I started using Burt's Bees Chemical-Free Sunscreen SPF 30 a few summers ago, the summer I like to call my summer of volleyball. I'd stay outside from 9am to 5pm, playing sand volleyball pickup games. Sure, we'd take a lunch break or sit out a few games in the shade, but I was fully exposed to the sun's rays in a Texas summer for many hours a day. Going without sunscreen is never an option.
It was around the same time I started learning all about physical barrier sunscreens versus chemical ones, and I decided that I needed to use a physical barrier sunscreen--that's the kind where zinc sits on your skin rather than being absorbed. The downside? The white residue. After trying some serious duds (how awkward is white sweat rolling down your body?), I tried the Burt's Bees Chemical-Free Sunscreen SPF 30.
Pros: It stays on through hours of beach volleyball and doesn't have bad chemicals to seep into my skin. I did reapply, but I also never got sunburned.
Cons: It's thick and leaves a little bit of a white residue, but not nearly as bad as most other brands.
Bottom line: I'd say that the Burt's Bees Chemical-Free Sunscreen SPF 30 is a great all-natural choice and probably the cheapest you're going to find without chemicals, at $15 for 3.5 ounces. Honestly, I prefer the SkinCeuticals SPF 50 for daily use on my face, but I'm not going to spend $50 to cover my body in it. For that, there's Burt's Bees!
Ingredients: Active ingredient: titanium dioxide (8.58%)
Inactive Ingredients: water, cannabis sativa (hemp) seed oil, glycerin, stearic acid, fragrance, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, hydrated silica, sucrose distearate, calendula officinalis (calendula) flower extract, crataegus oxyacanthus (hawthorn) stem extract, hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel) extract, hydrastis canadensis (golden seal) extract, symphtum officinale (comfrey) extract, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, alginic acid, acacia senegal gum, xanthan gum, beta carotene, sucrose stearate, lecithin, aluminium hydroxide, sodium borate, glucose, sodium chloride, canola oil, glucose oxidase, lactoperoxidase
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