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the only armor you slather on to fight a nuclear fireball 93 million miles away
means A lotion, cream, or spray you apply to your skin to block or absorb the sun's ultraviolet rays and prevent burning and damage.
from A straightforward English compound: "sun" (Old English sunne, the same root that lights up sundial and sunflower) plus "screen" (which arrived via Old French escren, meaning a shield or partition against heat or draft). So the word literally promises a screen against the sun — a 20th-century coinage that followed the rise of commercial sun-protection products, an era when people finally decided a tan wasn't worth a peel.
- first formula
- WWII soldiers used red petroleum jelly called red vet pet
- reapply rule
- It expires on your skin every two hours
- physics trick
- Mineral types literally bounce UV light away
- SPF myth
- SPF 100 blocks barely more than SPF 30
- reef cost
- Some chemicals are banned in Hawaii for killing coral
coppertone — founded in 1944, became the bestselling sunscreen brand in the us with its iconic little girl logo
neutrogena ultra sheer — johnson & johnson product line launched in 1988, pioneered lightweight water-resistant formulations
la roche posay anthelios — french dermatological brand's spf 60+ line, market leader in europe since the 1990s
hawaiian tropic — founded in 1969 in hawaii, known for tropical-scented sunscreens with tanning accelerators