I’ll never forget the first time my husband attempted to put tinted mineral sunscreen on his face. We were in Costa Rica, and he walked…
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I’ve done hundreds of hours of research on sunscreens. I’ve visited the local morning news multiple times to share sunscreen information. And most importantly, my…
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If you just want the quick guide to the best reef-safe sunscreens, see my top recommended brands on my sunscreen review! If you want to…
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I lend out sunscreen all the time. When you’ve tested over 120 brands, you have tins and bottles and tubes all over your house. We…
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When it comes to mineral sunscreen versus chemical sunscreen, the winner is clear in my book. It’s not always easy to explain in a clear,…
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If I go down in history as the Wikipedia of mineral sunscreens, I might be just a little proud of that moniker. Since 2010 my…
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My family has tested over 100 natural mineral sunscreens over the years and inevitably, we’ve found some we just don’t love as much as our…
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When you test over 100 sunscreens, some make the top recommended “best natural mineral sunscreen” tier which is highly coveted and quite a small group,…
The news is always depressing, but sometimes it really makes me angry. This time everyone is finally hearing what I’ve been saying for years about…
I’ve been saying for YEARS that we must stop using conventional sunscreen because of its endocrine disrupting quality (and other reasons). As of last month,…
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Remember last year when Hawaii banned some conventional sunscreen ingredients that were totally toxic to the coral reefs? And now last month the FDA is…
Crazy but true – our family really has tested and reviewed over 120 natural mineral sunscreens over the last 10 years, and we know the…
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Does sunscreen cause cancer? Like almost any topic in the field of health and wellness, it seems there is a tangled web of research and…
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I know how you feel. It seems like every time you turn around, you hear how this or that totally normal thing that you do…
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Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to prepare for the inevitable red cheeks, singed shoulders or peeling nose this summer. Today we’re talking…
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To sun, or not to sun, that is the question. When I asked companies to partner with me on this sun protection review project (see…
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