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13 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Great for small areas of skin May 16, 2007
By J. A. Swanson
I love the California Baby sunblock for use on my baby because it is a barrier sunscreen and does not have chemicals that absorb into the skin. However, I would recommend using the kind that squeezes out like a lotion to cover most of the skin. This sunblock stick works well for small areas like the face and hands. You have to use a bit of pressure to get it to apply to the skin so you would not want to have to do that all over - it would take forever.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 Very suprised how nice it felt Apr 06, 2009
By J. Walters
"temperance27"
I was suspicious of a waxy stick formula that was going to be too hard to glide on and rub in. not to mention having a hard waxy feeling trapping my skin from breathing, but I was wonderfully surprised. This stuff was easy to spread, easy to use, and covered really well. I had no irritation or breakouts and I can relax knowing it is a legitimately safe sunscreen that is keeping my fair/prone to freckle skin looking good. I keep it in my purse for midday touch uo swipes across my nose, cheeks, neck, and hands.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 Hate the consistency; difficult to apply May 31, 2010
By Ava McConnell
I am not a fan of the CA Baby sunblock stick. I purchased this to use on my young son because it is routinely listed as one of the safest sunblocks on the market. I would recommend sticking with the lotion. The stick sunblock is very difficult to apply, especially to young children who typically don't like things being pressed and scraped on their skin. Following application, you'll then need to vigorously rub it in and even the the weird purplish/white glow doesn't disappear. It got to the point where my son would cry when he would see me take this product out to use on him, so we obviously discontinued using it. I will say that he never got any color while wearing this sunblock, so it does work. But, in the end, the effort just wasn't worth it.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Good for noses, cheeks and shoulders May 26, 2007
By et2980
This product works great if you need to quickly apply sunscreen on their nose before they jump in the pool. It does leave a white glow and you should probably apply the stick twice to make sure. California Baby products are tough to justify because they are a bit pricey but as long as we don't lose it, this stick should last us through the summer.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Decent Low-Toxicity Sunblock for Face Aug 03, 2010
By goonius
California Baby's Sunblock Stick, formulated with titanium dioxide, earns a hazard score of 1 with EWG's Skin Deep Database, which is about as good as you're going to get when it comes to sunscreens. The downside of this is that titanium dioxide, unlike the more toxic counterparts (ie. oxybenzone) is that titanium and zinc oxides do not absorb into the skin, giving the skin that telltale bluish-white appearance that we find so aesthetically unappealing. This is because the benefit of these low-risk sunscreens is that they tend to stay on the surface of the skin, rather than being absorbed where they can do damage to our children's bodies.
That said, I'm comfortable with my kids having discolored skin if they're better protected from thyroid disrupting hormones and other toxic effects of prettier sunscreens.
My one gripe with this particular sunscreen as opposed to the liquid formulations is that the balance of ingredients seems to be off. Or maybe I just bought an old or off-batch? This stuff is really, really, sticky. Thick. Tacky. Unworkable. It's difficult to spread across skin at all. It's far too easy to get grit embedded in it which makes it painful to apply, and the you end up having to cut part of the (expensive) stick off to get a clean applicator again.
On the plus side, this stuff doesn't have any offensive odors - which it shouldn't, being unscented. And, had they made the substance a little oilier and a little less sticky, it would be a breeze to apply. As it is, we're going to make do with it. It serves as a fair way to apply facial sunblock, when needed, for our young girls. And there's much less potential for getting it in the eyes or mouth of a squirmy child than if you're using liquid sunblock.
I think when this stick is gone I will give a go at Badger's low-hazard sunblock stick. Maybe they have an improved formulation over this one. I would not buy this one again unless there were no alternatives available.
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