its funny reading Stranger Things fanfic and they have one of the teens yell at the kids to reapply sunscreen
like
yall, in the early to mid 80s my mum was liberally coating herself in baby oil so she'd burn faster
the liberally applied sunscreen didnt really start to happen until the late 80s-early 90s
if youre going for accuracy, theyd apply zinc to kids' noses and ~maybe~ a hat
and if they Did wear sunscreen it was put on in the morning and never reapplied
(has my mum had over 80 moles cut out since then? yes. did they know it was damaging their skin? the average person had no idea. thats why all those sun safety ads and public awareness campaigns were run in the 90s. especially in Australia. )
and there was one fic where steve was telling one of the kids how to not damage their curls
like
noooooo
frizz was the Goal in the 80s
you wanted your hair to look big and fried
like, they back-combed it and sprayed half a can of lacquer to make it solid
there was no gentle curly girl method like nowadays
a giant matted mess was Ideal



















