Sun Awareness Week: 3rd - 9th May

900 people were surveyed and a staggering 85% of parents believe that keeping their children's skin covered up offers better protection than SPF 30 sunscreen. They couldn't be more wrong!

A simple exercise to demonstrate this is to hold a child's t-shirt up to the light, if you can see through it it is likely to be offering the equivalent of just SPF15 protection - not nearly enough to protect the delicate skin of our children. So, keeping a toddler covered up in loose clothing or ordinary towels does not guarantee strong enough sun protection, in fact depending on the weight of the fabric harmful UV rays can easily pass through contributing to short and long term skin damage.

For your Summer beach or poolside holiday your little one will benefit from our SPF50+ Ponchos. Available in two gorgeous colours the Ponchos have been treated with a high quality sunblock, which is applied like a dye to the fabric and stays with it permanently regardless of washing or use. The towels provide a sun protection of SPF50+ and use patented Rayosan technology which coats the fabric and acts like a mirror deflecting the harmful UVA & UVB rays off the towel instead of letting them through the fabric and harming sensitive skin.

While swimming in the sunshine make sure your little one has their Splash About swim outfit with them as all Splash About fabrics are tested by Arpansa and are SPF50+. Whether it is a Float Jacket, Warm in Water Baby Wrap or Frou Frou that you choose to go with their Happy Nappy swim nappy you can be confident that they are wearing the best sun protection there is. Don't forget to use plenty of high factor sun protection lotion on all exposed skin and reapply in accordance with the instructions on the bottle.