Beauty Tips For Body Care
For context: early 30's, normal skin that isn't overly oily or overly dry but acne-prone, texture issues and large pores from years of picking (don't do that!), natural redness in skin, some fine lines, and in a hot/humid climate where a lot of sunscreens can slide right off.Paula's Choice RESIST Super-Light Daily Wrinkle Defense SPF 30: Creamy lotion texture that blends and spreads well, dries down matte. I find this to be unique in just how well it dries down. Mineral sunscreens, for the most part, still tend to sit in greasy, uncomfortable layers on the skin that wipe off easily or melt off in my climate. If you have dry skin, this may not be for you, although I haven't tested it with a serum underneath. This is fairly tenacious without being water-resistant and I've probably gone through 7 or 8 of them at this point. There is a tint, and if you have fair skin, its going to be pretty obvious which keeps it from being HG for me, but as it is, this suits my needs the best, I think. Also, it has a reasonable amount of antioxidants midway through the list of ingredients. 4/5Bare Minerals Prep Step SPF 50: Holy hell, this has 23.8% zinc oxide, Batman. This is a very runny, liquidy texture that might be something to consider if you have oily skin. It's incredibly comfortable (more so that the PC), although I wish some antioxidants had been included. There is a hint of a white cast but its nothing crazy, and I'm shocked that they were able to do this with such a high percentage of zinc oxide. This doesn't dry down as much as the PC SPF, and you will find it is still a bit tacky. I haven't tried powder over this though HotandFlashy (YouTube) has and she claimed it layered beautifully. I did layer the PC SPF over this and it was acceptable, though not ideal. In a hot an humid climate, this is tenacious though does sweat off easier than I would like. (Basically, at the end of the day, its still there and requires a double cleanse, but the slight melting off is problematic) Still, I think this is incredibly underrated and would probably make someone in a less humid climate very happy. 3/5Murad City Skin SPF 50: This is another new generation liquid mineral SPF and I think it's beautiful. This has NO white cast, but has a peachy tint that virtually disappears on lighter skin tones. This has 10% zinc oxide, so it's more of a "running errands" SPF. It does contain antioxidants and will leave some shinyness, though it isn't anything excessive. I had to powder my t-zone but otherwise, it was fine. I layered the PC sunscreen over this and found it layered better with this than the Bareminerals, so you might want to keep that in mind if you layer makeup over your SPF products. Like the Bareminerals, this doesn't dry down completely matte so that is something to be aware of. 4/5Drunk Elephant Umbra Tinge SPF30: Unusable. In fact, the more I used it, the more I disliked it. This balls, pills, and offers patchy coverage. When I tried to build on top of the patches, it balled and pilled again. I even tried using less than a 1/4 tsp, and used a pea sized amount and couldn't get it to work. I tried patting it, rubbing it, etc. This has a dark tint that is very obvious on lighter skin tones, which should be something to celebrate for PoC but honestly, you can't even celebrate that because it is so damn useless. It is also VERY shiny, like disco ball shiny. It's thicker and uncomfortable, and the natural scent does linger for a while and I found it unpleasant (kind of like burnt play-doh?) 0/5
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