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Friday, January 31, 2020

All Good Kid's Sunscreen Spray SPF30

This review for the 177mL/6fl. oz. spray bottle of All Good Kid's Sunscreen Spray SPF30 is half a year late ^.^" I bought it at the request of my little guy's school way back in the late spring-early summer of 2019. The school didn't request this particular sunscreen per se. They just want two sunscreen products regardless of brand, one in a stick which started my binge for sun sticks (I'll post more of them in the next couple of months), and one in a spray bottle, which didn't start anything because I really dislike sunscreen sprays.


Why? First of all, I personally dislike aerosol cans and avoid them whenever possible. Secondly, any kind of spray is going to be a bit messy. If it's going to be messy, I'd rather it be something benign and harmless to get on everything else including the intended spot (facial mists, toners, etc.). But sunscreens? Nope. Because a spraying sunscreen is going to get on clothing, any surfaces nearby, hair, nose, eyes, etc., not to mention you might accidentally breathe in the mist. Nope. Nope. Nope.

So why does the school want a sunscreen spray? Well, for one the kiddos are squirmy little things. For two, for hygiene reasons they want to avoid touching the kids and spreading the germs (as if that doesn't already happen, but I appreciate their consideration and effort). So as a result, parents are instructed to send their kiddos to school with sunscreen already applied, and the teachers will reapply the sunscreen once or twice during the day, depends whether the day involves outdoor water play at the playground, i.e. "Splash Day." Come the time for reapplication, the teachers need to get sunscreen on the kids stat before they scatter like a herd of kittens, so they swipe the stick on the kiddos' faces and spray on any exposed arms and legs, clothing be damned. I asked, and they *do not* use the spray on the kiddos' face (for good reasons), thank goodness. 

So far, I'd only notice my little guy tanning a little with this sunscreen, especially the back of his hands and his arms. Totally understandable, since they're instructed to wash hands after coming in from the playground, and before and after snack times and lunchtime. So any sunscreen on the back of the hand is likely going to be washed off rather quickly. His arms tanned less than the back of his hands, because I almost always put him in long sleeves save for a few bloody hot days (95F/35C+), and on those days the school keep the kiddos indoor anyway.

Hubby and I didn't have any problem washing this sunscreen off of our little guy's legs. There had been no residue or sticky stuff that required lots of soap. Our little guy has eczema-prone skin and we avoid using soap as much as possible, and everything was fine throughout the summer. Will I buy this sunscreen spray again though? Probably not, though only because I want to try other brands.

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