Fashioned in Finland

I told you earlier that I bought a few sun screens from Paula's Choice and now I've had some tome to test them too :) I don't burn easily but I still want to use a sunscreen under makeup so I bought the SPF 15 for daily use/ under makeup. The higher SPF is for beach/travelling. I have tested both under (mineral) makeup and these feel and look great: not greasy! The SPF 45 is a bit thicker but both a like light facial creams, not too heavy. The scent is very mild and pleasant.  I also like the large size, 148 ml. I'm very happy I found these products :D Kuten aiemmin kerroin, tilaisin Paula's Choicelta muutaman aurinkovoiteen testiin. Nyt olen saanut näitä testattuakin, vaikkei aurinko ole niin paistanut tuossa välissä, niin laitoin näitä kuitenkin päivittäin jo ihan testimielessäkin. En tosiaan auringossa juuri pala mutta suojaamiseen on kuitenkin kiva käyttää jotain, en mineraalipohjaan niin tässä suhteessa luota (kuinka paksu kerros tarvitaan, jotta saadaan tu...

I don't wear sunsceens often in Finland, that's because I just don't be in the sun at all and most sunscreens are full of chemicals (and/or greasy and thick), so I don't really even want to use those daily... However we will spend our holiday in Cyprus and I hope there will be sunny and warm. I don't burn easily in the sun but I get even too tanned easily, so I like to avoid sun :D If you are interested in different active ingredients in sunsceens, you can find more info from here . I'm in fact very surprised that not all sunscrens are photostable (here is one link or just google "photostable sunscreen"). I also read that avobenzone (butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane) doesn't work that well with minerals because zink oxide & titanium dioxide make avobenzone less effective :-O My problem is that my skin HATES silicones and practically every single sunscreen contains silicones (including the ones in this post, except the mineral ones). There ...