Glamorous Sunscreen

I have recently moved to sunny and beautiful Califronia. As nice as it is living here and enjoying the sun every single day, it is also important to remember how damaging the sun can be when it comes to your skin, so I had to add layering sunscreen on my body to my every day beauty ritual (I have been using sunscrreen for my face everyday for years anyways, even back in London). However, it's a pure joy when such an amazing lotion as Hawaiian Tropic Shimmer Effect Suncreen Lotion is available (it comes in SPF 15, 20, 30 and 40). It has the most beautiful summer scent ever (a mixture of flowers and fresh coconut), which is pretty convenient for people that cannot tolerate perfume in summer (like me). It is extremely important for me that the sunscreem I use is not sticky, and this product absorbs very quickly and does not leave any greasy residue. Plus, as the name of the lotion points out, this sunscreen gives a glam golden-bronze shimmer, which gives your skin such a radiance. I am totally in love with this product. In addition, the brand has an after-sun moisturizer with equally delicious papaya & coconut scent and golden shimmer, which I can't get enough of either. After trying so many (some very costly) body oils with shimmer, this lotion gives the most beatiful golden glow, so I'll be using it for nights out as well. The fact these two are very affordable doesn't hurt either ;)

If you don't like shimmer, there is another sunscreen which I really love and is very light and non-sticky as well.

As for my face, to me there is no sunscreen better than those by Neutrogena, which have high UVA/UVB Broad spectrum protection (i.e. protects your skin from both harmful UVA AND UVB rays). It is very important for your daily moisturizer/sunscreen to have broad spectrum protection. If it only has an SPF indicator but does not say 'broad spectrum' or have little pluses right next to the SPF number (which indicate the level of protection from the UVA ray), that means the product will only protect you from the UVB rays. I have tried much loved by the beauty world La Roche-Posay sunscreen, however, my face always gets really greasy with the classic one, and the oil-free one is too dry, so I have been giving my preference to Neutrogena, which is also widely recommended by both dermotologists and beauty gurus. My favourite one is Neutrogena Clear Face Break Out Free. It's absolutely weightless, non-sticky and does not leave your face ghostly white (like Shiseido's Ultimate Sun Protect Lotion does). I have also used Neutrogen Ultra Sheer, which claims to have a 'dry touch' and 'clean, weightless feel', but my face still got oily in the middle of the day with it. Therefore, Clear Face wins!