While you should be applying sunscreen year-round, you’ll particularly need to up your sunscreen game during the summer—especially if you’re planning beach trips and pool days! Sunscreen can help reduce the risk of skin cancer and premature signs of aging… but only if you use it the right way. Yes, there’s a right way (and subsequently, a wrong way)to apply sunscreen! We love this EltaMD guide with useful tips on applying sunscreen. Save it for the next time you plan on spending a few hours outside this summer—and especially on Don’t Fry Day, which is Friday, May 27, 2022!
Important Takeaways:
- Use about 1 oz. of sunscreen for your entire body
- Wait 15 minutes before sun exposure to let the sunscreen soak in
- Make sure to get every inch of your body (Don’t forget behind your ears, your scalp, and the bottoms of your feet!)
- Use a sunscreen with at least 30 SPF
- Reapply every two hours, or more if you sweat or get wet
Additional SPF Protection
You can protect your skin even more from the sun by using products with SPF in them. Lucky for you, we carry tons of great products that offer built-in SPF—especially EltaMD, which are all broad-spectrum and trusted by dermatologists. And fun fact: All EltaMD lotion and cream sunscreens and UV Aero spray sunscreens have earned the Skin Cancer Foundation Seal of Recommendation as effective UV protectants! You can trust them to keep you protected all summer long. 😉
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