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Facts About The Sun and Your Skin

• shade: sitting in the shade does not protect you from the sun - only 20% of UV light is reduced this way
• did you know that up to 80% of sun's rays get through:
  • fog
  • mist
  • light clouds
• when your shadow is the shortest, the sun's rays are the strongest
• water: reflects about 80% of UV rays or can magnify the intensity:
  • when near water you get UV exposure from two directions, namely:
    • directly from the sun and indirectly from the UV light reflected back from the water
    • reason for more severe sunburns when you are in or near water
  • in water:
    • when near water surface - sun's rays can be magnified in intensity
• water-proof sun screens / blocks and protectants:
  • there are no such things, they do not exist - they are marketing hype
  • the best you can achieve is water-resistant - which means they resist, to a certain degree, the water, but will come off when swimming, washing, sweating heavily or drying off with towel.

for water resistant, natural, mineral based, broad spectrum sun and environmental defense see Sun Defense Minerals Shields

this informational service is brought to you by Nancy K. Brown Aesthetics, Inc.

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