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Sun screen

Need a good sun screen at a reasonable price for my trip to India, any ideas?
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  • woody_56
    woody_56 Posts: 167 Forumite
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    only one to buy is P20 from all leading chemists ,clear liquid lasts nearly all day,non sticky very good ,i have a bald head love the sun so i have to have a good one ,also non smelling thus no flying insects are attracted to you,may be slightly cheaper to buy at duty free at airport run a few checks on price. jim
  • sloppychops
    sloppychops Posts: 6,742 Forumite
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    Tesco sell their own brand thats cheap and very good.
    "Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
  • zico_2
    zico_2 Posts: 92 Forumite
    I agree that P20 is the best, once a day application and then no burning. Cheapest place to buy it seems to be the Canary Islands so if you know someone going there, get them to buy you some. We got family to bring back 6 bottles last year and it cost about £16 a bottle. One bottle should last one person about 10 days.
  • lozkate
    lozkate Posts: 127 Forumite
    Thanks for those replies - its helped me as well.

    We are going to Australia during their summer, does anyone know if you can buy it there? Also is it cheaper than at any European Duty Free.
  • heatherw_01
    heatherw_01 Posts: 6,860 Ambassador
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    Boots Soltan is good and is bogof at the moment, as are a few others

    http://www.boots.com/shop/product_list_endeca_template.jsp?classificationid=1041546
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  • saveapenny
    saveapenny Posts: 6,773 Forumite
    If you look anything like your passport photo....Your too ill to travel
  • littlereddevil
    littlereddevil Posts: 4,752 Forumite
    lozkate wrote:
    Thanks for those replies - its helped me as well.

    We are going to Australia during their summer, does anyone know if you can buy it there? Also is it cheaper than at any European Duty Free.
    When I was in Australia I couldn't find anything under factor 25
    travelover
  • Bob63
    Bob63 Posts: 1,320 Forumite
    lozkate wrote:
    We are going to Australia during their summer, does anyone know if you can buy it there? Also is it cheaper than at any European Duty Free.
    The Aussies are the kings of sunscreen. I went there last year (our summer, their winter) and picked up a 1 litre pump bottle of waterproof factor 30 sunscreen for around £10. Just go to any of the big drug store chains and you will find them. We took the 1 litre bottle to Turkey in August and it was fantastic stuff.

    Mike
  • spirit
    spirit Posts: 2,886 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    I bought some ASDA own label stuff for £2.84. I'm sure it's made by one of the big names anyway!
    Mortgage free as of 10/02/2015. Every brick and blade of grass belongs to meeeee. :j
  • MrsNurseyC
    MrsNurseyC Posts: 52 Forumite
    While on this topic, can anyone recommend a good, non greasy sun protection SPRAY? (ie. man friendly!) ;)
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