It all started innocently enough.
Miss K in addition to I were at Matsumoto Kiyoshi. She was buying feminine protection, in addition to I - contact lens cleaner. I had a coupon for 10% off, that was the solely argue why nosotros were there. Matsumoto Kiyoshi is i of the largest, if non THE largest, drugstore chains inward Japan. If you lot travel inward the US, recollect Walgreens on steroids. As a signal carte du jour carrying member, every thus oft I larn a postcard coupon inward the mail. And that is pretty much the solely fourth dimension I store at Matsumoto Kiyoshi, or MatsuKiyo for short.
Anyway...
I was camping ground inward the sunblock island (yes, in that place was a whole island of sunscreens) in addition to sniffing in addition to smearing in addition to checking the ingredients. I was looking for ethanol-free Sun protection products. Miss K saw me reaching for SunBears.
She grabbed it out of my mitt in addition to said, "No, no, you lot don't desire this one. This is made inward Thailand. I don't trust such cosmetics."
"But it's made yesteryear a Japanese company, right?" was my answer.
"Doesn't matter. If it's non made inward Japan, you lot can't trust it. Here, endeavour this instead," she said.
She stuck an unassuming store construct sunblock inward my hand.
MK Customer UV Protection Super SPF 50+ PA++++
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 generic construct made specifically for Matsumoto Kiyoshi. To travel honest, usually, I don't fifty-fifty await at MK Customer products. I ever tend to construct a bee trace of piece of employment guide towards construct names.
"This i hither is an exact dupe for SunBears," Miss K informed me.
"It's fifty-fifty made yesteryear the same fellowship - Omi, but dissimilar SunBears Strong, they construct the generic version correct here, inward Japan," she helpfully added.
We compared the ingredients i yesteryear one.
Miss K was right. Japanese-made MK Customer UV Protection Super SPF 50+ PA++++ was indeed an exact dupe for Thai-made Dominicus Bears Strong Super Plus SPF 50+ PA++++.
To near her upward I bought it. I also bought Sunplay Super Block SPF 50+ PA++++ (made inward Vietnam) in addition to Sunkiller Perfect Strong Moisture SPF50+ PA++++.
And for adept measure, I also threw inward MK Customer UV Protection Cool SPF 50+ PA++++, which turned out to travel an exact dupe for SunBears Strong Cool Super Plus SPF50+ PA++++, in addition to which turned out to travel dreadful, awful in addition to all things horrible.
So let's become dorsum to the to a greater extent than pleasant choice of criterion MK Customer UV Protection Super SPF 50+ PA++++.
It's a no frills, uncomplicated bottle. Inside there's thirty ml of product.
MK Customer UV Protection Super SPF 50+ PA++++ has precisely the same specs every bit SunBears Strong Super Plus:
- - milk type
- - combination of UV blockers in addition to UV absorbers
- - waterproof
- - sweatproof
- - sebumproof
- - suitable for outdoor activities
- - non-drying
- - grapefruit scented (very fake, annoying smell)
- - ethanol (alcohol-free)
It feels moderately low-cal on the pare in addition to doesn't seem to larn out a white cast. There is no oily, glutinous cinema on the skin.
The specs claim it tin travel used every bit a makeup base, however, I didn't endeavour it.
Unfortunately, it's non a sunscreen for me, every bit despite claims that it has moisturizing properties, I institute it really drying. But in addition to thus again, I convey really dry out skin. I recollect it would piece of employment slap-up for normal in addition to combination pare types.
You tin banking concern jibe the ingredients on Ratzilla's website.
Final thoughts on MK Customer UV Protection Super SPF50+ PA++++:
- All inward all, I was really pleasantly surprised.
- And it's really inexpensive - MK Customer UV Protection Super SPF50+ PA++++ costs 400 yen (tax included).
- I mightiness consider it inward the hereafter every bit a trunk sunscreen.
- Solid, functional, dependable, affordable - buy? YES!
Next upward nosotros convey Sunkiller Perfect Strong Moisture SPF 50+ PA++++.
It's made yesteryear Isehan, in addition to it's only i of several options inward their sunscreen lineup.
Again, nosotros larn a simple, evidently bottle containing thirty ml of product, made inward Japan.
Sunkiller Perfect Strong Moisture SPF 50+ PA++++ specs:
- - milky type
- - ethanol (alcohol) free
- - paraben free
- - waterproof
- - resistant to sweat
- - resistant to sebum
- - chemic UV absorbers
As its advert suggests, it's moisturizing. It's really moisturizing. It's moisturizing to the signal of beingness an oily, glutinous mess.
There was no white cast, but instead, nosotros larn a shiny slick of stickiness.
And every bit you lot easily guess, it took forever to dry. Or rather, it didn't desire to dry.
The specs state it tin travel used every bit a makeup base, but it's really difficult to imagine how that would work, this materials is only besides moisturizing in addition to besides rich.
Here you lot have Sunkiller Perfect Strong Moisture SPF 50+ PA++++ ingredients:
And you lot tin honor the constituent listing inward English linguistic communication on Ratzilla's website.
Final thoughts on Sunkiller Perfect Strong Moisture SPF 50+ PA++++:
- Ugh!
- No, give thank you lot you!
And finally, our finally contestant today - Mentholatum SunPlay Super Block SPF 50+ PA++++
This is a flake complicated. This sunscreen is made yesteryear Rohto, but the version you lot run across higher upward was manufactured inward Vietnam.
However, at around stores, you lot tin honor the Japan-made version. Below you lot convey them side yesteryear side:
SunPlay Super Block SPF 50+ PA++++ made inward Nippon on the left, in addition to made inward Vietnam on the right. As far every bit I tin tell, apart from the identify of manufacture, these seem to travel identical products.
Here are the specs for SunPlay Super Block SPF 50+ PA++++:
- - milky type
- - super waterproof
- - sebumproof
- - sweatproof
- - intended for heavy-duty outdoor use
- - ethanol (alcohol) free
- - combination of UV blockers in addition to UV absorbers
- - paraben free
Again, evidently in addition to uncomplicated bottle amongst 27 ml of white goo.
27 ml is listed every bit thirty grams. So overall, it contains a flake less production than the other 2 sunscreens presented today.
Here is how SunPlay Super Block SPF 50+ PA++++ looked on the skin:
As you lot tin see, it appears a lot to a greater extent than creamy in addition to thicker than the other 2 sunscreens.
It leaves only the slightest white cast.
It's indeed bullet proof. Removing it is difficult work. Oil cleanser inward the shower is a necessity.
I didn't utilisation it on my face.
I used it on my arms, in addition to this is what happened:
This was a really unpleasant surprise, because I had used this sunscreen inward previous years amongst no adverse reaction. And this flavor it wanted to consume me alive.
I'm non certain what constituent was responsible for this trigger-happy reaction.
It was a adept reminder that while testing is ALWAYS necessary.
Here are SunPlay Super Block SPF 50+ PA++++ ingredients:
And inward English linguistic communication on Ratzilla's website.
Final thoughts on Mentholatum SunPlay Super Block SPF 50+ PA++++:
- - no, give thank you lot you.
Overall, it was an interesting batch of sunscreens.
Unfortunately, none of them worked for me.
Send me an email, if you're interested.
PS> First come, start serve. They institute a amend home.
PS> First come, start serve. They institute a amend home.
To travel continued....
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