tony de wonderful

Why is this so expensive in the UK? In Boots you can be paying £8 for small bottle, and it's that horrible greasy stuff. I used to use the white zinc based stuff on my overseas jaunts. I suppose it's just not cool enough for the UK? We've all got arms tats to show off?

And why is mosquito repellent so expensive as well? Again about £8 for a tiny bottle in Boots. I'm gonna find it cheaper on ebay.

Stupid!

The Trooper 1815

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Aldi Lacura stuff came 1st in a "Which" magazine survey, and a fraction of the highstreet shops prices.

dpb

Racketeering mostly

RobsyUK

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Just drink nasty tonic waster to keep the mozzies away....

LSherratt

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Don't go to boots. Go to those "supersaver" style shops and I'll bet you any money that you'll find all the well known brands of suncream half price. I got some piz buin suncream of £5, slashed from £10 or something.

Dingdongler

I don't use it, it's for gheyers and wimmins

cster

I'm not generally in favour of government subsidies, but this is an area that would benefit IMO.

tony de wonderful

I think it might be subsidised in Australia, now sure, but it was cheap and available everywhere. You'd get people going around beaches giving it out. Skin cancer had a big awareness project.

I never 'sun bath' now after working in the middle east and Australia. The sun is not your friend. Mad dogs and Englishmen as they say...

tony de wonderful

pacenote

I was in Thailand recently and saw a number of eastern europeans who obviously don't use it either, infact one couple were a nice two tone colour of red front/white back

PaulC72

Pound shop sun cream works just as well.

I think the other shops charge so much as it has a limited shelf life for sales - we don't get THAT much sun...

dpb

Stay inside I say, save stacks

It's British mentality to go broil yourself as soon as the clouds reel back

mart360

When we went to OZ in Feb,

The branded stuff, is about the same as UK prices

They all use local stuff, still factor trazilion and it costs about 3 -5 dollars

its a way of life for them, slap on clat, wear a hat, before you go out.

Melonoma, is one of there biggest problems

Mart

DYK

Use coconut oil....

mart360

Season well with a bit of salt & pepper, medium to high heat for 30 mins,

& leave to rest before carving lol


Mart

Lisawrx

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I used carrot oil once. Surprisingly, I didn't burn.

Turbohot

Don't be so colonial. Your skin needs vitamin D. You should get out and soak sun. Just don't overdo it. You should also put sun block on. It only takes a mole to turn onto a mountain of skin cancer. Depends what type of skin you have. I get told that I should also put that on, but tbh, I don't. I was born and brought up at a land where the sun omitted up to 56 degrees and a little above, so heat here hopefully shouldn't kill me.

dpb

My skin gets the vitamin D, I just don't need to go out in the midday sun to get it

RobsyUK

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Spunk apparently is good.. Well the covered area of the face didnt tan

ScoobyWon't

Wipe the spunk off your face before you go out.

DYK

Dirty Basterd

RobJenks

Always used 30+ sun block and still went red with excessive exposure.
Now limit time to 10 minutes (tropical climate in Thailand) no block.
Have light tan and no burning.

stilover

Ripoff Britain. It's the same with everything.

tony de wonderful

You can get factor 50.

Ant

just put two lots od spf30 the its 60

urban

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Matteeboy

I had to pay 20 Euros for a small bottle of kids SPF50 in Spain!!

Apart from when surfing, I'm not applying it any more. After 33 days in the camper in Spain and France, I have a slightly freaky mega tan. Never been this brown before!

dpb

It's called a hat