Sunday Lotion

Sunday lotion is designed to stop peroxidation by feeding the skin.

Also, by adding Squalane, Myrrhe, and Red Raspberry Seed Oil helps rid free radicals and prevents skin damage caused by over-exposure to sun. Red Raspberry Seed Oil studies show protection against UV-A and UV-B equal to titanium with a SPF of 25-50. Sunday lotion is filled with antioxidants like White Tea and Green Tea which help keep our skin in the best shape by preventing and repairing damage. Antioxidants help slow the effects of free radicals. Aloe is added to help relieve irritation, soothe, moisturize skin, counter after sun effects, and help speed up healing. Ginko Biloba is added for its anti-inflammatory properties, its ability to repair skin, and increase collagen production.

Protecting yourself against the sun can be quite challenging without using chemical sunscreens and sunblock.

Titanium dioxide, an ingredient in just about all sunscreens and sunblocks has evidence of being a potential carcinogen. There are also active ingredients such as avobenzone, benzophenone, ethylhexyl p-methoxycinnimate, 2-ethylhexyl salicylate, homosalate, octyl methoxycinnamate, oxybenzone (benzophenone-3) that are raising some questions. These ingredients are said to increase free-radicals in the body.

EWG has quoted a study conducted by CDC that 97% of Americans are contaminated with a sunscreen ingredient called oxybenzone. Oxybenzone has been linked to hormone disruptions, allergies, and cell damage. They also quoted a study revealed that mothers exposed to this ingredient during pregnancy were subject to have babies with low birth weight.

Oxybenzone is a chemical ingredient that helps other ingredients penetrate through the skin. EWG identified 600 sunscreens, 172 facial moisturizers, 111 lip balms, and 81 types of lipsticks sold in the United States that contain the ingredient oxybenzone. Estrogenic activity in sunscreens have been detected. A study conducted by Margaret Schlumpf at the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Switzerland have found that many widely-used sunscreen chemicals have estrogenic activity and trigger developmental abnormalities in rats.

EWG's research has revealed that 84% of sunscreen products are harmful to consumers.

There are ways to increase your protection from bad sunburns and gear your body up to respond better to your prolonged activities in the sun. Eating a wide variety of antioxidants including berries, rich vegetable sources with all spectrums of colors, chlorella, wheatgrass, and spirulina. As well as hempseed, green tea, dark chocolate, white tea, watermelon, tomatoes, and fish oil. A variety of these foods are either high in antioxidants, carotenoids, lycopene, and omega 3 fatty acids. 

The picture here is of our human test subject, he has volunteered to "test" our Sunday lotion and its effectiveness. The subject drove on a long distance trip, a total of three hours with the left arm exposed directly into the sun. A dot, the size slightly smaller than a dime would be rubbed into a specific area on the arm before the subject started the trip. After the three hour ride, the tester experienced heavy sunburn in all areas of the arm that was exposed to the sun but the area that was neatly covered with our Sunday lotion did not get damaged and retained the natural color of the skin.

1 Days after exposure

2 Days after exposure

3 Days after exposure

4 Days after exposure

5 Days after exposure

Active ingredients in mainstream Sunscreens

Active Ingredient	UV blocked	Known for	EWG rating
Menthyl anthranilate	UV-A	Cancer Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive) Ecotoxicology	1
Trolamine salicylate	UV-B	Use restrictions	1
Dioxybenzone	UV-B, UV-A	Cancer Allergies & immunotoxicity Ecotoxicology	2
Avobenzone	UV-A	Cancer Allergies & immunotoxicity Use restrictions	2
Titanium dioxide	UV-B, UV-A	Cancer Allergies & immunotoxicity Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive)	1-3
Zinc oxide	UV-A, UV-B	Developmental & reproductive toxicity Allergies & immunotoxicity Persistence and bioaccumulation Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive) Ecotoxicology	2-3
Cinoxate	UV-B	Cancer Organ system toxicity Use restrictions	3
Octocrylene	UV-B	Use restrictions Biochemical or cellular level changes Persistence and bioaccumulation Ecotoxicology	3
Octisalate	UV-B	Allergies & immunotoxicity Ecotoxicology	3
Phenylbenzimidazole sulfonic acid	UV-B	Cancer Use restrictions Biochemical or cellular level changes	3
Sulisobenzone	UV-B, UV-A	Allergies & immunotoxicity Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) Endocrine disruption Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive)	3
Homosalate	UV-B	Developmental & reproductive toxicity Allergies & immunotoxicity Biochemical or cellular level changes Endocrine disruption Persistence and bioaccumulation Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive) Ecotoxicology	4
Octyl methoxycinnamate	UV-B	Developmental & reproductive toxicity Allergies & immunotoxicity Biochemical or cellular level changes Endocrine disruption Persistence and bioaccumulation Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive) Ecotoxicology	6
Padimate O	UV-B	Cancer Allergies & immunotoxicity Biochemical or cellular level changes Endocrine disruption Ecotoxicology	6
Aminobenzoic acid	UV-B	Cancer Allergies & immunotoxicity Use restrictions Biochemical or cellular level changes	7
Oxybenzone	UV-B, UV-A	Developmental & reproductive toxicity Allergies & immunotoxicity Biochemical or cellular level changes Endocrine disruption Persistence and bioaccumulation Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive) Ecotoxicology,	8

References:
http://www.ewg.org/sunscreen/
http://breakingnews.ewg.org/2011sunscreen

In Vitro and in Vivo Estrogenicity of UV Screens
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11333184