But, don’t get too comfortable because
UVA never ceases its attacks on our delicate skin!
Which sun care product fits your lifestyle?
doubles as a morning moisturizer thanks to its super sheer formula and light texture. Nervous that you’ll smell like a coconut? Don’t be! The scent is clean and refreshing, not “beach-y.”
Calming Soothing and Healing Spray is great for the whole family. Designed to heal sunburns with aloe vera, yucca and herbs, it is also extremely hydrating. Take it to the beach and use it as a moisturizing spritzer in place of plain water.
No Fragrance SPF 30+ Sunblock Stick is ideal for little faces and hands (and adults too!) The solid formula gives you precise control over application, plus it won’t drip. Use it for mid-day touchups to your nose, cheeks and other hot spots.
California Baby Designer Sunglasses offer style with a purpose! For newborns to age 2, these sunglasses provide 100% UV protection. Get your kids wearing sunglasses early, and it will become second nature.
Without ample protection from UVA rays, we face serious sun damage including skin wrinkling, sunburn, hyper-pigmentation, and photo-ageing. What is most alarming is that sun damage is accumulated a little each time you are exposed to the sun. The damage is not immediately noticeable. Often one is not aware of the amount of sun damage accumulated until years later, so keeping your children safe from sun damage is in investment in their skin’s health years down the road.
These days we need serious suncare protection to combat the various risks of UV exposure.
The best defense against both UVA and UVB exposure is to stay out of the sun. But life happens and when the summer months approach, it’s a pretty tall order to expect us to stay out of the sun, and so it is recommended that people use a broad-spectrum, non-chemical sunscreen with an SPF of at least 15. For adequate protection against photo-ageing, melanoma, and non-melanoma cancers, everyone over six months of age regardless of their skin color or pigmentation should be wearing a broad-spectrum sunscreen and reapplying it often! Infants, because of their sensitive skin, should be kept out of the sun altogether. Using a broad-spectrum sunscreen is the best defense because it protects the skin from both the UVA and UVB exposures posing a consistent danger to our short and long-term health.
So, why is UVA different? Well, UVA rays are just as intense on a cloudy day as they are on a sunny day! In fact, they remain at a consistent, high level of intensity throughout the day, from season to season, regardless of geographic location.
Choosing the level of protection in a sunscreen is very much dependent on how long you will be exposed to the sun, what type of exposure you will be facing (remember UVA protection is just as important on a gloomy day), and how your skin reacts to sun exposure. The problem with using your experience with sunburn as the sole way of determining which SPF to choose is that most of the visual signals people look for, such as tanning or reddening of the skin, do not tell your skin’s full story. Quite often the skin is experiencing micro-damage that is not readily visible—the type of damage that is most commonly associated with UVA exposure and creeps in through the car window or that lovely ocean-view window at your favorite hotel or restaurant. Remember! SPF30+ for maximum protection for beach, park or poolside and SPF18 for moderate level protection: running errands, lunch or coffee on a sidewalk café.