Face it

"You're so dark again!" "How many times do I have to tell you not to stay out under the sun too long? You're going to have wrinkles when you get older." That's what my mom always tells me when she notices that I've baked too long. Mothers really know best. They know that staying out under the sun for hours and hours will eventually give you skin problems as you get older. But being the hard headed middle child that I am, I hardly listen and continue laying out in the sun with my iPod plugged into my ears. I'd rather have a nice and reddish brown tan than have no tan at all. I normally don't apply anything when I sunbathe, which is bad. I've always had this notion that if I apply sunblock or tan amplifier, I'd end up looking like a Pacific Islander. Not that it's bad. I just prefer not to have that skin tone. There was a time when I was obsessed with maintaining my Boracay-made tan that I'd lounge by the village pool every weekend to get another coating of uhm, tan. I don't recall the last time I had a sunburn nor peeled like a snake. But when I do start showing signs of flaking, I apply globs of moisturizer all over my face and body. When I washed my face this morning and wiped it using my white hanky, I noticed small flakes of skin. An hour later, I was in Kiehl's buying moisturizer. I normally use Clinique's M Lotion but I didn't want to go all the way to Rustans in this heat! The guy said that this product helps boost the elastic quality of the skin and improves skin's firmness and gives it a more unified look. Nobody likes looking like a quilt.