So have just spent a LOVELY arvo next to the pool, smothered in factor 30 every 30 minutes or so... trying to get a bit of vitamin D and once again its a massive FAIL....

God knows what I would have looked like without it

Anyone recommend an EFFECTIVE sunblock???? i think I've tried EVERY one on the market and still I resemble a freshly boiled lobster

Even the zinc on the nose doesnt work..... Reckon its all those years spent on steroids....

I swear by the Cancer Council everyday sunscreen, I wear their face stuff and body stuff and haven't been burnt through it yet!!!

(It's the one in the orange bottle)

Tried it... Still lobster bisque... I honestly think its me and my skin rather than the products....

Will just have to slip and slop ... Forget the slap.... Or which ever Way round it is... Just stay out of the sun full stop....

I am fair skinned and burn easily I usually use the cancer council factor 30 and have had no trouble. I don't usually need to reapply either, although I don't tend to sit out in the sun for hours and hours on end.

In the past I have found this one effective but maybe not high enough protection for Australia sun.

http://www.p20.co.uk/

Easy....keep out of the sun or stay covered up

stay indoors or sit under a brolly

Yup... Looks like my only option...

My endocrinologist told me I needed to get out in the sun a little bit coz my bloods are a bit deranged..... But I'd rather have slightly out of kilter bloods than a malignant melanoma....

I do the usual Celtic suntan shuffle - red/peel/red/peel so keep out the sun if at all possible. If being in the sun is unavoidable, Riemann P20 is great - apply once and it lasts for 10 hours - really works.

We use Pricelines own brand, its in an orange bottle, I always wear a wide rimmed hat and big sunnies and if its really hot, carry a sarong I can drape over me.

If I go swimming I wear a rash vest and boardies, yes I look like a walrus with large breasts but I never burn.

Sunscreen on, hat on, sunnies on and sit in the shade. You'll get plenty of vit D.

I cover up completely to work outside - factor 50 work shirt with long sleeves, long trousers, gloves, hat, sunnies and I still get tanned through all that.

I thought that stuff had been proved to be totally dangerous crap?

Eek, really? I have used p20 in the past and found it to be brilliant - although it does turn your skin a bit orange. Used it in Egypt and my very fair skin didn't burn - not sure if you can buy it here though

You can't. I remember reading some medical article about how it shouldn't be used. Can't remember the details though.

Well there are thousands of reviews on the web which concur with my findings - I have been using it for years, as have many others, and it is freely available in the UK. A link to that article would be kind of useful, otherwise we call all espouse all sorts of crap.

Agreed.
We always used it and found it to be the best.