With summer upon us, it’s super important that everyone practice safety and protection in the sun. During the summer months with the sun blasting and the heat rising, it can be easy to get a sunburn when you’re outside for only an hour or two. Being safe while outside is vital to practicing good skincare and preventing burns which can lead to more serious issues.
Sunscreen is important for everyone, not just kids.
According to studies , wearing sunscreen decreases your risk of skin cancers and skin pre-cancers. Regular daily use of SPF 15 sunscreen can reduce your risk of developing squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) by about 40%, and lower your melanoma risk by 50%.
Sunscreen can also help prevent wrinkles and aging.
Staying in the sun and laying outside frequently can increase wrinkles on the skin and create aging spots. Wearing sunscreen prevents these things from happening, so if you are going to lay in the sun, it can help.
Picking out the right sunscreen and SPF is important to protect your skin, too.
“SPF stands for Sun Protection Factor. The number tells you how long the sun’s UVB rays would take to redden your skin if you apply the sunscreen exactly as directed compared with the amount of time without sunscreen. So, if you use an SPF 30 product properly, it would take you 30 times longer to burn than if you used no sunscreen.”
While adults understand why sunscreen is important, most kids fight when having to put it on.
Most kids hate when they have to do something. If mom and dad say, “You have to do this,” kids will do the exact opposite. So, sunscreen can become a pretty big issue when having to apply it.
Thankfully, the nternet is full of clever and brilliant parents who share their ingenious hacks for all of us to use.
Mom of three Christy Keane shared her sunscreen hack with the world on TikTok. Being a mother of three means that there’s not all that much time to get all three kids covered in lotion and ready for the sun.
Instead, Christy found a way to have fun and get the sunscreen on all of her kids.
On TikTok, Christy shared the video and proved that being a clever mom just takes what you know and applying it where you need it. Truly, this is a hack anyone can do.
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All you need is a foundation brush and some sunscreen.
Christy pretended that she was putting makeup on her daughters, and they totally went with it. In reality, she was putting sunscreen on their faces. Brilliant!
Most little girls love playing around in their mom’s makeup.
They always want to grow up super fast and wear makeup and lipstick. Letting them think they are actually able to play around with makeup satisfies their desires AND keeps them safe in the sun!
Moms online absolutely loved this hack, and we do, too!
People were leaving comments all over TikTok saying how amazing the hack was and that they cannot wait to try it. Some even said that it can work for other creams and ointments, too.
