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Topic: Sunscreen?  (Read 6775 times)

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I just used Zinka for the first time on a week of surfing in Nicaragua (about 30 hours in the water), did not get burned. Best I have ever used.


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I should give the Raw Elements stuff a try, but in general I'm also a sunscreen hater.  I sweat too easily and it runs into my eyes and is irritating.  I use a big floppy ugly hat now and a UV Buff like FishingAddict and sunglasses.  But if I'm going to be in the direct sun, I stay as fully covered as possible.

The zinc oxide sunblock that I've used doesn't run like ordinary sunblock. Anyways, I cover up everywhere except nose and cheeks, so even if it did run a little, it should not get into my eyes (which is indeed irritating, in every sense of the word...).
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I once maced myself with spray on sunscreen... it was no bueno  :smt009 But covering up has worked pretty well for me, even in Hawaii.  I don't look cool, but it's nice to not get burned or maced.
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You could just smear Skittles all over before going into the sun. Titanium dioxide is what makes sun screen screen the sun.

A lawsuit filed Thursday in northern California federal court alleges that Skittles candies, which boast the slogan “taste the rainbow” on account of their many colors, contain a “known toxin” called titanium dioxide, rendering them “unfit for human consumption”.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jul/15/skittles-mars-lawsuit-titanium-dioxide-toxin

They may be unfit for consuming but they should be good for smearing on a rainbow sun screen. Back to my morning coffee.  :smt003


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You could just smear Skittles all over before going into the sun. Titanium dioxide is what makes sun screen screen the sun.

How about if I eat a ton of skittles and then sweat a lot. Will that work too?
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