SPF sunscreen products to protect red hair
Sun exposure can permanently damage the hair pigment, meaning you could lose vibrancy if you’re not careful. And don’t forget your delicate scalp, too, which should never be …
Sun Care For Redheads
Natural redheads are at a much higher risk of skin cancer, so keeping on top of your sun care is of high importance. Read up on SPF, sun care and sun avoidance tips for gingers.
The importance of sun hat protection for redheads
Not only will a sun hat save you from sunburn and heat exhaustion, it’ll protect your ginger hair.
The ABCD rule: Checking your skin & moles for skin cancer risks
It’s well-known that redheads are at higher risk of skin cancer, including malignant melanoma, even without UV exposure.
Sun safety: Using Miiskin app to help monitor your skin for changes
The World Health Organisation reports that cases of both non-melanoma and melanoma skin cancers have been increasing over the past decades. Currently, between two and three million …
Redheads, are you applying enough sunscreen?
British redheads can usually count on having a fairly bearable summer. Mostly rainy, cloudy, and occasionally sunny, generally the UK is not known for heatwaves, droughts and wildfires. But …
Sun safety: Using Miiskin app to help monitor your skin for changes
The World Health Organisation reports that cases of both non-melanoma and melanoma skin cancers have been increasing over the past decades. Currently, between two and three million …
Higher SPF sunscreen doesn’t necessarily mean you’re safer in the sun
SPF 50 beats SPF 30 in the sun protection stakes, right? Fifty is higher than 30 – it’s simple maths. But that’s not strictly the case.
Why can some redheads tan while others can’t tan at all?
Most people associate red hair with pale skin, but what about those rarest of rare gingers who can tan? Nope, we’re not describing an impossible mythical creature, these tanning ginger …
Why being ginger during summer is actually awesome
Besides the obvious reasons of why summer is glorious (longer days, summer fashion and ice cream – lots of ice cream), being blessed with natural red hair actually gives you some extra …
The truth about clouds and sunburn
When it happens, you feel like a complete idiot and can’t believe how you could let such a thing happen. But cloud sunburn is definitely a thing.
5 ways for redheads to stay cool in the summer heat
The fan is on the blink, you’ve run out of ice, and leaning out of the window open just doesn’t cut it. The summer heat can be red hot, particularly for gingers, who are …
Which? warns over ‘water resistant’ sunscreen claims
Reapplying sunscreen is one of the biggest banes of a redhead’s life. It’s right up there with people pitying you for your lack of tan, and having people ask you “if the …
Suncare: SPF protection…for your eyelashes?
As good redheads, we know our summer morning routine well: apply SPF to the face, body and hair, in all its many, many forms. Then, repeat as necessary (read: quite a lot). But have you ever …
Your red hair needs its own sun protection
The sun is damaging all over so let’s fight it!
High, high SPF sunscreen for redheads
It’s that tricky time of year again, when we don’t know if we should slap on the sunscreen, put layers on, or give up completely and just sit inside. Redheads have a tough time …
New Study To Reduce Risk of Redhead Sun Burn and Melanoma Skin Cancer
As any clued-up redhead knows, the protein MC1R, found on chromosome 16, is responsible for many of the weird and wonderful elements of ginger life, including red hair, freckles and pale …
