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Mexican sunscreen brands - 7/28/2012 10:17:29 AM
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Treebeard
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We are hitting the San Francisco inTulum Wednesday night to stock the condo with groceries. Can anyone name some Mexican biodegradable sunscreen brands so we do not have to decipher the labels?
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RE: Mexican sunscreen brands - 7/29/2012 12:13:37 PM
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here is one USA Transfers offers
http://www.entertainment-plus.net/sunblock/
Doing a transfer or your own rental
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RE: Mexican sunscreen brands - 7/29/2012 12:30:42 PM
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Mexitan is from Florida, always has been. The original owner based her original formulas on a suntan oil a local woman made and sold on the beach in Acapulco. That's the Mexican connection to the name, but that's it, just a name. It's not a Mexican brand. 
Treebeard, why don't you check out Organicamente? They're in Puerto Aventuras and sell Mexican made, organic and environmentally friendly products. I believe they do have sunscreens and other skincare products too. There used to be some sold at a store on the Ukana in Akumal too, but I don't remember the name of the store.
At the grocery or drug stores, you'll find Hawaiian Tropic biodegrdable, and I've found other mass-market biodegradable brands too. It's clearly marked on the labels.
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RE: Mexican sunscreen brands - 7/29/2012 12:50:36 PM
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Hawaiian Tropic biodegrdable
I checked the ingredients for this product a while ago
Not reef friendly as it contains chenmical blockers (not good for you or the reef)
You want mineral blockers
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RE: Mexican sunscreen brands - 7/29/2012 1:12:09 PM
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Hawaiian Tropic biodegrdable
I checked the ingredients for this product a while ago
Not reef friendly as it contains chenmical blockers (not good for you or the reef)
You want mineral blockers
I've been using natural, biodegradable stuff since before it became the "in thing" to do. I've never used it, but we don't have it in the US. I've never read the bottle in Mexico because I alway come with my own.
Honestly, I tend to not bother with any kind of sunscreen when I'm in the water. Most of my water time is diving so it would be a waste of effort anyway. If I'm swimming or snorkeling I also skip it. (and rash guards are pretty useless to me... if I get burned, it's going to be behind my knees and the backs of my legs...) Even the bio stuff doesn't really stay on that well in the water so it's not worth the effort. I dry off and apply when I get out, if I plan to be sitting out in the sun, which I usually don't do anyway. I'm in the water then out of the sun. I'm not someone who sits out baking all day for for hours.
If someone needs to have sunscreen and a drugstore brand, biodegradable or not, is all they can find, use it. I'd always places someone's long term health above all else when it comes to doing what you need to do to protect yourself... and having had more than one person I know die from melanoma that metastasized to their brains and other organs, if you burn easily or will be spending the day in the sun, take care of yourself. Cover up or use a sunscreen, even if it's not a biodegradable one.
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RE: Mexican sunscreen brands - 7/29/2012 2:37:57 PM
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Treebeard
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We are using USA transfers to get to Akumal and having a rental car delivered to our condo. Thanks for the tip!
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here is one USA Transfers offers
http://www.entertainment-plus.net/sunblock/
Doing a transfer or your own rental
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