I have been secretly chuckling at all the people who have gone off ski-ing only to discover themselves trailing around shops selling ludicrously expensive leisure wear (the kind of thing you only ever see people wearing at ski resorts) and sipping fourteen hot chocolates a day as there is no snow and therefore bugger all to do. This is pure jealousy on my part as I am not going ski-ing this year so yah boo sucks.
The closest I am going to come to it is Green People's Day Solution SPF15 which appropriately for the ski theme, contains Edelweiss extract. It smells pleasant and applies well, but is rather thick, which is often the case with moisturisers with UVA and UVB protection. However despite the thickness it absorbed quickly and left my face feeling hydrated all day, as I traversed the glaciers of East London.
My six year old son tried the No Scent Soft Lips SPF 8 - £3.95 for 10ml, as he gets incredibly chapped lips owing to the fact that he bolts his packed lunch then roars out immediately into the freezing playground to run into the wind for an hour and a half, whilst generally liberally coated in yoghurt. His lips and the skin around them becomes very dry and flaky. We have tried hundreds of lip balms. If they taste unpleasant he immediately rubs the lotion off on to his teddy, and if it tastes nice then he promptly eats it. This is perfect for him - it comes out of a rather phallic container in a tiny amount through a pin-prick hole which you apply to the lips. It is almost like a softer Vaseline, doesn't taste of much and stopped the dryness immediately. Excellent product - there really is little point in buying any lip balms (especially those that are glorified lip glosses) apart from those designed for use while ski-ing. They seem to be the absolute tops in this field.
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