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We at burnd travel... a lot. As nomads, we need products that work flawlessly under all conditions. Have you ever noticed how your favorite cleanser works like a charm at home, but the second you ...

When people ask what is the best mineral sunscreen ingredient, zinc oxide is always the answer. At Burnd, this is something we have believed for decades. In the early 1990s, burnd’s cofounder, Dr. ...

It’s happened to all of us, a drop of sunscreen or soap rolls into your eye and suddenly there's intense burning, tearing, and that desperate urge to rub. But what's actually happening inside your ...

It's warming up in the Northeast and the urge to get outside is real. If you're anearly morning or evening walker, here's something you might not expect asunscreen company to say: you probably don'...

According to The Economist (1), fiber is about to replace protein as this year’s TikTok nutrition obsession. Fiber-maxxing, like a lot of these trends, is old news to the experts but an epiphany to...

See the original article with my (Dr. Mark Mitchnick) thoughts included here on the Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionPeople in blue zones (like Sardinia or Okinawa) spend a lot of time outdoors as part ...

The amount of UV radiation hitting the earths surface is impacted by a lot of things like time of year, latitude, cloud cover and so forth. If you know what you are doing you can make a pretty good...

While SPF isn't rocket science, it is geometry. Most people apply only 25-50% of the required amount of sunscreen, leaving them with a fraction of the advertised SPF. The most important thing to us...

This post summarizes and reflects our views on: Pissavini et al., 'A Manifesto for Informed Sun Protection Advice in Relation to Sunscreens,' International Journal of Cosmetic Science, 2026. DOI: 1...