In the past couple of years, the term ‘reef safe’ has been cropping up into public consciousness. Reef-safe sunscreen and other products offer formulas that are both safe to the body and the environment. Products that aren’t reef safe aren’t just harmful to our ocean ecosystems, but they aren’t exactly great for our human bodies, especially if exposed from a young age.The toxic active ingredients found in popular, commonly used sunscreens enter t...

When it comes to skin care products, sunscreen seems like one of the simplest of the bunch. It’s not an innovative new serum with a never-before-seen formula, nor is it a cream that seems to make wrinkles vanish overnight. It just keeps the sun’s radiation off your skin, right?Truth be told, sunscreen is more complex and scientific than you may realize. In fact, there’s a good chance you’re using it wrong in one way or another. Because sun protec...

Whether you’re a bona fide skin care expert or you’re new to the world of skin health, there’s one essential skin care tip we all know about: wear sunscreen. Too much sun exposure can lead to skin cancer on top of premature aging, neither of which are on anyone’s bucket list. But did you know your sunscreens could be harming the oceans and, in turn, the planet? Research is mounting about the dangers of traditional sunscreens, and the mov...