How to Prevent Sunscreen Stains – B.B. Titanium Dioxide Sunscreen – $25.99 for Three
Avobenzone and Iron don’t mix. Well… that’s not quite true. They do mix, and the reaction between that common chemical sunscreen and high-iron tap water creates rust. Which is precisely why you’ve got orange and brown stains all over your white clothes. And you thought you had just developed a nasty case of ring around the collar.
Don’t believe me? Take a look at that sock to your right. That’s an experiment done by a mom (which you can read all about here) and the top three sunscreens left no stains after a wash. Why? No Avobenzone.
Avobenzone goes by a bunch of different names, so check to make sure you’re not using a sunscreen with any of these common active ingredients:
Avobenzone
Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane
Parsol 1789
Eusolex 9020
Escalol 517
If you live in an area with lots of iron in the water, use a sunscreen that has Titanium Dixoide
Don’t assume that more expensive sunscreens will do less staining. I was on a hike with my wife last week, needed some sunscreen, and borrowed my wife’s fancy pants bottle of Arbonne. It destroyed the shirt that I was wearing once it went through the wash. I loved that shirt. And now its been reduced to a car wash rag. Stick with this: Banana Boat Kids Hypoallergenic SPF 30
Now that you know why your whites are stained, do you need new ones? Try this Mossimo Polo for only $7.99.
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