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Summer Skin

Summer has rolled around again and the urge to bare all in the hope of becoming a golden goddess is overwhelming. I get that but then I also get that sun bathing causes pre-mature aging, burns and of course skin cancer, therefore to defend you guys against these horrific things, Beauty Terrorist presents the best protection around – for every budget.

Top End Stuff - P20

Just because this sun cream is advertised in Vogue - doesn’t mean it’s out of your league, or not worth investing in. It’s not the cheapest option at approximately £21 a bottle BUT you only apply it once a day so it does work out to be economical in the long run.

The beauty of this one lies in the simplicity. After you apply it just once in the morning - fifteen minutes before you expose yourself to the sun, you’re set. That’s right - you don’t need to reapply for the rest of the day and better yet it’s 90 percent water resistant and despite having a SPF of 20, it lets in just the right amount of UVA rays - so that you can tan. The super nasty UVB rays are blocked completely.

Here’s an application tip. When you’ve cleansed and toned in the morning, apply P20 instead of your regular moisturiser. If you use your normal moisturiser before the P20, this actually stops the sun block bonding with the Keratin in your skin. You can pick up this streak free, non greasy product from the majority of good chemists.

All Other Budgets

You’ve got to love how summer pushes the big pharmacies into a price war on the sun tan lotion front, so here’s what you should be paying for the brands around this summer!

Piz Buin: Look out for buy one get one free deals on this. These have driven down the price of one bottle to around the £6 or €8 mark.

Ambre Solaire: Don’t pay more than £8.50 for a bottle and look out for their great, cucumber calming after sun lotion too. It’s one of the most effective.

Soltan: This is a brand exclusive to UK chemists Boots, but it’s one of the most highly respected, effective and affordable sun screens ever. You should pay less than £10 for two bottles.

Our Annual Warning - A Word To The Wise

At the end of the day a sun tan is the body’s desperate, last ditch effort to protect itself from the sun. The best protection against harmful rays cannot be bought. It is in fact free. Free will - when you choose not to sun bathe, not to encourage early wrinkles and not to increase your chance of developing skin cancer by exposing yourself to radiation, which causes uncontrollable cell growth.

In the UK in 2006, 1852 in every 100,000 people died from skin cancer. Not all cases were linked to sun exposure but then why take the risk?

- Rob Savage