Putting Sunscreen on Your Kid Doesn’t Have to Be Awful

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“Thoroughly applying sunscreen to a small, squirmy child has an Olympic level of difficulty,” contributor Matthew Schnipper writes, “and I am no athlete.” Which is why he swears by the Solar Buddies sunscreen applicator: a small, plastic, joystick-looking gadget with a reservoir from which you pour the sunscreen of your choice and a rollerball that filters the sunscreen through. His favorite part, though, is the small foam sponge to rub into your skin: It works far better than cakey and crumble-prone sunscreen sticks and, to his daughter, feels more akin to body painting. He says it’s “transformed my experience of sunscreen” and loves it so much it’s now a part of his own bald-head skin-care routine.

If you’re looking for something to put in your Sunbuddy, might we recommend Neutrogena’s Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch sunscreen? Beauty writer Tembe Denton-Hurst deemed it the best for slathering all over your body with abandon, and it’s currently only $8.

Also on the site: Kyra Sedgwick has been using this Intimia Breast Pillow every night for the past 15 years, which “basically creates a separation for your boobs”; musician Beabadoobee told us about the red cat-adored journal she writes all her songs in and how she is strictly team wired headphones; and contributor Maria Yagoda recently tested many garlic presses, and the best one is just $13. —Ashley Wolfgang, newsletter editor