The healthiest sunscreen

Why is suncream important?

Sun cream is extremely important because it protects your skin from the suns ultraviolet rays, which reduces the chances it of it damaging your skin and then getting skin cancer.

The rays are known as UVA & UVB, damages from the sun can be in the form of skin discolouration, dark spots, sagging or leathery skin, and wrinkles. UV rays are a type of radiation and sun cream is essentially the shield that protects us.

What is bad about commercial suncreams?

Well, the answer is simple. Plenty of commercially made sun creams can contain harsh chemical ingredients. These are actually carcinogens, some of these include but are not limited to: oxybenzone, avobenzone, octisalate, octocrylene, homosalate, and octinoxate.

A carcinogen is a substance capable of causing cancer in live tissue. Why use commercial sun cream if it creates all of these problems? Well, most of the commercial ones are purchased for two main reasons.

  • Commercial sun cream is usually made by a big company that has likely marketed there product to come across to the consumer as healthy, trustworthy and to be good for you. This has been done by spending lots of money to earn your trust, and when people buy it, we follow just like the sheep that follow the herd. What I recommend to you, is to step away from what everyone else is doing and to think for yourself.
  • Due to all of the chemicals inside to preserve it and stop it spoiling this makes it have a very long expiry date which in form makes it cheaper to sell to the consumer market, and that alone will boost the popularity. Especially considering that people are thinking about cost in money over the cost of health.

I understand that buying a more expensive product may not be as affordable, however, if your health is on the line, it’s worth the cost.

The best sun creams for health

They do not contain any carcinogen ingredients, all ingredients used are natural and do work extremely well with an SPF of 25. Both of these products ‘Won the Green parent – natural beauty Gold awards of 2018. For these reasons, both of these products are the best suncreams for health.

Green people sun cream

green people sun cream 

  • Award winning
  • Water resistant
  • 30 SPF
  • 200ml

Shade sun cream

Shade sun cream

  • Award Winning
  • Four Ingredients (Coconut oil, Shea butter, Beeswax, Zinc oxide)
  • Unscented & Organic
  • 25 SPF
  • 100ml
  • Plastic free packaging

This one is my personal favourite, very easy to apply. It is not harsh on the little one’s skin and comes in an eco-friendly tin. I chose these because they have only natural ingredients.

It started when I took my daughter to school, she had one of the leading branded creams in her bag for the teacher to apply if they went outside. When I picked her up, her face was in a bad way. The teacher was worried about her face but didn’t call me, despite her skin being in a blistery rash. I told them that I would get her a better sunscreen because clearly, she has had a bad reaction to it. I told them to keep her out of the sun and don’t put sunscreen on her until this better one would come in the post.

After searching online and posting on social media about my daughters face. Many people replied, you should get a different suncream that has “all-natural ingredients”, and the links started flying around. I chose the product with the highest ratings. Since swapping to use the healthier alternative, her face has never flared up like that again.

This new suncream contained no chemicals at all, but allergies to the following should be checked carefully. Sun cream should always be applied, and as directed by the manufacturer. If you’re going to be spending a lot of time in the sun, you will need a cream to protect your skin. Why not choose one of the best sun creams for health.

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