Tips + Tricks: Protecting YOUR Skin

Tips + Tricks: Protecting YOUR Skin

As the sun is finally peaking out from those spring clouds, we wanted to spend today’s post discussing important skin care tips for you and your family this summer.

According to the American Academy of Dermatology here are some basic guidelines when effectively protecting your skin:

1. Choose sunscreen that has an SPF of 30 or higher, is water resistant, and provides broad-spectrum coverage, which means it protects you from UVA and UVB rays.
2. Apply sunscreen generously before going outdoors. It takes approximately 15 minutes for your skin to absorb the sunscreen and protect you. If you wait until you are in the sun to apply sunscreen, your skin is unprotected and can burn.
3. Use enough sunscreen. Most adults need at least one ounce of sunscreen, about the amount you can hold in your palm, to fully cover all exposed areas of your body. Rub the sunscreen thoroughly into your skin.
4. Apply sunscreen to all bare skin. Remember your neck, face, ears, tops of your feet and legs. For hard-to-reach areas like your back, ask someone to help you or use a spray sunscreen. If you have thinning hair, either apply sunscreen to your scalp or wear a wide-brimmed hat. To protect your lips, apply a lip balm with a SPF of at least 15.
5. Reapply sunscreen at least every two hours to remain protected, or immediately after swimming or excessively sweating.

Here at Teen with a Dream we LOVE Beauty Counter’s “Protect All Over Sunscreen” SPF 30.

What makes Beauty Counter’s sunscreen different from others? 
Many sunscreens use chemical sun blockers like oxybenzone, which soaks through skin, triggers allergic skin reactions, and may be a hormone disruptor. Protect All Over uses non-nano zinc oxide, which is an effective, natural, and safe mineral sun blocker.

Protect All Over’s non-nano UVA and UVB formula also includes aloe vera that hydrates skin and green tea and blood orange extracts that supply antioxidants.

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