How to Prevent Sunburn When Sunscreen Alone Just Isn’t Enough
19.07.2023 - 09:43
/ cntraveler.com
/ Southeast Asia
Blame it on my sleeve tattoos and pasty Eastern European roots, but I am fanatical about sun protection. My husband jokingly calls me a “beach goth” because I’m the only person he knows who covers themselves head-to-toe in the Caribbean or anywhere else with intense heat and sun. My commitment goes beyond sunscreen though; I also wear UV-blocking makeup, wide-brim hats, and full-coverage swim gear, some of which I discovered while living abroad in super-sunny Southeast Asia. My 17-month-old toddler, Julian, is just as ghostly as I am, so I go to great measures to protect him as well. What follows are an array of sun-shielding products that have served my vampiric family well in recent years, in case you too are on the hunt for more ways to protect your skin from the sun.
I recently fell in love with Naked Sundays, a vegan brand based in Australia, which has the strictest SPF rules anywhere in the world. I start by applying the antioxidant-rich Naked Sundays 100% Mineral Collagen Glow priming lotion. The silky-smooth formula dries instantly and invisibly, with no white cast. I follow this with a dab of Nars Pure Radiant tinted moisturizer, an SPF 30 miracle worker that masks redness and evens out my complexion. To protect my lips, I slick on Aquaphor’s Lip Repair stick. Infused with shea butter, it offers broad spectrum SPF 30 protection and layers nicely underneath pigmented lipstick.
UPF stands for Ultraviolet Protection Factor. It differs from the widely familiar SPF (Sun Protection Factor) because it measures the amount of UV radiation that can penetrate fabric. SPF, by contrast, is based on the amount of time it takes for skin exposed to UV rays to burn. The Skin Cancer Foundation puts its coveted Seal of
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