Sometimes you lot purpose a product, you lot similar it a lot, but, for whatever reason, seat it away to endeavour novel stuff. Then, later a long while, you lot acquire dorsum to your one-time favorite. And in that place are ii possible things that tin dismiss happen:
- - you lot realize simply how bad it was in addition to can't fathom why you lot were such a fan of it, and
- - you lot forgot how cracking it was.
That's how it went amongst me in addition to Lancome UV Expert XL-Shield this by week.
It was Golden Week, I was going on a trip. I needed a heavy duty sunblock. I ever ship a minor subway scheme of Anessa (Shiseido's famous Sun protection line) amongst me, but I needed something... something... more.
I forgot I bought these ii in conclusion year. So it was a goodness excuse to finally drag them out in addition to commencement using them again.
And of those ii possible things, which 1 was truthful inward my case?
Damn, I forgot how goodness this materials was!
Four days of constant Sun (one solar daytime it rained), nearly 12 hours a solar daytime outside.
And what?
Nothing! Absolutely zippo on my face.
Not a smidge of sunburn. Not fifty-fifty a behavior on of tan. Not a unmarried zit. Not a unmarried bump. Not a clogged pore inward sight. No redness, no irritation, no oily residue, no greasy finish, no white cast. No nothing.
While ripping apart Lancome Miracle Cushion, I mentioned in that place in addition to and then that I was a fan of UV Expert sunblock. And today, I am all the same a fan.
The blurb on the subway scheme claims 12 hours of Sun protection. True. Though I did altitude it off amongst a high SPF cushion every bit well.
The blurb says "feather-light texture". True.
It's lite in addition to non-greasy in addition to worked cracking nether the cushion. I did purpose a behavior on of pressed pulverisation to consummate the look, but later 12 hours outside, my human face upwards all the same looked real presentable, in addition to dare I country it, fresh?
We were walking, nosotros were sweating, nosotros were hot in addition to tired. On the agency dorsum to the hotel, I finally had a conduct chances to facial expression at myself inward the mirror. I expected to run across a sorry, ruby-red mess of a face.
And what a shock!
I looked surprisingly good. So goodness inward fact, that I wanted to stare at myself inward every reflective surface all the agency dorsum to the hotel. Just to live certainly I wasn't hallucinating.
Lancome UV Expert XL-Shield SPF 50 PA++++ in addition to BB Complete are both made inward Nippon for Asian markets.
They claim to live "studied, tested in addition to developed for Asian skin".
I loathe such claims. Because what? Asian pare is somehow special? Bullshit.
Asian women similar to believe it is, but trust me, it's not.
So the logic of major brands to unloosen exceptional lines solely for Asia baffles me. What are we, Europeans? Chopped liver?
Why practice the Asians acquire the goodness stuff? What most the repose of the world? Ehhh...
When I bought them, the boxes came sealed inward foil.
Inside, along amongst a 30ml subway scheme of product, in that place was besides a leaflet inward multiple Asian languages: Korean, Thai, Chinese, in addition to thus on...
On the dorsum of the box in that place was an additional sticker amongst a blurb inward Japanese, along amongst the gene list:
"New Standard" says on the boxes, presumably referring to the 4-pluses PA rating.
Tubes, similar tubes, zippo exceptional here:
Flip tops! Yay! Hallelujah! See this, SK-II? Watch in addition to learn!
The tops were sturdy plenty to travel the mess of my makeup bag. Didn't accidentally open, zippo got spilled or squeezed out.
The dorsum of the subway scheme besides had a Japanese sticker, which, of course, I promptly peeled off to run across what was underneath.
The BB cream has this scary mutual depression temperature beige coloring that, piece real pop inward Asia, tends to terrify most Europeans.
I truly similar it. It gives me that clean, fresh facial expression that is all me, only better:
As you lot tin dismiss see, on my pare it blends out perfectly.
The sunblock comes out white in addition to disappears to a non-shiny finish.
I convey dry out pare in addition to inward my instance in that place was no moisture glow.
As you lot tin dismiss run across inward the photograph inward a higher house - it was damn perfect.
Not close perfect, but perfect. Or rather, Perfect.
The gene lists are dreadful. I'm glad I bought these ii earlier I started to obsessively read the formulations.
- Lancome UV Expert XL-Shield SPF 50 PA++++ gene list:
Yep, alcohol denat. inward the altitude 10. But in addition to then again, these were meant for Asian summers. And Asian summers require certainly drastic measures. One of them is alcohol inward the formulations of most decent sunblocks.
- Lancome UV Expert XL-Shield BB Complete SPF 50 PA++++ gene list:
With the BB cream the even out is much the same.
It's real to a greater extent than or less L'Oreal RevitaLift UV Block BB SPF50 PA++++, which surprise, surprise, is besides made inward Japan. And which is besides excellent. And a lot cheaper.
Final thoughts?
Lancome UV Expert XL-Shield was a favorite in conclusion year. And is all the same a favorite this year.
I honestly can't detect anything to complain most here. And if you lot read this weblog regularly, in addition to then you lot know how shockingly odd that is.
They were on the pricier side, in addition to if non for the purchase 2 acquire a hefty discount, I don't yell upwards I would convey gotten them.
But I'm glad I did. They're worth every yen.
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