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Recent York weather has a way of humbling our tans and hearts. Summer was slowly ending, and naturally, that meant one last trip to catch some sun.

Mexico was a spot of comfort as I laid out and enjoyed the laziness of catching an off-the-cuff tan. 4 days of lying poolside or beachside was just what my skin needed to receive a golden glow. I felt achieved. Nevertheless, my skin spoke otherwise once I woke up the subsequent day.

A heat rash had appeared right before my eyes. Red bumps were a results of my excessive sun exposure. What was once a golden glow was now a skin emergency that needed to be addressed immediately, and being overseas didn’t exactly help. I had to make use of what was in my luggage, rummaging through a sea of beauty products that didn’t serve this purpose. I had a bit more luck searching through my body care options. There, I saw my Dove Original Beauty Bar Soap as a beam of hope.

Growing up with dry skin, Dove Body Soap was all the time a product that comforted my skin. I hoped that it could bring the identical ease to my heat rash. I traded a swim within the pool for an extended shower and put the nostalgic body product to work. This required me to softly rub the soap into my skin since sensitivity was in full effect.

The milk-like consistency, partially as a consequence of its moisturizing formula, acted as an oat milk hack, making a soothing effect. Even though it brought me the easy ease I used to be looking for, I knew this was only the start of what would come.

Days of unbearable redness and bumps took over my mood. Every move became a general discomfort. The bumps across my neck and face didn’t exactly make it nice either. It was a reminder that perhaps, just perhaps, I took my skin health without any consideration.

Being a girl of color, I naturally assume my skin is resilient. I’ve unfortunately taken advantage of not wearing enough sunscreen, laying within the sun for too long, and never all the time being on top of nurturing my skin barrier. All aspects that ought to be considered every single day for optimal skin health irrespective of where we’re on the planet. It was the primary time my skin had shown me that it could actually’t all the time be strong for me. I might need to put the work in.

Despite the hard truths that had forged over me, I continued using the bar soap twice a day with cold water—sometimes 3 times a day if I needed some relief. The soap and the Dove Deep Moisture Body Lotion became a combo I desperately needed to get through.

Slowly, my bumps began to welcome the product and ease its unwanted effects. What was once an amazing discomfort and hindrance to my confidence became a lesson and sense of security I don’t typically feel with most beauty brands.

My heat rash had cleared, and it was time for me to go home. By the tip, Recent York’s fall coolness didn’t seem so bad. Sometimes, for the glow we wish, the reply isn’t more sun—fairly, what we placed on it to keep up its resilience.