I wish I was one of those women who on a hot day.....

[mrsdavidbowie]

Just get out there and look amazing.

I suffer from polymorphic light eruption and pustular rosacea which is looking particularly lovely today. I never sit in the sun ...even a few minutes chatting to a friend in a supermarket carpark makes my skin uncomfortable.

The faff of suncream in case its going to be sunny.

The radioactive whiteness of my legs ( no fake tan works)

Roll on October,.......

I have similar issue. Instead of hayfever pollen gives me a disgusting contact rash.

I'm also allergic to most sensitive suntan lotions.

Woop Woop. Dons nuns habit...

I'm the same. I want to be one of those women with loose curls and floaty dresses.
Instead I'm just hot, red and sweaty.

I am insanely jealous of sunkissed women.
It only started 5 years ago....I'm hoping its a menopausal thing.

I go hot, sweaty and greasy.

Also I have large hairy feet and rubbish hair.

Oh and white pimply legs.

I really want to enjoy the sun. I want to wear floaty trousers or tiny shorts with vest tops without looking feeling horrid and self conscious.

Humph.

I missed the How to do Summer class that everyone else seems to have taken.

Yesterday they were all out with their smooth brown legs, sunglasses and floaty dresses whilst I panicked and tried to find something that'd hide the shaving rash on my shins. I'm never prepared for Summer dressing no matter how much I swear this year it'll be different.

I have found some brilliant temporary tanning stuff though. It's St Tropez wash off tan, works like make up for your body and stays firmly put until you shower. No good if you have shaving rash but otherwise it's very good.

Me too! I have vitiligo and halo moles so any sun for me makes the patches show up worse. Also, have never mastered how to get smooth even skin on my legs without red dots- not sure it's even possible for me!

I have big tits and need scaffolding to keep them in the right position. I would love to be able to wear spaghetti straps!

Hadron21 have you tried Bravissimo strappy tops? They are amazing.

I have found my people!

Polymorphic Light Eruption - check
Horrid feet - check
white pimply legs - check
Big tits that look dangerously out of control in anything remotely skimpy - check
Also quite fat meaning I feel self-conscious in anything that doesn't cover my entire body and mask my shape.

Feel so attractive right now!

Just how do these women make their legs so smooth and glossy? Mine are so white, you can see the hair follicles and veins through the skin. Shaving causes red spots but waxing tears my thin skin. Ugh.

I also get a thumping headache in the sun.

I have polymorphic light eruption too. And I love love love the sun and heat. Slap on the factor 30/50 and just have fun.
This morning I was worried about how I looked in my short shorts and vest top.....then I saw a woman in her 60s, looked like she'd never shaved (wow she was hairy!), wrinkled face and she was wearing a zebra print boob tube, metallic hot pants and ugg boots!
If she can look like that and be happy then I can show my lily white skin and be covered in spf and be happy!!!!

I hear you ladies. 40+5 and down to my last three items of baggy maternity clothing. I refuse to buy more.

And even if I wasn't pregnant I'd still be overweight and sweaty and some hideous combination of pale/burnt lobster.

Thank God it's warm enough for flipflops, as my feet have swollen out of shoes...

I like sumner dressing.
So much easier than all this layering business!

Put underwear on. Add dress. Done.

Shall I set up a master class?

I love summer dressing too, knickers, flip flops, dress, done.
I understand the stuff on skin problems etc, but the dressing part is easy with good underwear? I've seen women of all shapes and sizes looking fab in summer

I manage to wear things that look OK(ish) but suffer from really bad hayfever, so I'm on OK dressed snotty mess. And I'm pregnant this year, so can't take any drugs. The wardrobe has taken a hit too, I refuse to spend loads on maternity wear.

My feet swell up and look disgusting in the heat. Not good for dainty little sandals.

Band tshirt, jeans, MASSIVE SUN GLASSES. Like I look this rough because I do all the festivals as opposed to all the school fetes which is my reality.

I never got why people worry so much about looking pale and white in the sun. I think it looks beautiful (as long as plenty of appropriate sunscreen is applied!) Never bought into the idea that tans look healthy. I think being comfortable in your own skin is surely more important than obsessing over St Tropez and bronzer.

I'd be perfectly happy to hibernate every summer, the sight of all those effortlessly tanned and glossy types everywhere is just too depressing for words.

Think I suffer from a reverse form of SAD.

I have found dressing for summer harder as I have got older. I don't worry about being pale per se, but pale skin shows up every little blemish! I do suffer from prickly heat and really don't feel comfortable in the heat. Added to post pg leg issues, which means shorts or shorter skirts/dresses involve more effort. A lot more body maintenance is required even if the clothes are simpler!

I don't mind being pale but I lost quite a lot of weight a few years ago. I had dreams of wearing shorts and a vest top in summer like everyone else seems to.
Nope, nope and nope. Not only have i regained a few pounds but my thighs are absolutely riddled with cellulite, they look like porridge in a string bag, plus I have loose skin plus flab thats been moved around that I can't manage to get rid of no matter how much exercise I do.
I can't even wear dresses without tights because my mighty thighs clap together like the thunder of a thousand horses and its very uncomfortable.
If I could find the perfect pair I.E cut to mid thigh, I might brave shorts anyway but they all seem to be really unflattering cuts to just above the knee (and my knees look like an 80 year olds) or far, far too short.

Oh I'm so happy I'm not alone In PLE.
What sunscreen do you use?

I have big horrible feet and big tits too.

I have horrendous hayfever, so even on the rare day that I manage to pull a 'look' together (dunno about smooth glossy brown legs and flowing curls...but something not too hideous)...my face is still a mess. Bags under my red eyes, constant sniffles and feeling like falling asleep from morn to night.

Urgh.

mrsdavidbowie I get it around my collarbones and on my wrists. I've been using Piz Buin Allergy 50+ since mid-summer last year and so far this year I've had NO REACTION! I can't quite believe it. Of course the sunny weather is only just starting really but I normally suffer daily from March onwards.

I get awful hayfever so can never risk eye make up in the summer because I am likely to forget, rub my eyes and look like a panda :( my nose is always red and sneezy too.

Plus I'm overweight so summer clothes generally look awful on me, whatever they are.

Mmm, I'm so sexy in summer. Not.

Can I add sweaty armpits and sweaty back to the mix?