Beauty Tips For Body Care
Most of us on here know that skincare products are YMMV for the most part – in other words, what works for one person may not work for another. The same idea applies to sunscreen, but I've always been intrigued by how some of the HG sunscreens in this subreddit (Biore's Watery Essence and the LRP Fluid come to mind) dry matte as intended on some people, yet make others look like greaseballs. The varied reactions towards these two sunscreens all over this subreddit is kind of strange, because regardless of your skin type, surely applying a mattifying sunscreen to a freshly cleansed face should give you the same matte finish on the spot (even if it doesn't last all day)?I've been thinking about this for a bit. I've tried most of the HG sunscreens recommended in this subreddit and they all worked as intended on my skin. They were all mattifying and non-greasy and I didn't really have any problems with any of them. It then dawned upon me that I've been applying SS in my own way as opposed to the regular way that is often recommended on this subreddit – the regular way = measuring 1/4 teaspoon out, dotting it on, and then slathering it all over your face.I realised that the 1/4 tsp method only works for thicker physical sunscreens, NOT for more the more fluid, mostly-chemical, cosmetically elegant (henceforth referred to as "CE") sunscreens. Most of our CE sunscreens contain ethanol/alcohol denat. as the second, third, or fourth ingredient. It is no secret that Biore and LRP SS contain copious amounts of alcohol (which isn't all that bad despite what Paula Begoun says). The inclusion of all this alcohol ensures that when you spread the SS on your skin, the heat from your skin will make the alcohol evaporate completely, thus making all the silicones and perlite and other mattifying ingredients in your SS 'set' into a nice matte film on your skin. The alcohol basically works as a carrier fluid that evaporates within seconds of you applying the SS, and it effectively dries out the silicones and active ingredients and stuff – which would otherwise be greasy and clumpy on your face.If you want a CE sunscreen to work as optimally as possible and give you the flawless finish it promises, then you have to use it straight out of the bottle. Delaying its journey to your skin by measuring it, and then dotting it on your skin before finally rubbing it in only makes a high % of the alcohol evaporate prematurely. That will contribute to a sub-optimal finish on your skin that will look terrible, and potentially end up clumping/piling and looking greasy later on.For the best results, just shake the bottle, pour enough out for one cheek, rub it in, then pour more for the next, rub it in, then do your forehead, nose, neck, and any other exposed areas of your skin you haven't previously covered. Check out the exchange between me and u/HollaDude at the bottom of this post and check out this video of a model applying Avene sunscreen (the vid is kind of dumb because she applies way too little of it for it to actually be effective + she unnecessarily rubs it with her fingers, but as you can see she doesn't measure 1/4 tsp out nor does she waste too much time before putting it on her face)TL;DR, DO NOT measure out 1/4tsp of your fave CE sunscreen. Just put it on your face and use your intuition to ascertain whether you've applied enough.
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