How To Choose The Right Sunscreen?

Sunscreen is an essential product for daily skin care, even if you don’t leave the house; it prevents the appearance of melanomas, spots, and premature expression lines.

Gone are the days when sunscreen was only intended for a few months of the year. Research and the increase in solar radiation make the use of sunscreen mandatory for health reasons and far beyond aesthetics. The possibilities are endless in multiple formats.

The importance of formulas

This aspect makes fluid and fast-absorbing formulas become the most viral and in-demand, as well as being the favorites of content creators specialized in beauty on social media.

Its application is quickly absorbed and generally does not leave a white undertone on the skin, although as with all sunscreens, it is not enough to apply it just once a day but requires reapplication every two hours according to the OCU, regardless of whether the sun shines directly or not.

The different options

Including this product as a must-have in your beauty bag means that the options in the world of makeup are expanding towards products that provide a high level of protection with highly moisturizing components or even color formats known as “color veils”, which improve the texture and tone of the skin.

A simple way to combine two steps of the same routine, and also a favorite of model Kendall Jenner, who a few days ago uploaded a video to her Instagram of her applying makeup with the brush from It Cosmetics, the best-selling line of this type of product in the United States.

Called CC cream, it is a formula with high protection 50, a serum effect, and a golden color that adapts to the skin tone, without covering, in Jenner’s case, the freckles on her nose and reinforcing a natural and silky skin appearance through this modular format – with more quantity, greater coverage.

Sunscreen should be reapplied every two hours. (Photo by Prensa Libre: Shutterstock)

Enriched with treatments

The serum format, more liquid and enriched with vitamins and nutrients, sneaks into the spectrum of sunscreens as a new formula to be applied before the rest of the beauty treatment such as creams and fluids. Vitamin C and E, antioxidants, and hyaluronic acid become the main ingredients.

An enriched cocktail that Valquer Laboratorios also opts for with its invisible protection factor with a lighter texture than the classic ones and with a photoprotective shield from UVB, UVA, and HEVL rays, enriched with Laminaria Ochroleuca algae extract.

Between its applicator form, from conventional containers with textures and also with droppers, as proposed by Collistar, applicable with a pipette at the end of the facial care routine, with an ultra-light texture that also melts on makeup if it has been applied in advance.

Types of radiation and blue light

With a market saturated with formulas, understanding the type of sunscreen often involves understanding the type of solar radiation you are facing. Ultraviolet radiation, subdivided into UVA, UVB, and UVC, is the radiation that can cause damage to human skin.

UVC is completely absorbed by the atmosphere and does not reach the Earth’s surface, while UVA and UVB can penetrate the skin, causing cellular damage and increasing the risk of skin cancer. Visible radiation is what the eyes perceive as light and infrared is responsible for heat when exposed to the sun.

Blue light, part of the visible light spectrum, has gained attention for its potentially harmful effects on skin and eyes. Common emitters of blue light include the sun and electronic devices such as phones, computers, and televisions, everyday objects whose screens emit this new type of radiation.

Prolonged exposure to blue light can contribute to premature skin aging, known as photoaging, and is associated with damage to skin cells, which is why more and more sunscreens include blue light protection on their labels.

This is another of the many reasons why daily sun protection is essential, regardless of whether or not you leave the house, since jobs involving prolonged use in front of screens receive this type of radiation directly.