Sunscreen Product Recommendations

The one question I know you are thinking: What Products Do I Buy ???

It’s hard to recommend products without seeing your skin and knowing your skin type and skin conditions.

However, to help you get started, I can suggest some brands that I have used on myself or recommended to others. Please keep in mind that these have worked for my skin but may not be ideal for you.

Sunscreens With Strong UVA & UVB Protection

This is a list of stand-alone sunscreens (they’re not SPF moisturizers or BB creams). It is heavily skewed toward physical sunscreens with Zinc Oxide and those for Normal to Dry skin types. At a future date, I’ll expand the list for other skin types.

Follow me on Instagram to see a larger selection. I’ll be featuring more products throughout Summer 2014.

 

 

–This list is in the process of being updated–

FACE SUN PROTECTION

Normal Skin

Oily Skin (and oily areas on Combo skin)

  • Japanese & Korean sunscreens – the textures are lighter and cosmetically elegant

Sensitive Skin

Dry Skin

 

 BB/CC Creams, Tinted Moisturizers, Tinted Primers

  • Korean BB creams – the textures are lighter and cosmetically elegant

NECK, DECOLLETE, HANDS, ARMS

Any of the above sunscreens can be used on the body. But using a face sunscreen on the body can get expensive. Face sunscreens cost more.

If I won’t be in the sun long, I’ll use a face sunscreen on my neck (it’s lighter). But if I’ll be outdoors for a while, or the sun is strong, I’ll use something with a thicker texture – a non-nano mineral sunscreen like one of these:

Tip: Most baby sunscreens use mineral active ingredients. Just because it’s made for baby doesn’t mean you can’t use it. Baby sunscreens are a good and economical option for the body (they tend to be thick, so not ideal for face).

Fortunately, there are quite a few baby sunscreen options now (much more than a few years ago). So you have plenty of choices. Just look for one that offers you at least 5% Zinc Oxide.

LEGS, OTHER BODY AREAS