When I was invited to be a part of the ‘Save Your Friend’s Skin’ campaign I immediately said yes. After all, my grandmother had skin cancers, as did my father. On top of that my mother, my sister and myself have all had moles removed before they potentially became issues at a later point in time. So you can see why I think this is an important message that needs to be sent out. I’ve even blogged before about when Adam and I went on a skin check ‘date‘.
Here’s some additional information that might surprise you:
- There are two different kinds of sun rays which can cause our skin serious skin damage – UVA and UVB.
- As much as a short walk from the train to work is enough to cause incidental sun exposure.
- More than 47% of Australian women rate dry skin as the number one skin concern, while less than 40% use a body lotion daily.
- One of the major causes of dry skin for Australian women is UVA damage from incidental sun exposure.
- UVA ray strength remains much the same all year round – causing constant dryness and ageing.
- UVA rays can cause premature ageing, wrinkling of the skin and indirectly contribute to skin cancer formation while UVB rays can cause skin to burn.
- Lack of sun protection is dangerous – skin cancers now account for 80% of all newly diagnosed cancers.
Vaseline are also taking this idea seriously – hence the campaign – and sent me and three of my friends this cute beauty kit:
Point three in the above list got me thinking: I am hyper-vigilant about putting a moisturiser (with SPF 15+) on my face and neck in the mornings, but I rarely do the same with my arms/chest/legs. And on some of our hotter days recently, I’ve gotten undressed of an evening only to find red lines or bands where I’ve missed applying the sunscreen. It’s why I think the total moisture aloe fresh body lotion will come in handy. It smells great (kind of melon-y) and I can have that bit of extra assurance that I’ll be doing this as part of a routine and not ‘just’ if I’m going out.
To show how serious they are, Vaseline are also offering Miscellaneous Mum readers a chance to win a one year supply of the Vaseline body lotion. All you need to do to enter is go over to Facebook, enter one of the seven skin facts which are mentioned above, leave your details, say which blog you’ve come from (me!) and there you go!
Here are the full Terms and Conditions if you wish to take a look.
I wish everyone who enters the very best of luck, but even if you don’t choose to enter the competition, I hope perhaps this might compel you to stop and think about how you’re taking care of your skin and whether your methods need improving. I know mine did.
