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Daily Mirror
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Paul Speed

UK heatwave: What to look for in a sunscreen, how much to use and when to re-apply

The weather's finally hotting up, so you reach for the sunscreen – but which one do you need, and how much of it should you actually be using?

It seems most of us Brits just aren't sure at all, with the NHS saying the vast majority don't apply enough. It’s perhaps easiest to break the amount of sun cream needed into teaspoons, which are simple to visualise.

The NHS recommends a single teaspoon for the face and neck, while for the body use around seven teaspoons - which is a bare minimum, so don't be afraid to add more. This works out to roughly more than half a teaspoon of sunscreen for each arm, and around one teaspoon to each leg, front of body and back of body.

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