Comments on: Answering (Almost) Every Sunscreen Question https://labmuffin.com/answering-almost-all-your-sunscreen-questions-with-video/ The science of beauty, explained simply Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:22:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: Angelina https://labmuffin.com/answering-almost-all-your-sunscreen-questions-with-video/#comment-224453 Thu, 09 Jun 2022 20:20:56 +0000 https://labmuffin.com/?p=12296#comment-224453 In reply to Carolyn Russell.

I’m not Michelle, but IIRC, Michelle has mentioned in previous videos that using makeup products with SPF on top of sunscreen can help slightly with protection since it gets you closer to the 2mg/cm^2 amount of sunscreen required. I consider is a “nice to have” instead of a necessity.

Only potential issue is sometimes mismatched UV filters can affect each other, but that’s usually in really crappy “”natural”” branded products which use uncoated zinc oxide or don’t bother to encapsulate their UV filters. Hopefully not an issue for any legimate sunscreen company with good R&D.

]]> By: Kay https://labmuffin.com/answering-almost-all-your-sunscreen-questions-with-video/#comment-223696 Wed, 01 Jun 2022 08:48:06 +0000 https://labmuffin.com/?p=12296#comment-223696 Hi Michelle
Can you please do a review of Ultrasun and their claims of applying once daily?
Thanks
Kay

]]> By: Julz https://labmuffin.com/answering-almost-all-your-sunscreen-questions-with-video/#comment-223654 Tue, 31 May 2022 20:09:39 +0000 https://labmuffin.com/?p=12296#comment-223654 Hey Michelle. I’ve been using by this sunscreen for umpteen years; the product was recently reformulated due to a number of complaints relating to sensitivity to some of the ingredients. It doesn’t make any of tour “top” lists, but asking if it’s a decent 30% sunscreen.

PRODUCT: Ego QV Face Day Cream SPF 30 150g

INGREDIENTS

ACTIVES: Bemotrizinol 1.7%,
Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benozate 2.7%, Titanium Dioxide 3.0%, Octyl Methoxycinnamate 5.0%

PRESERVATIVES:
Dichlorobenzyl Alcohol,
Phenoxyethanol and
Hydroxybenzoates.

]]> By: OddSis https://labmuffin.com/answering-almost-all-your-sunscreen-questions-with-video/#comment-223593 Mon, 30 May 2022 17:22:50 +0000 https://labmuffin.com/?p=12296#comment-223593 So appreciate this summary! It’s like a review for my brain lol

]]> By: Anne https://labmuffin.com/answering-almost-all-your-sunscreen-questions-with-video/#comment-223569 Mon, 30 May 2022 07:34:15 +0000 https://labmuffin.com/?p=12296#comment-223569 I will bookmark this one to refer people to when these questions come up – because they inevitably do.
Thank you!

]]> By: Carolyn Russell https://labmuffin.com/answering-almost-all-your-sunscreen-questions-with-video/#comment-223523 Sun, 29 May 2022 18:39:47 +0000 https://labmuffin.com/?p=12296#comment-223523 I LOVE that you have a list with your favorite sunscreens (complete with photos!). So many Asian sunscreens are recommended by name, but if you go on Amazon or something to find it, there are variations or formulation changes and it’s so hard to find what was recommended to you. The photos help a lot.

Also, I always thought that moisturizers with SPF in them were inferior to dedicated sunscreens. I’m back to the drawing board with more options to consider now . . . .

What are your thoughts on layering different types of products containing SPF? (So a moisturizer with SPF, with then a primer with SPF, makeup with SPF, powder with SPF . . . . etc.). Does that fall into your swiss cheese analogy? Or is it counterproductive to have too many products with SPF at a time?

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