Since I wear a hat on the walks with the dog and have a beard for a few years now I'm pretty covered on the UV side of things. But I noticed last year I was getting very damaged lips, then it dawned it was a sort of sun burn. I was blaming the wind, but why on earth would I not get damaged lips in winter when I've been up in force 9 where I couldn't walk upright to summit the cairn and nary a chap to a lip.
The price was a real bonus.
The price was a real bonus.
Lots of folks never think about protecting their lips from the sun. I've never liked lipstick, always preferring lip balms and those are easy to get with a decent SPF.
ReplyDeleteYou got a bargain there!
I think perhaps it was pretty over priced to start with. Sun block is here. I'd say ML per ML it's more expensive because it's treated as a medicine here and in the UK.
DeleteThat seems to be a good deal, but can't you just find a lip balm (like chapstick) with a spf in it? I use Chapstick and buy three and five packs of the stuff for a couple of dollars. That way I have a lot and can have it everywhere I need it.
ReplyDeleteBack when I was riding, we went a horse show at the beach and the wind was really whipping around. I have been addicted to chapstick for years and years, but had left it home on this trip. In my grooming box I had a box of vaseline and would put that on to moisten them and then go out in the wind and the sun not even thinking. Well, duh, that was like putting cooking oil on my lips and they just kept getting worse and worse, eventually blistering, until I realized what I was doing. Since then, I keep tubes of chapstick everywhere so I always have it. Lips definitely need the protection!
Yeah I've bought the multipack too. But in general we don't need to bother.
DeleteBut I think I've made a mistake here. Thought it was that zinc based covering like you see sometimes on the TV. But it isn't. It's just a few grammes of lotion AND a tiny lipbalm. It's the lotion that's the SPF 50. Basically meaning that at 1.50 it's expensive. :-D
Here in the States, there was a recent study that found that as much as 50% of all sunscreen on the market was half as effective as they advertised. It also seemed to be somewhat random with some products from some manufacturers being okay and others at the same manufacturer being ineffective as advertised. I'm not sure where I am left but just to continue using those which I've been buying and appear, to me anyway, as being effective.
ReplyDeleteOddly enough the EU makes certain that if any company plays fast and loose it and the directors will pay big time. While the banking legislation in the US is shit hot here not so much, but customer protection is streets ahead.
DeleteIsn't it odd. But today when we are soooooo aware of skin cancer that we slather Factor Gazillion on kids but forget they require Vit D. And while one is a 1/1000 bet of getting cancer, the Vit D deficiency will do some really nasty things to them.
My doctor tells me to go outside in short sleeves without sunscreen, midday, for at least 15 or 20 minutes exactly for that reason - to get the Vit. D.
DeleteYeah. I'm thinking of going buy a 10 min of sunbed time next autumn and winter. It's getting to a point where it's just not funny the drop in mood. Not depression, but a lower gear, if you know what I mean.
DeleteI'm guessing there will be fines involved over here as well but since the story just broke, it may be awhile.
DeleteI'm very fair skinned but I do go out here and there without sunscreen so I'm sure I get plenty of Vit. D. However, I wouldn't consider going to the beach in the summer without a half gallon of sunscreen to slather on as soon as I get out of the car.
Skiing at high altitudes--better wear lip protection even if you have everything else covered!
ReplyDeleteNot something I've ever done truth be told.
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