PROTECT YOUR SKIN, WEAR SPF
This vegan, water-resistant SPF 30 sunscreen optimally protects sensitive skin against UVA and UVB rays. The silky, non-sticky texture spreads effortlessly, absorbs quickly and leaves no white cast.
ACTIVE INGREDIENTS
Non-Nano Zinc Oxide: Protects the skin from harmful UVA and UVB rays and helps prevent skin burns and premature skin aging.
Gum Arabic: has a softening and calming effect on the skin and helps to retain moisture.
Vitamin E: a powerful antioxidant that hydrates the skin and protects against oxidative stress. Combats premature skin aging and pigmentation.
A hybrid sunscreen for optimal protection
At Self, we consciously choose a hybrid sunscreen: a smart combination of mineral and chemical filters. These reinforce each other's effect and together provide the best possible protection against the sun. Thanks to the comfortable texture, the cream spreads easily, without a white haze or sticky feeling.
Our formula combines non-nano zinc oxide with a sophisticated blend of photostable UV filters, ensuring reliable broad spectrum protection against both UVA and UVB rays.
The Sunscreen SPF30 offers the best of both worlds: powerful, safe and pleasant to use. And at least as important: it is kind to your skin and the environment.
Non-nano Zinc Oxide vs. Zinc Oxide
Zinc oxide is a commonly used mineral filter in sunscreens, but not all forms are the same. The difference between non-nano zinc oxide and nano zinc oxide is the size of the particles, which has a major impact on how the filter works and how safe it is for your skin.
Non-nano zinc oxide consists of larger particles that cannot penetrate your skin. They remain on the skin surface and reflect the harmful UV rays there. This makes non-nano zinc oxide a particularly safe choice, even for the most sensitive skin types, for children or people with eczema. In addition, this form of zinc oxide is safe for marine life. A possible disadvantage is that these larger particles can sometimes leave a light white haze on the skin. But no worries, after many tests & trials, 2 years of development and a lot of patience, we can confidently say that this sunscreen does not leave a white haze.
Nano zinc oxide contains much smaller particles, smaller than 100 nanometers. These ensure that the sunscreen spreads more easily and leaves less white. However, this form is less often recommended for sensitive skin, because there are still questions about the impact of such small particles in the long term, even though they do not penetrate into living skin layers in principle.
At Self, we therefore consciously choose non-nano zinc oxide . This way, you are assured of safe, effective and skin-friendly protection against the sun: every day again
The difference between SPF30 and SPF50
SPF , or Sun Protection Factor, indicates how much of the UV-B rays (the rays that burn your skin) are blocked by the sunscreen.
— SPF30 | blocks approximately 97% of UVB rays.
— SPF50 | blocks approximately 98% of UVB rays.
But how much sunscreen do I actually need?
To really protect your skin from the sun, the amount of sunscreen you apply is at least as important as the SPF factor itself. Many people apply too little, which significantly reduces protection.
Apply your sunscreen 30 minutes before going outside, and reapply every 2 hours, or sooner after swimming, sweating or towel drying.
Sunscreen is one of those products that you should not be frugal with. In fact, if you apply too little, the protection factor drops drastically, even if the packaging says SPF 30 or 50.
So apply generously. Just as you would not be stingy with your favorite perfume on a special evening. Or with jam on a warm sandwich. Or with sunscreen on your child's snout.
At Self, we believe protection shouldn’t be cheap, so we’ve developed a formula that spreads smoothly, is gentle on the skin, and doesn’t stick . Making generous application a given.
