What is the good SPF for a lotion?

Question

with so many lotions out there in the market, i don't know on which amount of SPF content should i buy, just to protect my skin from the sun's ultraviolet rays. is SPF 20 ok?

Answer 1

Spf 15 is fine if it's for everyday use.  If you use a special lotion for your face after you wash it in the morning there should be spf 15 in it.  

Answer 2

15-25 SPF is usually pretty good especially if it's a facial lotion. If you burn easily then you might want to consider 30 SPF depending how outdoorsy you are too.

Answer 3

My mom heard somewhere that any sunscreens over 30 SPF don't actually help any more than a 30. So we always use 30 and reapply a lot. But I don't know where she heard that or if it's true. I'd say if you're about to be in the sun for a long time go with nothing under 30, but if you're talking SPF built into an every day moisturizer 15 or more is fine.

Answer 4

20 is fine if you reapply it every 2 hours or so. Id reccommend 30 though. But thats for a normal day about town.

Beach id say 50 reapplied every hour or after coming out of the water.

Answer 5

definately no less than 30+ SPF this will only give u 3 hours protection so the higher the better there are even higher available now i use 30 on my face under my make-up AND over my moisturiser and 45+ on my body.  

Answer 6

My dermatologist told me that an SPF 30 is the least that I should shoot for. Anything lower than that does not protect very well.

Answer 7

20 SPF