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bongo0601
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Sun Oct 19, 2008 12:40 pm  |
I love the sofina lucent, mostly becuase it smoothes my oily skin out beautifully and remains oil-free all day. Amazing.
BUT that white cast is horrible. I've tried layering a darker foundation over but looks unnatural.
Has anyone figured out how to get rid of the white cast? |
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Sun Oct 19, 2008 2:17 pm |
That is called ghosting. I am wondering if you could mix in some MMU with it?
My ZO Skin Health Oclipse sunscreen is tinted to avoid the ghosting, which is what made me think of that option. |
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Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:34 pm |
| Bongo, if you can try the ZO Skin Health Oclipse, I think you will love it. I LOVE Sofina and did not think I would ever use another sunscreen, but the ZO Oclipse is now my all time favorite sunscreen. It is perfect, leaves a beautiful smooth finish, and no white cast! |
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Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:41 pm |
| rileygirl wrote: |
| Bongo, if you can try the ZO Skin Health Oclipse, I think you will love it. I LOVE Sofina and did not think I would ever use another sunscreen, but the ZO Oclipse is now my all time favorite sunscreen. It is perfect, leaves a beautiful smooth finish, and no white cast! |
It also doubles as a primer under your makeup. I have to admit that that it is the best sunscreen I have ever used.
BTW, this appears to work on most skin colors...darker as well as pale. |
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bongo0601
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Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:55 pm |
Wow! $85 is a bit more then I wanted to spend. I live in St. Lucia in caribbean so I use sunscreen everyday, all day.
any thing a bit less expensive? |
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Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:58 pm |
| what if you mix a tinted moisturizer with it? |
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Sun Oct 19, 2008 4:08 pm |
| simran wrote: |
| what if you mix a tinted moisturizer with it? |
That will dilute the sunscreen effectiveness, won't it? |
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Sun Oct 19, 2008 4:30 pm |
| bongo0601 wrote: |
Wow! $85 is a bit more then I wanted to spend. I live in St. Lucia in caribbean so I use sunscreen everyday, all day.
any thing a bit less expensive? |
Sorry, Bongo, I don't know of anything else to suggest to you! .Have you tried applying the Sofina a little bit, letting is sink in, and then applying more? That may help a little with the white cast. |
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Sun Oct 19, 2008 9:24 pm |
| bethany wrote: |
| simran wrote: |
| what if you mix a tinted moisturizer with it? |
That will dilute the sunscreen effectiveness, won't it? |
as far as i know i dont think it should dilute the effectiveness unless your SS is a chemical one and you using some tinted moisturizer which has minerals such as zinc or titanium etc. As i have read about SS with avobenzone in it will have its effectiveness reduced or it will degrade if used with minerals/MMU |
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Fri Oct 31, 2008 9:09 am |
| I use Sofina Lucent too. I mix it with a few drops of liquid bronzer to darken it a bit. I use Biotherm or Clinique liquid bronzer(more brown) when my skin tone is darker in the summer and I mix it with Stila liquid bronzer (more peach)in the colder months when my skin is lighter. |
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Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:45 am |
| I also didn't like the white cast that untinted physical sunscreens can leave, and then I tried Elta MD physical spf41. It applies smoothly and the tint prevents any white cast. |
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Sat Nov 01, 2008 6:03 am |
| I apply NCN's Sheer Mineral Tinted Moisturiser over the Sofina. This takes away the white cast plus it also has an SPF of 20. |
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Sun Nov 02, 2008 12:05 am |
I would try the tinted version of Sofina--the Nuance Up next time.
I don't remember the chemical blocker in the Sofina, but i recall only avobenzene adversely affects physical blockers. |
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