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Try paper parasols
Nadine Kam
for sun protection
Star-BulletinPoor Ponce De Leon. He crossed oceans on galleon decks looking for the fountain of youth and never suspected that 500 years later, we've learned that he would have done better by staying out of the sun. While that advice won't add years to one's life, it is good for a 20-year reprieve from looking old, and that is enough for a lot ) of people.
Our society spends millions of dollars on cosmetics and plastic surgery trying to erase the wrinkles that form due to squinting in the sun, as well as those liver and age spots formerly known by a cuter name, freckles.
Why erase when the smart person can take a preemptive stance? Take Baz Luhrmann's advice from last summer and exercise your right to wear sunscreen, and always carry a big umbrella.
Many will try to enlist their rainy day umbrella for the job, but there's nothing fashionable about carrying a black umbrella, unless you're a Goth or Johnny Cash.
More appropriate for a non-rainy day may be paper umbrellas available in a few Chinatown stores. There are all-bamboo versions made in Thailand, with a tie-dye pattern, or made-in-China bamboo and paper versions painted with a bamboo motif, which are easier to open.
At the Chinatown Gift Shop in Maunakea Marketplace, a 24-inch umbrella which covers head and shoulders is $5; a standard size version is $6.
The umbrellas are opaque, so you'll still see some light coming through. If you don't want those rays ricocheting off the sidewalk bouncing off the underside of your umbrella and hitting you in between, it's possible to take a paintbrush and black acrylic to the underside of the umbrella.
A smart person can't be too careful.
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