Face, body, hands, feet, lips. Sunscreen is our nonnegotiable 365 days a year. It’s on the same level as brushing our teeth and wearing deodorant. We just do it. We’re too smart not to. And we always wear one with broad spectrum UVB and UVA coverage, like La Roche-Posay’s new Anthelios Ultra-Fluid SPF 50+ Body Sunscreen, too. Because we need to protect our skin from burning and from lasting sun damage, which can range from wrinkles and sunspots to skin cancer.
Created with mexoryl filters, a La Roche-Posay trade name for the organic carbon-based sun filter it uses to protect against UVA rays, the product’s formula offers full sun coverage and is dermatologist approved for full body use. It contains what the French brand calls its NETLOCK technology, which delivers ultra-invisible protection against sun damage caused by the sun’s UVA and UVB rays. And it is water and sweat resistant for up to 80 minutes. Oh, and it is fragrance, paraben and oxybenzone-free and non-comedogenic, and hypoallergenic, so it won’t irritate your skin or make it break out.
We also, and we can’t stress this enough, love, love, love that the formula absorbs into our skin immediately too. So we never have to worry about pulling our clothes over top of a sticky, tacky and greasy mess. The Anthelios Ultra-Fluid is super light, oil free and has a matte finish, so that when it soaks in it doesn’t leave a mark, like not even one white telltale streak, behind. Which basically means that if it weren’t for all the great sun protection we’re getting, you’d never know we’re wearing it.
La Roche-Posay Anthelios Ultra-Fluid SPF 50+ Body Sunscreen, $35.50 for 125 ml, available at Shoppers Drug Mart.
