Rocky Mountain Sunscreen ~ What You Should Know About Your Sunscreen

Rocky Mountain Sunscreen is a Colorado manufacturer of broad spectrum sunscreen, lip balm, and bulk sunscreen.  They focus on skin cancer prevention, and believe that early protection and prevention is the key.  Since I’ve been down the not-so-fun skin cancer path before, I wholeheartedly agree with this approach.

And I’m always interested in finding new quality sunscreen options to protect myself and my family.  Especially this time of year, when it becomes more crucial because we all head outside to play!

The Rocky Mountain Sunscreen mission?   “…to provide the highest quality sun protection products available, in easy-to-use, convenient packaging. Through education and marketing, Rocky Mountain Sunscreen is advancing skin protection for the purpose of helping people maintain healthy skin throughout their life.”

What You Should Know About Your Sunscreen

Did you know there are 3 different types of sunscreen formulas: Wax-Based (most sunscreens), Film-Based, and Bonding-Based (Rocky Mountain Sunscreen)?  The “base”, or lotion in which the UV protectants are mixed, are very important because it will ultimately determine how well the sunscreen will work.

Bonding-based formulas, like Rocky Mountain Sunscreen, work the best for people who are active while they are in the sun, because they enable the UV absorbers to interlock with the skin – making them less prone to sweat off, wash off during water activity, or rub off on clothing or towels.

Also, did you know there are new 2012 FDA sunscreen regulations?  I found this very interesting, as it affects the quality of product ingredients being used, or at least the claims they can make about their product… and thus the amount of protection you are truly receiving.

You should no longer see the terms “sweatproof”, “all day protection”, or “waterproof” used on your sunscreen labeling.

Here’s a snapshot of the new regulations.  (If you have trouble reading this graphic, you can see it larger and more clearly on their website here.)

 Rocky Mountain Sunscreen Products

Rocky Mountain Sunscreen products are not tested on animals, are gluten-free, soy-free, and peanut oil free.  This keeps their products safe for use by a wider range of people.

We loved the Family Value 8-pack of travel sized SPF30 Rocky Mountain Sunscreen that my family and I tested.  It’s creamy and somewhat thick, non-greasy, and soaks in nicely – which is a big help, when you are trying to apply sunscreen to a wiggly 2 year old.

And having small sizes to distribute to your vehicles, backpacks, diaper/tote bags, and purses is wonderful.   Now we are virtually guaranteed to have sunscreen along when we need it.   Somewhere.  (It’s gotta be here somewhere in this chaos…)

The more I learn about the quality of ingredients which they use for Rocky Mountain Sunscreen, the more I’ve become convinced that it is some of the best sun protection available.  And again, theirs is a bonding-based formula, so it’s going to work great for those of you who are active in the sun.

I also tried out some of their special products lip balm.  The Mountain Berry SPF 30 Lip Balm will definitely go in my hiking backpack.  It has a great smell and light taste, and more importantly prevents those painful sunburned and chapped lips.  They have a variety of flavors to chose from, and they sell for only $1.95 each.

If you do have severe chapped lips or are looking for cold sore relief – try out the Medicated Lip Repair.  This has a very pleasant tingling sensation, and contains some healing ingredients like camphor, menthol, lanolin, aloe, Vitamin E, Beeswax, & Cocoa Butter.  What a great combination!  I was impressed with this, as well.

Rocky Mountain Sunscreen ~ Where to Find Them

You can order Rocky Mountain Sunscreen products in travel size, in refillable bottles, by the quart, or even gallon (think daycare!) direct from their website.

You can also find out more by following Rocky Mountain Sunscreen here: