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These brands of sun protection are better for your body.
When you’re stocking up on sunscreen, be sure to select brands free of harmful chemicals. As author Gillian Deacon points out in her book There’s Lead in Your Lipstick: Toxins in Our Everyday Body Care and How to Avoid Them, some of the most popular brands contain such baddies as parabens (hormone-disrupting preservatives) and polyethylene glycol (listed as PEG with a number beside it), which actually makes skin more susceptible to absorbing toxins.
If all this stuff sounds scary, don’t worry, because there are a number of safer sunscreens available for you and your family. Read on for an excerpt from Deacon’s book with a list of skin-friendly sunscreens that really work.
Badger
Where to buy: Well.ca
Rated by the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep database as the best sunscreen on the market, Badger SPF 30 smells great and is easy to apply. Unlike many other zinc-based sunscreens, this one is smooth. As the tube begins to dry out, especially if it’s lasted for use in a second summer, you will need to really rub the cream in or you’ll look like Casper the Friendly Ghost. Badger also makes an after-sun salve called Bali Balm, containing shea butter and cocoa butter, for an extra nourishing skin treat after sun exposure.
UV Natural
Where to buy: Begreencanada.ca
Fragrance-free, this Australian-made SPF 30 cream is smooth and easy to apply, providing excellent hydration, as well as a physical sun barrier with 24 percent zinc oxide.
Mexitan
Where to buy: Grassrootsstore.com
We all know to drink our daily dose of antioxidants in a cup of green tea; now we can apply the same benefits directly to the skin. Using micronized titanium dioxide and zinc oxide, SPF 50 natural sunblock is paraben-free and contains no chemical preservatives; it has an excellent rating with the Environmental Working Group. A very effective sunblock that goes on clear, not white. I send my preteen son to camp with a bottle of this and he actually uses it—a ringing endorsement if ever there was one.
Lavera
Where to buy: Feelgoodnatural.com
Although it does get a good safety rating, this is one titanium dioxide–based sunblock that does not get immediately absorbed, so it leaves that haunting white effect on the skin. It does provide outstanding sun protection, though, so it’s perfect for a day of hiking or working alone in the garden where you don’t care about looking pale. The kids’ version comes in a spray bottle, but it tends to get clogged and end up as more of a dribble than a spray. I find the tubes a better bet.
Kabana Skin Care
Where to buy: Kabanaskincare.com
In response to consumer complaints about the whitening effect of zinc oxide sunblocks, Kabana created a tinted Green Screen with an SPF of 22. With the same 100 percent natural organic ingredients as the SPF 20 version, it is tinted with iron oxide to a warm beige colour. Almost like wearing a foundation with sunblock, this is an ideal choice for facial sun protection, especially for those with slightly darker skin tones.
DeVita
For everyday sun protection on the face, even under makeup, this Solar Protective is an excellent moisturizer with SPF 30 built right in. The zinc oxide in this mineral sunblock is micronized so it won’t leave any white residue; it blends in completely, just like a regular moisturizer. Solar Protective also contains 1 percent hyaluronic acid, a natural antioxidant that holds moisture in the skin; it’s made with grape seed extract as a natural preservative so it’s paraben free. I’ve been using this for a few summers now and it works really well.
Alba Botanica
Where to buy: Well.ca
If you just can’t stand using mineral sunblock for some reason, Sport Sunblock SPF 45 is the safest choice for a chemical screen. It does contain hormone-disrupting oxybenzone, but otherwise has a reasonably low score on the Environmental Working Group’s rating.
From: There’s Lead in Your Lipstick by Gillian Deacon. Copyright Backbone Inc. FSO Gillian Deacon, 2011. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Group (Canada), a Division of Pearson Canada Inc.
Originally published in Todaysparent.com, May 2011
http://www.todaysparent.com/lifeasparent/yourhealth/article.jsp?content=20110330_102142_572&page=1
When you’re stocking up on sunscreen, be sure to select brands free of harmful chemicals. As author Gillian Deacon points out in her book There’s Lead in Your Lipstick: Toxins in Our Everyday Body Care and How to Avoid Them, some of the most popular brands contain such baddies as parabens (hormone-disrupting preservatives) and polyethylene glycol (listed as PEG with a number beside it), which actually makes skin more susceptible to absorbing toxins.
If all this stuff sounds scary, don’t worry, because there are a number of safer sunscreens available for you and your family. Read on for an excerpt from Deacon’s book with a list of skin-friendly sunscreens that really work.
Badger
Where to buy: Well.ca
Rated by the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep database as the best sunscreen on the market, Badger SPF 30 smells great and is easy to apply. Unlike many other zinc-based sunscreens, this one is smooth. As the tube begins to dry out, especially if it’s lasted for use in a second summer, you will need to really rub the cream in or you’ll look like Casper the Friendly Ghost. Badger also makes an after-sun salve called Bali Balm, containing shea butter and cocoa butter, for an extra nourishing skin treat after sun exposure.
UV Natural
Where to buy: Begreencanada.ca
Fragrance-free, this Australian-made SPF 30 cream is smooth and easy to apply, providing excellent hydration, as well as a physical sun barrier with 24 percent zinc oxide.
Mexitan
Where to buy: Grassrootsstore.com
We all know to drink our daily dose of antioxidants in a cup of green tea; now we can apply the same benefits directly to the skin. Using micronized titanium dioxide and zinc oxide, SPF 50 natural sunblock is paraben-free and contains no chemical preservatives; it has an excellent rating with the Environmental Working Group. A very effective sunblock that goes on clear, not white. I send my preteen son to camp with a bottle of this and he actually uses it—a ringing endorsement if ever there was one.
Lavera
Where to buy: Feelgoodnatural.com
Although it does get a good safety rating, this is one titanium dioxide–based sunblock that does not get immediately absorbed, so it leaves that haunting white effect on the skin. It does provide outstanding sun protection, though, so it’s perfect for a day of hiking or working alone in the garden where you don’t care about looking pale. The kids’ version comes in a spray bottle, but it tends to get clogged and end up as more of a dribble than a spray. I find the tubes a better bet.
Kabana Skin Care
Where to buy: Kabanaskincare.com
In response to consumer complaints about the whitening effect of zinc oxide sunblocks, Kabana created a tinted Green Screen with an SPF of 22. With the same 100 percent natural organic ingredients as the SPF 20 version, it is tinted with iron oxide to a warm beige colour. Almost like wearing a foundation with sunblock, this is an ideal choice for facial sun protection, especially for those with slightly darker skin tones.
DeVita
For everyday sun protection on the face, even under makeup, this Solar Protective is an excellent moisturizer with SPF 30 built right in. The zinc oxide in this mineral sunblock is micronized so it won’t leave any white residue; it blends in completely, just like a regular moisturizer. Solar Protective also contains 1 percent hyaluronic acid, a natural antioxidant that holds moisture in the skin; it’s made with grape seed extract as a natural preservative so it’s paraben free. I’ve been using this for a few summers now and it works really well.
Alba Botanica
Where to buy: Well.ca
If you just can’t stand using mineral sunblock for some reason, Sport Sunblock SPF 45 is the safest choice for a chemical screen. It does contain hormone-disrupting oxybenzone, but otherwise has a reasonably low score on the Environmental Working Group’s rating.
From: There’s Lead in Your Lipstick by Gillian Deacon. Copyright Backbone Inc. FSO Gillian Deacon, 2011. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Group (Canada), a Division of Pearson Canada Inc.
Originally published in Todaysparent.com, May 2011
http://www.todaysparent.com/lifeasparent/yourhealth/article.jsp?content=20110330_102142_572&page=1
