We protect our face from UV. So why do we forget our hands?

We protect our face from UV. So why do we forget our hands?

Skincare has changed. We wear SPF. We protect our faces. We invest in serums, treatments and products designed to keep our skin looking its best.

Then we sit down for a gel manicure and place our bare hands directly under a UV-emitting lamp.

At Glove Me, we think it’s time to change that.

Meet the new manicure essential. UV protection for your hands, without compromising your nails.

Whether your salon calls it a UV lamp or an LED lamp, the lamps used to cure many gel manicures emit ultraviolet radiation.

Cancer Council Australia advises that both UV and LED nail lamps emit UV radiation, predominantly UVA rays.

UVA is also associated with premature skin ageing and has been linked to an increased risk of skin cancer.

The exposure from an individual manicure may be relatively short, but protecting our skin has never been about waiting until exposure becomes excessive, it’s about making protection part of the routine.

Australians understand sun protection better than almost anyone.

Australia has some of the highest UV levels in the world and one of the highest rates of skin cancer.

Around 2 in 3 Australians will be diagnosed with some form of skin cancer before the age of 70.

More than 95% of skin cancers are caused by exposure to UV radiation.

These statistics relate predominantly to UV exposure from the sun, not nail lamps. But they remind us that UV protection matters.

So if there is an easy way to reduce unnecessary UV exposure during something we do regularly, why wouldn’t we?

So.. should you stop getting a manicure?

Absolutely not.

This isn’t about giving up the beauty rituals you love.

Cancer Council Australia and ARPANSA say people who want to minimise their UV exposure can protect their hands.

Glove Me simply makes protection part of the manicure.

No mess. No waiting for sunscreen to absorb. No sacrificing your polish.

Just slip them on and mani as usual!