To ask for suncream recommendations because I am sick to death of covering every inch of my body?

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I am 99% sure my mother has lied to me about my father and she actually procreated with Casper the friendly Ghost.

I am so pale that I am translucent in places. I turn pink within seconds in the sun. Yesterday I was out for probably a grand total of an hour in a vest and im still pink. I used SPF50.

Ironically I love the sun and I am a heat seeker. I cannot stand wearing long trousers and tops all day, especially when I’m active in the sun. Ideally it’ll be a mist that I can spray over my shoulders while out and about to keep coverage up, but I think at this point I need an industrial strength one. Any recommendations?!

But it’s not, that’s bollocks.

go stand outside in long sleeved clothing v with straps on and you’re hotter in the first lot.

@ObelixtheGaul I think you’re wasting your time. The OP has completely ignored everyone who has patiently tried to explain this.

Reminds me of a couple of years back when we had a mental 40 degree plus heatwave in London and I had to keep explaining to people at work that no, it wouldn’t be cooler with the windows open and a “bit of a breeze” coming in.

It’s really not.

Some of us actually live and work in hot climates, not just a once a year for a sun holiday, so have a little more experience with dealing with 35 degrees for days on end.

You must be on the wind up at this point. Or the heat has gone to your brain.

As I said up thread, I don't do well in heat so I do just that and yes, it's cooler.

I've been to Morocco. There's a reason why the men all wear Jalabas and it's not a religious requirement.

But have it your way. I mean, people who live in hot countries have told you that the locals aren't going about in strappy tops, and it's not just about sunburn or modesty. It's all over the advice given generally about keeping cool in the heat.

But if that's not how you feel, at least wear a wide-brimmed hat to give some shade to your vulnerable shoulders and I hope some of the sunscreen ideas have at least helped.

We don't know how to deal with it, here, but we are going to need to learn. I am hopeless in the heat, so I have researched this because I don't drive and need to be able to function in direct sunlight walking to and from work.

Unless your body has the ability to defy science, your naked skin isn’t cooler, unless of course like the former prince you are unable to sweat.

Myself and my daughter are translucent skinned redheads and I swear by boots soltan kids 8 hour protect factor 50, every two hours. We're just back from Spain where the uv was 11 some days and never got burnt once.

No it’s just basic common sense. If I get in bed tonight in long pyjamas and a blanket I’m going to be hotter aren’t I? Less clothes = cooler

It’s different when you’re in direct sunlight!!

I don’t have the same issue as you, quite the opposite I tan really nicely but due a health issue lately I am not allowed to be exposed much to sun due risk of skin cancer. What saves me is long summer flawy dresses, linen shirts and trousers and always a hat.

The conditions in your bedroom at night are hardly comparable to being out at the hottest part of the day in the south of France in the summer with your bare back exposed to the blazing sun. But you do you.

Yes. Inside, if I strip off, I am cooler. But outside, there's the sun. And, given that the sun burns you, common sense should tell you that the sun is making you hotter. So, putting a light barrier of clothing between you and the sun (the key, here, is 'light', we aren't talking about heavy, thick materials) protects you from the source of the heat. Because it's light and loose, it doesn't prevent you from feeling the benefit of any breeze, although often the breeze in high heat is more like turning the hairdryer on its hottest setting.

The sun is the source of the heat, you see, just like your blanket and PJ's at home are the source of the heat. So, outside, you need a barrier against it. Think about why it's cooler in the shade. It's because there is something in the way of that direct heat source. Out in the open, clothes are a means of giving your body some shade. See?

Basic common sense is covering your back and shoulders between the hours of 11-4. With your type of skin, even with factor 50, you will burn in Monaco and likely blister. Your holiday will be ruined. There are millions of gorgeous tops and dresses that cover back and shoulders, noone is suggesting you wear a big, bloody sack. In Monaco people tend to wear really elegant sundresses or linen tops/trousers.Save your little strappy numbers for the evening. You'd look really out of place showing as much skin as possible. Are you very young, or have you never been abroad before?

Sleeping in pjs is cooler as it leads to sweat leaving your skin faster compared to naked skin as the fabric assists in it, so you keep cooler. So unless you are unable to sweat, you are cooler in clothing.

I’m curious if you think everyone is intentionally lying to you, and why you think they’d do that.

When a loose item of clothing is covering you, it directly blocks the sun’s rays. No sun is infinitely cooler than sun. If you haven’t experienced this phenomenon then it’s because you’ve haven’t been wearing a suitable material for the occasion. That doesn’t make everyone in the world wrong and you uniquely right, it means you haven’t yet experienced it. Whether you go on to do so or not is up to you but you would be more comfortable if you decided to believe people and not think that everyone is collaborating secretly in an elaborate plot to make you look daft or sweat.

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It doesn't work like that. Naked skin feels the sun burning directly on it. Those who live in it will cover up in the direct sun with light clothing because it is cooler, you don't get that burning sensation and you can stay out in the sun much longer that way.

I live in a country where we have months of temperatures over 35 degrees, often over 40 degrees for days in a row. If I'm not wearing much, I'm inside.

Aldi sun cream is fab. i get the cream and the spray.. cream everywhere at home before i go out then spray top up throughout the day. factor 30..

I too am produced from Casper I think, and then it would be beetroot back to casper. but last year i didnt burn once with Aldi sun cream

Is your bed outside in direct sunlight? 🙄