10 things girls with pale skin can relate to

Something unusual happened in the UK this week. We had sunshine! Everyone seemed to journey to the beach or the beer gardens. The winter coats came off and the shorts and sunglasses came on and I think we can all agree that after months of hiding those pins- having some sun on our skin was a bit of a shock to the system.

But as someone who has annoyingly pale - not pale actually, more of a sickly grey colour- skin, this weather can cause some problems. So, for those of us who rely on our freckles to make us look brown and spend the entire summer praying you don't end up looking like a lobster, here are ten things only my fellow pale skinned gals will understand.


1. SUN BURN. You sit out in the sun for half an hour and before you know it your starting to turn a beautiful shade of pink. Mmm sexy.

2. Hating your friends who turn beautifully bronzed in like a day, when you come back from your fortnight in Greece looking paler than when you left because you spent all the time under the parasol for fear of BURNING!

3. You worry about wearing colours like yellow/orange in case you look like a human version of a fried egg. You also worry about wearing all white in case your clothes just blend in with your skin.

4. Relying religiously upon fake tan/gradual tanner, whilst longing for the day that will never come when you no longer have to worry about staining your clothes and bed sheets.

5. Trying to find a foundation, concealer or bronzer that doesn't give you that horrible orange line around your face.

6. No I don't want to be pale and interesting. That's not a compliment.

7. The annoyance you feel when someone who is really tanned puts their arm next to yours to further emphasise how tanned they are. Leave my life, ok?

8. Looking like Morticia Adams in every picture. Flash photos are a definite no no.

9. Hating those instagram/ Facebook photos that say "life is better with a tan". Shut up.

10. Admiring celebrities like Emma Stone, Nicole Kidman and Snow White (obvs) who completely rock the fair skin look and telling yourself that you can look utterly fabulous and totally be proud to be pale... *Reaches for fake tan mit*