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Me after applying factor 50 twice.

I think i get about 20mins free. After that, I start burning without protection. I tan pretty well over a few weeks though.

My old gf could not tan at all, apparently. Pale or Sunburnt were the only options

I work indoors, so rarely see the sun, so I'm deathly pale.

I'll come out on weekends, do some gardening, cut down a tree, etc. and be ok, but go to the beach and I'll be 🦞

A week later, it'll have peeled off and I'll repeat.

By the end of the Summer though, I won't burn as easily and have enouth colour to be classed as having a healthy colour.

I burn so easily it's hard to fathom. Anything below factor 20 and I could burn in gentle sun. I basically spend summer sprinting from one patch of shade to the next

I suspect I've got my oriental genes to thank that I tan relatively easily, and don't burn but rather the tan then turns grim and flakes off after a while if I've had too much exposure