This sun tan lotion smells bad, it stains clothes yellow, it is implicated in our daughter's rash on this holiday, and if it gets in your eyes it burns like acid for hours (even after you've had an eye bath). I definitely would not recommend anyone buys this, it is really bad.

Heard a few people say this was good so tried. Son had a massive reaction ending up in the emergency department. Found out after it's not even clinically tested. 3 days on he's still covered in a rash :( back to Nivea for me. Didn't like how it was oily. Sank into skin so fast you couldn't tell where you had covered either.

P20 has caused Irreversible Stains on clothing, towels, sheets, chairs -often the horrible yellow stains do not show until garments are washed. Goodness knows what chemicals it uses to cause such stains - certainly not chemicals that should be used on a persons skin, I'm sure. I believe a similar product has been banned in Australia (where they are rightly concerned about skin cancer)? It also dyes swimming pool water with a urine coloured (yellow/rust) stain...yuk!

I suffer badly with prickly heat. P20 - factor 30 was recommended to me. I thought I would spend the extra money to buy a good brand.. I thought.... when I arrived in Spain .. I covered myself in the lotion and a few hours later my throats felt a little sore. The following morning I found It difficult to swallow. The following day my lips swelled up. When putting the lotion on it felt it was burning me. I spent my weeks holiday looking like a blow fish. Took Antihistamine and anti inflammatory for the rest of the week. I will never use this product again.

Applied it thoroughly in the morning and topped up at lunch time. Both my daughter and I burned with this product. Waste of money. I have gone onto my usual brand and it worked a lot better. We had to stay inside the hotel room as the sun burn was so bad. I am also peeling as well which will ruin my tan it ruined our holiday and upset us both. Never again will I use this product.

I have used this product for years and always thought it was a great product. That was until I purchased the factor 50+ for my children for our holiday to Spain!! The first day of using it after following the instructions and applying an extra coat to the sensitive areas before leaving the apartment, we also topped up through the day after swimming but both my children burned!! I only bought this product because I trusted it and I'm so cross that after spending more on something that was supposed to protect my children all it did was stain everything and caused my children pain because it didn't work!! I won't be using it again and will be purchasing another brand tomorrow!!

I wish I had read these reviews earlier. (Although I may not have believed them) I'm now writing my own review while sitting under an aircon unit with my skin covered in aftersun gel, I'm desperately trying to cool the burning, and hoping that it won't prevent me from enjoying the rest of my holiday. Like many other reviews, I've faithfully and happily used p20 for years. I decided to buy the spf30 version so that I would have extra protection. After just 2 hours in the sun my partner and I are burned all over... front and back, head to toe. There is no way this product gives Spf30 protection. In fact I feel certain that it gave ZERO protection. I've previously used other brands spf30 for entire holidays, and found it virtually impossible to get even the slightest tan. The spf30 version of this product is utterly defective and should be RECALLED. People are putting themselves in SERIOUS PHYSICAL DANGER by using it. RIEMANN, SORT THIS OUT NOW!

Got this sun cream in good faith for my family but mostly my two very active boys. They love swimming and being in and out the pool for ages, so the once a day 'very water resistant' sell seemed perfect! Day 1 of our holiday abroad, I smothered the boys head to toe 15 mins before we headed to pool. 4 hours later we arrived home to shower & I noticed they were a little red, by the evening their sunburn was evident! Day 2, they had to stay in all day as were in pain, day 3, blisters appeared on one of my fairer sons shoulders!!! I had been cooling the skin, giving anti-inflammatory analgesia & applying after sun but blisters still appeared! I have two crying children who don't wanna go out, know they are missing loads of fun in the water & at the beach & even in the evening when we go out, they are quiet when normally they would be making friends, playing table tennis & dancing un the disco! DISGUSTED, ANGRY, MISLEADING, IRRESPONSIBLE!!!!!! DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT IT HAS HARMED MY CHILDREN!!!!!

Used product skin became blotchy, inflamed 7 hot to touch. antihistamine tablet taken straight after reaction and symptoms subsided within 2 hours.

I bought this product in a good supermarket for a recent holiday in the Canaries. My granddaughter has a fair skin and dark hair, so I thought this would be a suitable product for her, she is in and out of the swimming pools, so would be a good solution putting it on the once a day. NO NEVER again, after just a couple of hours in the sun and pool, we brought her out, seeing her arms were indeed very red and as the day went on even redder, by the night time she was almost crying with the pain. We called in a local Farmacia who recommended their local after sun, which was marvellous and took almost all the pain away. SO NO I wont be buying this P20 product again, and it is now going in the bin. What a waste of nearly £20!!!!

I have fair skin and have used P20 for at least 5 years with no problem. it has prevented sunburn even in the hot sun of the south of France. Yes it stains but I classed that as a small inconvenience if the product worked so well all day. I have just had 4 days in Spain in the hot sun. One application of P20 brought me out in a rash as if my skin was on fire. It has lasted more than a week. When I got home and my skin finally got back to normal I tried a small amount on the inside of my elbow because I couldn't believe my skin reaction could be due to the P20. I never have had any reaction to it. But again I came out in a blotchy itchy rash exactly where I applied the P20 and no where else. Sorry Riemann but never again.

I bought this at the airport on the way to Brazil to give it a try, one application for 10 hours was very appealing. Unfortunately on our first day my partner burnt very badly on her back, shoulders and upper legs. It wasn't even very hot, 26 or 27 degrees. It ruined her enjoyment of the holiday for the next few days while she recovered, and made her ultra paranoid about covering up for the rest. It's ultra greasy, and smells unpleasant on application. I also noticed it leaves horrible yellow stains over your clothes, which do not come out. I will never buy it again, ever.

Purchased P20 for the first time,never again,I have always used No-Ad from the USA (Purchase thru Amazon),all of my polo shirts and linen shirts are ruined,stains are impossible to get out,I left them with the hotel staff to see if they could succeed but the answer came back that the product was ingrained in the fabric and would not wash out,alchol based oil felt like I was spraying myself ready for the fat fryer you have been warned.

Not sure what has happened to this stuff. I have used it several times before in very hot and tropical places and found it great and never burned (although always had the staining). So just before heading off to the Caribbean for 10 days i grabbed some SFP30. Like many other reviewers i burnt badly on day 1 after 3 hours. I used to use the SFP20 and have never had a problem. I am really not sure what has gone wrong with this stuff or what has changed. I won't be buying it again.

Bought factor 30 and used past week in Spain. Burnt to a cinder. Spoke to sun care rep at hotel who told me the alcohol in it (listed as first ingredient) dries out skin and number of chemicals in affect quality of protection when you sweat. She recommended buying a screen where aqua is listed as first ingredient. For a factor 30 I thought I was being careful but ruined my holiday. Threw rest out and will never put near my children's skin