If you’re holding off on the sunscreen because British spring is prone to false starts, I’m not going to lecture you – but I am going to suggest a compromise I believe will satisfy us both. Clinical advice is that we should all be wearing dedicated sunscreens of SPF30-plus year round, because skin-ageing UV rays don’t care how hot it is. Although in practice, most people wait until they might conceivably burn before committing to an extra layer of skincare.
But if you’re not spending extended periods outdoors, SPF moisturisers offer a third way, provided they’re applied properly: to adequately protect, one must be more generous than one might instinctively be with a regular day cream. The texture should feel much the same.
