Sunblock on Shine

5 Ways to Streamline Your Summer Beauty Routine

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By Bobbi Brown, Beauty Expert

1. Lighten up your base. For day, I love using a tinted moisturizer with SPF. It looks lighter and sportier than traditional foundation, and it hydrates your skin. Most impressively it's a great time-saver as it combines your face makeup,…

What makes a sunscreen?

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You don’t have to buy the most expensive European brand of sunscreen to ensure that you’re getting the best protection, but you do need to know what to look for before spending even a dime on your next bottle of SPF!

Is Your Sunscreen Doing More Harm than Good?

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Previously, I hadn't given much thought to what was in my sunscreen. As long as the SPF was high enough I figured I was safe right?

Not so much. Turns out all sunscreens are not created equal, and some of my faves actually contain harmful ingredients (like these) or not enough of the good stuff (UV protection). The non-profit Environmental Working Group recently released a list of the safest and most effective sunscreens -- and which ones you should steer clear of. Check out a few of the good and bad below (and see what regular users think of them too).

Beauty essentials for any age

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Neutrogena Age Shield Face Sunblock with Helioplex, SPF 55

$11, drugstore.com

All sunscreens break down during the day, but this non-greasy formula contains Helioplex, an ingredient that helps UVA and UVB blockers last longer.

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Four Great Ways to Fight Random Sun Exposure

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I've never quite understood those girls who rocked sunscreen only when they're at the beach or the pool when your body is just as exposed when you're going to work. Seriously, think about it: Whether you're driving, dining al fresco, walking the dog, or going to the corner for a Pinkberry, the sun is prematurely aging every square millimeter of your skin it can reach.

Save Your Lips From the Sun

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While many of you know that sun protection is completely critical, clearly, some of y'all think that means everything but the lips.

According to a new study, only a piddly 47 percent of beachgoers uses UV lip protection, compared with the 78 percent who used UV skin protection. (I'm completely baffled by that 22 percent who aren't protecting at all, but we'll address this crowd another day.)

I need advice: Tanorexia

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A handful of my Caucasian girlfriends are so bronze that you second guess their ethnicity. Not only are they brown, they're strange shades of orange, brown, pink, in some cases polka dotted (when that self-tanning spray goes astray!) In the winter time, they're in a tanning bed once or twice...

They are all missing it

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Look at the potential damage that each one has. The best stuff is not SPF at all, it is a cream that is made of the skins of plants that sit in the desert sun all day. Aware Skin makes "Before, During, After Sun" specifically for this reason. It heal the skin as fast as the sun can...