I also don't use it, so I didn't pay too much attention to an article I
read recently, but I do remember that the old fashioned zinc cream was
still the best to use.
In Australia when we first came here 40 years ago it was quite amusing
to see the kids with white noses, and they also could get coloured zinc
cream. Then I didn't notice it any more. Interesting now that they are
all using chemical sunscreens to find that the old one was the best.
If they are out in the mid-day hours they should have hats and shirts.
They will get plenty of incidental D. Only mornings and evenings for
direct sun on the skin. Or so I am led to believe . . . maybe it
depends on your latitude.
R
On 25/05/2010 8:38 AM, bodhisattva wrote:
I haven't found a really good method to make a home-made one..
However, the one recommended as the most safe is "Baby Blue Lizard",
which we use until such a time I can come up with a recipe. EWG lists
it as the best. It has to be effective, we've tried so much stuff
that was totally natural, but was totally ineffective. Blue Lizard
has some ingedients I do not like, but it is amazingly effective, so
we compromise.. I don't wear sunscreen personally, but the kids do if
they are out for a long time on some days.
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Blue-Lizard-Australian-Sunscreen-SPF-30-Baby-3-oz-/220611121754?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Skin_Care_test&hash=item335d72925a
Lisa wrote:
Hi All,
I'm looking to create a natural sunscreen cream for my kids on those
days that they're out in the sun all day. I do know how important it
is for them to get some sun in order to keep their Vit D stores up:
however, with TBall and beaches etc., I'd like to get them protected
with something that's not full of gunk.
Anybody?
Thanks in advance...
Lisa
