Love Your Skin This Summer

As a boy Mom, I end up spending a lot of time outside. There's just something about the outdoors that boys love. Sticks, mud, bikes, puddles... They just plain love the outdoor life in a way that is so different from the little girls I meet.
 

 I remember almost dying of embarrassment as my boys picked up grass and dumped it on each other's heads saying they were taking showers! I mean, it's the OPPOSITE of a shower! REALLY?! They are going to dump GRASS and DIRT on each other?!
Yep. They are. They are boys. The thing is, I'm still a girl, and I still love my skin and want to keep it young forever (I know it's going to change, but I like to prevent cancer from over exposure to the sun. So, 10 minutes of, nice, Vitamin D rich sunshine and on goes the sunscreen. What I didn't realize for the LONGEST time is that I was actually putting on junk that was more toxic than sun exposure and could actually have cancer causing ingredients in them! I was appalled when I found out!
So, I started my search for a safe sunscreen. When I found one, it was only 10 SPF. I was frustrated and just wanted a safe sunscreen with stronger protection. Then I found out what SPF really means.


Did you ever wonder what the SPF in Sunscreen REALLY means?


I didn’t wonder either, until someone told me! 😳
I just ASSUMED that higher SPF meant more intense protection. I was WRONG! Oops! #knowbetterdobetter
So, what is SPF?
SPF is actually the number of times LONGER you can stay in the sun with that sunscreen than without sunscreen. So lower SPF just means application is needed more frequently. Imagine my relief knowing it was still great protection and my frustration with being led to believe that the higher SPF meant it was STRONGER!
In order to get above 10SPF, you really need to add a lot of cancer causing chemicals. 😬😳😵 Which is counter productive in my thinking. It’s what I am trying to prevent from too much sun exposure, remember?
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Below are the worst sunscreens that are geared towards children:
1 Banana Boat Kids Continuous Spray Sunscreen SPF 100
2 Banana Boat Kids Sunscreen Lotion SPF 100
3 Coppertone Foaming Lotion Sunscreen Kids Wacky Foam SPF 70
4 Coppertone Sunscreen Continuous Spray Kids SPF 70
5 Coppertone Sunscreen Lotion Kids SPF 70
6 Coppertone Sunscreen Lotion Water Babies SPF 70+
7 Coppertone Sunscreen Stick Kids SPF 55
8 Coppertone Sunscreen Stick Water Babies SPF 55
9 Coppertone Sunscreen Water Babies Foaming Lotion SPF 70
10 CVS Health Children’s Sunstick Sunscreen SPF 55
11 Equate Baby Sunscreen Lotion SPF 70
12 Neutrogena Pure & Free Baby Sunscreen SPF 60+
13 Neutrogena Wet Skin Kids Sunscreen Spray SPF 70+
14 Up & Up Kids Sunscreen Sticks SPF 55
Consumer Reports also published a study finding nearly half of the sunscreen products analysts examined don’t meet the SPF listed on their labels.
Source: https://www.news4jax.com/health/study-names-14-most-dangerous-sunscreens-for-children
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