Summer Radiance: As the sun takes center stage this summer, it’s time to embark on a journey to nurture our well-being and radiate confidence. Follow these tips, embrace the sunshine, and let your radiance light up the season.
Summer and skin: The sun is enemy as well as friend. Sun provides us with life itself, and with many of its pleasures. All most all skin cancers are the result of exposure to the ultraviolet radiation of the sun. Sunburn can strike more easily than you might think.
Fortunately, there are easy ways to protect you from the dangerous rays of the sun. Sun protection – minimizing exposure when the sun is at its peak, wearing protective clothing, including a wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses, using a sunscreen
Simple steps below to have fun in the sun and still protect yourself from sunburn and keep your skin healthy and young looking.
- Don’t forget the sunscreen
- If you are planning to be outdoors for any length of time, dress accordingly.
- Tanning salons are dangerous, too
- Moisturize
- Try to avoid running between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., when the sun’s intensity is at its greatest
- Wear a visor or hat with a brim – to give your face extra protection
Summer and hair: Summer sun, spiraling hot temperatures and related humidity may damage your hair’s cuticle resulting in dry, drab, split, brittle or frizzy hair
- Summer sun, spiraling hot temperatures and related humidity may damage your hair’s cuticle resulting in dry, drab, split, brittle or frizzy hair
- use a special UV protection for your hair
- get a good hat (wide-brimmed) if possible, or scarf that hides your hair
- Do not change the color of your hair when you are on vacation
- Put a deep conditioner in your hair as a barrier
Summer and diet: The risk of food borne illness increases during the summer when temperatures are warmer and people are more likely to be cooking outdoors.
- Do not drink very chilled liquids.
- Avoid caffeinated or carbonated beverages, alcoholic beverages, and those high in sugar.
- Water is the best option to quench thirst.
- Limit all strenuous activity.
- Minimize the intake of dried fruits.
- Avoid sugary foods
- Cut the intake of fried foods
- Maintain good hygiene levels.
- Include lots of fruits and vegetables
Summer Radiance – Summer and dress:
- Crucial rules on how to dress for summer, whether you’re on land, on sea, or traveling in between.
- Go flowery – They give you the feel of freshness and high inspiration
- Go for plain single color
- Don’t pack light. Pack smart.
- No socks with deck shoes. Bare ankles only,
Summer Radiance – Summer and eye care: Summers result in the development of many eye conditions such as conjunctivitis, sty, dry eyes and so on.
- Buy sunglasses with UV protection
- Wear sunglasses even when cloudy
- Wear larger style sunglasses
- Choose sunglasses with polarised lenses
- Maintain your glasses
- Keep hydrated
- The recommendation is to drin
- Avoid the midday sun
- Summer and travel tips
- Take The Time To Pack
- Skin creams, hairsprays, body lotion–all those products take up tons of space.
- Drink lots of water
- Pack Healthy Snacks
- Keep Your Clothes Clean
We recommend putting on sunscreen before you even put your bathing suit on, so you can make sure to cover your whole body,”
- Stay fresh
- Summer and beauty tips
- Get a glow on by exfoliating
- Protect your skin with a sunscreen with minimum 15 SPF.
- Stay on-trend with pink lipstick
Sun Protection
- Use sunscreen be careful of expiry date.
- Apply first coat of the sunscreen 20 minutes before going out in the sun and second coat of the sunscreen 20 minutes after going out in the sun.
- Reapply the sunscreen if you are out in the sun for a long time.
- Recoat the sunscreen after swimming or being in water.
- Try to do the heavy exercise in the cool hours like in the duration of 5-7 a.m.
- Use glasses to protect your eyes from the harmful U.V. rays.
- Infants under 6 month must be kept out of the sun.
- Sunrays can be equally hazardous in the cloudy day.
Summer Radiance – Summer Make-up Tips
- If you wear mascara, try a waterproof.
- A matte powder over foundation is better than heavy foundation lotions and creams that will look patchy once you sweat a little.
- Lips need protection, so it would be best to apply a lip gloss or lip balm
- Make sure you carry eye-make-up remover with you so that you avoid dark circle which can be a natural consequence of waterproof eye make-up.
- Pink is a shade that looks more natural in lipsticks in summer. A creamy lipstick will be friendlier on the lips than matte lipsticks and will also last longer.
- Nails are best kept short and practical at this time of the year. A lighter shade will save you the time in redoing your nails every now and then as the chips will not be obvious.
- Leave your foundation in the refrigerator. When you smooth it on, the heat from your face will melt it into your skin making it look like you have naturally perfect skin.
- Smudged eyeliner or kajal can look great on summer evenings and you can get this effect by heating the tip of your eye pencil with a lit match just before lining your eyes.
- Bright and dark shades of nail polish look better on feet in summer, especially if you plan on walking around barefoot or in open sandals.
Summer Radiance – Summertime can be great for your skin if you follow a few basic rules to take care of those areas that are most prone to damage—skin, hair and eyes. Keeping yourself adequately hydrated, adding essential nutrients to diet to avoid the heavier fats and proteins, taking plenty of vitamin C in the form of citrus fruits and juices, and getting the minimum 8 h of sleep can help you going through summer with good looks and great relaxation.
Dr. Chalapathy, Professor of General Surgery
Vydehi Hospital, Whitefield, Bangalore – 66
Ph: 080-28413381/2/3/4 www.vims.ac.in