The Learning Lab
Reef Safe Sunscreen Ingredients to Avoid
The term "Reef Safe Sunscreen" is unregulated and often misleading. Many sunscreen manufacturers use the term in their marketing because the product doesn’t contain oxybenzone or octinoxate, but in reality any sunscreen containing any petrochemical is NOT reef safe and should be avoided. Petrochemicals (chemicals derived from oil) do not...
Does zinc oxide sunscreen expire?
Yes, zinc oxide sunscreen can expire, but not in the way most people think. The zinc oxide mineral itself is highly stable. It does not break down in sunlight the way many chemical sunscreen filters can. But a finished sunscreen product is more than zinc oxide. It also contains oils,...
Our Eco-friendly Sun Apparel Journey
Eco-friendly Sun Apparel In 2010, years before starting Waxhead, we wished we had long sleeve sun shirts for our boys. Such shirts were hard to find, and we kicked around the idea of starting Grasshopper Shirts. We emailed Chinese factories about bamboo shirts, bought a URL, developed a logo, and got pretty close to...
Shea Butter for Babies: 6 Ways It Naturally Protects Sensitive Skin
Ancient history tells of West Africans using jars of rich shea butter to protect and nourish their skin and hair. Today, shea butter is still one of the most trusted ingredients for dry, delicate, and easily irritated skin. Shea Butter for Babies is especially helpful because baby skin is thinner,...
News: Waxhead Supports St. Johns Riverkeeper
In our continued effort to positively impact the planet as much as possible and to also leave it cleaner than we found it, Waxhead has entered a partnership with St. Johns Riverkeeper. They are a North Florida organization bent on defending the St. Johns River. Together we’ve added their logo...
20 Benefits of Vitamin C
We started Waxhead to find a better way to protect the skin in the sun. In designing our Antioxidant Bites, Vitamin C quickly became a must-have ingredient, simply because of the amazing things it does to defend skin from UV rays. We wondered, what are the other benefits of Vitamin C? So here’s...
