|
|
 |
|
This is the ultimate in organic skin friendly sun protection for all the family.
Essential cares sun protection cream is free from synthetic sun filters or preservatives, pesticides or petrochemicals, and instead is bursting with nature's most protective and nourishing organically grown ingredients.
The cream is water-resistant, easy to apply and does not whiten the skin. It is 100% gentle, suitable for challenged skin, babies and children. We do recommend that you always do a patch test on sensitive skins first.
Clinically tested to SPF 8 with a superior UVA star rating.
Active Botanicals:
Microfine zinc oxide - which is unique in not only providing full UVB (burning range) protection but also across the full UVA spectrum (which is responsible for the deep tissue damage that can result in skin cancer). Zinc is photostable and a skin-beneficial mineral, in fact the only sunscreen ingredient that is recommended by the American FDA for use on compromised or challenged skin. It is not absorbed into the skin cells or body and works by acting as a physical barrier on the skin that deflects the sun's rays. We chose zinc oxide over the other mineral sunscreen titanium dioxide because titanium absorbs 70% of UV light, so functions more as a chemical sunscreen rather than a physical one, and can also induce free radical activity.
It also contains a moisturising plant oil base of coconut and jojoba which offer mild-sunscreening properties, are photostable and help protect against free-radical damage with their high antioxidant vitamin content
Organic shea butter, used for centuries in Africa to protect skin from the sun
Packed with therapeutic phytobotanicals: organic sea buckthorn, calendula and rosemary that are antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and soothing for the skin.
How to be safe in the sun:
Some sunlight is healthy for us because it allows the body to create beneficial vitamin D. But allow your self to be exposed to too much and it will age your skin, no matter how good your sunscreen.
Sunscreens should only be used as a means of skin protection in your normal daily activities. The best protection is to Cover up and not stay out in the sun for prolonged periods, particularly from midday to early afternoon. this especially applies to small children.
Apply sunscreen regularly and particularly after swimming or bathing. Always be particularly careful with babies and small children whose skin is 4-5 times thinner and more delicate than adult skin.
Modern advice encourages people to use a high SPF cream, but this can be misleading. The most crucial protection in terms of skin cancer is from the sun's UVA rays which has little to do with the SPF!
|