Why don’t we have any organic sun lotions with more than SPF25?
Green People’s selection of organic sun lotions ranges
from SPF8 for those with a dark complexion to SPF25 for children, who have the most
delicate and sensitive skin. Most people find that they do not need a higher SPF
sun lotion than that but we are sometimes asked why it is that we do not have an
SPF30 or higher, like some of the high street sun cream companies.
The reasons are two-fold:
1. We are constrained by the natural ingredients which we use for our organic sun lotions
2. The way in which SPF ratings work means that SPF30 offers little more protection
than SPF25
Natural ingredients
We are committed to using natural, safe ingredients in our
organic sun lotions, and this is the reason that many people choose to use
our products. We are able to get up to SPF25 UVB protection with our current natural
sun products, but we have yet to find a natural way of providing a higher SPF level
and still have a lotion which is easy to apply and use.
SPF ratings
However, we feel that our organic sun lotions provide
adequate protection for most people. In reality, the level of additional protection
offered by SPF ratings higher than 25 is fairly insignificant. For example, a sun
lotion with SPF25 will stop all but 4% of UVB light getting through to the skin
whilst an SPF30, in comparison, stops all but 3% - a increase in protection of just
1%.
See a full list of our organic sun lotions
Why Green People Organic Sun Lotions?
Ingredients Avoided In Our Organic
Sun Lotions
How much UVA protection our organic
sun lotions provide
Why Green People’s organic sun lotions only go
up to SPF25
About Green People’s organic sun lotions for
children