Claims: Water-light gel formula
Ingredients (Good): Moisturising alcohol, Ceramide, Arginine, Hyaluronic Acid, Jojoba Ester and Silver Oxide. It also includes a lot of plant extracts, intending to serve as anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant agents. The extracts are Yoshino Cherry Leaf, Saxifraga Sarmentosa, Job’s Tears Seed, White Mulberry Root, Evening Primrose Seed, Meadow Seed and Artichoke Leaf.
Ratings: SPF 50+ PA++++
Cost/Value: $10-$22 (40 grams) depending on where you buy it / not a great value however it is a great sunscreen and worth buying.
It is a Combination Sunscreen: Its active ingredients are Octinoxate, Uvinul A Plus, Zinc Oxide, Titanium Dioxide and Tinosorb-S.
It did NOT smell.
It did NOT sting my eyes.
It did NOT gather in my wrinkles.
It did NOT leave a white cast in my skin. This is one of the most sheer sunscreens I have ever tried upon initial application.
It did NOT dry down in 20minutes or less. It sinks into skin in 40-50 minutes. This has a very soft and lightweight texture that doesn't set but it is not sticky or greasy. Because of its texture, it continues to be absorbed by skin throughout the day.
Because of its lightweight and soft texture, I personally worry a bit about wearing it under makeup. I worry that it will be completely absorbed by my skin in a couple of hours, or move around too easily while I am applying my foundation and give me uneven protection. When I overapply to compensate, it does look good under makeup. It doesn't affect the consistency or colour of foundation. And because of slight smoothing and priming effect, it helps out a bit with any texture issues.
It does NOT wear well throughout the day. This is soft and very light-weight texture. When I am wearing it alone, I like to reapply it at least once or twice depending on if I am out all day.
This is best suited for dry to normal skin, and not advisable to oily skin or oily combination skin.
I really like this sunscreen. I have to sort through all of my sunscreen and rank them, however I believe this is in the top 10. It is clearly not the sort of thing you can wear it outside, hiking or running. But in terms of an everyday , winter, going to work sunscreen, this is really beautiful. I would highly recommend it.
