SPF/Sun cream questions? 🧴
I am not nearly as knowledgeable as many of our fellow Picky members so please bare with me.
More than ever before I have been seeing brands and influencers push the use of sun cream. I understand that the sun accelerates aging, causes discoloration and age spots, skin cancer, ect. (especially the skin on our face and around our eyes.) But, has anyone else noticed a push of SPF products this year ? Is it because the sun is becoming more intense? I have always tried to use moisturizer with at least SPF 15 since I was a teenager but so many newer products seem to go as high as 50 + but is that really necessary?
Also, if we use a serum and moisturizer during our AM daily routines are we supposed to put SPF cream on top of all that as well? Is sun cream the same as moisturizer but just with SPF/Sun protection? I am certainly not opposed to using SPF everyday but because I have such oily skin (especially in the Summer months), I like to use as little moisturizers as possible. With all that being said, these are my main questions:
1️⃣ Can a sun cream be substituted for your moisturizer or should you use both? If so, should you use sun cream in Winter months too or mainly just during the summer?
2️⃣ What kind of sun cream is preferred? Mineral or chemical?
3️⃣ Any recommendations of how to tackle oily skin (especially in the Summer when it gets hot and humid) so that my face doesn’t look like I slathered butter all over my face? 🧈
Thank you in advance for any advice. I have been pondering this topic for awhile now so I thought I would ask the best skincare community I know. 😊
I have the following sun creams and I think one or two others. Does anyone have a good recommendation for oily skin? I am not even kidding when I say my skin gets so oily that by the end of the day, it’s shiny and it looks as if I washed my face with grease.
