Martin Lewis urges people to check small detail on suncream bottles to save money

Martin Lewis explains why you should always turn your suncream aroundCredit: The Martin Lewis Podcast

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00:00As we're racing towards summer, just a quick tip on sunscreen.

00:03When you get your sunscreen, turn the bottle around.

00:07Because on the back, you'll see a PAO number.

00:11It's usually 12 or 24 months.

00:13PAO stands for period after opening.

00:17And it's how long the sunscreen is still going to give you protection for once you've opened it.

00:22So then when you do open it, put a little note of what date, write that onto the sunscreen,

00:27and you'll know if you try to use it in a year's time, whether it's still valid or not.

00:31And hopefully, if you've got 24 months, you won't need to buy a new one thinking,

00:35oh, I'd better chuck that away, it's too old.

00:37Because it'll still be valid, and you save yourself a little bit of cash.