I didn't mean to appear a snob about make-up, though I've never liked the whole make-up industry and how people (women primarily) are manipulated into believing they HAVE to wear it to be "their best".

I wore make-up on stage and it always irritated my skin. Outside of theatre, I'd often wear eye make-up since I knew it brought out what I considered my best feature, and I prefer wearing my glasses to contacts, as they also irritated me.

Now I'm 52 and I only wear make-up if someone pays me to!

Back to the sun block issue, and a good one it is. There is a lot of controversy these days about what is in sun blocks and since I'm really sick of being a guinea pig for the food and drug industry, much less the make-up industry, I wear as little as humanly possible.

A decade spent in Greece and another spent in Hawaii taught me the best thing to do is to wear clothes that shade me from the sun...hats with brims, and light over-shirts to cover my arms. I don't wear shorts, but light trousers, pareos etc...and even at the beach, I always have an umbrella if I am not under a tree.(If you haven't guessed, I have very fair skin.)

I also encourage you to read carefully about whatever sun block you might want to wear, for those times when you can't, or don't want to avoid the sun. Go for Hypo-allergenic. Less chemicals to deal with. If you use something that's waterproof, be sure to clean it off later, since clogging your pours is to be avoided...and the same if you wear any kind of foundation. I believe there are some make-ups out there that are beginning to combine the two, and this seems ideal rather than slapping on two different things. (You might want to check Almay (sp?)..xx..e