Sunscreen products sold in Europe are covered by cosmetic products legislation. According to the regulations, sunscreen products should be labeled with certain symbols and specific labels to guide the user. It can be difficult to understand all the numbers, text and symbols on the sunscreen. Figure 2 gives a brief explanation of the most common labels.
Winter, heat, water, dry air, lots of handwashing, soap and sanitizer. A normal day in our life can really take its toll on our poor hands! Washing our hands is a habit we hardly think about, but what about moisturizing our hands? Many of us tend to forget this and our hands will not be late to tell us. Dryness, itching, stinging and sometimes cracks that hurt and just won’t heal. Ouch!
All sun protection products are resource-intensive and have an environmental impact, which comes from producing the raw materials as well as the product itself, its packaging, and all associated transport. These products also affect the environment after we use them. Aquatic organisms and their ecosystems are particularly affected because most of the products we use eventually end up in the water — when we swim, when we shower after the beach or when we wash clothes and towels with residual sunscreen.
In the past decade, research on the microbiome has completely boomed. Each one of us carries trillions of microorganisms in the form of bacteria, viruses, and fungi on our skin. There are so many that we actually have more bacterial...
UV filters affect the environment around us and can in some cases also affect the person using the product. The higher the molecular weight of a substance, the less likely it is to penetrate the skin. Since UV filters only provide UV protection on the skin's surface, the filters that do not penetrate the skin will work the best...
This is our “Carotenoid-rich gazpacho for the skin”-recipe. We want to eat carotenoids because it is a group of antioxidants that have a protective effect on the skin. For example, beta-carotene belongs to the group of carotenoids and is converted into vitamin A in the body when needed. When your source of beta-carotene comes from carrots (the best source), your liver takes two to four hours to produce vitamin A, which is then transported to your skin.
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