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“Skin cancer saves my life”

June 16, 2016

Summer was a year older than me when she became a melanoma survivor (the most serious form of skin cancer). As a young twenty something year old, I understand the needs of looking beautifully tanned on your beach vacations. I tan in the sun sometimes by the poolside, I “forget” to wear sun screen occasionally (by forget, I mean I’m too lazy to put it on). Summer’s story wakes me up because as she was having these bad skin habits that most of us including myself overlook, even in Western Oregon – a region known for cloudy weather most of the time, she was diagnosed with melanoma. You don’t have to be old, you don’t have to live in the sunniest state (for crying out loud, my state Colorado boasts 300s of sunny days annually), skin cancer could happen to me, and to you.

Luckily, Summer survived melanoma as the cancer was diagnosed at an early stage. She now views her skin cancer as a gift because she has the incredible opportunity to change the course of someone’s life by sharing facts about sun protection. SUMMERSKIN was created with a mission to spread the awareness of how important it is to protect yourself from the harmful sun. At the same time, Summer wanted to create UPF clothing that is not only stylish but will give you sun protection as well. Previously, there were a lot of sport-centric UPF (ultraviolet protective factor) clothes out there for athletes, but nothing stylish enough for us fashionistas. That was when Summer started with her designs, dresses, blouses, skirts, things she herself, you and I would wear.

I took this UPF 50+ dress and UPF 50+ hat from her collection to Utah on our camping trip over Memorial Day weekend. The sun was hot, we were in the middle of a desert. So I put on sunscreen, threw on this comfy dress and this cute hat, packed several bottles of water for ourselves and the dogs and there we went. We took a 1 mile hike to this arch, such a beautiful work of nature. Even though it was hot and I was sweating, I felt like I did something right to protect myself against the harmful sun.

In this post:
Dress: UPF 50+ Knee Dress || Hat: UPF 50+ Milan Hat || Earrings: yellow or pink || Lipstick: color Vegas Volt

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Check out SUMMERSKIN’s story and mission here. Even if you don’t want to purchase anything today, promise me one thing. This summer season when you go on a beach trip or lay out by the pool, when you’re at a July 4th BBQ, love your skin and remember to protect it: apply and reapply sunscreen every hour or so, wear UPF clothing if you have any, limit the hours you’re outside, especially during the hours the sun is the most harsh. Not only you protect yourself from skin cancer, it slows down the process of aging as well.

Shop this post:
Dress: UPF 50+ Knee Dress || Hat: UPF 50+ Milan Hat || Earrings: yellow or pink || Lipstick: color Vegas Volt

*Brought to you by SUMMERSKIN. All opinions are my own.*

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Comments

  2. Chelsea says

    You look so stinking cute, Lily! I’m currently loving t-shirt dresses!! I just bought a few. And that sun hat is perfect for summer. Love the message of this.

  4. Kasie Chelanne says

    I have been wanting to try clothing that provides sun protection but haven’t found anything cute enough…until today that is! The dress and hat are 100% stylish!

    • Lily Rose says

      Thank you Siffat, and yes sun protection is so important! Thanks for reading and stopping by <3

  10. Clarissa says

    I’m in Colorado too! Moved here a couple years ago from Florida and even coming from “the Sunshine State” – Colorado sun is SO intense! I feel like I have re-apply all day long here. Beautiful photos <3

    • Lily Rose says

      Yes, I know what you mean. We went on a hike on Saturday, and the sun was sooo brutal. I feel like being on an elevation means we’re closer up to the sun hehe, either way sun protection is so important. Thanks for stopping by! <3

  16. Chelsea says

    This is such an important message! My dad used to work at UCSF in the skin cancer department and he always told me the most biopsies come from noses and ears so this hat would be perfect to protect those areas!

    Chelsea
    Chow Down USA
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  17. Anjelique says

    Growing up in Australia, we have had the dangers of skin cancer taught to us from a very young age (which has put me off tanning in the sun for life) even so, there are still so many young people who think they are immune just because of their age!

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    Anjelique

    http://anjelique.com.au | snapchat: anjeliquetv

  22. Jesica @ ClassicInGray says

    I LOVE how stylish the dress and hat are, and the mission statement behind the company! I myself had a close call with skin cancer last year, but luckily it was a carcinoma (not as bad) and not melanoma (very bad). So I’m a huge advocate too now of always wearing sunscreen!!

    • Lily Rose says

      omg wow that’s so crazy Jesica. I’m glad that it was carcinoma. And yes, sun protection is sooo important regardless of age. Thanks for stopping dear xo

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