Comments on: Safe Sunscreens for the Family

By: adriana shuman

adriana shuman — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:47:30 +0000

I love this post and my organic children store carries Soleo Sunscreen ! my organic baby and I use it and love it.

By: CaliOaj

CaliOaj — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:54:36 +0000

Where do you get pharmaceutical grade zinc oxide

By: adriana shuman

adriana shuman — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:44:47 +0000

have you heard about Soleo Sunscreen? It is all organic and natural tested by ewg.com . I absolutely love this one.

http://www.summerforkids.com

By: Safe Sunscreens for the Family « Euphoria’s Blog for Green Mamas

Safe Sunscreens for the Family « Euphoria’s Blog for Green Mamas — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:03:46 +0000

[...] and deflect rays. Here’s a list of safe sunscreens from Nature Mom’s Blog post “Safe Sunscreens for the Family” [...]

By: Dr. Josh Axe

Dr. Josh Axe — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:55:53 +0000

The sun is indeed very important to our health, as it’s our main source of Vitamin D. I follow your same line of thought as far as sunscreen use and only ever use it when I know I’ll be in the sun for a very long period of time.

My favorite brands are Jason and Burt’s Bees.

By: Duende

Duende — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:39:27 +0000

What I do is making my own sunscreen – natural, completely chemicals free and cheap. My recipe is:

2 1/2 ounces coconut oil
1 1/2 ounces cocoa butter
1/2 ounce beeswax
4 ounces water
2 tablespoons zinc oxide
25 drops grapefruit seed extract
vitamin E (optional)

Melt oil, cocoa butter & beeswax over medium heat. Add water slowly while mixing – mix until creamy, add other ingredients.

I actually make my own natural baby salves, massage oils, etc. There are some more recipes here: http://www.greenkiddie.co.uk/Cosmetics.php

By: lindsay

lindsay — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:22:36 +0000

I love badger!!! It’s thick but it does the job!!! and great! It actually lsasts a long time and it’s waterproof. I used it in arizona one hot day when it was about 110 deg. and I forgot to re apply after a while and we were outside for 3 hours…We got no burns or even no tan lines…it was awesome!!!

By: Lili

Lili — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:44:13 +0000

Thanks for the post! Green Healthy Baby has their chemical-free sunscreens on sale! Plus, I got a coupon for an extra 10% off with coupon code “Mom10″. I agree with your list– and I really like the Jason sunscreen too.

By: Erin

Erin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:04:03 +0000

Hi K Mac,

Here’s a bit of info on caprylic triglyceride, it’s “fractionaded coconut oil” this is an oil (caprylic trigliceride) that that the micronized zinc oxide comes in from the ingredient supplier to the company (ONEgroup) that manufactures Miessence.

Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, a mixed triester of caprylic and capric acids, is a highly refined medium chain triglyceride (MCT) oil possessing excellent oxidation stability with an almost indefinite shelf life. CCT is a desirable emollient with quick skin penetration and has no color, odor or taste. Great as a dispersing agent and useful as a solvent for vitamins and actives. Excellent as a superfatting oil in soapmaking and improves spreading of skincare formulas. Used in massage, it will not stain sheets. Also called Fractionated Coconut Oil. Cosmetic grade.

By: K Mac

K Mac — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:04:47 +0000

ok, it looks like MiEssence is another safe sunscreen…I just checked it out and need to research capric triglyceride….will post back after I find out more about this ingredient.

K Mac