What degree of protection to choose?

Sunscreen is essential when going on holiday under the sun! But as it is not easy to navigate among all brands and protection factors, here are our tips.

The protection of your sunscreen should be selected not according to your destination (more or less close to the equator, more or less in altitude ...), but depending on your skin phototype. There are six skin types. Mark yours and choose a well suited if you do not want to grill this summer protection!

► You have blond or red hair, blue eyes and very clear, very pale and freckles?

You have very sensitive skin. The sun: you do not bronzes, you blush, and of course sunburn that you know!

Your IP: at least 60!

► You got blond hair, fair complexion, blue eyes and freckles that appear in the sun eyes?

You have sensitive skin and you easily catch it from sunburn. You start to be tanned at the end of the holiday and yet it is not ecstasy ...

Your IP: minimum 40 and 60 of the most sensitive areas such as the face, neck ...

► You got dark blond hair and brown clear skin clear or matte, and little or no freckles?

Your skin is normal, you bronzes quite easily but you always arranges to catch a pe'tit sunburn ... Not good!

Your IP: 30 start of the holiday, then 20.

► You have dark brown or brown hair, dark skin, dark eyes?

Your skin is dull so you easily bronzes and you rarely catch it from sunburn.

Your IP: 12 to 20.

► You have dark skin?

Sunburn? Well, you do not know! Protect yourself anyway!

Your IP: minimum 10.

► You have black skin or mixed?

Your skin is well adapted to the sun, it contains more melanin and you do not catch it from sunburn. But that does not excuse you to protect your skin.

Your IP: at least 10

 Simply put: the more your skin is clearer, the index must be high!