what is the best method to save you and your skin from sunlight?

I would recommend that you wear a good high SPF sunscreen and also a pair of sunglasses with SPF protection. Wearing a hat can also work to shade your eyes is you are going to be working in the garden or doing some other outdoor activity that involves looking down most of the time. I don't find it works as well if you are looking straight ahead though, because the SPF still gets in.