Got Sunscreen?
Apr. 19th, 2023 08:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerI've got a bunch of travel coming up— 6½ trips in the next 5 weeks, depending on how I count it. Several of those trips are to warm-weather, lots-of-sun places. With my light skin tone I'm the kind of person who burns easily. I'm not pasty white, thankyouverymuch, but the light pear color I have turns to pink and red if I'm not careful.
When I was in a drugstore a few days ago I though, "Hmm, I should see if suntan lotion is on sale and replenish our supply." Moments later I thought, "Hmm, before I buy anything I should check what we've got at home and only buy whatever level of sunscreen we need."
It turns out we have more than I thought.
Yup, I sorted the sunscreens by SPF. Highly analytical mindset or very slightly OCD; you pick. Anyway, the point is we have a lot, and a lot of variety. Even though none of the bottles are full (and one or two are almost empty) we have enough for the immediate future. Though I might shop online for more varieties in 3-oz. bottles because they're convenient for air travel. I took one of those travel size SPF 30s on our Phoenix trip a few weeks ago, and it worked perfectly— both for avoiding the need to check a bag and protecting me laying out atop a raft in the lazy river.
When I was in a drugstore a few days ago I though, "Hmm, I should see if suntan lotion is on sale and replenish our supply." Moments later I thought, "Hmm, before I buy anything I should check what we've got at home and only buy whatever level of sunscreen we need."
It turns out we have more than I thought.
Yup, I sorted the sunscreens by SPF. Highly analytical mindset or very slightly OCD; you pick. Anyway, the point is we have a lot, and a lot of variety. Even though none of the bottles are full (and one or two are almost empty) we have enough for the immediate future. Though I might shop online for more varieties in 3-oz. bottles because they're convenient for air travel. I took one of those travel size SPF 30s on our Phoenix trip a few weeks ago, and it worked perfectly— both for avoiding the need to check a bag and protecting me laying out atop a raft in the lazy river.
