Sunscreen on my face

[badger]

Since I'm prone to break outs from most sunscreens, I actually use the Mychelle when I swim outdoors (currently only once a week but soon twice a week, 1hr at a time). I don't think it's really meant for swimming, but it does say "reapply after swimming or excessive sweating", so I'm assuming it's at least water resistant to a degree.

I think most sunscreens do need to be reapplied often for it to have proper efficacy.

I only use the Mychelle for my face or it would become very expensive, so I use All-Terrain brand for aqua sports for the rest of my body when I swim. The link I gave you is for land-based sports and I believe this brand also uses mostly natural ingredients, if not all natural. The tubes are pretty small so with the amount I use I won't be able to get the tube to last me the season, but it's pretty cheaply priced. I must put a plug in for iherb.com here as I do all my vitamin and wellness shopping there. Super cheap compared to regular retail stores.

[OakLeaf]

I use All-Terrain brand for aqua sports for the rest of my body when I swim. ... I believe this brand also uses mostly natural ingredients, if not all natural.

Meh. That brand contains octinoxate and oxybenzone so it's not reef safe. (Don't know where you swim though.) And not known to be safe on humans either. May as well save your money and get Coppertone or Hawaiian Tropic, as some greenwashed brand.

Thanks for the link to the Mychelle product. I hadn't seen that on the shelves, but I'm definitely going to look for it. Going to the natural food store for anything besides natural foods drives me crazy, since it seems like 80% of what's on the shelves is totally greenwashed. Put it in an artsy package, put some natural fragrances in it, and charge triple the price of drugstore brands, and people will buy it.

[DeniseGoldberg]

I put lip balm on my eyebrows - not to protect my eyebrows but to create a stopping point for the sunscreen rolling into my eyes. Somehow the sliding sunscreen goes around (and not into) my eyes.

Try it - it really works!

--- Denise

[snapdragen]

I put lip balm on my eyebrows - not to protect my eyebrows but to create a stopping point for the sunscreen rolling into my eyes. Somehow the sliding sunscreen goes around (and not into) my eyes.

Try it - it really works!

--- Denise

This is what my dermatologist suggested, a lip balm with a high spf around the eyes.

[badger]

Meh. That brand contains octinoxate and oxybenzone so it's not reef safe. (Don't know where you swim though.) And not known to be safe on humans either. May as well save your money and get Coppertone or Hawaiian Tropic, as some greenwashed brand.

Hard to know which ones really are safe/good these days with so many conflicting information. Sometimes I wonder if wearing sunscreen/sunblock is really better than wearing nothing considering so many of them contain chemicals that can be carcinogenic or toxic themselves.

I tried using a sunscreen that was rated one of the safest on Skin Deep website. I tried the Keys brand, but it made me nervous as it contains nano particles. It also smelled bad and made me break out even though it claimed to be non comedogenic. It also said it only works if you reapply every 30 minutes...

While at Whole Foods I saw a tin of sunblock from Badger Balm (incidentally that's where I got my username from, I had just discovered Badger Balm). It was basically titanium dioxide and zind oxide. But the little tin cost $28, it would hardly last me one workout at the pool!

[Ann G]

Kjay, thanks for the halo headband idea. I see that they are available on ebay and a few other places too.

[missjulied]

Like Msincredible, I wear mineral makeup too. SPF 30, no running when you sweat. And if you want to rinse your face part way through a ride on a hot day, you can just carry it in your back pocket. Works great for me!

If you don't want any color, you can get the colorescience sunforgettable in "all clear".

[badger]

Meh. That brand contains octinoxate and oxybenzone so it's not reef safe. (Don't know where you swim though.) And not known to be safe on humans either. May as well save your money and get Coppertone or Hawaiian Tropic, as some greenwashed brand.

I was disappointed that I had bought something that wasn't terribly "natural", so when I looked at the All Terrain tube, I noticed that the kind I use for water actually doesn't contain anything terribly icky like octinoxate and oxybenzone, just titanium dioxide and zinc oxide as active ingredients. aquasport

[Resi]

I use SolRX Original, great stuff and I wear a sweatgutr...

www.solrx.com