CoolibarSun Shawl - UPF 50+ Sun Protection - Bhakti

This is a must have if you suffer from sun allergies, pmle, or just burn easily. The material is soft and silky and shiny. I have had this for years and it has never faded. I take it with me to beach trips and long road trips. In Kauai we had none of our gear except our beach towels for beach day. I had this scarf. I draped it over my coolibar hat and created a sort of tent over me and instantly felt relief. It felt 20 degrees cooler and my body cooled down immediately. I lent it to my husband while I went in the water. He gave it back but asked to borrow it again after feeling the difference. On our next beach trip I wanted to be in the sun because it was too cold in the shade but not burnt. I did the same thing and sat on the beach mat, draped this over my hat and held it around my legs. It was instant relief from the uv rays but I was slightly cold from the ocean breezes where I was covered. I also used it as a sort of sarong. Later at night, I used it as a scarf to stay warmer, then as a blanket over my legs on the way home. I now also have lilac and soft pink which my daughters tend to borrow.

This scarf/shawl is really practical — sun protecting while it is soft and silky and NOT adding to your heat temperature. I was amazed and bought two. So sometimes draping clothing on you in the sun seems like a suffocating too hot idea but this scarf is the opposite and cools. You can wear it many ways to protect your head, face, shoulders, arms.. They travel well and don’t look bad even when you fold them up in a small square. So, yes, you can chuck it in your tote and drape it around yourself when you need it. It’s a hand wash item but they wash well with a little soap and rinse and I hang mine up to dry. This is really practical in all respects.

I love this SPF shield! It's stylish, soft, easy to clean, and provides a lot of coverage (it's quite large). It's a little on the heavy side due to the size of the item, but not a big inconvenience. I use this as a warming shawl on the plane for a little extra coverage, then hop off in Florida and use it to cover my chest and shoulders from the sun. It's also great to wrap gently over your head to get extra coverage from the sun. It's nice-looking enough to use as a pashmina to a formal event like a beach wedding where you want to shield yourself from the sun but remain stylish. This is so great and I would love to buy more for family and friends.

This is a stunning shawl that folds up small and lightweight to carry in a large purse or backpack to have if you need to throw it around you for sun protection or against a chill in the air. I purchased a white shawl and it has a beautiful sheen to it, the fabric is strong and not cheap at all, and it's a large size to wrap around you without being too much fabric or worse, not enough. Love it and carry it with me everywhere I go these days.

Love the feel, love the casual look, love the spf sun protection. I liked the black one I got better for color though.

We are actually walking around Universal Orlando right now and I stopped to write this review… Anyone who is conscientious about sun protection, you need to buy this thing right now! I have had two melanomas so I am pretty obsessively careful about the sun. Bought this because we were going to be walking around an amusement park for days on end and I wanted the extra protection. This scarf folds down to next to nothing and is super lightweight... so easy to just toss in a backpack. But outside in the heat, humidity and direct sun, I thought having a wrap around my shoulders/neck was going to be stiflingly hot. I am shocked at how comfortable it really is. Provides great sun protection but not only that, I think I might actually feel cooler with it on since it blocks out the direct sun rays. Also, surprisingly, we started out our week at a volleyball tournament in a convention center that was ice cold. This worked perfectly as a wrap over my shoulders indoor. Kept me quite comfortable. Wish I had known about this years ago… So versatile!!! It’s long enough that it goes over your shoulders and will cover your arms down to the hands. It’s wide enough that once over your shoulders, it drapes down most of the back, almost to your waist. A great product!!!

Somehow the design was not quite what I had hoped it would be. It looked retro but the most important thing to me is the protection so I guess it does not matter . Still have to try in 13 uv . Will update

Yes and yes! Wore this for a wedding outside, where there was zero shade and I didn't want to get scorched. Can be scrunched as a scarf or draped as a shawl. Looks elegant, not like an SPF product. Kind of a sporty-ish fabric, not as heavy as bathing suit material, that will not give much warmth (outdoor wedding dropped to 50 degrees with no heat lamps, yay). But if you need protection and versatility and don't want to look like a goofball doing it, this is the trick. PS, I ordered white. Washes and air dries well.