Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Beauty Myth of the Day


Scandle Candle's Beauty Myth Countdown

Myth #6:

Layering several products with SPF ratings increases protection.

Truth:

Your skin is only protected by the highest SPF rating of one product, no matter how many you apply. Let's say you apply a moisturizer with an SPF of 10, sunscreen with an SPF of 20 and foundation with an SPF of 15, you do not have a protection ratio of 45 you have the protection of the product with 20 SPF.

You best bet is to apply one product with a good SPF to handle the job, the more products containing an SPF you put on, don't mean you are better protected.


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