How do you get your daily SPF?

[Lottapianos]

What's your everyday SPF product/products?

Mine:

Winter - BB cream ( have used Gosh, Maybelline, Garnier) with minimum SPF 15

Summer - Ultrasun Factor 50 + BB cream with minimum SPF 15

Umm...no it's not. Not when you can prevent the onset of cancer in your late 20s by keeping out of the elements (if you are seen as susceptible).

My gran had the view that as she was olive skinned and never burned then she didn't have to buy (expensive) cream for me. Which was a bit of a bugger when blonde and pale in Tanzania, but hey ho.

I always wear factor 50 in summer and factor 15 in winter, sit in the shade when I can and now I'm osteopaenic and being tested for osteomalacia. And I still have wrinkles anyway.

Lurkingaround - I think you are right. My GP said they now estimate as many as half the population are deficient. It is only coming to light now as they have recently starting testing for it with routine blood tests. He said 90% of the body's Vit D is from sunlight and it is virtually impossible to get all you need from dietary changes, hence the need for supplements if you are deficient.

I couldn't believe I was deficient as I walked for up to 3 hours a day with the buggy in all weathers. Then I realised all the expensive slap on my face (make up, moisturisers etc) was full of SPF. My family is full of heart disease and cancers so I felt it was important to take the supps and ditch the SPFs.

Thanks all for your comments. Personally, I don't give a fig whether you care about sunscreen or not - you're perfectly free to embrace your wrinkles and not care about ageing, more power to you!

Thanks for the product recommendations too - lots of thumbs up for Clinique

I did read a quote from a dermatologist some time ago - he was asked what women 'should' be doing for their skin to prevent ageing, and he said that the only thing that made the slightest difference was using SPF, and something like Nivea if you feel a bit dry. He advised steering far away from anything labelled 'anti-ageing' as it was likely to be more expensive than regular skincare and half as effective.

Clinique City block.

Maybe I'll just save up the money I would spend on thirty years of suncream and buy myself a facelift when I'm 60.

My mum didn't use a lick of SPF in the whole time I've been alive and her skin is great at 58. I'm severely vit D deficient in spite of spending loads of time outside - so I'm taking all the sunshine I can get. My makeup is SPF15, mind you, but that's not a deliberate choice on my part.

I've never felt so awful as I did when my count was at its lowest. Vit D deficiency has been presented as a possible cause of the Glasgow Effect - the appalling health in Glasgow compared with similar cities, with high rates of cancer and MS (both of which have been linked with vit d deficiency) - Glasgow gets less sunlight than some towns in northern Scandinavia. It's a seriousproblem with potentially massive effects.

Anyway. End hijack :) I just can't see people mention vit D deficiency without saying something about my experience.

I'm now confused: I've been using daily moisturiser plus night cream / eye cream (I use ren). Have I been wrong all along & need to use another cream too, purely an SPF one? In addition to moisturiser or instead of? Will have an hour to go shipping today so which SPF do you recommend I get and what factor? Something along the lines of REN? This thread does make sense to me as my face has recently acquired some new moles which i suspect are sun related so I'm keen to stop the damage in its tracks.

However:: I'm doubly confused by the vitamin D thing. I already supplement with vit D drops, is that enough if I start using SPF cream?

Obviously I'll have an hour to go shopping, rather than shipping!

Bumping this to hopefully get more advice. I bought the Clinique city block SPF40 but I wonder whether I should wear it under or over my day moisturiser?

Over you can wear it alone or as a primer for makeup.

Clinique city block factor 40 - I have very freckley, damaged skin due to NZ childhood and its really stopped any further damage. I wear it alone or under make up. ALWAYS use it, even when its snowing!