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@silleeMee

Janey2 — Wed, 14 May 2025 17:06:54 GMT

Sorry to bother you. In someone's past post you stated the spf you use. Cannot find the post. Which is it. I am interested. Thanks

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SilleeMee — Wed, 14 May 2025 18:52:49 GMT

@Janey2

It's no bother! Glad to help you.

I use this Neutrogena:

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AmyFFowler — Wed, 14 May 2025 22:57:33 GMT

FYI: this is on sale at Walgreens for buy one get one 50% off plus there is a $2 off coupon. Seeing it in the app.

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SilleeMee — Wed, 14 May 2025 23:16:37 GMT

@AmyFFowler wrote:
FYI: this is on sale at Walgreens for buy one get one 50% off plus there is a $2 off coupon. Seeing it in the app.

@AmyFFowler

That's a good deal! Thanks.

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Shelbelle — Wed, 14 May 2025 23:26:47 GMT

Just an FYI, this is a chemical sunscreen. If anyone prefers a mineral or physical one, this would not be it.

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SilleeMee — Wed, 14 May 2025 23:39:59 GMT

@Shelbelle wrote:
Just an FYI, this is a chemical sunscreen. If anyone prefers a mineral or physical one, this would not be it.

I cannot use mineral sunscreens. They all give me a white cast, even the ones that say they don't.

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San Antonio Gal — Thu, 15 May 2025 00:46:57 GMT

I've been a fan of Neutrogena sunscreens for years.

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Janey2 — Thu, 15 May 2025 01:21:56 GMT

I am tired of trying the mineral sunscreens. They all leave that ugly white cast....even the ones that say they don't

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AngelPuppy1 — Fri, 16 May 2025 10:04:00 GMT

@SilleeMee

So, is this one a chemical sunscreen? I get all of these sunscreens mixed up. I can't keep them straight in my head.

Also, if this is a chemical sunscreen, do you apply it first - before your moisturizer --- or after?

I used a sunscreen yesterday on my face and it left white no matter how much I rubbed it in. It was awful. I was trying to apply my makeup after and it was a disaster.

How can you tell which type of sunscreen you have - chemical or mineral - unless it specifically says? And I know you have explained this before, but can you post this again -- with each one, when do you apply moisturizer, before or after applying the sunscreen?

Thank you. I appreciate it. I struggle with finding an approprate sunscreen for my face and I know it's very important to use one.

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SilleeMee — Fri, 16 May 2025 12:00:38 GMT

@AngelPuppy1

That Neutrogena is a chemical sunscreen and with all chemical sunscreens, those are applied first to clean skin as you would do like a serum. Let it dry down completely before applying anything else on top of the sunscreen and wait fifteen minutes before going out into the sun. The reason for that wait is b/c the sunscreen needs to absorb into the skin where it binds to skin proteins and then provides you with the SPF listed on the bottle. Otherwise the sunscreen will be destroyed by sunlight on the surface of the skin.

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wagirl — Fri, 16 May 2025 14:05:27 GMT

@SilleeMee --have a question----so you apply the sunscreen first thing--let it dry down and then proceed with a serum and moisturizer on top? Is that a waste of those products or will serums and the other stuff soak in and do their job?

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SilleeMee — Fri, 16 May 2025 15:30:09 GMT

@wagirl wrote:
@SilleeMee --have a question----so you apply the sunscreen first thing--let it dry down and then proceed with a serum and moisturizer on top? Is that a waste of those products or will serums and the other stuff soak in and do their job?

@wagirl

The only serum that you should apply before sunscreen is vitamin C serum. All other skincare products will do fine after the (chemical) sunscreen is applied and dried.

Applying VC serum before any kind of sunscreen, chemical or mineral, will help the efficacy of the sunscreen used. Just let the VC serum dry down before applying your sunscreen.

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Shelbelle — Fri, 16 May 2025 16:26:34 GMT

I use a mineral sunscreen no problem with a white cast, I use Andalou CC Cream SPF 30, which is tinted.

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SilleeMee — Fri, 16 May 2025 17:01:29 GMT

@Shelbelle

When you apply your mineral sunscreen, do you apply the recommended amount of a 1/4-teaspoon on your face?

When I did that, there was just no way to avoid the white cast no matter how much I rubbed it in. Rubbing in mineral sunscreens to reduce the white cast is not the correct way to apply it. Also, applying less than 1/4-tsp on the face in order to avoid a white cast is not going to give the proper SPF listed on the bottle.

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Shelbelle — Fri, 16 May 2025 18:18:11 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
@Shelbelle
When you apply your mineral sunscreen, do you apply the recommended amount of a 1/4-teaspoon on your face?

When I did that, there was just no way to avoid the white cast no matter how much I rubbed it in. Rubbing in mineral sunscreens to reduce the white cast is not the correct way to apply it. Also, applying less than 1/4-tsp on the face in order to avoid a white cast is not going to give the proper SPF listed on the bottle.

Honestly , I dont know, I just apply it like it was a regular liquid foundation. And I will admit I dont worry about the amount of coverage I am getting, I am not outside for very long, I just apply it, then add my blush and go.

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AngelPuppy1 — Sun, 18 May 2025 10:26:50 GMT

@SilleeMee

O.k. -- thank you!

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lavendar — Mon, 19 May 2025 03:56:36 GMT

I can't tolerate chemical sun screens. They burn my skin. Many years ago I went to Bloomies for a special m/u day. M/u artists came in from N.Y.C. Bobby Brown had become very popular ; I managed to be the first customer at BB. We were all in a very large area with different brands spaced around the room. No curtains or anything.

The BB m/u artist picked the right color for me. I did about half of my face and started screaming. The wonderful m/u artist poured water down my face and very gently toweled me off. I suspect everyone was looking at me ; I didn't notice. My face felt like it was on fire.

M/u artist told me it was the chemical s.s. in the foundation. He gave me the names of the ingredients in both s.s. He told me the only foundation at the time with a physical sunscreen was Clinique.

You are right about the white cast. I use Complexion Rescre mattifying foundation. I was on a zoom call; I looked like the tin man from the Wizard of Oz. The zoom lighting probably made it worse.

My derm gave me lots of samples of sun screens; she did say they can give off a whitish cast.

I'm on Tretinoin so I have to be very careful in the sun. I live in an urban area and wear a large brimmed hat and big sunglasses.

I never could tan so I stayed out of the sun. I was in a study at a cancer research hospital for the first sunscreens. Every one but me got tan.

Thirty yrs ago a derm gave me a ''lunchtime peel'' that damaged my skin and gave me a strange kind of acne. Retina micro was the only treatment. After my skin cleared up I kept using it.

Two years ago I was hospitalized and I noticed one of the night nurses staring at me. Then another one came in without me buzzing for help. Turned out that the very young nurse who saw me first told her group that I was seventy eight and had no wrinkles. I wrote ''Retina micro" on a slip of paper and told her to leave it in their lounge.