#BLUE LIZARD SUNSCREEN BABY SKIN#
Because babies are so small, anything you put on their skin has more of an impact than it would for an adult. Mineral ingredients are less likely to irritate a baby’s very sensitive skin, and they provide immediate sun protection. Yes, all of the dermatologists we spoke to for this story recommended using mineral sunscreen versus chemical for babies. I polled my local parents’ Facebook group and friends and Forbes staffers who are parents on their favorite baby sunscreens, and I searched the bestsellers at Whole Foods and Amazon, noting rave reviews and consistent praise in the comments. Adeena Rosenblatt, MD, PhD, a pediatric dermatologist at UChicago’s Comer Children’s Hospital. Wang, chair of the Skin Cancer Foundation photobiology committee and director of dermatologic oncology at the Hoag Family Cancer Institute, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, in Newport Beach, California Michelle Wong, PhD, founder of Lab Muffin Beauty Science, a cosmetic chemist based in Sydney, Australia and Dr. To research this story, I shared my questions with experts in skincare and children’s health: dermatologist Dr. Personally, I’ve been on the hunt for the best baby products, including sunscreen, since I had my daughter a year ago. Women’s health and wellness has been an expertise of mine in my 10 years as a reporter and editor for publications like O, The Oprah Magazine, Martha Stewart Living, Allure and more. Finally, I sealed the bottle or tube in a zip-top plastic bag and tossed it in my daughter’s diaper bag to check if it would spill. I then waited for it to dry and scored the finish the same way. (Note: I am very sensitive and tend to react to products.) I flipped my arm over to see if each one dripped, then I rubbed it into my skin and gave it a score for how it felt from 1 (greasy or oily) to 5 (better than before). I squeezed a dollop of each one onto my inner elbow, where my skin is the most sensitive and baby-like. I cross-referenced the criteria my experts laid out with the products I had gathered based on my own research to narrow the field to 12 contenders. How I Tested The Best Sunscreens For Babies Note: It has a slightly lower but still quite good score from the EWG regarding the safety of its ingredients, with a 3 compared with the 2 that our best overall winner and many other contenders rate (the best rating is 1 on the EWG scale). Elyse Moody For ForbesĪt $3 per fluid ounce, it’s my favorite cost effective option. The Blue Lizard Baby Sunscreen has a slightly runnier consistency than most other contenders. I didn’t notice any oily or greasy residue or a white cast-just soft, smooth skin, the way I did with my best baby sunscreen overall from La Roche-Posay. Blue Lizard was a bit more liquid-y, but it dried quickly. I found that a thicker cream could be less messy to apply and easier to smooth over skin however, it could also go wrong and feel oily or greasy a long time after you apply it. That’s because it has a slightly runnier consistency than most other contenders. This sunscreen netted a nearly perfect score in my testing, only falling short on my drip test and its initial feel. How Does The Blue Lizard Baby Mineral Sunscreen Compare? The Blue Lizard Baby Mineral Sunscreen is water-resistant up to 80 minutes like our other winners from La Roche-Posay and Hello Bello. The highest level of water resistance in the sunscreens I tested was 80 minutes, compared with 40 minutes or none at all. I preferred it to our other pick that cost just $3 per fluid ounce from Aveeno because that one had a slight floral scent.
I noted that Blue Lizard, unlike other fragrance-free baby sunscreens I tested, truly had no discernable scent. And products that are “unscented” can still have an unpleasant odor (fragrance is often used to mask other odors. Elyse Moody For Forbes Truly UnscentedĮven naturally derived fragrance can irritate sensitive skin. For baby sunscreen, a cream that’s just thick enough is easier to apply since it won’t run but also.
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