![]() ![]() So I went to their website looking for additional information. This doesn’t appear to be a complete ingredient list since water, emulsifiers and preservatives are not listed. Other Sunscreen Ingredients: Helianthus Annuus (Organic Sunflower) Oil, Cera Alba (Organic Beeswax), CO2 Extracts of Hippophae Rhamnoides (Organic Seabuckthorn), and Calenduls Officinalis (Organic Calendula), Anthemis Nobilis (Organic Chamomile) Essential Oil, and Tocopherol (Sunflower Vitamin E). IngredientsĪctive Sunscreen Ingredient: Non-Nano, Uncoated Zinc Oxide 18.75% Reapply: After 40 minutes of swimming or sweating. For children under 6 months of age: ask a doctor. ![]() For full protection, apply liberally (2mg/cm2 of skin) to all exposed skin 15 minutes before sun exposure, then rub in to reduce whitening effect. It’s better to say something like “use a shot glass full for your body” or something like that. I don’t think that “2mg/2cm2 of skin” gives most people a reference point for how much to use. The label provides clear directions on product use, except for the dosing part. Badger Baby Sunscreen Creamīadger Baby Sunscreen is a beauty best seller on Amazon. Want more consumer news? Visit our parent organization, Consumer Reports, for the latest on scams, recalls, and other consumer issues.Remember, you can support the Beauty Brains by purchasing any of the products we review or ANY product using our Amazon link. Since CR could not possibly test every sunscreen there is, it recommends that when you go looking for protection this summer, you seek out a product that claims broad-spectrum protection, is water resistant, and has a stated SPF of at least 40.įor more on sunscreens, including how CR tested the products, go to. The most expensive sunscreen in the test, California Baby SPF 30+ ($6.90/oz.) only received a “Good” rating on tests for protection against UVA rays and a “Poor” rating for staining fabrics. Some of the higher-priced products in the survey, like Badger Unscented SPF 34 lotion ($5.52/oz.) and the aforementioned All Terrain AquaSport SPF 30 lotion ($4.33/oz.) di not do well on tests for protection against UVB rays, says Consumer Reports. ![]() it’s not much more expensive than the others in its range of scores, like the Continuous Spray Sport SPF 50 from Walgreens which had the fourth-highest overall score and sells for around $1.33/oz. The Target spray goes for about $1.16/oz.Ĭoppertone Water Babies 50 lotion was the only non-store brand to crack the top four, and at $1.38/oz. At only $.47/oz., the Walmart lotion was also labeled a “Best Buy” by CR. Target’s UP & UP Sport SPF 50 spray had the highest overall score, followed by Walmart’s Equate Ultra Protection Sunscreen SPF 50 lotion. Three of the four top-scoring products in the test were store brands from large national chains. This product also had the lowest overall score on the Consumer Reports list. Only one product - All Terrain AquaSport SPF 30 - scored a Fair rating in that category. The good news is that eight of the 12 tested products scored Very Good ratings when it came to protecting against UVA and UVB rays. Our less-sunburned cousins at Consumer Reports recently put a dozen sun-protection products to the test and the ones that came out on top were also among the least expensive. ( frankieleon.)If you think you get what you pay for when you buy sunscreen, you might be in for a surprise.
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