Common Sense Sun Care and Homemade Sunscreens – Now Available! Automatic PDF download through e-junkie.

Year after year, new research and technologies unveil the latest findings related to sunscreen use and UV effects. Physicians, government regulators, manufacturers, and environmental groups all weigh in on the latest sunscreen debate. Yet with so much information, [...]

Knowing that regular zinc oxide was used as a sunscreen many decades ago just isn’t convincing enough to many people that it is an effective sunscreen. You want research, data, proof. I get it. Plain zinc oxide is not currently marketed as a sunscreen so there are no current data or research [...]

Before we talk about uva testing, let’s examine why we think uva protection is important and how that relates to sunscreen use.
UVA rays penetrate deeper into the skin layer than UVB rays. Excess exposure to UVA rays may cause premature skin aging, wrinkling, and cell damage and to a lesser degree than [...]

Update: Common Sense Sun Care and Homemade Sunscreens – Now Available! Automatic PDF download through e-junkie.

A slight delay in launching the sunscreen report to answer an important question. I’m sure you are wondering…
How do you know your homemade sunscreen is effective if there are no testing and you don’t know the SPF?
To answer, [...]

I’m working hard to complete my in-depth report on sunscreen. Lots of good stuff including recipes and sun care tips. And, it will cost much less than you’d spend on sunscreen this year. So, I won’t be posting much here until I finish, hopefully before the end of this month! There I [...]

Your first line of sun protection should not be sunscreen. It should be protective clothing. In recent years, we have seen an explosion of expensive high UPF rated sunwear. If you have minimum sewing skills, you can easily make your own rash guard.
Rash guard UV protective shirts are simply regular t-shirts or [...]

Another common question from the perceptive readers…
So what’s the difference between a zinc oxide based sunscreen and diaper rash ointment? Not much! Just marketed differently.
The main difference is in the base. Diaper rash ointments have little to no water content and sunscreen base usually has water listed as the first ingredient. [...]

Okay, I’ve received a ton of questions, both online and offline regarding sun protection. I thought I’d let you in on my latest project: my e-report on the cheapest and safest sunscreen. Yes, you can find the basics if you dig through my old posts. But in this upcoming report, I will [...]

Short answer is no. But if you are going to use nano-sized/micronized/ultrafine zinc oxide commercial sunscreens, use the lotion or cream and not the spray kind. When nano-sized zinc oxide particles were first introduced in sunscreen, there were some concerns that these ultrafine particles would absorb into the skin causing more harm than [...]

My earlier post discussed sun protection and an easy way to make sunscreen with zinc oxide. Those lotion base are fine for daily use, but if you want more of a water-resistant sweatproof formulation for active outdoor use, try this barrier cream with beeswax. Using a beeswax/borax emulsifier combination helps the cream stay [...]