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SUNSCREENS Watching the women's World Cup (soccer-fûtbol)...always inspires-and reminds how"beauty" includes the top tier female athletes accomplishing incredible feats- And who- no doubt...over the years-overcame unique obstacles to achieve that level of athleticism.  Whether wearing make-up-or not, hair styles-that are no-fuss short or  -pulled up and back in ponytails...differences are visible on the pitch-but we bet one universal action-besides protesting a yellow card=is putting on sunscreen. Lately-we've been getting mixed messages about what's an effective -safe- full spectrum sunblock ( Environmental Working Group -which accesses the effectiveness+ toxicity of ingredients and is ginormously popular ---and as subscribers to Consumer Reports-their assessments which rank our preferred mineral "Natural" sunblocks-with eyeball grabbing " Don't Work That Well At All "- as many of the chemical ones tested and even gave the belove...

PART ONE SUNSCREEN--- Duh . As the  number of skin cancer occurrences dwarf the next bunch of C.s combined, using sunscreen as an athlete outdoors is a must. And we can tell by the skin quality (or lack there of) who amongst our female competitors, Age-Group wise- uses sunscreen/sunblock- and who doesn't. It is that obvious. IMO physical blocks that are applied and hang out on the surface (not absorbed into the skin) made of - Titanium Dioxide and/or - Zinc Oxide  are the best…and the only thing we use on our face….and most of the time-on the neck down skin too. The longest lasting, physical block sunblocks are tough to wash off- we find it survives multi-hour races- so that is the point. Plus, when we sweat up a storm, physical non-micronized sunblocks don't sting our eyes…for real vs. chemical sunscreen claims of being non-irritating. Not so for us and we have tried about 4 big name sunscreens made of chemical ingredients that penetrate the skin ---that not only annoy...