O verão chegou mas ainda é tempo de preparar a pele para o sol

  If you want your skin to get that summer beautiful color and your tan to last longer, you must exfoliate, hidrate and protect it with a good sunscreen. Journalist Adriana Farano prepared a manual pré-verão for Plástica & Beleza, for you to avoid ficar com your skin descamando or ardida  after the first intial days under the sun.

The pré-summer ritual is long but simple, and the results are totally worth it.

1st step: exfoliação e hidratação

The accumulation of dead skin inibe a ação dos princípios ativos dos cremes. Therefore, you should exfoliate it every 15 days if you have normal skin, once a month if you have dry skin and every week if you have oily skin. 

2nd step: artificialmente dourada

Autobronzeadores pigmentam your skin sem que você precise se expor ao sol, thus they are a good solution for you to wear your bikini already tanned since the first day. 

Apply it for four days seguidos, spreading it well for não manchar. Dermatologist Maria de Lourdes Martins, from Rio de Janeiro, says they can be used for all skin types, excep the ones with acne or while during a peeling treatment, for ther’s a risk of it leaving an irregular color. 

3rd step: get tanned wearing a sunscreen

Pills

Betacaroteno pills give a amarelo-alaranjada pigmentation to skin. Maria de Lourdes recommends start taking 15 miligrams of it daily, 15 days before sun exposion to intensify your tanning. If your hands palm and feet sole become too alaranjadas, you must reduce the dose.

For a lighter effect, there’s the option of cápsulas de cenoura in powder, with less betacaroteno, twice a day.

Alimentos

Alaranjados fruits and vegetables contain high concentration of betacaroteno. Nutritionist Márcia Daskal, from São Paulo, says that one portion is enough to realçar your tanning; mamão for breakfast, carrot salad for lunch and orange juice at dinner. 

Fonte:

Revista Plástica & Beleza. Ano 7 Edição N.° 59 2004, Ed. United Magazines plasticaebeleza.com.br 

Revista Corpo a Corpo Ano 17 Edição N.° 190 Outubro 2004, Ed. Símbolo corpoacorpo.com.br 

Revista Nova. Ano 28 Edição N.° 10 Outubro 2000, Ed. Abril abril.com.br