A sunscreen that tells you when to protect your skin
Beauty in Seattle on Jul 3, 2007
What if your sunscreen could tell you it's time to apply. An Australian sunscreen called Blue Lizard has a bottle that changes blue when exposed to UV rays.
Very cool, but what's inside? According to the Blue Lizard website, the sunscreen contains high concentrations of Zinc Oxide and Titanium Dioxide which reflect harmful sun rays. In contrast, "Cheaply made, higher SPF sunscreens are juiced up with chemical absorbers. That means that UV rays have the opportunity to get into the skin, where the chemicals trap it and "trick" your skin into thinking it's not going to burn."
Hate when my skin gets tricked.
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20 Aug 2007
I love the Blue Lizard Sport sunscreen because it's water-resistant and it has zinc oxide, and it's not real expensive! I use it every day on my body (but use Shiseido on my face since the Blue Lizard clogs my pores on my face). Jeni http://www.savvyskin.com
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15 Feb 2008
I have this sunscreen! It is really awesome. When driving near dusk or dawn, or sitting in a house with semi-adequate window shades and drapes, I use the bottle as my UVA geiger counter, and the bottle does not just turn one shade of blue, but darkens in proportion to the intensity of UVA rays hitting it, thus it reveals: UVA is NOT the same all year round, all day long. True, UVA hits you at dawn as well as at midday (whereas UVB is negligible when the sun is just above the horizon at dawn), and at all times in between, but the intensity lessens as the sun lowers in the sky. Definitely cool. Paul