Protect your skin year-round with a daily SPF beauty routine
Time to break out your sandals and sunnies: beach season is upon us! Though we’re all excited to soak up some Vitamin D this summer, many of us are on a quest for the best SPF products to protect our skin from the sun. The days of lying out for hours to achieve the perfect tan are gone. An increase in the awareness of skin cancer has us slathering ourselves in sunscreen at the first appearance of a freckle, and with good reason.
Contrary to popular belief, harmful UV rays can damage your skin all year long, not just in the summer months, which means covering yourself in a bunch of white goop three months out of the year isn’t helping as much as you thought. Don’t worry, there’s still a way to protect your skin. Research shows that wearing sunscreen on a daily basis can help prevent skin cancer. If that isn’t incentive enough, sunscreen also helps prevent early signs of aging. So before you hit the beach, check out these top five reasons why you should be incorporating SPF into your beauty regimen year-round:
- It protects your skin from harmful UV rays. Broad-spectrum protection helps block UVA and UVB rays from penetrating the skin. According to the American Academy of Dermatology, up to 80 percent of the sun’s harmful UV rays can penetrate your skin even on a cloudy day, so be sure to lather up!
- It stops (and even reverses) the signs of aging. Sunscreen helps prevent wrinkles and fine lines by protecting essential skin proteins such as collagen, keratin, and elastin. To keep your skin looking smooth and healthy, opt for a sunscreen that has titanium oxide in it. Some sunscreens even have anti-aging properties in addition to UV protection. Try our lightweight Pure Mineral Sunscreen, which uses super antioxidant Vitamin C to repair damage from the sun.
- It helps lower the risk of skin cancer. It’s an unfortunate misconception that only fair-skinned people or those who spend hours baking in the sun are at risk for skin cancer. The truth is that anyone can get skin cancer, regardless of age, gender or race, and as many as one in five Americans are estimated to develop the disease in their lifetime. Sunscreens with broad-spectrum protection and an SPF of 30 or higher help protect skin from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays, which reduces the risk for certain types of skin cancers including melanoma.
- It improves the overall health and look of your skin. Aside from protecting the proteins in your skin, Sunscreen can also prevent blotchiness, brown spots, the eruption of red veins, acne, and other sun-induced damage. Try Sunguard from our Special Care line, featuring Zinc Oxide, Titanium Dioxide, Aloe, and Glycerides.
- It prevents sunburn. It may seem like a no-brainer, but no tan is worth the pain and burning red skin left by a nasty sunburn. While it helps to apply sunscreen before heading outside, taking a dip in the pool or sweating during a workout can wash away the protective coating. To avoid this, be sure to reapply sunscreen every two hours.
