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Check out the science behind The Good Oil, our unisex, multi-tasking, plant-based serum, designed to take off stubborn sunscreen, makeup and dirt without stripping skin, and replace moisture and nutrients for your best skin yet. 

It’s been a big year for sunscreen, and not necessarily in a good way. A wave of headlines has spotlighted numerous sunscreens being pulled from shelves after independent labs couldn’t replicate their SPF claims. We’ve got some reassuring news: our Everyday Easy Glide SPF 50 Mineral Sunscreen has been re-tested, and it passed with flying colours.  

If you’re a friend of Sol Goods, by now you’ll know that sunscreen is a non-negotiable step in your skincare routine, and that not all sunscreens are created equal. Mineral sunscreens containing zinc oxide, which is our only active ingredient on Sol Goods formulas, are kinder to our skin, our bodies and the environment than chemical alternatives. Zinc-based sunscreens work by sitting on top of the skin to protect it from the sun, rather than being absorbed into the skin like chemical sunscreens.  Regardless, at the end of the day once the sun goes down, they still need to be...

“But I had sunblock on!”. This is a surprisingly common response from people unfortunate enough to have found themselves sunburnt after spending too much time in the sun. All too often the problem probably isn’t the quality of the sunblock, or how much and how often it was applied (more on that soon). It’s the over-reliance on sunblock as the only tool for protection, when in fact a whole tool kit is what’s always needed to stay safe in the sun. No sunscreen (even our amazing Sol Goods sunscreen and zinc products) block 100% of UV radiation. They simply allow you to be outdoors...