Used Omlet outdoor rabbit run Width 2.2m Height 2.05m Length 3.1m vgc.

[The Dogmother]

I tried P20 on Rosie as it was easier to do the once a day thing rather than re-applying to a squirming child, but she still burned despite having my olive skin. I've returned to using the usual Ambre Solaire SPF30 on both of us.

[Cinnamon]

My girls both like the Ambre Solaire invisible spray,but I really like the Piz Buin one day long cream,which really does only need applying once.

It has a really luxurious feel to it too.

The Ambre Solaire spray is very good for the pool though,as it seems especially waterproof.

[Rhapsody]

P20 rocks- and I speak as someone who as type B albinos in her family!

[Valkyrie]

Gosh I used to use the baby total sunblock 50! Being somewhat pale as a rule that was a must, but it seems that nowadays I don't burn like I used to (just by looking outside) and I seem to be already wind hardened. Must be old age making my skin like leather!!!! I do tend to try and stay indoors when it's really hot though. Must look for P20 for the OH - him with balding head and bare ears. My hair protects my face as it now looks like James May's worst hair day (and nothing like Rhapsody's avatar - although it did at one stage)!

[The Dogmother]

Phil's totally bald (as you might remember) and he always wears a hat when outdoors. I don't know which sunscreen he uses but it's SPF40 and has a matte finish.

[yvonne]

I love P20 (v pale skin which burns easily here) and had it recommended to me about 20 years ago when it could only be found at duty free shops, No idea how it works, but I have never burned with it on (still stupid enough to forget to put it on sometimes though)

[The Dogmother]

One of the youngsters at work has burned her chest quite badly - she has fair skin and manages to get really bad burns every time we see any sun

[Cinnamon]

A girlfriend of mine is Australian,& she sends me the most fantastic gel sun protection,especially for hairy men.

Not that I am a hairy man,but I do live with one

Rubbing cream into a hairy chest is a nightmare ,but the gel is fantastic & they have very cleverly marketed it.

[Valkyrie]

OH is a gorilla - he can rub his own in - yuk!!!

[Yorkshire Pudding]

I was warned that P20 wasn't enough for my littlies as apparently it only protects against one type of UV but not the other. It was bad news as my youngest is a pale skinned freckled blue eyed redhead with eczema and reacted very badly to every other sunscreen we tried. Also my Dad (another redhead) had a lucky escape from a malignant melanoma that his GP spotted just in time so we are very careful about sun protection.

 

Thanks to another Omlet thread I tried The Sun Mousse - designed for people with psoriasis and eczema, it's brilliant - easy to apply, swim proof, very effective (no burning even in intense sun) and non greasy. It also doesn't stain fabrics. I have only found it online but will be buying more this year.

[Valkyrie]

Ah, that's even better - OH has psoriasis.

 

Had mum over yesterday - she announced that her neighbour was lying naked in the garden and it quite shocked her!

[The Dogmother]

I'll have to give that Sun Mousse a try on Rosie - she swims a heck of a lot and despite having my olive skin, I always slather her in sunscreen. P20 didn't really work on her, plus you get that ghastly oily feel before it dries. I shall look out for the SPF30 at the duty free.

[Yorkshire Pudding]

The label recommends you reapply after swimming but our boys are notoriously rubbish at it, and have never burned.

We put it to the acid test 3 years ago, in 35 degree sunshine, for 2 hours sitting in a white stone replica Coliseum. No shade and sunshine reflected from all angles!

We did slap on a second coat, but even DS2 didn't burn and no itchy skin either. Marvellous stuff.

[The Dogmother]

That's good news I'll give it a go and report back - very useful too for days out when you don't want to feel greasy or carry bottles of the stuff.

 

I'm a stickler for good sun protection, despite not burning myself. My younger sister is another matter - believe it or not, she's a blue eyed blonde with my father's fair, freckly Scottish skin - she's very lax about sun protection and it's starting to show now she's in her mid-40s.

[Seagazer]

I was warned that P20 wasn't enough for my littlies as apparently it only protects against one type of UV but not the other. It was bad news as my youngest is a pale skinned freckled blue eyed redhead with eczema and reacted very badly to every other sunscreen we tried. Also my Dad (another redhead) had a lucky escape from a malignant melanoma that his GP spotted just in time so we are very careful about sun protection.

 

Thanks to another Omlet thread I tried The Sun Mousse - designed for people with psoriasis and eczema, it's brilliant - easy to apply, swim proof, very effective (no burning even in intense sun) and non greasy. It also doesn't stain fabrics. I have only found it online but will be buying more this year.

 

I might give that a go for YS as he's got really sensitive skin and has now taken up kayaking. He's already caught the sun from one weekend in March just didn't think about sunscreen. Very naughty. I slathered him in the stuff at the weekend but it does make his skin a bit itchy (Pizbuin) that's about the only one that doesn't really affect him as much as the others.

[beach chick]

has anyone got a link for The Sun Mousse? I've had 2 melanomas, one when I was 26 - which was a really serious one, major surgery - and another one when I was 47, which was a little one. I also have 2 red-headed pale-skinned children!!

 

I threw all last year's sun stuff away a couple of weeks ago, and got caught out with the recent good weather. however none of us burned, so I can only assume we stayed out of it at the right time of day. just stocked up on ambre solaire invisible spray factor 50, which I am hoping is not too gloopy or sticky because I cant bear that feeling - not to mention all the necks of your white t-shirts going a funny colour!

 

the problem I find is managing the paranoia side of it - when the kids were little I was a real stickler for keeping them indoors between 11am and 3pm, and it meant so many days out were spoiled really. when they were smaller, there was a 'no hat, no garden' rule, but I've not been able to enforce that over the last couple of years (now 14 and 12). they are pretty good about swimming in t-shirts in the hottest part of the day, but I still worry - and stupidly, much more about them than myself. even though I know all the rules, I am quite capable of just forgetting, not wearing a hat - although the sea wind means it's hard to keep one on anyway - and I still would love to be just a little bit brown...

 

lily white is ok if you are a nice shade of lily white, but if you are celtic, just crawled out from under a stone and usually look slightly blue, it's not great!! I do try and fake it a bit with that tinted body lotion, but I can even get that to go streaky - and as for fake tan, forget it!

[The Dogmother]

I just ran a google search and came up with a vast number of links.

[beach chick]

thanks claret! I was just being lazy.... well actually multi-tasking!!

[beach chick]

and in fact I've used it before, when it was called Bergaderm.

good product, but not sure I would rely on it for all day use.

[Rhapsody]

I was warned that P20 wasn't enough for my littlies as apparently it only protects against one type of UV but not the other. .

Thats chicken doings. It has both UVA and UVB filters.

[Yorkshire Pudding]

I was warned that P20 wasn't enough for my littlies as apparently it only protects against one type of UV but not the other. .

Thats chicken doings. It has both UVA and UVB filters.

 

I'm sure you are right, but at the time the bottles of P20 I had were labelled in Spanish and Portuguese only and carried no ratings for UVA or B protection, so I wasn't about to take any chances. I'm sure the info and labelling have improved.

The warning came from our GP after spotting my dad's melanoma and asking him what sunscreen he was using to prevent further damage, so we paid heed as you can imagine.