Top suncreams ‘fail to provide adequate protection’

Two suncreams from leading brands are failing to provide the protection they claim, according to tests by a British consumer watchdog.

Top suncreams ‘fail to provide adequate protection’

Boots Soltan Protect & Moisturise Lotion SPF30 (200ml) and Hawaiian Tropic Silk Hydration Lotion SPF30 (180ml) both offered only around two thirds of their claimed sun protection factor, Which? said.

The consumer group said the Silk Hydration Lotion was “worryingly” the second Hawaiian Tropic product to fail its tests in two years. It has called the creams “don’t buys” in its investigation, which used British standard tests to check 13 products with a sun protection factor of 30 — a bestseller in the UK — on their sun protection factor and UVA protection.

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