High Performance Zinc Sunscreen
 
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HAWAII'S PREMIUM HIGH PERFORMANCE

NATURAL ZINC SUNSCREEN

HAWAIIAN SUPERFOOD FOR YOUR SKIN

7 Hawai'i-Grown Antioxidant Ingredients

Baby Safe & Reef Safe

SPF 50 that Goes on Easy + Clear with 80 Minutes Water Resistance

No Chemical Sunscreens - No Oxybenzone

Non-Nano Zinc - No Phthalates, Artificial Fragrance, or Parabens

Kōkua Sun Care Hawaiian Natural Zinc Sunscreen SPF 50 is the revolution in REEF SAFE water resistant zinc sunscreen. No toxic chemicals and no eye sting! It rubs in clear and smooth with high performance broad spectrum protection using the highest percentage (25%) of non-nano zinc oxide available as the only active ingredient, while deeply nourishing the skin with 23 antioxidants, 7 of which are sourced from Hawaii. Professionally formulated to go on like a moisturizing lotion and light enough for everyday use, this sunscreen with its superior water resistance also stays on through sweat and swells and protects you from the harshest UV rays. Expect More From Your Sunscreen!

 
 

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Reef Safe & Human Safe

The world’s coral reefs are in danger of extinction! We at Kokua Sun Care are committed to contributing to coral reef conservation efforts.  You can feel good about using our 50 SPF/80 minute water resistant premium formula because it has absolutely no harmful chemicals that are toxic to coral reefs or humans, i.e., no chemical sunscreens at all, like oxybenzone, octinoxate, homosalate, or avobenzone, and no chemical fragrances with phthalates, or harsh preservatives like parabens.  We adhere to the strictest guidelines and are not only reef safe, but marine-safe.  We don't have any of the thirty chemicals found in sunscreens and cosmetics that are toxic to marine life.

Why Hawaiian ingredients?

Our Hawaii-grown ingredients come from some of the richest volcanic soil on the planet and have maximum nutrient density adding to their antioxidant power.  These plants have braved the strong oxidizing rays of the tropical Hawaiian sun and have developed powerful antioxidants to protect themselves, which we can use to protect our skin, too.  Our 7 Hawaiian ingredients are exceptionally rich in antioxidants neutralize free radicals that cause DNA damage to our skin.

 
 
 

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The latest news and good things happening in Hawaii and the world of sun care.

 
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Big victory for the coral reefs is the US Virgin Islands, where 80% of coral reefs are dying. The USVI went beyond Hawaii’s and Key West’s laws banning just oxybenzone and octinoxate; they also banned OCTOCRYLENE, another chemical sunscreen toxic to marine life found in many mainstream sunscreen brands. [Note: ALL chemical sunscreens are toxic 💀 not just the ones banned!!] Octocrylene also is a photosensitizer on human skin that increases free radicals in UV light causing DNA damage 🤦‍♀️ ☀️ ☀️☀️☀️ ———————————————————————— 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟😁🐟 🐬🐬The #usvi #sunscreen law bans importation of sunscreens with these chemicals on March 30, 2020, making it the first ban in effect in the USA! No sales of the poison after January 2021. ☠️ ——————————————————————Photo: 🎥 After the sunscreen bill was passed Tuesday June 25th by the Senate, Sen. Marvin Blyden, left, environmental advocate Harith Wickrema and Sen. Janelle Sarauw pose with sunscreen bill information. (Photo by Barry Leerdam V.I. Legislature) #savethereef #reefsafe #coralreefs #usvirginislands #nooctocrylene #nooxybenzone #octinoxatefree #victory #savetheplanet #saveouroceans #zincsunscreen #kokuasuncare #reefsafesunscreen
Big victory for the coral reefs is the US Virgin Islands, where 80% of coral reefs are dying. The USVI went beyond Hawaii’s and Key West’s laws banning just oxybenzone and octinoxate; they also banned OCTOCRYLENE, another chemical sunscreen toxic to marine life found in many mainstream sunscreen brands. [Note: ALL chemical sunscreens are toxic 💀 not just the ones banned!!] Octocrylene also is a photosensitizer on human skin that increases free radicals in UV light causing DNA damage 🤦‍♀️ ☀️ ☀️☀️☀️ ———————————————————————— 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟😁🐟 🐬🐬The #usvi #sunscreen law bans importation of sunscreens with these chemicals on March 30, 2020, making it the first ban in effect in the USA! No sales of the poison after January 2021. ☠️ ——————————————————————Photo: 🎥 After the sunscreen bill was passed Tuesday June 25th by the Senate, Sen. Marvin Blyden, left, environmental advocate Harith Wickrema and Sen. Janelle Sarauw pose with sunscreen bill information. (Photo by Barry Leerdam V.I. Legislature) #savethereef #reefsafe #coralreefs #usvirginislands #nooctocrylene #nooxybenzone #octinoxatefree #victory #savetheplanet #saveouroceans #zincsunscreen #kokuasuncare #reefsafesunscreen
Dedicated, witty, brave people here. After donating sunscreen to the first annual wind and kitesurfing event in Kailua, we headed to Ala Moana Beach Park to do the same with the AMBSC possibly annual Summer Solstice Swim. They slathered on lots of reef safe zinc sunscreen in extreme UV conditions and swam 2k every hour on the hour from 6am to 6pm. Some got in about 30K of swimming! @timmarr @smreinke01 Amazing ohana of Hawaii swimmers 🏊‍♀️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️ #openwaterswim #summersolsticeswim #waikikiswimclub #alamoanabeachswimclub #wearsunscreen #uvindex11 #sunsafe #zincsunscreen #waterresistant #reefsafesunscreen #kokuasuncare #alamoanabeach #ohana #aloha #swimmers #reefsafe
Dedicated, witty, brave people here. After donating sunscreen to the first annual wind and kitesurfing event in Kailua, we headed to Ala Moana Beach Park to do the same with the AMBSC possibly annual Summer Solstice Swim. They slathered on lots of reef safe zinc sunscreen in extreme UV conditions and swam 2k every hour on the hour from 6am to 6pm. Some got in about 30K of swimming! @timmarr @smreinke01 Amazing ohana of Hawaii swimmers 🏊‍♀️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️ #openwaterswim #summersolsticeswim #waikikiswimclub #alamoanabeachswimclub #wearsunscreen #uvindex11 #sunsafe #zincsunscreen #waterresistant #reefsafesunscreen #kokuasuncare #alamoanabeach #ohana #aloha #swimmers #reefsafe
The Save the Reef @savethereef documentary by @amirzakeri @justinkalaniburbage and @karmagawa is brilliantly done and an inspiring call to action right now before it’s too late. Please please go to link in bio to watch the whole film! https://youtu.be/wthTmQHmuZ0 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟 So grateful to be at the premiere! Loved meeting new friends and people @kualoaranch (beautiful Secret Island) who care about the earth’s future. Feeling hopeful, joyful and inspired today. And I love my new cap! #savethereef #reefsafe #karmagawa #premiere #reefsafesunscreen #nonnanozincoxide #saveouroceans #oxygen #coralreef #reeffriendly #coralrestoration #inspiration #kokuasuncare
The Save the Reef @savethereef documentary by @amirzakeri @justinkalaniburbage and @karmagawa is brilliantly done and an inspiring call to action right now before it’s too late. Please please go to link in bio to watch the whole film! https://youtu.be/wthTmQHmuZ0 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟 So grateful to be at the premiere! Loved meeting new friends and people @kualoaranch (beautiful Secret Island) who care about the earth’s future. Feeling hopeful, joyful and inspired today. And I love my new cap! #savethereef #reefsafe #karmagawa #premiere #reefsafesunscreen #nonnanozincoxide #saveouroceans #oxygen #coralreef #reeffriendly #coralrestoration #inspiration #kokuasuncare
Tonight’s GIVEAWAY at the premiere of SAVE THE REEF @savethereef by @karmagawa and @amirzakeri — it’s a sweet Hawaiian gift basket! If you are there @kualoaranch please come by our tent to see how to enter to win! 😊 Includes one tube of sunscreen plus an 8oz glass pump bottle, Turkish towel, and konjac facial sponge by us @kokuasuncare 🌸 noni juice by @punanoninaturals 🌸 macadamia and kukui nut oils by @oils.of.aloha 🌸 Hawaiian spirulina by @hawaiianspirulina and other Hawaiian brands 🌈🌈 We use 7 Hawaiian ingredients in our SPF 50 #reefsafesunscreen supporting #localfarms #savethereef #giveaway #supportlocalhawaii #hawaiibusiness #reefsafe #karmagawa #kualoaranch
Tonight’s GIVEAWAY at the premiere of SAVE THE REEF @savethereef by @karmagawa and @amirzakeri — it’s a sweet Hawaiian gift basket! If you are there @kualoaranch please come by our tent to see how to enter to win! 😊 Includes one tube of sunscreen plus an 8oz glass pump bottle, Turkish towel, and konjac facial sponge by us @kokuasuncare 🌸 noni juice by @punanoninaturals 🌸 macadamia and kukui nut oils by @oils.of.aloha 🌸 Hawaiian spirulina by @hawaiianspirulina and other Hawaiian brands 🌈🌈 We use 7 Hawaiian ingredients in our SPF 50 #reefsafesunscreen supporting #localfarms #savethereef #giveaway #supportlocalhawaii #hawaiibusiness #reefsafe #karmagawa #kualoaranch
Check out the exclusive launch party and World Premiere of SAVE THE REEF, a documentary film by Karmagawa @karmagawa and directed by Amir Zakeri @amirzakeri at Kualoa Ranch @kualoaranch — 6pm this Thursday, June 13. Tickets are complimentary, but rsvp’s are required. Kōkua Sun Care will be there to show support and help educate about reef safe sunscreen. For more info, go to SaveTheReef.org or @savethereef — an environmental initiative created by the charity community Karmagawa. 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟 #karmagawa #savethereef #worldpremiere #kualoaranch #reefsafe #reefsafesunscreen #kokuasuncare #zincsunscreen
Check out the exclusive launch party and World Premiere of SAVE THE REEF, a documentary film by Karmagawa @karmagawa and directed by Amir Zakeri @amirzakeri at Kualoa Ranch @kualoaranch — 6pm this Thursday, June 13. Tickets are complimentary, but rsvp’s are required. Kōkua Sun Care will be there to show support and help educate about reef safe sunscreen. For more info, go to SaveTheReef.org or @savethereef — an environmental initiative created by the charity community Karmagawa. 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟 #karmagawa #savethereef #worldpremiere #kualoaranch #reefsafe #reefsafesunscreen #kokuasuncare #zincsunscreen
Throwback to 11 years ago around this time. This is right before the Honu half Ironman 70.3 Hawaii. See the white sunscreen smudge marks on my face and arms? It came off while I was swimming 1.2 miles, biking 56 miles, and running 13.1 miles. Long races and triathlon training sessions wishing for a high performance natural zinc sunscreen that works, rubs in, stays on, and doesn’t sting eyes, was one of the reasons that Kōkua Sun Care exists today! ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️ Tomorrow a.m, we will be at the Aloha Salads Summer Sprint 1-mile Swim from Sunset Beach to Ehukai Beach Park, first race of the North Shore Swim Series @northshoreswimseries with plenty of complimentary Kōkua sunscreen for all to try! 🏊‍♀️ 🏊‍♂️ 🏊‍♀️ #honutriathlon #triathlon #wearsunscreen #halfironman #naturalsunscreen #zincsunscreen #northshoreswimseries #sunsetbeach #ehukai #alohasalads #openwaterswim #swimming #oceanswim #kokuasuncare #reefsafe #triathlontraining #alohafriday #ironman
Throwback to 11 years ago around this time. This is right before the Honu half Ironman 70.3 Hawaii. See the white sunscreen smudge marks on my face and arms? It came off while I was swimming 1.2 miles, biking 56 miles, and running 13.1 miles. Long races and triathlon training sessions wishing for a high performance natural zinc sunscreen that works, rubs in, stays on, and doesn’t sting eyes, was one of the reasons that Kōkua Sun Care exists today! ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️ Tomorrow a.m, we will be at the Aloha Salads Summer Sprint 1-mile Swim from Sunset Beach to Ehukai Beach Park, first race of the North Shore Swim Series @northshoreswimseries with plenty of complimentary Kōkua sunscreen for all to try! 🏊‍♀️ 🏊‍♂️ 🏊‍♀️ #honutriathlon #triathlon #wearsunscreen #halfironman #naturalsunscreen #zincsunscreen #northshoreswimseries #sunsetbeach #ehukai #alohasalads #openwaterswim #swimming #oceanswim #kokuasuncare #reefsafe #triathlontraining #alohafriday #ironman
✨Today is #WorldReefDay 🌍🐠Our coral reefs are in danger. In recent years, there has been a major decline of the world’s reef (40% in Hawaii and the Great Barrier Reef, 85% in the Caribbean and 99% in the Florida Keys)😱Much of the destruction up until now has been done by humans, and we can fix it. Today, June 1, is the first official #WorldReefDay Let’s come together and take action💪🏼Three simple things you can do to make a difference are👉🏼 1️⃣Use #reefsafe sunscreen 2️⃣Reduce single use plastics 3️⃣Share this post and spread awareness of this issue We can make simple choices today to save our reefs for tomorrow! #Repost @rawelementsusa #wearsunscreen #savethereef #saveouroceans #savetheearth #reefsafesunscreen #reefsafesuncare #kokuasuncare #nonnanozincoxide
✨Today is #WorldReefDay 🌍🐠Our coral reefs are in danger. In recent years, there has been a major decline of the world’s reef (40% in Hawaii and the Great Barrier Reef, 85% in the Caribbean and 99% in the Florida Keys)😱Much of the destruction up until now has been done by humans, and we can fix it. Today, June 1, is the first official #WorldReefDay Let’s come together and take action💪🏼Three simple things you can do to make a difference are👉🏼 1️⃣Use #reefsafe sunscreen 2️⃣Reduce single use plastics 3️⃣Share this post and spread awareness of this issue We can make simple choices today to save our reefs for tomorrow! #Repost @rawelementsusa #wearsunscreen #savethereef #saveouroceans #savetheearth #reefsafesunscreen #reefsafesuncare #kokuasuncare #nonnanozincoxide
Studies have shown that exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun increases your risk of getting melanoma, especially if you had sunburns during childhood. ☀️ ☀️ Melanoma is an aggressive skin cancer that often resists drug treatment. It arises when pigment-producing skin cells, called melanocytes, become cancerous. ☀️☀️ The rates of melanoma have been rising for the last 30 years. In fact, between 2009 and 2019 the number of new invasive melanoma cases diagnosed annually increased by 54 percent. (Source: Skin Cancer Foundation - skincancer.org and American Cancer Society - cancer.org) ☀️☀️ If conventional chemical sunscreen actually worked, then why have the rates of melanoma jumped by 54% in the last 10 years!!! The truth is that they don’t work. Unlike zinc oxide, they do not adequately protect against UVA rays and they degrade when exposed to UV light. The very chemicals that are supposed to be protecting us from UV light break down when exposed to it releasing free radicals that cause DNA damage. A terrible irony and a recipe for cancer. ☀️☀️ ・・・ #skincancer101 #melanoma #scc #bcc #ak #skincancerprevention #skincare #broadspectrum #safesunscreen #skincancer #skincancerawareness #skincancerawarenessmonth #wearsunscreen #nosunburn #Repost @skincancerorg with @get_repost
Studies have shown that exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun increases your risk of getting melanoma, especially if you had sunburns during childhood. ☀️ ☀️ Melanoma is an aggressive skin cancer that often resists drug treatment. It arises when pigment-producing skin cells, called melanocytes, become cancerous. ☀️☀️ The rates of melanoma have been rising for the last 30 years. In fact, between 2009 and 2019 the number of new invasive melanoma cases diagnosed annually increased by 54 percent. (Source: Skin Cancer Foundation - skincancer.org and American Cancer Society - cancer.org) ☀️☀️ If conventional chemical sunscreen actually worked, then why have the rates of melanoma jumped by 54% in the last 10 years!!! The truth is that they don’t work. Unlike zinc oxide, they do not adequately protect against UVA rays and they degrade when exposed to UV light. The very chemicals that are supposed to be protecting us from UV light break down when exposed to it releasing free radicals that cause DNA damage. A terrible irony and a recipe for cancer. ☀️☀️ ・・・ #skincancer101 #melanoma #scc #bcc #ak #skincancerprevention #skincare #broadspectrum #safesunscreen #skincancer #skincancerawareness #skincancerawarenessmonth #wearsunscreen #nosunburn #Repost @skincancerorg with @get_repost
EWG’s 2019 Guide to Sunscreens is out! Kōkua Sun Care was rated a “1” - the best rating, again this year and selected as one of the best beach and sport sunscreens with excellent UVA and UVB protection. This also makes it ideal for our babies and children along with the facts that it is very water resistant, doesn’t sting eyes, or have any toxic ingredients! ☀️ ☀️ ☀️ The 2019 guide comes after the Food and Drug Administration said earlier this year that 12 of 16 active ingredients in sunscreens have insufficient data from testing to determine whether they can be generally recognized as safe and effective. We use 25% non nano ZINC which is considered safe & effective. ☀️ ☀️ The Environmental Working Group releases an annual list of sunscreens it says are safe after extensive review of a variety of products available to consumers. To rank each product, EWG looks at various factors related to sun protection and the potential health hazard of a product. Check out @environmentalworkinggroup ☀️ ☀️ #ewg #practicesafesun #aadmember #kokuasuncare #sunsafe #wearsunscreen #environmentalworkinggroup #ewgrated #zincsunscreen #sunprotection #broadspectrum #spf #spf50 #ewgskindeep #skindeep #sunscreenguide #ewgsunscreenguide #safesunscreen
EWG’s 2019 Guide to Sunscreens is out! Kōkua Sun Care was rated a “1” - the best rating, again this year and selected as one of the best beach and sport sunscreens with excellent UVA and UVB protection. This also makes it ideal for our babies and children along with the facts that it is very water resistant, doesn’t sting eyes, or have any toxic ingredients! ☀️ ☀️ ☀️ The 2019 guide comes after the Food and Drug Administration said earlier this year that 12 of 16 active ingredients in sunscreens have insufficient data from testing to determine whether they can be generally recognized as safe and effective. We use 25% non nano ZINC which is considered safe & effective. ☀️ ☀️ The Environmental Working Group releases an annual list of sunscreens it says are safe after extensive review of a variety of products available to consumers. To rank each product, EWG looks at various factors related to sun protection and the potential health hazard of a product. Check out @environmentalworkinggroup ☀️ ☀️ #ewg #practicesafesun #aadmember #kokuasuncare #sunsafe #wearsunscreen #environmentalworkinggroup #ewgrated #zincsunscreen #sunprotection #broadspectrum #spf #spf50 #ewgskindeep #skindeep #sunscreenguide #ewgsunscreenguide #safesunscreen
Did you know coral reefs might just have the highest biodiversity of any ecosystem on our planet? Even more remarkably, although they only make up about 1% of the ocean floor, it is believed that around 25% of marine life depend on coral reef ecosystems. Now that’s something worth protecting! #Repost @picrcpalau #PICRC #Conservation #Science #reefsafe #marineecology #biodiversity #savethereef #kokuasuncare #palau
Did you know coral reefs might just have the highest biodiversity of any ecosystem on our planet? Even more remarkably, although they only make up about 1% of the ocean floor, it is believed that around 25% of marine life depend on coral reef ecosystems. Now that’s something worth protecting! #Repost @picrcpalau #PICRC #Conservation #Science #reefsafe #marineecology #biodiversity #savethereef #kokuasuncare #palau
Sunscreen is easy to buy, excruciatingly simple to spray on, but deadly hard to understand. Do you know what to look for when choosing a sunscreen? ☀ ☀ In today's interview with Tatyana Cerullo (@kokuasuncare) we share our quick 2-minute "what to remember" for parents who want the best, healthy experience of life for their kids AND be able to run to the beach! (It's at the 15:30 minute mark, don't miss that part!) ☀ ☀ Click the link in my profile @kidscookrealfood to watch and tag a friend who is looking for a safe sunscreen! ☀ ☀ https://kidscookrealfood.com/what-to-look-for-in-sunscreen/ #Repost @kidscookrealfood 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈 Excited to share this interview with the amazing and prolific healthy living natural mom blogger Katie Kimball, who has researched and tested over 100 natural mineral sunscreens for safety, effectiveness, and feel. We are so honored to be one of her #toppicks !!! #sunscreen #healthyparentingconnector #reefsafe #environmentallyfriendly #safesunscreen #mineralsunscreenreview #naturalsunscreen #oneplanet #kokuasuncare #sunprotection #wearsunscreen #sunsafe #zincsunscreen #summersun #naturalskincare #reefsafe
Sunscreen is easy to buy, excruciatingly simple to spray on, but deadly hard to understand. Do you know what to look for when choosing a sunscreen? ☀ ☀ In today's interview with Tatyana Cerullo (@kokuasuncare) we share our quick 2-minute "what to remember" for parents who want the best, healthy experience of life for their kids AND be able to run to the beach! (It's at the 15:30 minute mark, don't miss that part!) ☀ ☀ Click the link in my profile @kidscookrealfood to watch and tag a friend who is looking for a safe sunscreen! ☀ ☀ https://kidscookrealfood.com/what-to-look-for-in-sunscreen/ #Repost @kidscookrealfood 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈 Excited to share this interview with the amazing and prolific healthy living natural mom blogger Katie Kimball, who has researched and tested over 100 natural mineral sunscreens for safety, effectiveness, and feel. We are so honored to be one of her #toppicks !!! #sunscreen #healthyparentingconnector #reefsafe #environmentallyfriendly #safesunscreen #mineralsunscreenreview #naturalsunscreen #oneplanet #kokuasuncare #sunprotection #wearsunscreen #sunsafe #zincsunscreen #summersun #naturalskincare #reefsafe
The FDA just found that in a single day of chemical sunscreen use, the chemicals can accumulate in a person's bloodstream at potentially unsafe levels. Data about the absorption of chemicals like oxybenzone into the blood is not new. Studies have shown this for many years. Characterizing the presence in our blood of these endocrine disrupting, birth defect causing carcinogens as “potentially” unsafe is an obvious understatement. Avoiding chemical sunscreen and switching to natural zinc sunscreen is not just about the reef and marine life, it’s also about human life. Don’t wait for the FDA to decide that these chemicals are definitely #unsafe and not #gras (generally recognized as safe and effective) and please don’t stop using #sunscreen - no one is asking you to do that. Just make better safer choices for you and your family ♥️ #protectwhatyoulove There are alternatives. #kokuasuncare #wearsunscreen #zincsunscreen #safesunscreen #nooxybenzone #nochemicalsunscreen
The FDA just found that in a single day of chemical sunscreen use, the chemicals can accumulate in a person's bloodstream at potentially unsafe levels. Data about the absorption of chemicals like oxybenzone into the blood is not new. Studies have shown this for many years. Characterizing the presence in our blood of these endocrine disrupting, birth defect causing carcinogens as “potentially” unsafe is an obvious understatement. Avoiding chemical sunscreen and switching to natural zinc sunscreen is not just about the reef and marine life, it’s also about human life. Don’t wait for the FDA to decide that these chemicals are definitely #unsafe and not #gras (generally recognized as safe and effective) and please don’t stop using #sunscreen - no one is asking you to do that. Just make better safer choices for you and your family ♥️ #protectwhatyoulove There are alternatives. #kokuasuncare #wearsunscreen #zincsunscreen #safesunscreen #nooxybenzone #nochemicalsunscreen
Happy Earth Day! Our common love of nature and children enjoying it transcends all. This is our daughter at Kaimana Beach a place we go to sometimes but often avoid because of the shiny sheen of chemical sunscreen floating on the water. The toxic fragrance of the chemicals often wafts through the air as people indiscriminately spray on their SPF. More of it enters bystanders’ lungs and the surrounding environment than it lands on the skin. Does anyone else think that spray sunscreen is the new smoking? There are so many ways to make a difference. One easy way is to choose a sunscreen with just non-nano zinc oxide as the only active ingredient and avoid all chemical sunscreens and harsh marine toxic preservatives like parabens and phenoxyethanol. Let’s protect what we love! 🌎 #earthday2019 #kaimanabeach #protectwhatyoulove #safesunscreen #kokuasuncare #zincsunscreen #mineralsunscreen #reefsafesunscreen #savetheocean #forourfuture
#Repost @pacificrimconservation with @get_repost ・・・ Albatross are flocking to Oahu, and its not just Laysan Albatross this year. Some of you may remember over the past few months a couple of Black-footed Albatross were hanging around Kaena Point and we are happy to report they were see again yesterday by our staff! Flying together, dancing together, we have our fingers crossed these two have decided to make Oahu their forever home. Visit us at www.pacificrimconservation.org to learn more about our work to save seabirds and Hawaii DLNR (Department of Land and Natural Resources)! #KaenaBlackfootedAlbatross #OahuSeabirdColony #SeabirdSurveys #SeabirdConservation #RestoringBiodiversity #PacificRimConservation
#Repost @pacificrimconservation with @get_repost ・・・ Albatross are flocking to Oahu, and its not just Laysan Albatross this year. Some of you may remember over the past few months a couple of Black-footed Albatross were hanging around Kaena Point and we are happy to report they were see again yesterday by our staff! Flying together, dancing together, we have our fingers crossed these two have decided to make Oahu their forever home. Visit us at www.pacificrimconservation.org to learn more about our work to save seabirds and Hawaii DLNR (Department of Land and Natural Resources)! #KaenaBlackfootedAlbatross #OahuSeabirdColony #SeabirdSurveys #SeabirdConservation #RestoringBiodiversity #PacificRimConservation
ACE VENTURA SAVES THE REEF! Share and spread the word to save our animal friends. 🐠🤙 Use #reefsafesunscreen @kokuasuncare 🎥@alex_farnham
Hilarious!! If you like it, please share this with everyone you know to spread some much needed humor and awareness about choosing reef safe sunscreens over toxic ones that hurt you and marine life. Big industry won’t make the toxic stuff if we don’t buy it! 💰 Stoked we got to do this with Alex Farnham! Thanks @enakaifairyfish 😊 🧜‍♀️ If you have not seen Alex’s other awesome videos, check them out @alex_farnham and his amazing YouTube channel 🎥:Mockstars ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️ #hawaii #reefsafe #808shorts #808viral #reefsafesunscreen #saveourreefs #nooxybenxone #mineralsunscreen #zincsunscreen #reefsafecomedy #viralvideo #hawaiifun #aceventura #aceventurapetdetective
Gorgeous morning with Waikiki Swim Club at #alamoanabeach #biathlon 🏊‍♀️ ☀️☀️☀️ #mineralsunscreen #wearsunscreen #reefsafesunscreen #broadspectrum #waterresistant #saveourreefs #waikikiswimclub #sportsunscreen #swimmers #runners #hawaiilife
Gorgeous morning with Waikiki Swim Club at #alamoanabeach #biathlon 🏊‍♀️ ☀️☀️☀️ #mineralsunscreen #wearsunscreen #reefsafesunscreen #broadspectrum #waterresistant #saveourreefs #waikikiswimclub #sportsunscreen #swimmers #runners #hawaiilife
We teamed up with @oliveyouwhole for a sunscreen giveaway. Follow the link in OUR BIO and comment on their recent post by tagging a friend or two and you can enter to win 2 tubes of Kōkua Sun Care SPF 50, a super soft Turkish towel and a 100% plant-based konjac facial sponge. Woohoo! Happy Aloha Friday! #sunscreengiveaway #reefsafesunscreen #alohafriday #oliveyouwhole #kokuasuncare #wearsunscreen #sunscreen #giveaway #nooxybenzone #mineralsunscreen
We teamed up with @oliveyouwhole for a sunscreen giveaway. Follow the link in OUR BIO and comment on their recent post by tagging a friend or two and you can enter to win 2 tubes of Kōkua Sun Care SPF 50, a super soft Turkish towel and a 100% plant-based konjac facial sponge. Woohoo! Happy Aloha Friday! #sunscreengiveaway #reefsafesunscreen #alohafriday #oliveyouwhole #kokuasuncare #wearsunscreen #sunscreen #giveaway #nooxybenzone #mineralsunscreen
Your sunscreen could be ineffective and poisonous says the FDA in its new proposed regulations. Check out our latest blog post for more details. Link in Bio. 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 To sum it up, out of 16 approved active ingredients, the FDA deems only two safe and effective based on available data! Guess which two? There has not been a serious look at sunscreen active ingredients in decades. This long overdue measure could overhaul the industry, make sunscreen labels less misleading and limit or restrict current ingredients. We knew for example that oxybenzone was bad for marine life but there are many studies to show it is bad for human health. Yet another study was published today in the Journal of Reproductive Toxicology showing this chemical can cause birth defects. Don’t wait for the FDA, choose #safesunscreen for yourself, your family, and our planet 🌎 #wearsunscreen #fda #zincoxide #sunsafe #ewg #changeisgood #saveourplanet #saveourreefs #nontoxic #kokuasuncare #reefsafesunscreen #fdaapproved #fdaregulations #sunscreen #nooxybenzone
Your sunscreen could be ineffective and poisonous says the FDA in its new proposed regulations. Check out our latest blog post for more details. Link in Bio. 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 To sum it up, out of 16 approved active ingredients, the FDA deems only two safe and effective based on available data! Guess which two? There has not been a serious look at sunscreen active ingredients in decades. This long overdue measure could overhaul the industry, make sunscreen labels less misleading and limit or restrict current ingredients. We knew for example that oxybenzone was bad for marine life but there are many studies to show it is bad for human health. Yet another study was published today in the Journal of Reproductive Toxicology showing this chemical can cause birth defects. Don’t wait for the FDA, choose #safesunscreen for yourself, your family, and our planet 🌎 #wearsunscreen #fda #zincoxide #sunsafe #ewg #changeisgood #saveourplanet #saveourreefs #nontoxic #kokuasuncare #reefsafesunscreen #fdaapproved #fdaregulations #sunscreen #nooxybenzone
Had so much fun today @keikiandplow educating about healthy #reefsafe #sunscreen and enjoying a gorgeous day on the farm! By using 7 Hawaii-grown farm ingredients for super antioxidant power, we support local Hawaii agriculture! Support your local farms! 🌞 🌱 keikiandplow #kokuasuncare #gorgeousday #lovinglife #dayonthefarm #hawaiibusiness #hawaiikai #kokohead #farmtoskin #supportlocalfarmers
Had so much fun today @keikiandplow educating about healthy #reefsafe #sunscreen and enjoying a gorgeous day on the farm! By using 7 Hawaii-grown farm ingredients for super antioxidant power, we support local Hawaii agriculture! Support your local farms! 🌞 🌱 keikiandplow #kokuasuncare #gorgeousday #lovinglife #dayonthefarm #hawaiibusiness #hawaiikai #kokohead #farmtoskin #supportlocalfarmers
Big victory for the coral reefs is the US Virgin Islands, where 80% of coral reefs are dying. The USVI went beyond Hawaii’s and Key West’s laws banning just oxybenzone and octinoxate; they also banned OCTOCRYLENE, another chemical sunscreen toxic to marine life found in many mainstream sunscreen brands. [Note: ALL chemical sunscreens are toxic 💀 not just the ones banned!!] Octocrylene also is a photosensitizer on human skin that increases free radicals in UV light causing DNA damage 🤦‍♀️ ☀️ ☀️☀️☀️ ———————————————————————— 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟😁🐟 🐬🐬The #usvi #sunscreen law bans importation of sunscreens with these chemicals on March 30, 2020, making it the first ban in effect in the USA! No sales of the poison after January 2021. ☠️ ——————————————————————Photo: 🎥 After the sunscreen bill was passed Tuesday June 25th by the Senate, Sen. Marvin Blyden, left, environmental advocate Harith Wickrema and Sen. Janelle Sarauw pose with sunscreen bill information. (Photo by Barry Leerdam V.I. Legislature) #savethereef #reefsafe #coralreefs #usvirginislands #nooctocrylene #nooxybenzone #octinoxatefree #victory #savetheplanet #saveouroceans #zincsunscreen #kokuasuncare #reefsafesunscreen Dedicated, witty, brave people here. After donating sunscreen to the first annual wind and kitesurfing event in Kailua, we headed to Ala Moana Beach Park to do the same with the AMBSC possibly annual Summer Solstice Swim. They slathered on lots of reef safe zinc sunscreen in extreme UV conditions and swam 2k every hour on the hour from 6am to 6pm. Some got in about 30K of swimming! @timmarr @smreinke01 Amazing ohana of Hawaii swimmers 🏊‍♀️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️ #openwaterswim #summersolsticeswim #waikikiswimclub #alamoanabeachswimclub #wearsunscreen #uvindex11 #sunsafe #zincsunscreen #waterresistant #reefsafesunscreen #kokuasuncare #alamoanabeach #ohana #aloha #swimmers #reefsafe The Save the Reef @savethereef documentary by @amirzakeri @justinkalaniburbage and @karmagawa is brilliantly done and an inspiring call to action right now before it’s too late. Please please go to link in bio to watch the whole film! https://youtu.be/wthTmQHmuZ0 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟 So grateful to be at the premiere! Loved meeting new friends and people @kualoaranch (beautiful Secret Island) who care about the earth’s future. Feeling hopeful, joyful and inspired today. And I love my new cap! #savethereef #reefsafe #karmagawa #premiere #reefsafesunscreen #nonnanozincoxide #saveouroceans #oxygen #coralreef #reeffriendly #coralrestoration #inspiration #kokuasuncare Tonight’s GIVEAWAY at the premiere of SAVE THE REEF @savethereef by @karmagawa and @amirzakeri — it’s a sweet Hawaiian gift basket! If you are there @kualoaranch please come by our tent to see how to enter to win! 😊 Includes one tube of sunscreen plus an 8oz glass pump bottle, Turkish towel, and konjac facial sponge by us @kokuasuncare 🌸 noni juice by @punanoninaturals 🌸 macadamia and kukui nut oils by @oils.of.aloha 🌸 Hawaiian spirulina by @hawaiianspirulina and other Hawaiian brands 🌈🌈 We use 7 Hawaiian ingredients in our SPF 50 #reefsafesunscreen supporting #localfarms #savethereef #giveaway #supportlocalhawaii #hawaiibusiness #reefsafe #karmagawa #kualoaranch Check out the exclusive launch party and World Premiere of SAVE THE REEF, a documentary film by Karmagawa @karmagawa and directed by Amir Zakeri @amirzakeri at Kualoa Ranch @kualoaranch — 6pm this Thursday, June 13. Tickets are complimentary, but rsvp’s are required. Kōkua Sun Care will be there to show support and help educate about reef safe sunscreen. For more info, go to SaveTheReef.org or @savethereef — an environmental initiative created by the charity community Karmagawa. 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟 #karmagawa #savethereef #worldpremiere #kualoaranch #reefsafe #reefsafesunscreen #kokuasuncare #zincsunscreen Throwback to 11 years ago around this time. This is right before the Honu half Ironman 70.3 Hawaii. See the white sunscreen smudge marks on my face and arms? It came off while I was swimming 1.2 miles, biking 56 miles, and running 13.1 miles. Long races and triathlon training sessions wishing for a high performance natural zinc sunscreen that works, rubs in, stays on, and doesn’t sting eyes, was one of the reasons that Kōkua Sun Care exists today! ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️ Tomorrow a.m, we will be at the Aloha Salads Summer Sprint 1-mile Swim from Sunset Beach to Ehukai Beach Park, first race of the North Shore Swim Series @northshoreswimseries with plenty of complimentary Kōkua sunscreen for all to try! 🏊‍♀️ 🏊‍♂️ 🏊‍♀️ #honutriathlon #triathlon #wearsunscreen #halfironman #naturalsunscreen #zincsunscreen #northshoreswimseries #sunsetbeach #ehukai #alohasalads #openwaterswim #swimming #oceanswim #kokuasuncare #reefsafe #triathlontraining #alohafriday #ironman ✨Today is #WorldReefDay 🌍🐠Our coral reefs are in danger. In recent years, there has been a major decline of the world’s reef (40% in Hawaii and the Great Barrier Reef, 85% in the Caribbean and 99% in the Florida Keys)😱Much of the destruction up until now has been done by humans, and we can fix it. Today, June 1, is the first official #WorldReefDay Let’s come together and take action💪🏼Three simple things you can do to make a difference are👉🏼 1️⃣Use #reefsafe sunscreen 2️⃣Reduce single use plastics 3️⃣Share this post and spread awareness of this issue We can make simple choices today to save our reefs for tomorrow! #Repost @rawelementsusa #wearsunscreen #savethereef #saveouroceans #savetheearth #reefsafesunscreen #reefsafesuncare #kokuasuncare #nonnanozincoxide Studies have shown that exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun increases your risk of getting melanoma, especially if you had sunburns during childhood. ☀️ ☀️ Melanoma is an aggressive skin cancer that often resists drug treatment. It arises when pigment-producing skin cells, called melanocytes, become cancerous. ☀️☀️ The rates of melanoma have been rising for the last 30 years. In fact, between 2009 and 2019 the number of new invasive melanoma cases diagnosed annually increased by 54 percent. (Source: Skin Cancer Foundation - skincancer.org and American Cancer Society - cancer.org) ☀️☀️ If conventional chemical sunscreen actually worked, then why have the rates of melanoma jumped by 54% in the last 10 years!!! The truth is that they don’t work. Unlike zinc oxide, they do not adequately protect against UVA rays and they degrade when exposed to UV light. The very chemicals that are supposed to be protecting us from UV light break down when exposed to it releasing free radicals that cause DNA damage. A terrible irony and a recipe for cancer. ☀️☀️ ・・・ #skincancer101 #melanoma #scc #bcc #ak #skincancerprevention #skincare #broadspectrum #safesunscreen #skincancer #skincancerawareness #skincancerawarenessmonth #wearsunscreen #nosunburn #Repost @skincancerorg with @get_repost EWG’s 2019 Guide to Sunscreens is out! Kōkua Sun Care was rated a “1” - the best rating, again this year and selected as one of the best beach and sport sunscreens with excellent UVA and UVB protection. This also makes it ideal for our babies and children along with the facts that it is very water resistant, doesn’t sting eyes, or have any toxic ingredients! ☀️ ☀️ ☀️ The 2019 guide comes after the Food and Drug Administration said earlier this year that 12 of 16 active ingredients in sunscreens have insufficient data from testing to determine whether they can be generally recognized as safe and effective. We use 25% non nano ZINC which is considered safe & effective. ☀️ ☀️ The Environmental Working Group releases an annual list of sunscreens it says are safe after extensive review of a variety of products available to consumers. To rank each product, EWG looks at various factors related to sun protection and the potential health hazard of a product. Check out @environmentalworkinggroup ☀️ ☀️ #ewg #practicesafesun #aadmember #kokuasuncare #sunsafe #wearsunscreen #environmentalworkinggroup #ewgrated #zincsunscreen #sunprotection #broadspectrum #spf #spf50 #ewgskindeep #skindeep #sunscreenguide #ewgsunscreenguide #safesunscreen Did you know coral reefs might just have the highest biodiversity of any ecosystem on our planet? Even more remarkably, although they only make up about 1% of the ocean floor, it is believed that around 25% of marine life depend on coral reef ecosystems. Now that’s something worth protecting! #Repost @picrcpalau #PICRC #Conservation #Science #reefsafe #marineecology #biodiversity #savethereef #kokuasuncare #palau Sunscreen is easy to buy, excruciatingly simple to spray on, but deadly hard to understand. Do you know what to look for when choosing a sunscreen? ☀ ☀ In today's interview with Tatyana Cerullo (@kokuasuncare) we share our quick 2-minute "what to remember" for parents who want the best, healthy experience of life for their kids AND be able to run to the beach! (It's at the 15:30 minute mark, don't miss that part!) ☀ ☀ Click the link in my profile @kidscookrealfood to watch and tag a friend who is looking for a safe sunscreen! ☀ ☀ https://kidscookrealfood.com/what-to-look-for-in-sunscreen/ #Repost @kidscookrealfood 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈 Excited to share this interview with the amazing and prolific healthy living natural mom blogger Katie Kimball, who has researched and tested over 100 natural mineral sunscreens for safety, effectiveness, and feel. We are so honored to be one of her #toppicks !!! #sunscreen #healthyparentingconnector #reefsafe #environmentallyfriendly #safesunscreen #mineralsunscreenreview #naturalsunscreen #oneplanet #kokuasuncare #sunprotection #wearsunscreen #sunsafe #zincsunscreen #summersun #naturalskincare #reefsafe The FDA just found that in a single day of chemical sunscreen use, the chemicals can accumulate in a person's bloodstream at potentially unsafe levels. Data about the absorption of chemicals like oxybenzone into the blood is not new. Studies have shown this for many years. Characterizing the presence in our blood of these endocrine disrupting, birth defect causing carcinogens as “potentially” unsafe is an obvious understatement. Avoiding chemical sunscreen and switching to natural zinc sunscreen is not just about the reef and marine life, it’s also about human life. Don’t wait for the FDA to decide that these chemicals are definitely #unsafe and not #gras (generally recognized as safe and effective) and please don’t stop using #sunscreen - no one is asking you to do that. Just make better safer choices for you and your family ♥️ #protectwhatyoulove There are alternatives. #kokuasuncare #wearsunscreen #zincsunscreen #safesunscreen #nooxybenzone #nochemicalsunscreen
Happy Earth Day! Our common love of nature and children enjoying it transcends all. This is our daughter at Kaimana Beach a place we go to sometimes but often avoid because of the shiny sheen of chemical sunscreen floating on the water. The toxic fragrance of the chemicals often wafts through the air as people indiscriminately spray on their SPF. More of it enters bystanders’ lungs and the surrounding environment than it lands on the skin. Does anyone else think that spray sunscreen is the new smoking? There are so many ways to make a difference. One easy way is to choose a sunscreen with just non-nano zinc oxide as the only active ingredient and avoid all chemical sunscreens and harsh marine toxic preservatives like parabens and phenoxyethanol. Let’s protect what we love! 🌎 #earthday2019 #kaimanabeach #protectwhatyoulove #safesunscreen #kokuasuncare #zincsunscreen #mineralsunscreen #reefsafesunscreen #savetheocean #forourfuture
#Repost @pacificrimconservation with @get_repost ・・・ Albatross are flocking to Oahu, and its not just Laysan Albatross this year. Some of you may remember over the past few months a couple of Black-footed Albatross were hanging around Kaena Point and we are happy to report they were see again yesterday by our staff! Flying together, dancing together, we have our fingers crossed these two have decided to make Oahu their forever home. Visit us at www.pacificrimconservation.org to learn more about our work to save seabirds and Hawaii DLNR (Department of Land and Natural Resources)! #KaenaBlackfootedAlbatross #OahuSeabirdColony #SeabirdSurveys #SeabirdConservation #RestoringBiodiversity #PacificRimConservation
ACE VENTURA SAVES THE REEF! Share and spread the word to save our animal friends. 🐠🤙 Use #reefsafesunscreen @kokuasuncare 🎥@alex_farnham
Hilarious!! If you like it, please share this with everyone you know to spread some much needed humor and awareness about choosing reef safe sunscreens over toxic ones that hurt you and marine life. Big industry won’t make the toxic stuff if we don’t buy it! 💰 Stoked we got to do this with Alex Farnham! Thanks @enakaifairyfish 😊 🧜‍♀️ If you have not seen Alex’s other awesome videos, check them out @alex_farnham and his amazing YouTube channel 🎥:Mockstars ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️ #hawaii #reefsafe #808shorts #808viral #reefsafesunscreen #saveourreefs #nooxybenxone #mineralsunscreen #zincsunscreen #reefsafecomedy #viralvideo #hawaiifun #aceventura #aceventurapetdetective
Gorgeous morning with Waikiki Swim Club at #alamoanabeach #biathlon 🏊‍♀️ ☀️☀️☀️ #mineralsunscreen #wearsunscreen #reefsafesunscreen #broadspectrum #waterresistant #saveourreefs #waikikiswimclub #sportsunscreen #swimmers #runners #hawaiilife We teamed up with @oliveyouwhole for a sunscreen giveaway. Follow the link in OUR BIO and comment on their recent post by tagging a friend or two and you can enter to win 2 tubes of Kōkua Sun Care SPF 50, a super soft Turkish towel and a 100% plant-based konjac facial sponge. Woohoo! Happy Aloha Friday! #sunscreengiveaway #reefsafesunscreen #alohafriday #oliveyouwhole #kokuasuncare #wearsunscreen #sunscreen #giveaway #nooxybenzone #mineralsunscreen Your sunscreen could be ineffective and poisonous says the FDA in its new proposed regulations. Check out our latest blog post for more details. Link in Bio. 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 To sum it up, out of 16 approved active ingredients, the FDA deems only two safe and effective based on available data! Guess which two? There has not been a serious look at sunscreen active ingredients in decades. This long overdue measure could overhaul the industry, make sunscreen labels less misleading and limit or restrict current ingredients. We knew for example that oxybenzone was bad for marine life but there are many studies to show it is bad for human health. Yet another study was published today in the Journal of Reproductive Toxicology showing this chemical can cause birth defects. Don’t wait for the FDA, choose #safesunscreen for yourself, your family, and our planet 🌎 #wearsunscreen #fda #zincoxide #sunsafe #ewg #changeisgood #saveourplanet #saveourreefs #nontoxic #kokuasuncare #reefsafesunscreen #fdaapproved #fdaregulations #sunscreen #nooxybenzone Had so much fun today @keikiandplow educating about healthy #reefsafe #sunscreen and enjoying a gorgeous day on the farm! By using 7 Hawaii-grown farm ingredients for super antioxidant power, we support local Hawaii agriculture! Support your local farms! 🌞 🌱 keikiandplow #kokuasuncare #gorgeousday #lovinglife #dayonthefarm #hawaiibusiness #hawaiikai #kokohead #farmtoskin #supportlocalfarmers