What's a good daily sunscreen?

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What’s a good daily sunscreen, with no smell(some either have very strong fragrance like Piz Buin or just smell like an icky chemical mess) and doesn’t burn your skin(I think I have sensitive skin), no nano particles and doesn't feel sticky once applied.
Also no “white face” physical barrier stuff :whistling:

Ideally I don't want to prematurely look like an old prune and also avoid getting skin cancer, I have noticed on my right-hand side, which sits next to the window when driving, is starting to show some sun damage vs the other side. Budget is R200-300

Truck driver's face who never used sunscreen - one side roasted other side still good.

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I use this one on the golf course, or when out for the day.

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FiestaST said:
Sjoe, I can add zero value here.

I am brown & wear zero sunscreen.

I'm not implying brown people don't or should not just that I don't have a hat to throw in this ring.
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Don't worry you can get skin cancer and tan/get skin damage but yeah the actual cancer risk is far less than people on the pink to ghostly pale scale.
 
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Pegasus said:
I use this one on the golf course, or when out for the day.

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Do you use that in midday full blazing summer sun, is SPF 15 enough?
I normally stick with SPF 30, nice middle ground.

That being said SPF numbers are logarithmic :
"The SPF rating only refers to UVB rays. An SPF 15 sunscreen blocks 93% of UVB radiation, and SPF 30 blocks 97%. After that, the difference in protection is small. SPF 50 blocks 98%, and SPF 100 stops 99% of UVB rays from reaching your skin"

I forgot to add to the op which I will do now is it needs to be full spectrum cover.

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This is a great explanation of how SPF works in practise:

The % UVR blocked is not massively different between SPFs 15, SPF 30 and SPF 50.


However, you have to think of it in relative terms: SPF 50 only permits 2/100 photons, while SPF 15 lets in 7/100 photons or nearly twice as much UVR. When UVR is made of millions of photons, this is a big deal for me.


Also, two other factors make the difference in SPF significant and both are behavioural.


1) Applying less sunscreen than is recommended​


we apply less sunscreen than the recommended amount of 2mg/cm2. On average, we apply 0.5 mg/cm2 – 1.2 mg/cm2 which is only a big deal because the SPF varies with thickness as follows:

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Applying 50% of the recommended amount of SPF results in SPF 50 becoming SPF 17-SPF 37, which at its worst is a 65%+ reduction in SPF. SPF 30 becomes SPF 10-SPF 22.


This is why I never recommend low SPF products, because if your SPF 50 product can fall under SPF 20, what hope does SPF 15 product have?

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Difference between SPF 15 and SPF 50

How much UV radiation is blocked by different types of SPF? Does it really matter if its an SPF 15 or an SPF 50?
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FiestaST said:
What about the Clicks or Dis-Chem house brand stuff?

Surely it is 80% there :unsure:
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I have found the cheaper stuff smells really nasty, burns my skin and feels sticky, I also don't need to cover much skin so I'd rather pony up for something decent. It's mainly on my face/ears where I have a problem, on my arms and legs I don't really mind so much using cheapo stuff.
 
airborne said:
Do you use that in midday full blazing summer sun, is SPF 15 enough?
I normally stick with SPF 30, nice middle ground.
That being said SPF numbers are logarithmic :
"The SPF rating only refers to UVB rays. An SPF 15 sunscreen blocks 93% of UVB radiation, and SPF 30 blocks 97%. After that, the difference in protection is small. SPF 50 blocks 98%, and SPF 100 stops 99% of UVB rays from reaching your skin"

I forgot to add to the op which I will do now is it needs to be full spectrum cover.

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Haven’t been burnt yet, and it gets absorbed by my skin in under 10 minutes. No grease.
 
Cetaphil or Estee Lauder if you can afford them .Most decent cosmetic houses have decent stuff that doesnt run ,burn or irritate with daily use .Estee Lauder liquid pump is brilliant sprays a fine mist ,zero irritation .
 
I was going to gooi a comment but this is clearly a white persons problem. My type of problems are normally along the lines of how do I make this R120 stretch till the end of the month.....
 
Eucerin (dry touch or the spray) or heliocare
 
Maybe consider a light tint on your windows to reduce the amount of sun?
 
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