I heard in the summer lipgloss with SPF is bad for your lips...?

Because since lipgloss is so shiny it attracts the sun and can dry out your lips so if i wore chapstick with SPF then put lipgloss on would it be okay?


Thank you sooo much!I heard in the summer lipgloss with SPF is bad for your lips...?
I think you should just get some SPF lip-balm because:





1) It is stickier wearing make-up in the sun and it comes off easily


2) It is bad for your lips wearing unprotected lip-gloss, it burns them


3) SPF lip-balm can be shiny if you get the right typeI heard in the summer lipgloss with SPF is bad for your lips...?
I just read this and realize that I sound like a weird health freak, but whatever.





I have never heard of the reflective properties of lipgloss causing that effect, but it doesn't surprise me at all. However, SPF chapstick isn't a good way to go. I hate to freak you out, but some interesting info about the sunscreen industry over the past few decades is shedding light on these kinds of products, and while not everything is known about them, I've definitely read enough to think twice about putting such chemicals on my body!





There is a lot of research claiming that SPF in general is bad for you, whether it is present in regular sunscreen or in lip products, as in your situation. Some of the chemicals commonly used in SPF products proven to be harmful are benzophenone, octinoxate, cinnamtes and homosalate, all of which were found guilty of increasing the risk of cancer! Titanium dioxide, used in almost all SPF products, is the really scary one, though. After several hours on the surface of your skin, it seeps into your bloodstream and wreaks havoc there - not to mention its effects on the environment after it washes off your body and ends up in waterways, if you care about that sort of thing at all.





What can you do? A good option is to purchase zinc oxide (found at many health-type stores) and add it to any product that you wish to protect you from the sun, like lotion and maybe even your lipgloss. I think that it could possibly counteract the extra-strength UVA rays that the shininess is attracting. Remember, though, that at this point in time, nothing can block UVB rays, which are just as harmful.





Some of this might not seem relevant, but everyone should know.
Nah, shine doesn't attract the sun. You would probably want to refrain from licking your lips while wearing a chapstick with sunblock in it though. I can't imagine it tasting too good. :-/





A good moisturizing chapstick with SPF is great for your lips! Believe it or not, your lips can get sunburnt, and that really stinks.





My best friend has been a lifeguard for about 8 years, and she's used the same kind of chapstick the entire time (Burt's Bees Lifeguard's Choice) and it has SPF. She's never had any problems with dry lips.





Hope this helps!
im not sure but you can use spf chapstick then that lipgloss over it