ThinkSport | This is my number one fave. It’s easy to apply, works well, and smells good. I like that it’s an SPF 50 for my pale English babies and I usually only have to apply it once in the morning on a sunny day (if we’re spending the entire day in the sun I apply it after Hen’s midday nap as well, just for insurance). In addition to the Kids one pictured above there’s a Sport version, a Baby version, and one called Everyday Face that I should probably start using myself before my face starts to look like an old leather handbag 🙂

Green Beaver | This is by far the greasiest sunscreen I’ve ever used. When I used it last summer it ended up greasin’ up my toddler, myself, and pretty much all of our furniture. The Pro to this sunscreen is that the water beads right off your skin when you use it, so it’d be a great option for kids who are spending a lot of time in water at the pool or beach. The Con is that it’s a thick formula so it’s tough to apply on kids and I had to scrub pretty vigorously with soap to get it off my hands after I applied it; if you wanted to get all the sunscreen off of your kids before bedtime you might have to work pretty hard in the bath to remove it all from their skin. Moral of the story: effective, but a pain in the ass.

Badger | If you’re a mama with tattoos you need a sunscreen stick! I never use a stick for everyday use because they’re difficult to apply on kids, faces, and large surfaces like arms and legs. But I started carrying one around when I got my forearm tattoos done and was working on patios all summer – gotta protect that expensive artwork! I highly recommend this stick for tattoos and easy application areas like the bridge of your nose. Bonus : it smells SO good, like vanilla and oranges.

Alba | As you can see from the Sharpie written on this tube, this sunscreen comes out super fast! It’s the thinnest of the sunscreens I’ve tried so it’s easy to apply on skin because it spreads really well, but there’s no easy way of getting it out of the tube without getting half the tube. More importantly, because the formula is so thin it ran into Hennie’s eyes from her forehead when we used it on her face last summer, leading to major meltdowns and aversion to sunscreen for a while after (ugh, fail!). If you can figure out the perfect amount of pressure to apply to the tube so it doesn’t shoot out and waste the lotion it’s an effective choice with good coverage for arms and legs, but I wouldn’t recommend using it anywhere near the eyes. For now it’s our Stroller Sunscreen.

Do you have any favourite kiddo sunscreens to recommend?