Factor 50 suncream
Jan 21st 2009, 8:26 am
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Factor 50 suncream
Can anyone tell me where I can find factor 50 suncream?
I have looked in Kmart, pharmacy, Wollies/Coles and can't find higher than 30+.
Can anyone tell me the difference betwen 30 and 30+?
I have really fair skin and will burn with any less. I also use it on the kids.
I have looked in Kmart, pharmacy, Wollies/Coles and can't find higher than 30+.
Can anyone tell me the difference betwen 30 and 30+?
I have really fair skin and will burn with any less. I also use it on the kids.
Jan 21st 2009, 8:34 am
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Re: Factor 50 suncream
30+ is all they are allowed to have written on the sunscreen. Slip slop slap.
Jan 21st 2009, 8:38 am
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Jan 21st 2009, 8:39 am
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Re: Factor 50 suncream
I buy an Australian made 50+ Sunscreen here in Dubai. It should be available from your pharmacy where they sell Ego products, if not ask them to order in for you, it's usually next to the Ego Sun Sense Toddler Milk. It's called Sun Sense Daily Face.
Jan 21st 2009, 8:54 am
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Re: Factor 50 suncream
They're not allowed to state more than 30 in Australia because it's very very difficult to prove and they don't want people to become complacent about their sunscreen ie 'I've put Factor 50 on so I won't get burnt'. The most you can get here is 30+. If you want a 'higher' factor you have to go with a heavy zinc and look like a glowing white claggy thing. However you wouldn't get burnt 
Jan 21st 2009, 8:57 am
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Re: Factor 50 suncream
They're not allowed to state more than 30 in Australia because it's very very difficult to prove and they don't want people to become complacent about their sunscreen ie 'I've put Factor 50 on so I won't get burnt'. The most you can get here is 30+. If you want a 'higher' factor you have to go with a heavy zinc and look like a glowing white claggy thing. However you wouldn't get burnt
Jan 21st 2009, 9:08 am
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Re: Factor 50 suncream
Can you order it online?
I have two I brought with me - one is La Roche Posay for my face (as prescribed by a dermatologist) and the other Banana Boat SPF50 for Babies. Isn't BB an Aussie brand?
I have two I brought with me - one is La Roche Posay for my face (as prescribed by a dermatologist) and the other Banana Boat SPF50 for Babies. Isn't BB an Aussie brand?
Jan 21st 2009, 9:08 am
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Re: Factor 50 suncream
Wouldn't bank on it 
Aussie shampoo and conditioner is sold in the UK and not here. Dingo land is a funny place sometimes
Aussie shampoo and conditioner is sold in the UK and not here. Dingo land is a funny place sometimes
Jan 21st 2009, 9:45 am
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Re: Factor 50 suncream
What if sun screen is what causes skin cancer?
Jan 21st 2009, 9:48 am
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Auntie Fa
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Re: Factor 50 suncream
Funny you should say that; I found this earlier while looking for Banana Boat's origins. http://nano.foe.org.au/node/291
What's a nano, Doctor Burb?
What's a nano, Doctor Burb?
Jan 21st 2009, 10:34 am
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Re: Factor 50 suncream
Funnily enough there was an article in the West Australian this wek on all the horrors of sunscreen additives - especially PABA which is banned in some countries but not here!
Remember to get 10 minutes of full sun with no block every day or you will get vitamin D deficiency - an increasing problem here as people avoid sunburn too much!
Basically decide now which way you want to go!
Remember to get 10 minutes of full sun with no block every day or you will get vitamin D deficiency - an increasing problem here as people avoid sunburn too much!
Basically decide now which way you want to go!
Jan 21st 2009, 10:38 am
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Re: Factor 50 suncream
My very blonde relatives used the huge pump action 'target tub' of 30 + all over Xmas and didnt burn a little bit.. You will be all good!!
Jan 21st 2009, 10:44 am
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Re: Factor 50 suncream
Yeah, I could get burnt by a full moon and Target 30+ ALWAYS prevents me from getting burnt.
Jan 21st 2009, 2:27 pm
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not sure...
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Re: Factor 50 suncream
Banana Boat Powder Dri is my sunscreen of choice, it dies down to a talcy finish so doens't leave you feeling all gross and greasy. I'm very fair and haven't been burnt using it yet. If they don't have it in Oz then I'm not moving...
No really, every other sunscreen breaks me out!
Tx
No really, every other sunscreen breaks me out!
Tx