and then burn, then you can stay 15 minutes in the sun with a 15. When you're applying sunscreen to your skin, you want to apply a thicker layer than you would imagine, and you want to repeat it as often as possible. Sunscreens, even those that advertise themselves as waterproof, aren't as waterproof as you might like them to be. So, reapply the sunscreen about every hour. With Megan's skin, she doesn't burn that easily, but we're going to put some sunscreen on her anyway. So, using about a quarter size, we're going to, hold your hat please. We're going to start with her forehead, move down her cheeks, across her nose, on her chin. Don't forget the delicate areas of eyes, but don't get it on your lids because it tends to burn if it has a little PABA in it. So blend it, and just rub it into your skin. You know how you put lotion on? You're going to put it on like that. A little bit thicker than you imagine, like I said. Just keep blending it until you don't see the white anymore. Put your hat on, your sunglasses, and a good moisturizing lip balm that has a sunscreen on it, in it. You're going to be well protected from the sun."