It's a new kind of layering season 🌞
, like homosalate and octinoxate, work by absorbing the UV rays before your skin gets a chance to absorb them. By layering the two, you'll get both types of protection.The dos and don'ts of layering sunscreens"If you put a mineral sunscreen on wet skin, it doesn't go on,", a board-certified dermatologist in Southern California."And while chemical sunscreen may blend into wet skin, it's not going to work as well.
"Avobenzone, in particular, doesn't play well with others in that it can become easily inactivated and requires the addition of photo stabilizers," she says."Thankfully there are lots of other options that don't have avobenzone as the active ingredient."Applying multiple layers of sunscreen just ups the amount of SPF you're wearing. It doesn't mean you can stretch the amount of time between reapplication.
"Reapplication is recommended every two hours, or every 80 minutes if sweating or swimming, regardless of the SPF," says Dr. Kream."Even if you're applying SPF 100, you must re-apply every two hours. This is simply because no matter how well a sunscreen is blocking the UV radiation, it wears off after a few hours.