Every day sunscreen

[LlamaofDrama]

For those of you who wear sunscreen every day, when do you get your children to start doing the same? I started a few years ago (mid 40s), but not sure when to start pre-teen DD on it?

Might depend where you live? My 12yo DD wears sunscreen everyday nov-March. Then everyday for school till about may- we are in Aus.
I had to get her a really light face one which feels nice enough to wear everyday, rather than the all over one my other kids is in summer.

I'm in Australia and have carried out quite a lot of research about sunscreens and the chemical that exist. As we, as a family with kids, wear it all year round here I had to find something that worked well, didn't break the bank and wasn't full of chemicals. Loads of sunscreens have horrible chemicals in them and I don't like the fact you have to apply and reapply them over here.

Very happy with a brand called MooGoo.

This one is made up of a lot of zinc so good for bodies moogoo.com.au/natural-sunscreen-spf-40

and this one is great for face, ears, hands etc.
moogoo.com.au/sun-safety/cover-up-buttercup-spf-15-natural-moisturiser this one is my favourite - I use it every day under makeup and it is great. I'm not affiliated with the company by the way, wish I was tho their stuff is awesome.

sorry, pressed post message too soon. I would start as soon as possible (in the summer time in the UK or when UV is over 3 anywhere in the world). You can make it part of a beauty regime where it's sunscreen but moisturiser as such. Just introduce it as part of what you need to do but don't make it a big deal (even though it is) or you may turn your pre-teen off it.

Thank you, good advice there. I'm in the UK and looking out of the window right now I can't remember what sunshine looked like!

I'd start as soon as possible if she'll apply it. My dd started at 13- as soon as she was interested in skincare and wears year round. Starting in your 40's is far too late to make much difference. It takes about 20 years for sun damage to start showing in the first place i reckon (which is why we don't see our first tiny lines until our 20s).
I started at 19- and it's only now in my 40s that I am beginning to see a difference between my skin and friends who haven't bothered with it.

Of course 40 isn't too late to make a difference! Silly thing to say IMO.

I like Heliocare advanced gel for summer as it is SPF 50+.

Well, as long as you're not expecting to see a difference until you're in your 60s!

On what basis are you claiming sun damage doesn't show for 20 years? Or that you only see results from using sun protection after 20 years?

If sun damage showed straight away we would be seeing wrinkly children! It's cumulative. Those first wrinkles in your 20s and 30's must be as a result of UV exposure during the the first 20 years of life.

Try biore acqua or most people seem to rave about la Roche posay range. Use everyday, all seasons, if you use retinol or vit c and dont rely on moisturisers with spf in it.

No idea about getting a DC to use - but reminds me - to pull up my socks come spring. I dont think necessary in UK autumn or winter, but would interested in others opinions on this matter as maybe I've been lax with the DCs.