How to look great and be safe on the beach?

Swimming is the most favorite pastime across the globe be them children, youth, adult, or senior citizen. Swimming in sea or just walking across a beautiful beach, I bet no one would ever complain if given an opportunity anytime. Walking across a beach is never a fun unless and until accompanied by a proper swimwear. Just imagine a blond bombshell walking across Miami Beach in a T-shirt and jeans. I guarantee no guy would ever look at her no matter how beautiful she is. In the civilized society, every occasion has a definite dress code associated with it. You know, office wear, formals, casuals, wedding dresses, ramp walking, party wear, discotheque, you name an occasion, and a certain dress code will strike your mind. Beachwear too comes with a certain dress codes. Bikinis, tankinis, swimming costumes, shorts, thongs, G-strings are certain dresses that come in the beachwear category. Men's swimming costumes generally consist of boardshorts, jammers, thongs, Speedo briefs, and G-strings. They are often accompanied by spandex and/or nylon or polyster shirts to give an extra zing to one's look.

Coming to women's swimming wear and you just start thinking about Bo Derek coming out of sea or Ursula Andress classic bikini look from Dr. No that has now become a cult image for generations to come. Whether it's a one-piece bikini or two-piece bikini or even Monokini, guys just pour their heart out whenever they see a beauty in a bikini because what a bikini reveals is a treat to watch but what it hides is simply left to one's wildest imagination.

Keeping your imagination aside, let's talk about some preventive steps that must be taken while in a beachwear. While being on beach and taking a sun bath, one must be very cautious about the sun-exposed areas of the skin. Having adequate sun protection is a must to safeguard against those skin diseases and even skin cancer. One must judiciously use suntan lotion while resting in a sun tan booth to protect himself again UV (ultraviolet rays), namely UVA and UVB. UVA rays are responsible for sunburn while UVB rays can cause deeper and more serious skin damages. A suntan lotion with a higher SPF protects one's sun-exposed skin from these harmful UV rays, so one must very carefully apply the lotion to all the exosed areas while going on a beach. Many people now use suntan lotion very often also to develop a tanned look that definitely is an "in" thing these days.

So, if you are going out to have fun at the beach, get yourself a stylish swimwear and a good suntan lotion and have great fun on the beach and keep yourself protected from those harmful UV rays.

© 2009 Ranjan Kumar