Comments on: It's Eco-Friendly Sunscreen and Natural Bug Repellent Season

By: Painless Ways to “Go” Organic : Eco Child’s Play

Painless Ways to “Go” Organic : Eco Child’s Play — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:11:23 +0000

[...] at the Environmental Working Group’s site. And sent her a link to Jennifer’s great post. She was horrified to see the rating of the product she regularly bought and slathered all over [...]

By: Lora

Lora — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:57:25 +0000

If you don’t like using sunscreen becus it’s full of unwanted chemicals that could harm our skin, may you could try this:

Sunflower oil
Vitamin A, D and E
Coconut Oil
Jojoba Oil
Shea Butter (has a natural spf)
Eucalyptus

n if you do get sunburn
you could mix together

1 part rose water and 1 part aloe vera gel with 5 drops of Lavender oil.

Rose water: Distilled from rose petals, this is mildly sedative, antidepressant and anti-inflammatory. Rose water is mildly astringent.

By: Jennifer Lance

Jennifer Lance — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:14:30 +0000

Thanks for the doing the research Amy! I tried looking on Skin Deep, but I was not as thorough as you were! It’s a shame we can’t just trust companies to disclose the safety of their products or use the terms “eco-friendly” and “natural” appropriately.

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:55:09 +0000

The active ingredients in most of the SmartShield SPF 30 products are actually not so great according to Skin Deep (www.cosmeticsdatabase.com). They use Padimate O (a PABA derivative and rated a “6″ on Skin Deep) and Oxybenzone (an “8″) for their face sticks. You can go here to see their labels (which I had to email them to get – it’s not linked on the site as far as I could see).
http://www.smartshield.com/labels.html