by Autumn Blum | Jul 14, 2024 | Just For Fun, Product Spotlight, Shark-Free Squalane
It’s that time of year again! Sharpen your sleuthing skills – our Shark Week Event has begun! We’ve added a fun new way to celebrate Shark Awareness Day featuring prizes for kids and grown-ups alike. From July 14-26, answer our Trivia contest BELOW... by Autumn Blum | Jun 6, 2024 | Protect What You Love
Many companies proclaim that “Every day is Earth Day,” but we think World Ocean Day on June 8 may be even more important, as oceans produce about half the oxygen in the world. A healthy ocean is critical to life as we know it! For centuries, our oceans have been... by Autumn Blum | Jun 27, 2022 | Every Day Mineral Sunscreens, Product Spotlight, Sunscreen
The world’s first mineral sunscreen technology that enhances protection after water immersion. The release of our new EveryDay Mineral Sunscreen marks two major advances for Stream2Sea. It’s our first-ever mineral sunscreen made with only EcoSafe Zinc™ Oxide rather... by Autumn Blum | Jun 6, 2022 | Featured In the News, Ingredients Safety, Leave No Trace, Protect What You Love, Reef, Sunscreen
Stream2Sea’s proven safe for you and our waters sunscreen is chosen by Palau for aco-branded sunscreen line to help raise awareness and funds to protect the nations’ fragileecosystems Palau has had a special place in my heart since my first visit in 2014. Stream2Sea... by Autumn Blum | Aug 13, 2021 | Keeping It Real, Protect What You Love
A new rule announced earlier this year by the Food and Drug Administration will drive up the costs for many small sunscreen companies. Specifically, rising regulatory fees may actually reduce consumer choice and inhibit green innovation in the... by Autumn Blum | Jul 23, 2021 | Ingredients Safety
Would you like your sunscreen with a side of benzene? No, thank you! Stream2Sea was the first (and is still the only) company to provide extensive testing to prove our sunscreen is truly reef safe. Now we’re the first sunscreen manufacturer to show that we are... by Autumn Blum | Jul 15, 2021 | Ingredients Safety, Keeping It Real, Sunscreen
Do you know where your sunscreen in manufactured? Is it in a large production facility that uses economies of scale to manufacture hundreds – or thousands – of other products? Contaminants are common in large scale productions When Stream2Sea was... by Autumn Blum | Jun 29, 2021 | Ingredients Safety
I was recently honored with an invitation to speak to a National Academy of Sciences subcommittee looking at the environmental impact of sunscreens. It’s a months-long investigation that brings people from the industry,... by Autumn Blum | Apr 8, 2021 | Ingredients Safety
The science is clear: Oxybenzone kills coral larva at incredibly low concentrations. But until now, it’s been less clear what happens in the human body at exposures similar to those seen at your average beach or swimming pool. Turns out, it’s not pretty. A study... by Autumn Blum | Mar 23, 2021 | Leave-in Conditioner, Product Spotlight
We received a really nice note from a travel writer last week saying that 70% of the comments on a women’s dive site recommended our Stream2Sea leave-in conditioner. She asked what made it so special — beyond the fact that it’s reef-safe. Like many female... by Autumn Blum | Mar 12, 2021 | Ingredients Safety
A new report in a study published in the journal Chemical Research in Toxicology by French and American researchers at Sorbonne University and Haereticus Environmental Laboratory shows that Octocrylene – one of the most common ingredients in sunscreens breaks... by Autumn Blum | Aug 13, 2020 | Keeping It Real
It’s never been more important to be an informed consumer! Sharks are in skincare, and consumers CANNOT trust the words on the front of a hand sanitizer or cosmetic package. Yesterday, I did my first Instagram live event for our friends at Shark Allies,...