Pound shop sun cream feedback

shamrock_girl

I bought some kids £1 sun cream factor 30 last year from Poundland and it seemed ok and I occassionily used it myself when I'd run out of my own, though I'm always wary as I have sensitive, strange skin! I decided to buy some kids sun cream again from the same place and noticed that the name&packaging seemed different(Anova Tropical)I couldn't tell you what exactly last year's one was as I'd got rid of it, but it wasn't this one.

As it happened when my Grandchildren(who I'd got it for)arrived&we were going outside, they had their own sun cream from home so I didn't use it on them. I still didn't have any adult one a couple of weeks ago so I put some on myself, face&arms, just before I went into city centre for an appointment. Well, I had barely got there on the bus when my skin started itching, but worst of all was that my eyes started streaming&were really sore, though of course, I hadn't put the stuff anywhere near my eyes. Couldn't fathom why this happened, popped in to Boots chemist&the pharmacist just said something in it didn't agree with me(forgot I had previously used it few days earlier&similar thing happned, though not as bad)so I should stop using it&if it didn't die down , to come back&get some eye drops. It did settle later in the day, but it left me quite shaken, can't bear the thought of anything with your eyes, very short sighted&wear glasses all the time. I have many other health issues, disability&am on lots of medication, so don't want to risk adding other problems to this. Have now got some suncream(factor 25) from Wilkinsons, their own brand@£3 and have used it twice and it was fine. Would never buy sun cream again from pound shops. It's best stick to mostly branded toothpaste&other products, you know what you're getting?:mad:

ashcarrot

I've been buying the Coppertone stuff too, it would be nice though for someone with a bit more knowledge to say whether its "good" or not though.

margaretclare

This might be pertinent: http://www.annmariegianni.com/ingredient-watch-list-methylisothiazolinone-the-toxic-ingredient-that-could-cause-nerve-damage?fb_action_ids=10151782065933453&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582

Be careful of anything you put on your skin which is 'too' cheap (sorry, Martin!) I've recently chucked out any skin cream/lotion which contains this ingredient, following a very bad reaction a few weeks ago resulting in my being treated by 2 courses of steroids. this could have been what shamrock girl found.

Computersaysno

What a bunch of snobs...."we wouldn't use £1 sun creams"!!!!!!!


As regards 'creams having a sell by date that is kept secret'....what another load of tosh.

You really think £-shops would chance selling stuff that they would get hammered on if it was dodgy???

Computersaysno

margaretclare wrote: »

This might be pertinent: http://www.annmariegianni.com/ingredient-watch-list-methylisothiazolinone-the-toxic-ingredient-that-could-cause-nerve-damage?fb_action_ids=10151782065933453&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582

This woman [the one in the link, not the poster] is obviously a fruitcake.

trets77

Last year in Costa Blanca in August my Brother in law took Nivea for him partner and child and we took Avon Sun cream. Same factor protection but they all got slightly burned and we had no burn what so ever. They ditched the Nivea and had our spare tube of Avon cream.
I think it was £8 a tube from the Avon lady but it lasted well (pretty much all day) and did a great job.

Like most things in life going to cheap is a false economy but there are major savings to be made over premium brands.

**professor~yaffle**

Computersaysno wrote: »

What a bunch of snobs...."we wouldn't use £1 sun creams"!!!!!!!


As regards 'creams having a sell by date that is kept secret'....what another load of tosh.

You really think £-shops would chance selling stuff that they would get hammered on if it was dodgy???

Most of the decent sunscreens have a use-by date.

A lot of the products in the £1-shop have foreign writing on them, and could well be 'off the back of a lorry'.

The £1 suncreams might be ok, they might be better than nothing, but I personally wouldn't trust them. It's not so much being a snob, - I'm quite happy to economise and buy cheaper stuff, but I never scrimp when it comes to safety.

RHYSDAD

We save many pounds in other ares of our lives but risking our boys skin is not on i'm afraid. I don't want them getting burnt. No snobbery just don't fancy three under sixes with sunburn....

angelcake89

I used it today on my two kids as I've been at a loss with what to try since my eldest son decided to react to every other sun cream and I thought it's better than nothing and I think it's really good.

He's slightly pink on his face/thighs (running round the garden naked) but that was due to parental failure rather than the sun cream as I was distracted while reapplying with his younger brother.

Definitely needs reapplying frequently and when getting out of water but for £1 for 75ml I have no issue reapplying multiple a day.

Beenie

Which magazine usually do a sunscreen test every few years. This year they haven't done one as the testing criteria is changing. However, the last report I can find says that Asda, Superdrug, Nivea and Hawaiian Tropic are good but avoid Malibu, Tesco, M&S and Wilko as their SPF ratings were all unreliable.