Sunkiller Baby Milk SPF45 PA+++

The bottle has a heavy 'stone' inside that rattles around

as you shake the product to mix it.





Zinc Oxide

Titanium Dioxide

no flags over a 1

Sunscreen Fairy Godmother bounty:

Sunkiller Baby Milk at far left.

IOPE UV Shield Sun Mild Clinic SPF25 PA++

Reflective packaging is unfun to photograph.

Zinc Oxide

Titanium Dioxide

Niacinamide

no Cosdna flags over a 1

Niacinamide in my sunscreen?

Oh yes. Yes, yes, yes.

Mini Review:

hot and heavy

too product promiscuous

Final thoughts:

It's time to get ... VEGETABLES!

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Japanese sunscreens are famous for being the best in terms of protection'cosmetic elegance' aka how pleasant they are to wear.is the best site if you are looking for either physical sunscreens or any sort of info on Asian sunscreens, definitely check her out!I'm not going to place the ingredients here, because I'm respecting Ratzillacosme's request that her work not be used without her permission. I will say that I did check the ingredients in Cosdna for any potential flags, but I did not save it nor will I be posting it here. She mentions in the product description that this was designed to be friendly for infant skin, being free of additives, hypoallergenic, alcohol-free, etc. Cosdna had, so it's definitely very mild. Check out her list if you are trying to avoid specific ingredients. There is no noticeable scent to this product.From my Sunscreen Fairy Godmother! You can read more about my care package. If you want to pick it up, it looks like it's sold on Amazon for around $9.00 This was the second physical-only sunscreen I tried, and it's a huge improvement over the Nature Republic. It's also a 'milk' but it's much more moisturizing and rich than the Nature Republic. You will notice in the swatch above that it is not as runny as the Nature Republic sun milk.It's also got a white cast so strong that it's sort of ... purple? Like, I swear this is slightly purple because when I apply it, it nullifies the yellow in my skin tone/makes my neck look super yellow by comparison. This leaves my face looking very pink, like I've applied a 'pink light' type base product but forgot my neck. It can be a bit drying after hours of wear, and also completely refuses to work with makeup so I just give up and use it solo + concealer. The white cast is strong enough and lasts long enough for me to use it to even out my skin tone.IOPE is a mid- to higher-end Korean brand so I had high hopes for this sunscreen. I'm happy to say that I quite like it, although it's very disappointing that it's so low in sun protection.This also had, and is chock-full of moisturizers and emollients. It also smells faintly like minerals, or dust? Definitely not 'fragranced'.You can hang out in my sunscreen anytime, bebbeh.From Testerkorea, in a pack of 10 for less than $2.50 USD although the price has gone up to $3.50 now Obviously, this sunscreen has a quite low protection rating and that is of great concern to me. I currently wear this sunscreen inside while I work in front of 2 large windows, because even working indoors behind glass can still expose you to UVA radiation.If it was high protection, I might go so far as to say it's HG, even though I'mstingy with that term as a rule. Why? It's creamy and smooth, gliding gently over the skin and sinking in with little effort. It's so wonderful to wear, and has almost no white cast once it is blended in on my skin, and only a very faint white cast on my husband's skin after 15 minutes. (I admit a few hours after photo time was over, I commandeered him again while he was busy doing something and too distracted to protest much, so no pictures but I was able to observe it!)Unlike the other two sunscreens, the IOPE has a beautifully moisturizing (not greasy) feel that is so light and unobtrusive on the skin. It also objects the least to being layered over or under makeup, and reapplies the easiest without making my face a cakey mess.Ugh, sunscreens why do you gotta be so hard. My skin is so clog-prone and hates oil cleansers, yet oil cleansing is a must if I use sunscreen (), so my skin gets grumpy if I oil cleanse too often.That means I do spend some days with the blinds closed, working in a dark office with artificial light, just to give my poor skin a break.Of all 3 sunscreens, I definitely like the IOPE best, but the low sun protection is a dealbreaker. I have no idea if I am getting enough protection by wearing this indoors, but so far the other options I have tried have been too drying to work as a daily sunscreen. I am a Fitzpatrick Type 1 (Always burns, freckles instead of tans, Scottish/Irish) so I am at extra risk of sun damage. Everyone should be wearing SPF15 daily per the American Center for Disease Control : "and my skin type has an SPF 30+ recommendation, especially if going outdoors.By that, I'm going to make the call that SPF25 PA++ while indoors is better than SPF45 PA+++ that Idaily because it's going to dry my face off. It's like barrier contraception- it can only work if you actuallyit. On the days I am going outdoors, I wear the Sunkiller Baby Milk and then take it off as soon as I come home so it's not sitting on my skin too long.in the comments below, or hit me up on Facebook or Twitter! I am dying for options to help me stave off the ferocious glare of the sun.-Cat