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Say No to Tanning While Riding Your Two Wheeler

Hiee MABHians,

Today, we are seeing several women on road riding bikes and scooters than past years. I turned 18 years old last month and got a scooty for myself :D Only after getting a scooty, I realized the skin and hair problems faced by two wheeler riders. I am not sure about colder cities, but cities like Chennai, Delhi and Hyderabad has the worst-est summer! Believe me, If a hen plans to take sun bath in any of these cities, after sun bath it will turn into grilled chicken! That much hot the weather is even in the beginning of summer.

Sunscreens!? What happened to sunscreens? Sun smiles at the sunscreens sarcastically. Even if the SPF is 100 with thousand +s, you cannot escape from tan in Chennai’s summer.. It feels like being inside oven outside!
I feel to run away somewhere from Chennai. Though I live in a coastal area, the domination of sun is high here. For the last 20 days, I traveled in my two wheeler to school [My board exams are going on] and the result is, badly, horribly, unevenly tanned skin! I love to have a chocolate-sh complexion but this kind of tan looks very ugly on me. That is because I did not follow any precautions while driving. Now I understood what I should do to prevent my skin from sun while driving and those are what I am going to share with you all two wheeler riders now. Go ahead and read below!

Helmet is a Must!

Wearing helmet while driving is not only a government rule but also a ‘skin rule’. You may think ‘what is going to happen to my skin if I don’t wear a helmet?’ but yes! Your skin turns uneven, dark and unhealthy if you ride without your helmet. Listen how. Without helmet, the heat will directly pass into your body. When your body turns excessively hot, your skin turns dull, unattractive and aged soon. So never ever ride your bike without your helmet even if it is a 10 minutes short drive.

Get a Scarf

Cover your face and head with a scarf or a shawl before starting your bike. Nowadays, triangle shaped scarfs are available in markets for this purpose itself. Cover everything except your eyes like a Ninja :D Wear a scarf and put your helmet on! This will prevent tanning 100 times better compared to your sunscreens.

 

Wear Your Sunglasses

I have a friend who wears helmet and scarf without fail whenever she is on drive but with regular driving, she got bad and very obvious dark circles. The reason is, she did not wear sun glasses. So the sun rays affected the areas around her eyes with tan, dullness and under eye circles. Now she’s badly trying to cure her dark circles. Prevention is better than cure, right? So, get a good branded sunglasses and wear them without fail while riding bike. If you are a spectacles wearer, then wear day and night glasses. You can get sun glasses with prescribed power too.

 

Cover Yourself

We girls usually like to wear soft, loose cotton dresses in summers. I personally prefer short sleeve dresses and skirts! In that case, we must save our body skin from heat and tanning while riding bikes. I am sure that your sunscreens will cheat you in Chennai’s summer so just don’t depend on them. Get a jerkin and wear it while driving. Wearing jerkin may be a pain in hot summer but it is nothing compared to buying anti tan products, bleaching skin and worrying about tanning for months. One time prevention will save your beautiful skin from angry sun!

 

Gloves and Socks

It is not just enough to save your body skin from the sun. Who wants dry rough hands and ugly feet? No one. Right? So get a good pair of hand gloves and socks. Put on some moisturizer on your hand and wear your gloves before driving. I got the world’s worst hands in just one week of driving without gloves. So be aware girls!

 

Don’t Skip Your Sunscreen

I feel like you questioning me ‘Now I have covered everything including my eyes.What else to do?’ Still the process isn’t over :P Put on your sun screen 30 minutes before you follow the above processes. Yeah, you read it right. It’s help is just 2% compared to the other skin savers above but you may walk from the parking area to your office without your helmet, jerkin and gloves. That 5 minutes is enough for the sun to tan your skin. At this point, your sunscreen will help you. So wear it! :D

By following all these ideas above, you can forget about the skin tanning problem in summer!
This might look like a long process but it is not that hard to follow. Follow the ideas, save your skin and have a happy ride cheating Mr. Sun!

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30 thoughts on “Say No to Tanning While Riding Your Two Wheeler”

  1. I don’t know what will happen this summer :O 50 degree Celsius maybe :( OMG! It is already too hot here in Calcutta :(

  2. well i wanted to know that is it neccasary to cover face at night ???????
    i cover my face at day time is it neccasarry at night even???and please advice should i wear complete shoes&socks or just socks with my sleepers

    1. if you want to protect yourself from dust you can ….other wise make sure you use CTM after you get home:)
      coming to the socks thing again depends on your convenience…if you wear sneakers wear socks. if not you can opt for nude socks on regular foot wear to cover your self up. and also dont skip sunscreen

  3. thanx for your adivce but i wanted to know that on less sunny days do we also need to cover our face &&&can u advice me about the socks part because these cheap socks after we take out our shoes smell very bad so can i know some good & cheap brand of cotton socks ………and the smell of it as u know is unbearable

  4. well after wearing helmet i am also covering face at night i hope i m saved since i am also a bit allergic to dust so i prefer to cover my face all the time even if am out with my husband at any time i do cover my face sometimes he gets irritated but what to do health is priority and wearing sports shoes with salwar kameez sometimes looks a bit odd but what to do it is better to have covered feet rather than to have them ugly

    1. please don’t say that we are unresponsive :)this is a very big blog with thousands of people commenting and hundreds of posts so it is a bit difficult to locate particular post and the comments.

      coming to your issue, even on less sunny days, the UV rays stay the same. the tan will be less but pigmentation and other things do occur. so its better to stay protected all times

      and the brands, well you might try nike and adidas. i dont have experience with socks but you get socks which only cover your feet not the entire leg. always dry them out in sun, use a organic cleaner like LOC from amway. apply a sunscreen on your feet as well.

      1. PLEASE DO RESPOND TO THIS IT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND URGENT ……….
        as i had earlier told you that my husband does not likes these things covering face and all that he thinks it is a waste of time ………but as of the current scenario i do not think that he is so opinionated now because some of his actions have shown me some hints that he also promotes these things w.r.t sun protection etc i would like to share it with u how i was able to discover this he used to wear sandals and go to his office but one day out of certain he decided to purchase sports shoes n sports socks n started wearing them in regular use another thing one day when he was returning from his office around 9 pm he reached home i was standing at the balcony and when he removed the helmet what i was surprised to see that his face was covered with a hankercheif after ringing the bell he also removed the hankercheif ………..and after myself seeing all these things and catching him redhanded he has now finally asked me to ask u whether the procedure would remain the same for him or is it going to be some different ……..and please do guide me through

  5. for winters also the procedure would remain the same or there will be some modifications in it …………………………….i have purchsed socks from puma they are full length very soft but too expensive i.e why i could only afford a single pair but with one day as i use them for around 12-13 hours their performance has been more than satisfied about the smell part

  6. THIS WEBPAGE HAS VERY POOR SORT OF RESPONSE AND THE OWNER IS TAKING NO INTEREST ………………… TO COMMUNICATE WITH ALL THE QUERIES………VERY MUCH BAD RESPONSE IS PRESENT

    1. Hello Ravi Bala Pandey,

      We have replied to your queries. Dharu explained you clearly that you have to wear scarf and helmet on rainy days too to prevent your skin from getting tanned. She also advised that you can still follow these things at night to prevent yourself from DUST. What else if your question? If you say that, we will try to get a suggestion for you.

      And one more thing, as Dharu said. We have thousands of commentators and posts. We will not be able to find and reply to single comments. That is why we ask our readers to send their queries through mail. We haven’t got any mail from you. and moreover, I don’t understand your previous comment.. about your husband’s opinion and etc.

      If you feel our website has a bad response, then I apologize for that. We are a beauty blog not a forum or a ques n answer site. We have well talented writers writing here. If you had contacted us through reader queries section, they would have definitely helped you.. and on top of all, your query must be CLEAR!

      Thanks for understanding!

      1. I M REALLY SORRY THAT I WAS UNCLEAR ABOUT MY QUESTION ….AND PLEASE DO READ THAT I WAS JUST TRYING TO EXPLAIN HOW DID I CAUGHT HOLD OF HIS INTEREST TOWARDS ALL THE METHODS THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN PROMOTING FOR SO LONG AND AFTER SO MUCH HAPPENING HE HAS FINALLY ASKED ME TO ASK YOU ABOUT WHETHER THE METHOD FOR SUN PROTECTION WOULD BE SAME FOR HIM OR IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY CHANGE IN THE PROCEDURE ……..VERY SIMPLE ABOUT ME ANOTHER QUESTION THAT AS YOU WINTERS ARE APPROACHING IN NORTH INDIA THEY MIGHT NOT AFFECT SOUTHERN INDIA AS MUCH AS THEY DO THIS PART SO I WAS ASKING ABOUT MY ROUTINE IN WINTER DAYS ………………PLEASE DO REPLY AT THE EARLIEST…….

        1. Hi Ravi Bala Pandey,

          Yes. The procedure is same for him. But he should use a sunscreen formulated for men’s skin. That’s the difference here.

          And what routine are you asking about? Your skincare routine?

  7. MY QUESTION TO YOU ON MY ROUTINE WAS THAT IS THE PROCEDURE GOING TO BE SAME FOR ME DURING THE WINTER MONTHS ALSO ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT BOTH THAT THE STINKING SMELL OF SOCKS IS CREATING BIG PROBLEM FOR ME IS THERE ANY SOLUTION SINCE I M A WORKING WOMAN AND TIE MY SHOE LACES AROUND 7 IN THE MORNING AND OPEN THEM AROUND 7 TO 8 IN THE EVENING SO THE FOOT GETS ALOT SWEATY AND AFTER THAT SMELL IS ALSO VERY BAD SOCKS ARE ALSO BRANDED (PUMA) BUT STILL THERE IS NO EFFECT AND IT IS REALLY ANNOYING ………………AND ON TOP OF THAT MY HUSBANDS FEET THEY SMELL EVEN WORSE U WOULD NOT BELIEVE A FEW DAYS BACK I HAD TO COVER MY FACE AND THEN SLEEP …………..PLEASE DO FIND A SOLUTION TO THIS AND IN WINTER I USUALLY WEAR TWO SETS OF SOCKS ONE WOLLEN INSIDE AND THEN NORMAL ON TOP OF THEM TO BEAT THE COLD DOUBLE GLOVES EVEN AS WINTER HERE IS SO DANGEROUS THAT I CANT EXPLAIN ………..

    1. Hi Ravi Bala Pandey,

      Kindly avoid typing all letters in caps. And this query is not related to this post. Kindly send in your queries through mail. We will try to get back to you.

      Thank you!

  8. yes it is need a girls must cover their faces in road because citys as become more polluted and dusty u are doing right thinking keep doing thank u

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