Is Penney's Sunblock safe?

Freiheit

Their 50 factor is only about 4 Euro and while it seems ok, I'm wary of how a good sunblock could really be only 4 Euro, can anyone shed light? I've been having hair removal and therefore have vulnerable skin. A good blocker is important.

Danke:)

layviae

i use it and its fine, there after sun (the blue bottle) is amazing, ive put both on my sons sensitive skin and hes been fine

dudara

What are the UVA & UVB ratings printed on the bottle?

jadie

I think its 5 star UVA? I bought the Aldi suncream yesterday and am very impressed with it- added vitamin E and 5 star UVA

Tiddlypeeps

Does it leave a greasy feeling on the skin?

I'm on the look out for a good sun block that doesn't leave that sticky oily feeling on my skin all day. I have really fair skin so I always wear factor 50 and even then if I'm out in the sun for more than 20 minutes I'll still burn. If I go without I'd be a tomato after 20 minutes so it definitely helps.

jadie

Le Roche Posay have a new oil out in spf 50 might tick all those boxes for you.

Tiddlypeeps

jadie wrote: »

Le Roche Posay have a new oil out in spf 50 might tick all those boxes for you.

Cool. You don't know what it's called by any chance? I did a quick google search and got lots of hits for different products.

jadie

Tiddlypeeps wrote: »

Cool. You don't know what it's called by any chance? I did a quick google search and got lots of hits for different products.

This one: http://her.ie/story/savvy-in-the-sun-la-roche-posay-introduce-new-anthelios-xl-invisible-nutritive-oil-spf50-294035

elfy4eva

Freiheit wrote: »

Their 50 factor is only about 4 Euro and while it seems ok, I'm wary of how a good sunblock could really be only 4 Euro, can anyone shed light? I've been having hair removal and therefore have vulnerable skin. A good blocker is important.

Danke:)

Sunblock as a concept is nothing special so
dont be put off by a low price. I've seen Bear Grylls
cover himself in muck and say it was as good
as factor 50

Freiheit

Hi it doesn't give a UVA and UVB rating , it just says UVA and UVB protection, no rating, it's a yellow bottle, SPF 50. The lotion itself is green and quite soft.

Tiddlypeeps

jadie wrote: »

This one: http://her.ie/story/savvy-in-the-sun-la-roche-posay-introduce-new-anthelios-xl-invisible-nutritive-oil-spf50-294035

I picked up a bottle of this yesterday and gave it a go this morning. It goes on quite oily and stays on the skin for about half an hour before it had soaked in completely. My skin just feels slighly dewey now, a lot better than the uncomfortable all day sticky feeling the last few lotions I tried had.

Cheers for the recommendation

lover_of_life

I use the la roche posay oil and I have to say its the best I've ever used. its non greasy and sinks in straight away for me. i have very fair Irish skin and I freckle and It 100 percent protects my skin. I know its a little on the expensive side but because its an oil its going to last a long time

P.s its also great on the face as a base before foundation.

its on special in boots at the moment too :-)

http://www.boots.ie/en/La-Roche-Posay-Anthelios-XL-Invisible-Nutritive-Oil-SPF-50-200ml_1326917/

Sam Kade

elfy4eva wrote: »

Sunblock as a concept is nothing special so
dont be put off by a low price. I've seen Bear Grylls
cover himself in muck and say it was as good
as factor 50

He also drank his own piddle saying it's great for the drought my guess is that it was only water and a put on grin while he drank it.