so... i've been slathering aloe, cucumber gel, cocoa butter and bag balm (yes. bag balm. the stuff farmers use on cow/sheep/goat udders/teats. yes I also just said "teats".)
I showered. had a close call with the face. apparently, if you have steam or hot water around a "healing" sunburn for 5 minutes, that layer of skin actually tries to "lift up"....
so after shower, the moisturizing slather routine began...
it's not peeling yet. the tanburn is still intact... but - now that I am on the train - I see that my nose and the surrounding cheek bits, while still tan, are getting that hard skin thin leather layer. the pre-peel warning layer.
so I just slapped some cocoa butter on it... yet, it was not soaking in, so my face looked like I had icing on it & I now smell like chocolate covered cucumbers.
going to see if duane reade has that spring water spray mist - gotta keep myself (face) hydrated. lovely that I was going to take headshot photos tonight.
if nothing works, either I will be known by the photos as the leper comic or the girl who had to photoshop an entirely new layer of skin onto her picture.
and on that note.... I am tired. train sleep begins now.
::: plunked in on my treO:::
