Why Wearing Sunscreen Year-round Matters

Why wearing sunscreen year-round matters

If you live in New Zealand (or anywhere) it's so important to wear sunscreen year-round. Even if it's cloudy or cooler outside, the sun's damaging UV rays can still penetrate your skin. If you’re anything like me.. I never took it seriously, until now. We sell two brands of incredible, natural sunscreen at Slowly Golden, so I thought I’d put together a blog with a few reasons why it’s crucial to wear sunscreen all year in New Zealand.

• Protection from skin cancer (of course, yet so often we don’t even think about this) New Zealand has one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world, with over 4000 people diagnosed each year. Wearing sunscreen can significantly lower your risk of developing skin cancer as it acts as a barrier between your skin and the sun's harmful rays. It helps to reduce the amount of UV radiation that reaches your skin and damage your skin cells.
• Slows down skin aging: UV rays can accelerate the aging process and cause wrinkles, dark spots, and other skin damage (no thank you!) Wearing sunscreen regularly can help prevent premature aging and keep your skin looking youthful, don’t we all love this. It helps to protect the collagen and elastin in your skin from breaking down, which keeps your skin firm, smooth, and elastic.
• Prevents sunburn: Sunburn can be painful and uncomfortable, and it can also increase your risk of skin cancer. When your skin is exposed to the sun without protection, it can burn and become red, sore, and blistered. Wearing sunscreen can help prevent sunburn and keep your skin healthy. It provides a protective layer on your skin that absorbs or reflects the UV radiation and reduces the risk of sunburn.

So, if you want to protect your skin and stay healthy, make sure to wear sunscreen every day, even on cloudy days or during the winter months. Choose a sunscreen like these, that has at least an SPF of 30 and apply it generously to all exposed skin. Reapply throughout the day or after swimming or sweating to ensure maximum protection. Your skin will thank you for it in the long run.

You can find our two favourite brands here, Avocado Zinc and Forah. Our favourite time to apply our sunscreen is after our shower in the morning, before putting on any makeup. I personally use the Avocado Zinc Tinted Sunscreen as my concealer as well as sunscreen everyday, I find it gives me such a nice dewy natural glow. We love to carry our Forah sunscreen in our purse and top up through out the day. 

Avocado Zinc: A high quality sunscreen made with all-natural ingredients, gentle, nourishing and suitable for the face, sensitive skin types, babies and the entire family. All products are 100% natural, vegan, cruelty free, reef friendly, preservative free, fragrance free & packaged in eco-friendly PCR tubes.

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FORAH: is a raw, natural and powerful sunscreen & skincare brand born by vast mountains, rich temperate rainforests and expanses of rugged land bound by deep, sometimes unruly seas. It’s from these natural spaces that FORAH draws much of its inspiration and in turn its that nature that plays an intrinsic role in its guiding fundamentals.

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