![]() Secondly it is supposedly very water resistant, however there were many instances where the sunscreen was literally sweat off. As compared to my friends who applied a Nivea chemical (organic) sunscreen. I became visibly tanner despite apply liberal amount of this product. The UVA protection was not up to standard in my opinion. While it did indeed live up to its UVB protection as I have not gotten any sunburn while I was using this sunscreen. Protection Given its 20% zinc oxide percentage, I would expect a very good UVA and UVB protection. ![]() ![]() It is also very greasy after application, I definitely feel unbearably sticky after applying this sunscreen. Not to mention the pain you will feel when you rub unto your pimples. Due to the amount of rubs needed to reduce the whiteness, this sunscreen is not very suitable for people with active breakout as the aggressive rubbing will irritate the pimples further. Though it is still somewhat visible and many have commented that I looked very pale when I was using the sunscreen. The whiteness only dissipates after several rubs. Upon a few rubs, the whiteness is still very prominent. As you can see from the photo, it is very white. As an added bonus, it also contains anti-oxidants like vitamin A and vitamin E.Īpplication Being a purely mineral (inorganic) sunscreen, it suffers from the same problem where there is a significant amount of white tint to it. Especially since zinc oxide is a broad spectrum sunscreen active which blocks both UVA and UVB rays. Ingredients Active Ingredients: Zinc Oxide 20% (non-nano) Inactive Ingredients: purified water (0), aloe barbadensis leaf juice extract (0), capric caprylic triglycerides (0), sorbitan stearate (coconut based) (1), methyl abietate (pine wood resin) (0), vegetable glycerin (0), cetyl dimethicone (0), hydrogenated castor oil (0), magnesium sulfate (epsom salt) (0), sunflower oil (0), jojoba oil (0), ascorbic acid (vitamin C) (0), tocopherols (vitamin E) (1), olive oil (0), raspberry seed oil (0), cranberry seed oil (0), hyaluronic acid (made from vegetable ) (0), glucose oxidase & lactoperoxidase (0), currant (0), citrus paradisi (0)Īs you can see, it contains whopping 20% zinc oxide as its sunscreen ingredient which seems pretty promising. I have been using it for about 2 months now and here is my opinion on it. I chose this sunscreen as it is a purely mineral (inorganic) sunscreen. Here are the photos that I took to review the sunscreen.įirst of, I bought this sunscreen from iHerb for $24 USD.
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