Blue Lizard Sensitive SPF 50 Duo Pack (Face & Body Mineral Sunscreen)
Price: $21.58 (was $26.98)
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (86 ratings)
Australia is known for its many sunny days all year round, with many locals and visitors wanting to spend as much time outdoors as possible. Sunscreen is an essential product to protect your skin from harmful UVA and UVB rays, especially when you are outdoors. So, choosing Blue Lizard, one of Australia's popular brands, is a solid choice. This mineral sunscreen with SPF 50 resists water and sweat for 80 minutes, keeping you safe longer while swimming, running, or hiking through the bush (or the Australian outback). This formula uses zinc oxide and titanium dioxide, two sunscreen ingredients classified as safe and effective by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), instead of potentially irritating chemically active ingredients. It's also reef-safe, so you can feel like you're underwater. This convenient bundle provides non-greasy lotion and a pocket-sized sunblock stick.
Natural insect repellent based on Citroberg essential oil
Price: $20.99
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars (213 ratings)
Bug repellent that actually smells good? Essential oils such as lavender, citronella, peppermint, and geranium are natural alternatives to chemical bug and mite sprays. As Cottage Life reports, oils evolved in plants to protect them from insect prey, so distilling oils allows you to take advantage of this nature-created protection. Bugs hate smells! Natural bug repellents are non-toxic to the environment and gentle on your body. This 250mL oil-based spray from Citrobug is made with lemon, camphor, geranium, eucalyptus, and pine. It's hypoallergenic and family-friendly, so you can even spray it on your kids before heading outdoors. The upcoming summer is likely to be a bad season for ticks, as warmer temperatures throughout the winter mean fewer ticks will die. And milder winters and wetter springs allow mosquitoes to emerge from dormancy and reproduce more quickly than usual, which means their lifespans are longer and they become more active. Protect yourself with essential repellent, long sleeves, and pants when in the forest.