Factor 30...bloody useless
#17
I couldn't care less if you all use it or not.
I was simply surprised it was still on sale after what I remember. If it's fine and you all love it then that's lovely. I wasn't telling anyone not to use it and certainly wasn't espousing anything ffs.
I was simply surprised it was still on sale after what I remember. If it's fine and you all love it then that's lovely. I wasn't telling anyone not to use it and certainly wasn't espousing anything ffs.
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I thought they'd banned advertising ANYTHING as over factor 30......
Have now "developed" from lobster to Toamato... Its not funny... Especially as I'm so bloody careful with the sunscreen

Have now "developed" from lobster to Toamato... Its not funny... Especially as I'm so bloody careful with the sunscreen
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NO sunblock stops me getting burnt. The sun here is just too extreme, UV levels in summer can be 13 and over!! also people think its stay out the sun from 10 - 2, thats crap, go to a website like www.arpansa.gov.au, here in summer the suns at burn level by 7am.
Also remember UVA rays go through glass, in your car, house etc. Ive burnt in my car many times, even with sunblock.
For some people staying out of it is the only way. We usually do outside stuff at night, swimming, dog walking....
#21
Remember factor 30 means 30 hours exposure to get 1 hours worth of sun if you didnt use lotion.1 hour here minus lotion and you will fry.If you put it on after you go out,the damage is done before the screen can take effect.Factor 30 is not sunblock.
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Do you put it on 20 mins before you go out so it seeps into the skin?
Remember factor 30 means 30 hours exposure to get 1 hours worth of sun if you didnt use lotion.1 hour here minus lotion and you will fry.If you put it on after you go out,the damage is done before the screen can take effect.Factor 30 is not sunblock.
Remember factor 30 means 30 hours exposure to get 1 hours worth of sun if you didnt use lotion.1 hour here minus lotion and you will fry.If you put it on after you go out,the damage is done before the screen can take effect.Factor 30 is not sunblock.
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NO sunblock stops me getting burnt. The sun here is just too extreme, UV levels in summer can be 13 and over!! also people think its stay out the sun from 10 - 2, thats crap, go to a website like www.arpansa.gov.au, here in summer the suns at burn level by 7am.
Also remember UVA rays go through glass, in your car, house etc. Ive burnt in my car many times, even with sunblock.
For some people staying out of it is the only way. We usually do outside stuff at night, swimming, dog walking....
Also remember UVA rays go through glass, in your car, house etc. Ive burnt in my car many times, even with sunblock.
For some people staying out of it is the only way. We usually do outside stuff at night, swimming, dog walking....
#24
I remember distinctly reading that P20 wasn't considered safe enough for the harsh australian sun. I used it years ago and found it brilliant in so far as i never burnt, but from memory, the concern was that whilst it did stop you burning it didn't block out all the harmful UVA and UVB rays and therefore wasn't really safe enough and might give people a false sense of security. I have never used it since then.
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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....
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....
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Do you put it on 20 mins before you go out so it seeps into the skin?
Remember factor 30 means 30 hours exposure to get 1 hours worth of sun if you didnt use lotion.1 hour here minus lotion and you will fry.If you put it on after you go out,the damage is done before the screen can take effect.Factor 30 is not sunblock.
Remember factor 30 means 30 hours exposure to get 1 hours worth of sun if you didnt use lotion.1 hour here minus lotion and you will fry.If you put it on after you go out,the damage is done before the screen can take effect.Factor 30 is not sunblock.
I wasnt out there for more than an hour and three quarters
and I wasnt in and out of the pool washing it off...Really scarey thing is, it wasnt even hot....
I think I'll wrap up and take Monty out for a sun bake today....
#28
I would recommend SPF 30 and shade. To get some vitamin D. Sit in the early morning or very late afternoon sun for only 20 minutes with nape of neck uncovered and arms turned out with hands up. You will soak up enough vit D and this is what my dr recommends
I would also add that I tan pretty easily but never go out in the sun without SPF30 and generally moved between shade and sun.
I would also add that I tan pretty easily but never go out in the sun without SPF30 and generally moved between shade and sun.
Last edited by Hebe; Nov 18th 2011 at 1:33 pm.
#29
I think I'll be putting on my Banana Boat Sport SPF 30 at cricket tomorrow anyway.
I forgot for one session and the result wasn't pretty.
I've got skin that burns really easily so I don't do much deliberate sun worshipping and if I'm swimming it is usually with a t-shirt on.
I forgot for one session and the result wasn't pretty.
I've got skin that burns really easily so I don't do much deliberate sun worshipping and if I'm swimming it is usually with a t-shirt on.
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I think I'll be putting on my Banana Boat Sport SPF 30 at cricket tomorrow anyway.
I forgot for one session and the result wasn't pretty.
I've got skin that burns really easily so I don't do much deliberate sun worshipping and if I'm swimming it is usually with a t-shirt on.
I forgot for one session and the result wasn't pretty.
I've got skin that burns really easily so I don't do much deliberate sun worshipping and if I'm swimming it is usually with a t-shirt on.
She says puffing on a cigarette....



