The most important step in your skincare routine should be sunscreen. After you've moisturized and are ready for a sun barrier, you should apply a good sunscreen. Protection from the UVA and UVB rays is vital to healthy skin if you want protection form sunburns, premature aging, and skin caner. Mineral sunscreens reflects UV rays and don't absorb into the skin but
offer the most protection from the sun. Chemical sunscreens have a
thicker consistency, contain some kind of chemical and absorb the UV
rays. Whether it is a mineral sunscreen (physical) or a chemical sunscreen, never leave the house without it.
My review:
Dr. Barbara Sturm Sun Drops SPF 50: This one feels really creamy, lightweight, smooth and very easy to apply. It does not leave a white a cast. Its vegan, cruelty free, and has hyaluronic acid. Since the first application, it started to peel. It applied well when wet but as it dried down, it started to peel. I've tried it a almost to the end of the product, as you can see on the picture, and it still does that. I've applied it solo and with my moisturizer but I can’t make it work.
Shiseido Urban Environment Oil Free SPF 42: It's lightweight, easy to apply. It contains hyaluronic acid and doubles as a primer. It’s oil free and should work on me since I have combo to oily skin but it dried so fast that I hardly had time to spread it around.
Caudalie Vino Protect Brightening Daily Mineral Face Sunscreen SPF 50 with Niacinamide: It's vegan and fragrance free. My local Sephora finally carried it a few months ago and I was so excited to try it. The consultant told me it was wonderful and it did not leave a white cast. She was wrong about that. On my face, it dried so quickly like the Shiseido and it does leave my face a bit white. Not enough to where I look like Casper but I can see a difference.
Shiseido Ultimate Sun Protector Lotion SPF 50+ for face and body: I really enjoyed this one at first. I bought the biggest bottle at Target because I wanted to use it on my body. It’s lightweight, easy to apply, no white cast, not sticky but heavily scented. No issues in the beginning. The more I used it on my body, the more the scent was getting to me. Half way thought it, I was getting headaches from it. Luckily I rarely applied to my face.
La Roche-Posay Toleraine Douible Repair Face Moisturizer UV SPF 30: It’s a bit heavier consistency because it’s supposed to moisturize but still lightweight enough to where you don't feel it heavy. It’s prebiotic, non-comedogenic, has ceramide-3, niacinamide and Thermal Spring water that La Roche is known for. There is no scent, no white cast but if I put it too close around my eyes, it starts to make my eyes burn.
