Beyond Coastal Sun Care Giveaway – Ends 05/22

Are you and your family ready for the beginning of summer next month? While you plan your fun in the sun, don’t forget to pack some protection from the sun, too. To help you prepare, Beyond Coastal Sun Care are offering one lucky winner a prize pack of their sunscreen products, so read on!

Since I live at the beach, it factors a lot into my family’s summer activities – although people would probably be surprised to know how infrequently I actually put my feet in the sand, even though I only live about a mile from the ocean! Still, when there is time in our crazy schedules, Jai and I love to go for runs (Or these days, physiotherapy walks!) on the beach, build bonfires with our friends, and just enjoy the natural beauty of the area. But no matter what the activity, I’m always very concerned about wearing sunscreen. Suncare is important to me, and not just because I’m a goth at heart. 😉 Besides the obvious risks of skin cancer and premature aging/damage to the skin, I put a priority on sunblock because I have such fair skin and don’t want to end up with a nasty sunburn. I don’t always remember to wear sunscreen as much as I should during the summer, but I’m trying to work it into my routine more so that I don’t ever forget – and I wear a moisturizer with SPF pretty much every day year-round.

So when I had the opportunity to test out some complimentary products from Beyond Coastal Sun Care, I thought this was a great chance to stock up on sunblock for this summer. Beyond Coastal are proud of the many natural ingredients that they use in their formulas, such as Aloe Vera and coconut oil. I had a chance to try the following products:

• Citrus Grove Lip Balm: This rich lip balm contains an SPF of 15 to help shield your lips during summer says. This is a very rich, moisturizing balm that glides on smoothly and works great alone or under lip gloss. My lips are always super dry, so I’ve been loving this lip balm and wearing it almost every day!
• Active Face Stick: This product has a really unique packaging – it’s basically dispensed like a stick of deodorant. This stick has an SPF of 30, is waterproof, and is applied directly to the face – again, kind of like rubbing a deodorant stick on your face. It’s easy to apply, glides on silky smooth, and feels very moisturizing. It doesn’t leave skin quite as greasy as some other sunscreens can, although you can still notice that it’s there and I noticed it made it difficult to powder my face afterwards – I had to use a little more concealer. However, once my makeup was on, it was almost imperceptible. I do worry about this clogging my pores (As I do with many other suncreens as well), but it’s hard for me to tell as my pores were already a little clogged from sleeping in my makeup during a few exhausting nights last week!
• Natural Clear Sunscreen: This 1 oz bottle is perfect for carry-on luggage and contains SPF 30+ sunblock. It’s very thick and harder to rub on in comparison to the face stick, but it’s no different to apply than any other standard sunblock.
• Active Sunscreen – Water Resistant: This waterproof counterpart to the Natural Clear Sunscreen also has a SPF of 30+ and seemed to be a little easier to smooth on to the skin.
• Kid’s Natural Sunscreen: This SPF 30+ formula for kids is thick but fairly easy to smooth on. I don’t have any kids, but I will use this sunscreen myself!

I really liked these products – the ingredients seemed to be gentle on my sensitive skin, although I haven’t had a lot of opportunities to try them out so far since it was really rainy here last week! I’m so glad to have extra sunscreen on hand now to prepare me for the better weather – and the 1 oz tubes are perfect for tucking into my purse, so now I’ll have no excuses for forgetting to apply it! 😉

One lucky Contest Corner winner will receive a Beyond Coastal prize pack! Here’s how to enter:

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