Will a SPF 30 Foundation of my same skin color protect me better than a SPF 15 sunscreen lotion on the beach?
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SPF 15 would be better.  here is a site to help\n\nhttp://www.consumersearch.com/www/family/sunscreen/fullstory.html
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The reading I've done suggests that glutathione does not whiten skin, but it is the most prevalent antioxidant in the skin and may help combat the ill effects from the sun from both UVA and UVB rays.  \n\nIf you want to prevent tanning or burning you need to use a good sunblock - protection level of 30 is good.  Actually 30 is the highest level possible chemically.  Any label that suggests higher than 30 is misleading.\n\nI hope this is of some help.
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Like Alex said, it is unsafe. You could just use sunless tanners. I know they have a bad rep but they are much better these days. Cheaper & quicker. Just put it in your palm, put in an equal amount of your fav moisturizer, add a drop of water, rub hands together to mix and apply making sure you spread it well and keep rubbing until it is mostly absorbed. You can stop adding extra moisturizer to it once you have good base color. For the most even color, apply right after your shower. Towel dry & apply to slightly moist skin.
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Less is definately better.  My sister had severe and I mean severe eczema and small bouts of sun and or sun therapy did help dry it out - however - too much of it will cause your skin to become so dehydrated and irritated that it will do much more damage and could cause a huge inflamation that will debilitze you.  You must only go to the bed for 10 minutes at first.  ONLY 10 minutes.  You must NOT go for 30 because you will not only risk a third degree burn - but your psoriasis will become inflammed and cause you more grief.  \n\nIf you do the 15 minutes - do that after your first treatment of 10.  I promise, you have to be gradual or you will severely pay with your skin.
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You must use one that has zinc oxide.  Zinc oxide blocks a wider range of UV rays than any other compound.  Just getting a regular sunscreen with a higher number only blocks more of the same rays.  You have to block the various types of rays.  I was in skin care for a while and learned all about sun protection.  I buy my suncreen from www.coolibar.com   They have some great zinc oxide type blockers.
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You should do a skin patch test. Put a little bit on the inside of your elbow (turn your arm around, put it in the little denty bit). Leave it there for 24 hours, if it's not itchy or blotchy it should be fine for you. An SPF 50 will more than likely block out the sun completely. An SPF 15 is generally best (according to my sister).
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my little sister has the same problem. we joke shes immune to sun screen. theres nothing you really can do. you just have to accept you for who you are.....or try putting on sun tan lotion and then some sunscreen on....but wait until all the old burns have peeled off that way it doesnt look bad.
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Definately the Mary Kay day and night solution they help tighten and firm the skin.  The day solution also helps to protect the skin with SPF 25 and the night solution has vitamins A C and E to make healthier more radiant skin.  I have also found that it helps to even out skin tone reducing red patchy areas on my own skin.  \n\nHere is what the company has to say:\nHelp protect and restore your skin to a more youthful appearance with this day and night duo. When used together, TimeWise® Day and Night Solutions deliver 24-hour results for firmer, younger, more radiant-looking skin. When used with TimeWise® skin care, they deliver even more! TimeWise® Day Solution With Sunscreen SPF 25*; TimeWise® Night Solution.
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Drink lots of water and eat a well-balanced diet.  Use SPF lotion daily and stay out of the sun.
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Melanin production requires sun exposure, and sunblock actually blocks UV radiation.  So there is a correlation. While melanin production has a protective effect against the sun, sun block is far better.  Exposure to multiple severe sun burns during childhood and young adult greatly increases the odds of melanoma.  Melanoma is just about the worst cancer you can get, it's very difficult to treat and has a very high mortality.  I'd wear the sunblock and look forward to a long life.
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I get sun rash really easy.  So what I do is get an SPF 50 or higher, and use that before I go out.  It keeps my rash to a minimum.  But if I don't use sunblock I usually use Noxema to calm my overheating skin down.  I try to stay outta the sun and wear long sleeves.
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natural.. its gradual.. use like spf 8 or 15 and go out for like 4 hours every day around noon. the best tans are natural ones :)
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I've kept my skin soft by NOT tanning all these years, but I've got a natural pigmentation to my skin most people don't (half Native American, half Italian).  Olay has now come out with a new lotion that gives the skin a touch of color, and being lotion and not a tanning spray, its reported by them not to streak.  It's called "Touch of Sun".  But if you need a tan because of being in a wedding, or something similar, I suggest getting a sprayed on tan all over.  It's safer for the skin, and lasts about 3 to 4 days.  IF this is because you're going on vacation and need it because you'll be out in the sun, just be careful...wear a light sunscreen so you don't burn, and take it slowly.  Good luck and have fun whatever the reason!
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you should protect your skin from the sun and that will lighten it up
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Yes you can. Sunscreen is there to stop some of the harmful rays that cause things like cancer away from your skin. It doesn't stop you tanning although you might tan slower than you would if you didn't use it. But personally I'd rather be healthy.
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I find that a gel offers better protection to my sensitive skin then a cream.
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why dont u just use a makeup that contains sunscreen? and use a regular facial moisturizer that contains sunscreen? You dont need to reaplly every 2-4 hours or whatever..i think thats like if you are out ona beach sweating and swimming and stuff...for daily life regular spf in moistuizers should last all day. besides, the sun only puts out damaging rays this time of year b/w like 11-3 oclock anyways.