Kate (Staff)
08-01-2007, 07:22 PM
I took the new waterproof Invisible Zinc with me on my beach holiday for 2 weeks to give it a test drive :sunnies:
My thoughts:
Boy does this stuff stay put! If you have trouble with sunscreen rubbing off or washing away, this is the gear for you. Once it's on, it's there to stay, come hell or high surf :) in fact I had to soap up twice and use a loofah at the end of the day to get it off again. The texture is different to the original Invisible Zinc - it's runnier out of the tube, but stays slick on the skin rather than absorbing to a matte finish. The water beaded off me and I was shiny like a seal, but it doesn't have any white cast so it actually looks quite good over a (fake) tan.
As for the all-important sunscreeny part, the only time I got burnt was when I missed a bit near my neck where the strap of my bathers went. So not too many new freckles, yay ;)
In summary: if you are going swimming and burn easily, I highly recommend it. If you are not going swimming, I'd go with the regular Face & Body Invisible Zinc - easier to get off!
My thoughts:
Boy does this stuff stay put! If you have trouble with sunscreen rubbing off or washing away, this is the gear for you. Once it's on, it's there to stay, come hell or high surf :) in fact I had to soap up twice and use a loofah at the end of the day to get it off again. The texture is different to the original Invisible Zinc - it's runnier out of the tube, but stays slick on the skin rather than absorbing to a matte finish. The water beaded off me and I was shiny like a seal, but it doesn't have any white cast so it actually looks quite good over a (fake) tan.
As for the all-important sunscreeny part, the only time I got burnt was when I missed a bit near my neck where the strap of my bathers went. So not too many new freckles, yay ;)
In summary: if you are going swimming and burn easily, I highly recommend it. If you are not going swimming, I'd go with the regular Face & Body Invisible Zinc - easier to get off!