How can I get a tan in the shade?
The world can be so unfair: While some are out in the sun for hours and quickly tanned, light-colored ones have to quickly flee from sunbathing in the shade. But that doesn’t mean they can’t get brown there too.
Tanning is caused by UV-B radiation from the sun, while skin aging is caused by UV-A rays. Both rays first have to pass through the cloud layer and airborne matter. The rays are refracted and redirected so that they not only hit the earth vertically, but from all sides.
“Shade bath”: this is how you tan
From this follows the Rule number 1 for the “shade bath”: large areas are more suitable than surrounded regions. In simple words: in the large meadow of the park, on the beach or in the water, you tan faster than in an area full of houses and bushes. In these wide plains, 30 to 40 percent of ultraviolet radiation even reaches the shade, depending on the cloud cover and the time of day, of course. And the following applies: the more clearly the shadow of the screen is drawn, the stronger the sun shines and the more UV radiation reaches the shadow.
The sun’s rays are reflected in the water; you also tan in the shade
Rule number 2: tans faster near a body of water – and that also applies to the shade bath. Lakes, seas and swimming pools reflect the sun’s rays so their intensity increases. Which leads us to: Rule number 3: Scrub skin with moisturizer even after “shadow bath.”
The “shadow bath” advantage: you get a more even tan and put less stress on your skin than when you are in direct sunlight. Anyone who also moves in the shade, for example playing a ball, gives the body the opportunity to tan on all sides.
You tan more evenly in the shade
Attention: Sunburn can also be caught in the shade! The same applies here: Always apply sunscreen!
🙂 Did you know that a white t-shirt “only” has a sun protection factor of 20-30? Therefore, always apply lotion all over your body if you are going to be out in the sun for a long time. Sun tanning to avoid.
🙂 Glass panels also let in UV rays, unfortunately only the “bad” UV-As, not the tanning “UV-B” 🙁 Anyone who sits in a glass house for a long time should not only not throw stones, but also apply sunscreen properly!
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