So I know I'm allergic to avobenzone, the main ingredient in chemical sunscreens. So I've been using physician sunscreens. We decided to just use carry-ons on our trip to Florida, which meant I couldn't pack tons of suncreen. So I just brought a small 3 oz. tube of blue lizard and decided I'd buy more when we got here. I went to the grocery store and they didn't have the Johnson & Johnson one I liked from last year (it comes in 4 ounce tubes, so i couldnt bring it.) The neutrogena one was really expensive, but I saw Coppertone Pure and Simple. It claimed to be free of everything, and I saw that it had lots of zinc in it (or titanium dioxide.) It also listed a couple of active ingredients I wasn't familiar with, but I decided to buy it anyways since it was half the price of the neutrogena one. Well apparently it has chemical suncreen in it too that I'm VERY allergic to. I have the worst rash ever all over my arms, neck, shoulders and legs. I'm so itchy and unhappy. I did buy Benadryl and cortisone cream, but I'm still incredibly itchy. I'm so mad that this evil suncreen marketed itself as being natural but it's not (and I'm mad at myself for not googling those extra ingredients...but I did have a 2 year old with me and had other groceries to buy.)
Now I need to pop more Benadryl so I can sleep.