{"id":3981,"date":"2023-05-20T20:32:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T13:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/the-problem-with-spf-in-foundation\/"},"modified":"2023-05-20T20:32:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T13:32:31","slug":"the-problem-with-spf-in-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=3981","title":{"rendered":"The Problem With SPF in Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"drop-cap text-big text-gray\"> <span class=\"drop-cap__first text-dropcap \">T<\/span>he importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/how-to-wear-sunscreen-every-day\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/how-to-wear-sunscreen-every-day\/\">wearing sunscreen every day<\/a> can\u2019t be understated. The American Academy of Dermatology recommends that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aad.org\/media\/stats-sunscreen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.aad.org\/media\/stats-sunscreen\">everyone wear sunscreen every single day<\/a> (no matter what the weather) to protect against skin cancer and help prevent premature skin aging. To help get their daily does of sun protection, many people turn to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/beauty-products-spf\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/beauty-products-spf\/\">makeup with SPF<\/a> already in it\u2014how can you resist a 2-in-1 product that provides makeup coverage <em>plus <\/em>sun protection? But is the SPF in foundation or other beauty products enough?<\/div>\n<p>In theory, having sunscreen in your makeup product is great\u2014especially considering a survey conducted by Sun Regrets found that only \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/sunregrets.luminatedna.com\/sun-myths\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/sunregrets.luminatedna.com\/sun-myths\/\">19 percent of respondents wear sunscreen year-round<\/a>, and 78 percent admit going outside on a sunny day without sunscreen.\u201d With those numbers, it would be better to provide an option they\u2019re more likely to wear, like SPF in their makeup\u2026right?<\/p>\n<h2>The problem with SPF in foundation and makeup<\/h2>\n<p>Well, there are a few key problems with this line of defense: Primarily, the amount you\u2019re applying and where you\u2019re applying it, says\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completeskinmd.com\/pages\/staff-elizabeth-k-hale-md\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.completeskinmd.com\/pages\/staff-elizabeth-k-hale-md\">Elizabeth K. Hale, MD<\/a>, a board-certified dermatologist and spokesperson for <a href=\"https:\/\/sunregrets.luminatedna.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/sunregrets.luminatedna.com\/\">Sun Regrets Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Awareness<\/a> campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to the survey, a majority of the 2,000 people who responded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/forgetting-sunscreen-scalp-face-neck\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/forgetting-sunscreen-scalp-face-neck\/\">missed applying sunscreen to their ears, lips, and scalp\/hairline<\/a>, which aren&#8217;t areas a foundation or tinted moisturizer would likely be applied to,\u201d Dr. Hale says. \u201cAdditionally, the issue with foundations and tinted moisturizers is not necessarily that the SPF is not high enough, but that people do not apply enough to achieve the recommended [amount required] to actually obtain the SPF stated on the bottle.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/wearing-sunscreen-under-makeup\/#:~:text=By%20and%20large%2C%20dermatologists%20recommend,skin%20protected%20from%20UV%20rays.\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/wearing-sunscreen-under-makeup\/#:~:text=By%20and%20large%2C%20dermatologists%20recommend,skin%20protected%20from%20UV%20rays.\">Derms suggest apply a quarter-sized amount to your face alone<\/a>, FYI.)<\/p>\n<p>So, while having sunscreen in foundation is not a bad thing, the amount you would typically apply for cosmetic purposes isn\u2019t enough to provide the protection that your skin needs. Instead, Dr. Hale recommends first applying a broad-spectrum sunscreen, and following that up with makeup or foundation on top. \u201cBonus if it contains additional SPF!\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related-content \" style=\"\" data-module-init=\"related-content\" data-module-immediate=\"\" v-cloak=\"\">\n<div class=\"related-content__wrapper \" v-cloak=\"\" :class=\"{'is-loaded':isLoaded}\">\n<p> <span class=\"inline pr-6 text-seafoam-dark\">Related Stories<\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <related-content class=\"related-content__links\" parent-article-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/spf-foundation-enough\/\" current-title=\"Is the SPF in My Foundation Enough? 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Instead, invest in sunscreen that can be worn with or without makeup. Nowadays, there are fantastic options such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/sunscreen-serums\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/sunscreen-serums\/\">sunscreen serums<\/a> and tinted sunscreens that provide adequate sun protection and layer beautifully underneath any makeup products\u2014a total win-win.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1675549\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The importance of wearing sunscreen every day can\u2019t be understated. The American Academy of Dermatology recommends that everyone wear sunscreen every single day (no matter what the weather) to protect against skin cancer and help prevent premature skin aging. To help get their daily does of sun protection, many people turn to makeup with SPF &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}