You may be lucky enough to be heading abroad this summer on holidays, or perhaps you’re hoping the sun finally shows up in Ireland. Either way, you’ll need to be sun smart this summer. Vichy Capital Soleil has put together a list of top tips for protecting your family’s skin when the sun comes out. Vichy Capital Soleil offers a range of sun protection products for all skin types so make sure you stock up on sunscreen and follow their sun safety guidelines.
Top tips for sun safety
- The early bird catches the worm! Get up early to enjoy the sun. The sun rays are at their strongest between 11am and 4pm and it is advisable to take a break at this time.
- Make sure to protect your head and eyes so as to avoid sunstroke and damage to the cornea.
- Always start the summer season with a high factor. Try new Capital Soleil Dry Touch Emulsion SPF50 which leaves skin soft, dry and mat while offering high protection. As your skin gets used to the sun, this can be lowered, but never to below factor 15.
- Ensure you are using a product that protects against both UVA and UVB rays. UVA rays cause premature skin aging whilst UVB rays cause cancer.
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Make sure you reapply your sun protection cream every two hours. Even when you are not sun bathing!
- Protect the skin of your loved ones. Children, pregnant women, and the elderly all need to be particularly careful. Vichy have created new Capital Soleil Gentle Milk for Children SPF50+ (RRP €18.50) specifically for the needs and daily lifestyle of children.
- Be careful of the medications you are taking. These may make you more susceptible to the sun.
- Avoid sunbeds at all costs! Self-tan products can provide us with a beautiful glow without risking our health and prematurely aging our skin.
- Accidents happen. If you do spend too long in the sun, cool immediately the area. Use an after sun product and soothe with thermal spa water. If the sunburn is serious, seek advice from your pharmacist or physician.
- Enjoy the sun! Ten minutes daily will give us our recommended dosage of vitamin D!
