Like most things, sun protection products find their origin in antiquity, where a variety of plants and minerals were used on skin, to reflect UV rays, such as calcite powder and clay – like the white minerals, titanium dioxide and zinc oxide, found in modern sun creams. Our Garnier Travel Size Ambre Solaire Sensitive Advanced Sun Cream SPF50+ provides very high protection against sun induced skin damage and sunburn. This non-greasy formula is specially developed for all skin types including fair and sensitive skin. Shop Natural Bronzer Intense Clear Self Tan Mousse from Ambre Solaire by Garnier, the transparent self tan mousse made with 92% natural ingredients By the 1930s sunbathing had become a popular pastime for pleasure seekers. Some have credited Coco Chanel with starting a trend for tanning, after she got accidentally sunburnt in 1923 on a cruise to Cannes. Two months later Schueller launched the product on the Riviera under the name ‘Ambre Solaire’. Its iconic brown, indented bottle was marketed through posters depicting tanned bodies of women. Bottle of Ambre Solaire, c. 1960, on loan Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain

Discover After Sun Spray from Garnier Ambre Solaire, the ultra-light soothing after sun that instantly cools and refreshes the skin, leaving it feeling suppleSun tan oils, like Ambre Solaire, Piz Buin and the US Coppertone brand, were intended to encourage tanning without a burn. It was not until the 1970s that the market shifted towards ‘sun protection’, as the link between sun exposure and skin cancer was becoming more publicly known. ‘Are you dying to get a sun tan’, poster for UK’s Health Education Authority, 1988 Shop Dry Body Mist Medium from Garnier Ambre Solaire, the self tanning spray for a natural looking tan with no streaks. Enriched with Apricot extract All Garnier products globally are officially approved by Cruelty Free International under the Leaping Bunny Programme, the leading organisation working to end animal testing, and the recognised Cruelty Free Gold Standard.

Ambre Solaire tapped into an aspirational ideal, based on the earlier medical notions, that a tanned body was a healthy one. Its associations with the French Riviera and affluent beach holidays, as well as the (gendered) use of models, presented the product as part of a luxury lifestyle. Nevertheless, the French Riviera would be the setting for the birth of the first commercial suntan lotion. ‘The French Riviera’, Southern Railway poster, 1928. Credit: National Railway Museum/SSPL Discover Kids Sensitive Sun Cream from Garnier Ambre Solaire, developed for fair, sensitive skin with very high SPF50 protection for kids Shop Kids Water Resistant Sun Cream Spray SPF50+ from Garnier Ambre Solaire, the hypoallergenic and water resistant formula for kids with high protection for UVOnce-a-Day, UVA, UVB, spray, oil, cream, non-greasy, SPF, high, low, absorbent, reflective, sport, vegan, bronzing, water resistant, anti-aging; from Gwyneth Paltrow’s favourite to Aldi’s own brand…