April 14, 2021
Basically, windburn can occur anytime when you’re outside in cold winds with low humidity (windburn doesn’t tend to happen in warm weather). One theory is that the wind strips your skin of its protective oils, leaving it vulnerable to inflammation. Low humidity also dries out your skin, which means its natural defences are weakened.
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March 05, 2021
When it comes to skin, the changing of the seasons is always a bit of a precarious time as your epidermis adjusts to different conditions. Autumn can be the time when all the carefree fun, late nights and long beach days of summer finally catch up with us. The air becomes drier and less humid; the weather windier. Combined with the increased time we might spend near heaters, this whole thing is a recipe for dehydrated and dull-looking skin.
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February 16, 2021
Is SunButter tinted SPF50 suitable to replace tinted moisturiser or BB cream? What about foundation? Does the tinted sunscreen work with all skin tones? Will it stain my clothes? Is it the same formula as your regular sunscreen? Is it resistant to sweat? All your tinted sunscreen questions, answered.
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February 10, 2021
You could say we’re a little ambitious when it comes to our products. We don’t just want them to be amazing concoctions that you use and love and keep coming back for — we also want them to tick every possible box in the planet-loving column (reef-safe? Check! Plastic-free? Check! All-natural? You betcha!). Naturally, this means our sunscreen formula is plant-based and vegan.
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January 19, 2021
While our original SPF50 isn’t going anywhere, our tinted sunscreen is the new kid on the (sun)block — and we couldn’t be more excited. Of course, both products essentially do the same thing, and they do it without causing extra damage to our oceans. But there are some definite perks to using tinted sunscreen. Let us round up all the reasons we’re in love with this new product.
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January 01, 2021
As full-time frothers, most days you’ll find us “buttering up” before heading out into the surf. But SunButter isn’t just for surfers — did you know that we created our original SPF50 recipe while on-board a research boat in Ningaloo Reef because we wanted to be able to slip, slop, slap without damaging the marine communities of the Coral Coast?
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October 28, 2020
What do we do with mattresses we no longer need? How do we dispose of old batteries? Phones? Electrical cables? Mattresses? Textile scraps? How can these things we re-used?
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September 29, 2020
Seaweed — by which we mean countless species of marine algae — boasts a pretty impressive resume. So impressive, in fact, that we’ve included seaweed in our forthcoming skincare range (more on that soon). Let’s dive into some of the benefits of seaweed (excuse the pun).
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September 18, 2020
You may be aware that there are issues around the palm oil industry and that it poses a threat to orangutans, in particular, but what is exactly palm oil and why is it such a problem? Let’s take a deeper look together.
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August 30, 2020
This month we're focusing on the 5,000-year-old Indian medicine system known as Ayurveda. Ayurveda is often referred to as a "sister science" of yoga, but it's not just a science — it's a life philosophy.
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