Summer Favourites - Sunscreen

Hopefully this nice sunny weather is here to stay!

With this comes the constant application of sunscreen. Last year I had posted a few blogs about sites with information on safe sunscreen and also a site where you could check how safe the sunscreen you use is.

As a reminder or refresher here are those links:

http://mommiesfavourites.blogspot.com/2010/05/safety-favourites-sunscreen.html

http://mommiesfavourites.blogspot.com/2010/06/favourite-website-skin-deep.html

http://mommiesfavourites.blogspot.com/2010/06/sunscreen-information.html


From all of this research I ended up picking up some Badger sunscreen for H last summer and will be using the same stuff again this summer!

Check the links out as you may be surprised about the sunscreen you are currently using!

Sunscreen Information

To go along with our sunscreen discussions, Andria has passed on another great blog where the author has written more about sunscreen safety and what not.

http://mommyfootprint.com/non-toxic-sunscreen-for-kids-badger-california-baby-blue-lizard-trukid

If you scroll down to the reader comments there are some more recent ones that list places where you can purchase some of the suggested sunscreens in her blog. One of them is http://well.ca/categories/sun-block_1016.html - I will be purchasing some Badger from them tonight (before all of you buy them out!)

**Just placed my order and they are offering FREE SHIPPING right now!!**

Safety Favourites - Sunscreen

The poll question this week has really got some of you mommies out there talking... Thanks to Jana who sent me this link, www.ewg.org, where you can see how the sunscreen that you are currently using is ranked? I was SHOCKED to see that the Aveeno Baby Sunscreen I was using was rated a 7 (avoid) as it contains a synthetic estrogen that can be absorbed into the skin and that it's SPF rating of over 50 is misleading - that anything over 50 isn't accurate. Thanks to all of you who are voting on your favs, the suggestions and what not.

Check out this site to see how your sunscreen rates - I know that I will be changing brands immediately!