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Global 01 Feb 2025 The EU's 2025 Sunscreen Compliance Calendar, Decoded Read article →
Makeup + SPF 31 Jan 2025 Is the SPF in Your Makeup Actually Enough Sun Protection?
Skin cancer 30 Jan 2025 5.4 Million Cases a Year: The Skin Cancer Number No One Talks About

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Reef-safe 29 Jan 2025 What Hawaii's Sunscreen Ban Actually Covers (It's Narrower Than You Think) Hawaii's famous ban covers only two ingredients, which is exactly why a Hawaii compliant label does not mean a product is reef-safe. Read article →
Sensitive skin 28 Jan 2025 Sensitive-Skin SPF Goes to Trial: 2025 Studies Measure Barrier Repair Gentle and for sensitive skin are marketing terms until someone measures the barrier, and 2025 brought controlled trials doing exactly that. Read article →
Seasonal 27 Jan 2025 A Three-Year Stretch Just Averaged Above 1.5°C: The New Sun-Exposure Baseline The 1.5°C line everyone talks about has effectively been crossed on a multi-year basis, normalizing the heat-and-sun extremes that make year-round UV protection sensible. Read article →
Global 26 Jan 2025 Japan's Sun-Care Boom: How Daily High-PA SPF Became a Skincare Step In Japan, sunscreen is not a beach product but a daily skincare step, and the market data reveals the habit the rest of the world is now copying. Read article →
Trends 25 Jan 2025 Why Sunscreen Lies Travel Faster Than the Truth on TikTok Knowing why anti-sunscreen videos go viral helps you spot the next one, so here is the playbook misinformation uses and how to fact-check your feed. Read article →
Application 24 Jan 2025 Surfrider's 2025 Reef-Friendly Guide: 12 Sunscreen Ingredients to Skip Skip the marketing buzzwords and check the back of the bottle against the actual ingredient list a leading ocean nonprofit flagged in 2025. Read article →
Skin cancer 23 Jan 2025 Skin Cancer Is Not Just a Fair-Skin Disease: Closing the Melanoma Gap Melanoma can be deadlier for people of color because it is caught late, which makes awareness and skin checks essential for everyone. Read article →
Formulation 22 Jan 2025 Bemotrizinol: The First New US Sunscreen Filter in Decades You keep hearing bemotrizinol is finally coming to American shelves, so here is what it is, what it protects against, and why it took so long. Read article →
Filter chemistry 21 Jan 2025 Bemotrizinol & Bisoctrizole: The EU Filters at the Heart of the 2025 US Debate These are the filters that make EU sunscreens feel weightless and protect deep into UVA, and 2025's modernization debate is about finally bringing them to the US. Read article →
UV science 20 Jan 2025 UVA vs. UVB: What Each Ray Does to Your Skin and Why It Matters Once you know what UVA and UVB each do, you will understand why broad spectrum is the one word that actually matters in the sunscreen aisle. Read article →
Application 19 Jan 2025 The January 2025 Badger Sunscreen Recall: A Missing Label, Not Benzene Not every sunscreen recall is about a scary chemical, and this one shows why the boring Drug Facts panel actually matters for using SPF correctly. Read article →
Skin cancer 18 Jan 2025 Why Cancer Is Shifting Toward Women Under 50, Per the 2025 ACS Report If you are a young woman, the 2025 cancer data reframes sun protection as something that is relevant to you now, not decades from now. Read article →
Skin cancer 17 Jan 2025 ACS 2025: 212,200 New Melanoma Cases Projected, a Record High The American Cancer Society projects more melanoma diagnoses than ever in 2025, a sobering reminder that one of the most preventable cancers keeps climbing. Read article →
Kids & family 16 Jan 2025 PA Kids Can Now Carry and Use Sunscreen at School (No Nurse Visit) A plain-English guide for Pennsylvania parents on the new sunscreen rule, the permission form your child needs, and which products qualify. Read article →
Formulation 15 Jan 2025 Supergoop! Bumped Unseen Sunscreen to SPF 50 — Real Upgrade or Refresh? When a cult-favorite SPF gets reformulated, what actually changes under the hood — and how do you tell a real upgrade from a marketing refresh? Read article →
Application 14 Jan 2025 Supergoop! Beats SPF-Accuracy Lawsuit — What the Case Reveals About SPF Testing A lawsuit claimed a cult sunscreen tested at half its labeled SPF — here's why a judge tossed it twice and what SPF lab variability really means for you. Read article →
Kids & family 13 Jan 2025 When Can Babies Wear Sunscreen? Why the Answer Is 6 Months Every new parent's panic question, answered — the real medical reasoning behind the 6-month rule and the narrow exception. Read article →
Makeup + SPF 12 Jan 2025 'Sunscreen Contouring': The 2025 Trend That Tans Your Face on Purpose Contouring with sun damage instead of bronzer? Dermatologists warn this viral hack courts blotchy, permanent pigmentation — use makeup, not melanoma. Read article →
Reef-safe 11 Jan 2025 Is Sunscreen Bad for You or the Ocean? A 2025 Review Weighs the Evidence Cut through the noise: a 2025 dermatology review puts the real published evidence on chemical versus mineral filters in one place. Read article →
Seasonal 10 Jan 2025 2024 Was the First Year Above 1.5°C — The Heat That Set Up 2025's Sun Season The hottest year ever recorded rolled straight into 2025 — a useful lens for why high-UV days are creeping into more of the calendar. Read article →
Sensitive skin 09 Jan 2025 A 2025 Clinical Trial Is Testing SPF 50+ Built for Eczema Skin Eczema patients are told to wear SPF but rarely which one — now a purpose-built AD sunscreen is being formally trialed, hinting at gentler options ahead. Read article →