spf 55 can kiss my petute.

[faceless_wonder]

alright, i'll admit: there's one shiny thing that i can't stand: my face, when it's covered in sunscreen.

i bought the nice, oil-free stuff this time...and my face is shining like mr. clean's chrome-dome! what gives!? i guess it's still better than the alternative, my face getting terribly sunburned at the cardinals game this afternoon, but it makes me so mad.

why i can't i avoid a sunburn and still look good in the process? sigh.

Comments

[leahrosmerta.livejournal.com]

This is not cheap, but it'll do the trick.

[hilabeans.livejournal.com]

I'll have to check that out - I have the same problem.

And for anyone who's worried that SPF 30 isn't high enough, I've read a bunch of articles saying that anything above that is overkill, because it generally wears off your skin before it's been on long enough for that "extra protection" to need to kick in (SPF supposedly refers to the number of minutes before the sunscreen wears off, or something like that).

Then again, I've ended up looking like a lobster often enough that I usually buy SPF 45... but for something that will allow me to avoid looking like I just dipped my face in the grease trap at KFC, I'm willing to try SPF 30.

[leahrosmerta.livejournal.com]

Keep in mind that I do the following:

-moisturizer with at least SPF 15
-powder foundation with SPF 15 coverage
-SPF 30 powder when I'm going to be outside for awhile

I have a problem with chemical suncreens, so I have to use oxides exclusively on my face.

[silverleap.livejournal.com]

Try the Aveeno sunscreen. It doesn't make your face shiny, isn't greasy, and smells like normal lotion. I tried it on a weekend where I spent 12 hour days in 110 degree weather, and even though I sweated like a pig, I only had to reapply once and I didn't burn at all!

[nokturnel.livejournal.com]

Buy foundation that has SPF to it. It's not as much as you'd probably like but that way you wouldn't look all shiny and just wear a hat since you'll be at a ball game.

[the-pretend-me.livejournal.com]

I need something too, because I'm outside all the time. And I have to put it on my whole head, not just my face. I'm tired of looking like a shiny Christmas ornament from the neck up.

[water-of-love.livejournal.com]

sunscreen can kiss my pale pasty ass too. none of it works, i still get sunburned. i get stuck in the house mostly all summer because when i burn i end up in the hospital more often the not.

as far as the funky shiny look, i have no clue how to avoid that. maybe try anti-shine makeup or something over the sunblock?