10.26.07

Every loves to hear about Grandma's "secret recipe" but the most important one for me has not been handed down from generation to generation nor is it edible - so you may ask, why bother? I bother because it is of utmost importance to my health and the health of everyone around me - the "secret recipe" in sunscreen.

I have tried nearly every sunscreen possible: most of them irritate my skin, overwhelm me with strong odors, feel greasy, get all over my clothes, clog my pores and make me feel as if I cannot breathe. At a Spring Training baseball game in Ft Meyers Florida last winter I received a few sample packages of a very special sunscreen and immediately fell in love with this fabulous product. It has been my sunscreen of choice since last year!

While at the ABC Kids Expo we had the pleasure of interviewing Beth Hall from the American company, Blue Lizard "dedicated to promoting healthy skin and reducing incidence of skin cancer". They are strictly a sunscreen company and developed the Blue Lizard Australian Sun Screen to "combat one of the most intense UV environments in the world". All of their formulas offer more than 30 times the skin's natural protection against harmful UVB rays. "If you are applying it correctly, SPF 30 is really all you need and 30 is all that Australian Standard will allow sunscreens to claim!"

The technology at this fine company provides a unique micronized Zinc Oxide which becomes the "secret ingredient" that allows the protectant to form a even barrier, stay on longer than other sun screen products and is three times more water resistant than other sunscreens. 

An innovative part of the packaging causes the adult Smart Bottle™ to turn blue in UV light and the baby formula Smart Bottle™ to turn pink in UV light. This alert is a wonderful reminder that it is time to apply your Blue Lizard Sunscreen. Keep one at your fingertips and celebrate healthy skin with me!