![]() I love the mineral stick as it’s easy to apply and great for the face and body (and easy to keep in your purse or beach/park bag). The line features everything from tinted products for the face to unscented sunscreen for the whole family to SPF lipstick. Suntegrity : This line came recommended by my holistic esthetician.Beaut圜ounter also makes a tinted moisturizer with SPF called Dew Skin. The sunscreen options range from SPF 15-30. Beaut圜ounter sells a variety of application options. I didn’t continue using it due to the price ($32!) and the fact that I can only order through the Beaut圜ounter website. Beaut圜ounter : I used Beaut圜ounter sunscreen a couple of summers ago and was pleased with how well it works.The sunscreen options range from SPF 18-50. The sunscreen butter, which is my favorite in the line, is labeled “very water resistant” and “reef friendly.” All Good also makes tinted lip balm with SPF 15. All Good : This company sells squeeze tubes, sticks, and metal tin options.The sunscreen options range from SPF 15-35. The products are available at most health food stores and on Amazon. Badger : I’ve used the Badger line of sunscreen products on my kids for several years.It’s easy to find at most health food stores and Whole Foods or on Amazon. Think Sport or Think Baby : Currently, this is my favorite sunscreen.You can search how well your sunscreen scores using this link (use the search bar “search for your sunscreen”). The score increases from there based on concerning ingredients used. 1 is considered the best score for a product. I’ve included the EWG score for each brand/product. The products listed below are my favorite sunscreen options. I’ve also found that most of these mineral-based products need to be applied a few times during the day, especially if you’re swimming. This is only true with traditional sunscreen, not tinted moisturizers, facial products, or tinted lip balms. Most mineral-based sunscreen products start off very white on the skin so it’s easy to tell when you need to apply more. ![]() If you want to learn how to read sunscreen labels, This Organic Girl (a friend of mine and also a podcast guest) wrote this fantastic article.Ī quick note about using non-toxic sunscreen options. The Environmental Working Group wrote an informative article about key chemicals used to make sunscreen products and rated each chemical based on safety. ![]() The concern is NOT chemicals (back to high school chemistry class: everything has a chemical composition) rather, it’s the effect particular chemicals may have on the body (such as disrupting hormones). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in an attempt to determine their ‘chemical body burden.’ The results of the CDC study were stunning: even those who lived in remote areas were found to have hundreds of synthetic chemicals in their bloodstream. More disturbingly, this chemical exposure begins even before we take our first breath- an astounding 287 chemical toxins have been detected within the umbilical cord blood of newborns.”Īnd according to the Environmental Working Group, “In recent FDA testing, all non-mineral sunscreen chemicals absorbed into the body and could be measured in blood after just a single use, and many sunscreen ingredients have been detected in breast milk and urine samples.” ![]() “Over the past 15 years, more than 10,000 Americans have had their blood tested by the U.S. Ursa Major shares in an article titled How Do Toxics Enter Our Bodies?
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