4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[AJuff]

Warmer weather makes me think of sun screen! Any natural alternatives out there that don't cost the earth?

[Olly]

I wish I could answer that, but I'm watching this with interest! I burn very easily and I never use less than Factor 25 ... would love to find something a bit more 'natural'.

 

(I usually rely on long sleeves, scarves, hats etc!)

[Lapinou]

We use JASON stuff on our children, and there's another one that I can't remember the name is. If you've got a local wholefoods store, you may be able to get some there.

[Lesley]

We use the Cactus Juice range......

 

http://www.cactusjuice.co.uk/acatalog/index.html

[Spike-J]

I burn easily too, but I love the "green people range. Have used the kids sunscreen factor 25 and the adult 22 and both equally good. And I've burnt so badly as a child my face became swollen!

They don't leave your skin feeling greasy, and I haven't suffered bad "prickley heat" which I used to with conventional sunscreen.

 

Spike-j

[Shirl]

We use the Green People stuff too. I wish I had shares in the company because I spend a fortune with them.

[Yolky]

I have to use natural stuff as chemical stuff brings me out in blisters, yuck.

 

I use green people and that is good. I also find the Liz Earle range good too.

[Cinnamon]

I've burnt so badly as a child my face became swollen!

 

 

Spike-j

 

That happened to me in Kos last year - I stoopidly forgot to put any sunscreen on my face

 

THEN I got a mozzie bit right between my eyebrows,so my forehead swelled & I looked like Manimal.

 

I have some photos,but they are not for public comsumption

[Guest]

Eating tomatoes daily is supposed to give your skin some protection too.

[flapjack]

I am allergic to the lot of them so it's long sleeves, hats and staying in the shade for the hottest part of the day. Sometimes it is unavoidable and i get burnt

 

Would love to hear of a natural way to protect my skin without using a cream formula concocted by someone else...i make my own moisturiser anyway, wonder if there's something I could add to it. Do you think I could add some titanium dioxide? Only it's toxic if inhaled. Hmmm. I know that some of the big companies are developing creams with nanoparticles of glass that stop the UV getting through but they will no doubt be suspended in a petrochemical soup