Kiwiprincess

Totally agree about the need for proper hats. In fact, this is nothing new though - i went to school in Wellington in the mid 80s and my school had a very simple message - "no hat, no play". Within that there were a few rules - the primary rule being that a baseball style hat was certainly not enough - you had to wear either a legionnaire style hat with the flap down the back or a wide brimmed hat. It is a pity that some schools still aren't enforcing that but I know that the schools i am aware of in Wellington and parts of porirua still push that message.

As for the burned dried out skin - yuck. As the saying goes, the only good tan is a fake tan.

I should also point out that I have been in Australia for the last few weeks and, while it did rain like anything for most of the trip, when the sun came out i did get really burned one day. I was applying sunscreen...i just missed a spot. After that my friends did not trust me enough to put sunscreen on my back myself! Definitely a good idea about the sunscreen dispensers.

brussels_sprout

That radio ad advertising cricket and England's "Barmy Army", criticising us poms for being "Pasty" says something about the REAL thoughts of NZers attitude to the sun, they obviously think of themselves as tanned gods, well they were actually able to beat those cricket Behemoths, Bangladesh , so their confidence must be now sky high (not)

Also for me, suncream is only the same as a moisturiser for the skin, it is not as efficient as people think
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