What's the best sunscreen?

I cannot live without sunscreen! I love my Jan Marini Antioxidant Daily Face Protectant, SPF 30 Waterproof. It gives great protection, goes on like silk and doesn't feel heavy at all!

Drugstore sunscreen is sufficient.

Drugstore products include a broad spectrum sunscreen, SPF 30 for everyday and a higher number for use at the beach.

Anthelios by LaRoche Posay is the best. They have developed the only sunscreen that acts on the full spectrum of UV light. Nothing compares to it! And it is finally FDA-approved and available in the US. I used to have to bring it back from Geneva for all of my girlfriends!

SunEssence is the first sunscreen on the market that does not smell like a medicine. Ladies will fall in love with it! I love the SPF 30 in Pink Parfait, and SunEssence, Lip Topping SPF 15 in Spearmint Splurge! SunEssence and Kristy J is the first really feminine sun care line for women with SPF products that are loaded with botanicals and natural extracts and smells like bath and body lotions rather than a medicine box!

The American Melanoma Foundation recommends hats, sunscreen, and sun protection clothing as part of a good skin care regime. With this said, I highly recommend Kristy J Sun Protected Swim and Beach wear for women, it is the first really fashionable line on the market.

It’s important to start at an early age wearing an SPF product daily. In addition, make sure that the product you choose has ingredients that protect from both UVA and UVB rays (for example, Zinc Oxide).

I have also seen bronzing power products that contain SPF - it's a good idea to wear this over your daily SPF moisturizer for added protection.

Particular sunscreens I like are the truly broadspectrum ones - they block the UVA and UVB light.

The first one I like and that I wear everyday is Anthelios by La Roche-Posay. It's really nice because it has the moisturizer with the sunscreen. So for many people, this sunscreen kills two birds with one stone.

Now Anthelios is not waterproof, so that’s not my beach-day sunscreen or the sunscreen I use when I am working out and perspiring heavily or doing water activities.  Before those activities, I use Neutrogena with Helioplex. Helioplex is also broad-spectrum, which is their terminology for their ingredients that provide UVA and UVB coverage.

There are some sunscreens for more sensitive skin individuals. I like zinc oxide or titanium dioxide: they have the ability to be a physical blocker that sit on top of the skin and prevent sunlight from coming through.

I find that people who are very sensitive to chemicals can still use Anthelios and Neutrogena with Helioplex, but for people who are super sensitive, and I’d recommend a zinc oxide or titanium dioxide cream.

MD Forte has a line that’s more office-dispensed, and Blue Lizard would be one that is over-the-counter. 

For so long, we were hitting the UVB pretty well, and that's what the SPF talks about. Well, we now know that UVA is just as bad as UVB, and maybe even worse. It can increase signs of aging and also can lead to skin cancer over the long haul. So, you really need protection from both, and that's where we have that misnomer that "Oh, I have a high SPF, and I'm covered with UVA." Well, no, that covers UVB, not UVA, so these newer sunscreens, the Anthelios and the Neutrogena with Helioplex, are really good broad-spectrum sunscreens.