Even if we use sunscreen a few times a year, it should be chosen very carefully – both for our health and for that of the planet. We choose together
Organic or vegan sunscreens, how to choose protection for a summer green? Sunscreen is often one of those products that we risk choosing with little attention or superficiality. Most often it is only used during the summer holidays, perhaps left in the bathroom locker until the next summer's trip – a mistake not to be made. Instead, we should reflect on the fact that the sunscreen is spread on our skin several times a day, especially on children.
In addition to the attention necessary for the correct identification of the sun filter suitable for our skin phototype, it is also important to dwell on the solar ingredients same. The mass market has accustomed us to special offers and savings formats, thus risking making us lose sight of the intrinsic quality of the product. In addition to doing good to our skin, why don't we also check the list of sunscreen ingredients as we would for a food product? Sensitive toenvironment, responsible towards the Planet, perhaps vegans, the choice of solar should be ethical and conscious. It is enough to read the list of ingredients well so that even a moment of relaxation, such as sunbathing, can be a contribution not only to one's own well-being but also to that of the surrounding planet.
Organic sunscreens
What is the difference between a traditional solar and a solar bio? It's all in the content! At the time of purchase, we make sure that the components of the sunscreens are actually organic from organic farming and that they do not pollute the environment as well as being safe for the health of the skin. There are official certifications such as ICEA and NATRUE, among the most widespread in organic sunscreens on the market in Italy, in addition to the most immediate as Gluten free or that show the indications of tests conducted on heavy metals, nickel, the absence of artificial colors, fragrances, petrolatum, parabens and chemical preservatives.
The organic sunscreen they are natural products that totally exclude from their composition i chemical sunscreens. Natural physical filters and chemical filters have the same function, that is to reduce the amount of radiation from the sun's rays, but they do it in a completely different way. While chemical filters are synthetic molecules capable of absorbing ultraviolet rays triggering the release of harmful free radicals, natural ones are made up of small mineral particles that instead reflect them protecting the skin.
Traditional solar products are likely to contain oil substances, therefore be highly polluting for the environment, harmful both to fish, molluscs and other species. Not always good for us too: potentials allergenic, often contain unhealthy substances like the Benzophenone, which turned out to be a dangerous endocrine disruptor. The products of eco-natural cosmetics of today they offer levels of quality that have nothing to envy to the classic solar products. We therefore try to choose physical filters like the titanium dioxide and thezinc oxide since they have a safer toxicological profile than chemical filters, they do not interact with the skin and are potentially less allergenic.
Vegan sunscreens
Besides doing one responsible choice both towards your skin and towards the environment, when you follow a vegan lifestyle at the table it is correct to take it even to the beach. Then the hunt for vegan sunscreens starts, that is do not contain ingredients of animal origin such as beeswax, lanolin (fat extracted from sheep fleece) or chitin (from insect shells). The advice we give you is to give a careful reading to the composition on the packaging, favoring products marked by unequivocal certifications such as Vegan (without ingredients of animal origin) and, why not, also Cruelty free (not tested on animal guinea pigs).
Whole, always