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  • Daytime vs. Nighttime Skin Care Routine
    Daytime vs. Nighttime Skin Care Routine
    Our esthetician Dana gives us the scoop on why our skin needs different things at different times of the day.
  • What's Your Skin Type?
    What's Your Skin Type?

    Dana (our go-to skin expert) is going to cover some of the most common skin types and offer up a few suggestions for how we can be taking care of what we got.

  • Beach hair
    Surf Hair, Don't Care
    Not gonna lie, we love what a little saltwater and sunshine can do to our hair. It reminds us of long summer days spent surfing and hanging out with our friends.
  • DIY lip sugar scrub
    Smooth Your Kisser
    To help whip our kissers into shape, we put together a homemade lip scrub with some of things we had in our kitchen. Check out the recipe below.
  • 10 Years of Bum Rush Tour
    10 Years of Bum Rush Tour
    Back in the day, we didn’t have the cash to sponsor a bunch of pro surfers to compete in a legit contest decked out with shiny trophies and fancy champagne.
  • Sun Bum Daily Sunscreen Face Mist SPF 30
    Summer Essentials (For Our Skin)
    Don’t worry, we’ve got a few hot tips for giving our skin the extra love it needs to stay stoked during our fav time of year.
  • Say Hello to Andy Davis
    Say Hello to Andy Davis

    Working with Andy to bring Sun Bum Skin Care to life has been an incredible experience and a total dream come true for us. We caught up with him in his in-house studio at our HQ in Encinitas to hear a bit more about him and the story behind his designs.

  • Skin Care 101: Steps to a Good Skin Care Routine
    Skin Care 101: Steps to a Good Skin Care Routine
    Besides being an all-around good human, Dana is a licensed esthetician (aka skin expert), professional beauty blogger, and self-proclaimed “science nerd” who lives and breathes all things skin care.
  • Materials for DIY bucket hat
    DIY Bucket Hat
    Besides lookin' pretty dang adorable, these mini bucket hats help keep our groms faces nice n’ shady while they’re outside running around in the sun.
  • Summer McKeen wearing the Sun Bum Dad Hat
    The Dad Hat X Summer McKeen
    We were stoked to collab with Summer McKeen on The Dad Hat—made to keep our face in the shade and our hair in check, whether we’re cruising around town or hanging out after sunset with our crew.
  • Mineral vs Non-Mineral Sunscreen
    Mineral vs Non-Mineral Sunscreen
    We all love sunshine! It's a mood lifter, Vitamin D booster, and immune system hero. Yet, let's guard ourselves and our loved ones from those pesky UV rays' not-so-cool side effects.
  • Daniella Perkins wearing the Sun Bum T-Shirt Hair Towel
    Meet Daniella Perkins
    Since Daniella helped us make this Limited Edition T-Shirt Hair Towel, we figured it was only right to have her be the first to take it for a spin around the block, literally.
  • Daniella Perkins using the Sun Bum T-Shirt Hair Towel
    Our T-Shirt Hair Towel X Daniella Perkins

    We’re so stoked to share our little hair care secret with you.

    Check out our fav oversize tee...that we also use to dry our hair.

  • Purple Hair Care FAQ
    Purple Hair Care FAQ
    We chatted with our Sun Bum Hairstylist Ambassador and all-around awesome human, Laura Polko, to help give us the lowdown on all the Purple hype. 
  • Project Purple: Behind the Scenes
    Project Purple: Behind the Scenes

    Hey, we wanna show ya something cool. By now you know that we’re all about yellow, but just this once, we made an exception.

  • Our Thanksgiving Day Parade
    Our Thanksgiving Day Parade
    We heard a rumor that the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade might be cancelled this year. So, we decided it would be kinda cool to put on our very own holiday production here at the office.