New regulations. Which products are safest? Get ready for summer with our Hawaii sunscreen safety info.
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New regulations. Which products are safest? Get ready for summer with our Hawaii sunscreen safety info.
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A few years ago, I ran out of sunscreen on a trip to Oahu and I bought a bottle of Blue Lizard Australian Sunscreen, Sensitive, SPF 30+ at Longs after reading EWG reviews. It turned my skin white and I looked like a Kabuki actor until it was absorbed but it worked very well. Since then, I buy two of the 8.75 oz bottles at the start of every year to protect my skin on my almost-daily 3 hour bike rides here in Tennessee.
Bravo for Hawaiian Airlines!!! Just FYI, some of the sunscreens listed in the article above, although highly rated by EWG, contain octinoxate which is not reef-safe.
I have used Coppertone’s Pure and Simple Kids lotion for a few years. It is Zinc Oxide based and works well.
Hi Glenn.
EWG says that there are some issues with that product. That a reason we did not list it.
Aloha.
Hello,
I noticed all the sunsceens you have listed are spf 30. We live on the east coast and use 70 and above. We will be in Hawaii in May and am wondering about which sunscreen to buy. Is there a difference in these brands verses regular brands ratings?
I have learned many things from your emails.
Thank you
Hi Jay.
You might want to research SPF as the numbers may mean very little above a certain point. We just wanted to present brands that had multiple products with the best ratings from purchasers and the highest safety.
Aloha.
ANy dermatologist will tell you to use a product with zinc oxide. There are now products with an invisible form of it. I lived in Florida for 26 years and you do what you have to do. I put on sunscreen every morning before I go out, and repeat it every three or four hours.
So Coppertone Banana Boat and Neutrogena are all bad?
Hi Renj.
Those all scored worse on the EWG list of sunscreens. The ones we listed all had the highest ratings.
Aloha.
I’m a big fan of Planet Sun sunscreen… Buy Hawaiian!
I have always loved Planet Sun sunscreen and suncare, which I learned about from the owner who started the company on Oahu. They are a small company that cares about people’s health and the environment. Their products have never contained Oxybenzone, and the products are geared towards active lifestyles…triathletes, swimmers, cyclists, surfers. Great product that works and is safe for our reefs. It is available online and at just about any bike/running/swimming/surf shop on all the Hawaiian islands.
I see no mention of rash guards in this posting. While playing in the water or snorkeling, they are more effective than the best sunscreen and have zero impact on the marine environment.
Always take at least two with you so you’ll always have a dry one available
How about a summary of 10 to buy, 10 to avoid of commonly available sunscreens? Must use sunscreen in Hawaii always myself. Thanks much
Mahalo for the useful article. I have been using Australian Gold Botanical Sunscreen 50 spf with 4% titanium dioxide and 4% zinc oxide for the last week to good effect.