Beauty Tips For Body Care
My skin type: Dry in the winter, oily in the summer. Right now my skin is a bit oily. Normally not sensitive, although I do have some minor irritation from a recent product introduction.What I look for in a sunscreen: Lightweight, doesn’t pill over moisturizer, with a satin or matte finish (or at least a sunscreen that holds up to mattifying powder and blotting sheets.)ROUND 1: Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch Sunscreen Broad Spectrum SPF 55yep, that's some packaging right there.Price: $10.99 for 3oz on Neutrogena.comAvailable at Target for $7.29Ingredients: Active ingredients - Avobenzone 3%, Homosalate 10%, Octisalate 5%, Octocrylene 2.8%, Oxybenzone 6%Inactive Ingredients - Water, Butyloctyl Salicylate, Styrene/acrylates Copolymer, Silica, Diethylhexyl 2,6- Naphthalate, Vp/hexadecane Copolymer, Dimethicone, Caprylyl Methicone, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Glyceryl Stearate, Peg-100 Stearate, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Sodium Polyacrylate, Methylparaben, Behenyl Alcohol, Xanthan Gum, Propylparaben, Ethylparaben, Fragrance, Disodium EDTA, BHT, Iodopropynyl ButylcarbamateSpecial Info: Water resistant (80 minutes), broad spectrumPerformance: This is a very, very thick cream that’s a bit difficult to spread out. It has a nice satin finish but it does have a white cast. It smells like generic sunscreen.big blopthickkit almost looks normal!Idk. This one didn’t really live up to the hype.Applied over moisturizer, this bad boy pills like there’s no tomorrow. Heavy creams, thin lotions, doesn’t matter - Dry Touch won’t play nice. That doesn’t mean much to me in the summer, but it would be practically unusable for me in the winter, and I suspect it’ll be unusable for many people with dry skin who prefer to layer moisturizers under non-moisturizing sunscreens.It doesn’t do too well on its own, either. Occasionally I’ll apply too much at a time and it’ll all clump up into one gross sunscreen snowball, but it tends to do that even when I’m using an excess of caution. It’s...weird. If too much is applied, any facial movement or rubbing will cause the sunscreen to sort of clump up, lift up, and flake off. It definitely has a snake-shedding-its-skin vibe and it ain’t pretty. It’s impossible to rub in any areas that have too much after it has dried a bit, and even smiling causes gross white flakes to appear.yeah, not a fan.I will say that this has less shine than any of the other drugstore sunscreens I’ve tried. It’s not fully matte, but it has a beautiful finish that might not require blotting or setting depending on your ideal Dew Level. But beware if you plan on using a blotting sheet - if you apply anything more than a thin layer of this sunscreen or if you make the mistake of moving your face, you’ll end up witha really freakin gross blotting sheet. (comaprison to CeraVe Ultra Light on the left)Cosmetically elegant shine level? Hell Yes.Cosmetically elegant anything else? Hard no. It has all the appeal of dried toothpaste.There’s also a white cast? I’ve never seen this mentioned in any review, so maybe my eyes deceive me, but...there’s definitely a white cast.On a positive note, this sunscreen does feel very lightweight, not heavy or greasy. So that’s good!Like the other Neutrogena sunscreens in this review, (spoiler) this one stung. My skin is a bit irritated right now so I expect the irritation to stop once my skin is in better shape, but for right now it’s not a particularly enjoyable experience. This one was 6.5/10 bees.On paper it has all the right things going for it: not shiny, not heavy, dries down fast, yadda yadda. But in practice it’s like herding cats, and that’s way more effort than I want to put into a sunscreen. Even when I’m being very careful with application I end up with sunscreen flakes along my jawline, and the nice satin finish just isn’t worth it to me.Pros:LightweightSatin finishCons:Pills over moisturizer, bunches up if too much sunscreen is used, bunches up under powder, lifts up with blotting sheetsStrong generic sunscreen scentWhite castProbably not suitable for sensitive skinGuys, did I get the wrong Ultra Sheer Dry Touch? Is there a body version and a face version? Because I feel like my experience is so far removed from all the other reviews I’ve read - this is one of the most difficult sunscreens I’ve used!Rating: 1.5/5ROUND 2: Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel Lotion SPF 50so blue.Price: $12.49 for 3oz on Neutrogena.comAvailable at Target for $11.49Ingredients: Active ingredients - Avobenzone (2.7%), Homosalate (9%), Octisalate (5%), Octocrylene (9%), Oxybenzone (4.5%)Inactive Ingredients - Water, Glycerin, Alcohol Denat., Caprylyl Methicone, Diisopropyl Adipate, Silica, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Dimethicone, Polyurethane-62, Phenoxyethanol, Hydroxyacetophenone, Pentylene Glycol, Aluminum Starch Cctenylsuccinate, Sodium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/vp Crosspolymer, Acrylates/Dimethicone Copolymer, Glyceryl Stearate, Fragrance,Chlorphenesin, Menthyl Lactate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Disodium Edta, Trideceth-6, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Violet 2, Blue 1Special Info: water resistant (80 minutes), broad spectrum, oil-freePerformance: This is a thin gel lotion that spreads out easily with no white cast. It’s fragranced and smells quite fresh and clean. It’s also kinda blue!blopsuper cool consistencyafter drydownAfter fighting with the Ultra Sheer Dry Touch, this one is a dream to use!It’s super thin and easy to spread out, and it never feels heavy or greasy. I haven’t tried anything else from Neutrogena’s Hydro Boost line, but this one is a beautiful watery gel lotion, and it warms up on the skin almost like a serum. Easy to spread, easy to layer. The one downside is that it’s so thin that the cap gets goopy quite quickly:grossIt layers well over moisturizer, it never bunches up if I apply a lot, and applying additional layers of sunscreen never causes pilling. It’s simply easy to use, as a sunscreen should be. It’s light enough to be suitable for oily skin, and it layers well over both thick creams and light lotions so it’ll be fine for dry skin as well.This one is quite shiny the way that the vast majority of sunscreens are shiny. It’s there and it’s annoying. If I give it 20+ minutes to dry down, the Very Shiny look tones down just a bit, but not enough to justify waiting that long. But the Hydro Boost Gel handles both mattifying powders and blotting sheets well - never bunches up, never lifts off the skin.This one ended up stinging, 5/10 bees. It was almost worth it for that awesome fresh scent though.All in all, it was pretty good! It has almost everything I look for in a sunscreen - easy to apply, easy to mattify, smells great - it’s just very shiny. I think this is a great affordable option for those who want an easy to use sunscreen that doesn’t come in a tiny 1oz bottle.Pros:LightweightEasy to applyThin consistencyDoesn’t pill over moisturizer or if you apply a lot of sunscreenHandles powder and blotting sheets wellSmells quite nice and the light blue color is funCons:ShinyPackaging gets gross quicklyProbably not suitable for sensitive skinRating: 3/5ROUND 3: Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Liquid Sunscreen Broad Spectrum SPF 70smol bottlePrice: $12.99 for 1.4oz on Neutrogena.comAvailable at Target for $8.79Ingredients: Active ingredients - Avobenzone 3%, Homosalate 10%, Octisalate 5%, Octocrylene 7.5%, Oxybenzone 5%Inactive ingredients - Water, Silica, Cetyl Dimethicone, Styrene/acrylates Copolymer, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Steareth-100, Phenoxyethanol, Pentylene Glycol, Caprylyl Glycol, Steareth-2, Cyclopentasiloxane, Polyester-7, Chlorphenesin, Disodium Edta, Bisabolol, Acrylates/dimethicone Copolymer, Fragrance, Butylene Glycol, Diethylhexyl 2,6-naphthalate, Bht, Mannan, Xantham Gum, Polymethyl Methacrylate, Camellia Oleifera Leaf Extract, Tocopheryl Acetate, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Ascorbic Acid, Pantothenic Acid, Retinyl PalmitateSpecial Info: water resistant (80 minutes), broad spectrum, oil-freePerformance: This sunscreen is an incredibly thin, runny lotion that’s easy to apply with no obvious white cast. It does have that generic sunscreen scent, but it’s not as in your face as the Ultra Sheer Dry Touch. And while it does have that typical sunscreen shine, it handles blotting sheets and powder well.a blopsuper liquidyafter drydownThe bottle is quite small and would be easy to bring around with you, although I will say it looks like a sunscreen for ants. It has a nice thin applicator tip so that the super runny lotion doesn’t all spill out, and it’s easy to squeeze out just the amount you need. It’s also got this neat spraypaint vibe with one of those lil metal balls making a hell of a racket in there.applicator tipIt’s insanely lightweight and feels totally comfortable on oily & sweaty skin. It doesn’t have that mask-like feeling some water resistant sunscreens can have - I actually had to double check that it is in fact water resistant (it is!) I probably wouldn’t take this to the beach, but it’s a fantastic choice for general day-to-day hot weather living. It’s definitely the lightest of the bunch, and the lightest sunscreen that I’ve tried so far.This wouldn’t be a good choice on its own for dry skin, but it layers very well over moisturizer. It’s easy to spread around without disturbing thicker cream layers underneath, which I’ll definitely appreciate in the winter when my AM routine has a couple moisturizers thrown in there. There’s no pilling and no bunching up, and I can apply additional sunscreen layers with no issue.blotting sheet comparisonThis one is a bit shiny on oily skin, although it’s toned down from the Hydro Boost sheen. But it has a satin-matte finish on freshly cleansed, dry skin - I find that I don’t need to use blotting sheets at all with this one on certain days. This one is definitely the most cosmetically elegant of the bunch - while Hydro Boost and Dry Touch remain Very Shiny on both oily and dry skin, this one seems like it really wants to be matte even on oily skin. (It doesn’t really get matte, but it’s the thought that counts, right?)The only issue is that it currently weighs in at 4/10 bees. Stings the least of the bunch, but it’s still irritating enough to prevent me from using it consistently. I’ll be super glad to return to this sunscreen once my skin calms down a bit though!Pros:Very LightweightVery thin consistencyEasy to applySatin finish on dry skinDoesn’t pill, doesn’t bunch up under powder, doesn’t lift up with blotting sheetsFeels like you’re shakin a spraypaint canCons:Lil tiny ant bottleShiny on oily skinProbably not suitable for sensitive skinRating: 4/5Winner?Of course it’s the most expensive of the bunch. The Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Liquid has everything I’m looking for - lightweight, easy to apply, layers well over itself and moisturizer, satin finish that’s trying so damn hard to be matte. It’s super comfortable to wear on oily skin despite a bit of shine, and on dry skin it pretty much has the perfect sunscreen finish. It’s really, really nice.That said, the Hydro Boost is a fantastic runner up for those who are looking for a more affordable option - it’s just a tad heavier than the Ultra Sheer and while it’s noticeably shinier than the Liquid on dry skin, it has a pretty similar shine level on oily skin. It layers well over itself and moisturizer, and you can mattify it with no problem. Plus is smells really really freakin good!Just, y’know, avoid the Dry Touch.
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