Since filming this video, I have found some sunscreens that I like and have posted video reviews of them. All my sunscreen videos are on this playlist - I hope that they are helpful to you! th-cam.com/play/PLx3n41_VKayY0DFZsuzoSisjo2GOW-XSH.html * 3/23/24: I was happy to see Angie Hot & Flashy discussing sunscreen boosters (specifically butyloctyl salicylate) on her channel today. So the news about this kind of ingredient is starting to spread! th-cam.com/video/Y4Fq_Dkw1Hw/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/Vn_Yf3_4esA/w-d-xo.html * I asked Credo to supply me with a list of sunscreens and SPF foundations that they would recommend if my goal was to avoid sunscreen boosters, and they responded with the following. These are indeed ones that seemed to me to actually just contain mineral sunscreens, and so that is good reassurance, I think. Hi Lisa, Thank you for your patience! Here is a list of sunscreens and brands we recommend checking out: Suntegrity, Plumscreen, Kinship, Kinfield, Iris & Romeo Best Skin Days Very general rule of thumb that might be helpful on your search going forward, you may want to aim to find SPFs with zinc oxide at 20% or higher as this means boosters may not be used. Let us know if you have any further questions! Kindly, Stefani * Another sunscreen booster that i found is .Octyldodecyl Neopentanoate Whether this is actually an unapproved chemical sunscreen is thus far unclear to me. www.paulaschoice.co.uk/octyldodecyl-neopentanoate/ingredient-octyldodecyl-neopentanoate.html#:~:text=Octyldodecyl%20Neopentanoate%20description&text=An%20interesting%20aspect%20of%20this,titanium%20dioxide%20and%20zinc%20oxide.
This video is amazing! Im 37 and basically live like you in the way that I don't wear sunscreen for all the reasons you've mentioned. And if I do occasionally, it's only non-nano zinc. But never on me face. I wear a hat and avoid the sun when the UV index is at it highest. I also refuse to use retinoids for the exact same reason you've mentioned, it does not make sense to me to make my skin more sensetive to the sun. I also have very sensetive skin and are very careful with what I put inside and on my body and research a lot as well. I've only watched until the retinol part but had to write a comment now to remember 😆 thank you, Madeleine
Hi, Lisa! I don't mean to beat a dead horse on this, but I wanted to follow up with info I've received. People are recommending a couple of Austrailian brands. I know they have different laws than we do regarding sunscreen ingredients, so maybe they are safer? Anyway, Blue Lizard and Naked Sundays have been recommended to me. I can't recall if those were already on your list of good options or not. I need to screenshot your list! :) Thanks! By the way, I did email Naked Sundays and asked if they have any sunscreen boosters in their products, so hopefully I’ll hear back from them on Monday. I also asked what ingredients are enabling them to achieve 50+ SPF in one of their products labeled as mineral.
Oh, I definitely want to keep talking about this and then to try out some more products myself. I have Blue Lizard Sensitive Face Mineral Sunscreen SPF30 ($18) on my list of mineral-only sunscreens with nano minerals. I have Naked Sundays Collagen Glow SPF50 ($40) on my list of mineral-only sunscreens with non-nano minerals. It does have 22.5% micronized non-nano zinc on the ingredient list, and so maybe that could explain why the SPF is so high. I wonder about the consistency of that, with such a high percentage of non-nano zinc, though. it also could be that one of the ingredients is a sunscreen booster of which I am not yet aware - here is the ingredient list: Adansonia Digitata Seed Extract, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetearyl Glucoside, Citrullus Lanatus Seed Oil, Coco Caprylate/Caprate, Disodium EDTA, Gluconolactone, Glycerin, Hydrolysed Soy Protein, Iron Oxides, Isostearic acid, Octyldodecanol, PEG-30 Dipolyhydroxystearate, Polyglyceryl-3 Polyricinoleate, Proline, Purified Water, Rice Amino Acids, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Chloride, Xanthan Gum Thanks for continuing to look into this and to report your findings here! ❤
@@lisapetrison-beautyreviews oh good, I’m so glad to know you’re not getting sick of me and my personal Sunscreen-that-won’t-send-me-to-the-ER-seeking journey! 😂 Regarding the Naked Sundays product you mentioned, on their website it does state that it is quite thick, and they recommend using a brush, (it might’ve been their very brush, to be exact, lol) to apply. OK, sounds like if you have already found those two, they might be good options. I would still love to hear if you find out anything about the products made by The Sunscreen Company, too. The investigation continues!😊
This video was so fascinating and helpful. I had a terrible reaction to the kosas revealer foundation. My face turned bright red and my eyes swelled shut. I returned it immediately so I had decided not to even bother trying the kosas Bb Because I thought it would probably affect me the same way. I would love to see a review on the Iris and Romeo best skin days by you. I have not tried that one. but I do like and would recommend the sun tiger to impeccable skin. Very nice product❤
Thank you for the recommendation of the Suntegrity product - i do want to try that one now. I did buy the Iris & Romeo product a few weeks ago but have been hesitant to try it because i have had such bad experiences with sunscreen products. Probably I will try it soon and then do a whole iris & Romeo video soon though. it is interesting that their untinted sunscreen does include BOS - I'm glad I didn't get that one! Thanks for sharing your experience about the Kosas Revealer Foundation! ❤
@@lisapetrison-beautyreviews I saw that you listed the pipette sunscreen as an irritant. I also tried that and the same thing happened. My face got really red and my eyes swell shut I got all puffy!!
@@karlalaw9337 I haven't tried the Pipette one, but like the Kosas Revealer Foundation, it does have ethyl ferulate in it. so it does sound like maybe you are especially reactive to that particular ingredient and might benefit from being careful to avoid it in the future. ❤
@@MsBNoodle i have been working on a new video discussing sunscreens and SPF foundations that do not seem to include any sunscreen boosters, and so hopefully i will be posting that in the next day or so. This is indeed a big project to figure this all out! So i really appreciate your emotional and financial support! ❤
Great info as a fellow sensitive skin sister! Have you tried Solara Suncare? Quickly scanned one of their ingredient lists, didn’t see BOS! They are my fav sunscreen!
Thank you for the suggestion! I had never heard of them before and took a look at their website. They make a lot of different sunscreens and I do see that one of them (Guardian Angel Super Peptide Sunscreen Milk SPF50) contains Tridecyl Salicylate, which Lab Muffin suggests is virtually the same as BOS. i haven't seen any sunscreen boosters or other concerning ingredients in the several others that I have looked at. So with your recommendation, this seems like a strong possibility! Many of their products are currently out of stock, but hopefully they will be getting new supplies as we move into summer. Which product(s) in particular have you tried?
@@lisapetrison-beautyreviews You are welcome! I have tried several from both their Luxe and Go! lines, my favorites are the Fortune Teller Brightening Sunscreen Serum SPF 30 for most of the year and the Time Traveler Active Wear Peptide Face Moisturizer SPF 30 for the Summer. Solara is stocked at Integrity Botanicals, Nordstrom, Blue Mercury, and Neiman Marcus, if I recall correctly. Think you would really enjoy Stephanie (the founder) ‘s story!
What about Tarte Amazonian Clay BB Tinted Moisturizer Broad Spectrum SPF 20 Sunscreen? I tried to look up as many of the ingredients in it as I could, but I got tired.😂 I am on a mission now to help everyone find a safe sunscreen product!! Also, how about Zo Skin Health sheer fluid broad spectrum sunscreen? It does have Ethyl Ferulate but they’re claiming it is being used as an anti-inflammatory to help calm heated skin.
i looked up the Tarte foundation that you mention and am not seeing any sunscreen boosters in it. The fact that the SPF is relatively low also is a clue that they are not using sunscreen boosters. Personally, I actually am feeling particularly interested in mineral sunscreens with an SPF that is lower than 30, since I feel that those may give me some sun protection in an acceptable formula while being less likely to irritate my skin. This one does have retinyl palmitate (a form of retinol) in it and i have not done well with that though. All of the sunscreen boosters are stated as. having benefits that don't have anything to do with sun protection. But it does look like from that Harvard study that ethyl ferulate is a pretty good chemical sunscreen, regardless of why people say that they are using it. Thanks for helping to look into this! ❤
@@lisapetrison-beautyreviews well, that’s mostly good news. Sorry you can’t use the Tarte one. I have been using it for a while and really like it. It oxidizes quite a bit, so if anyone reading this wants to try it, I recommend getting a shade of lighter than what you normally would. I’ve been using the Zo sunscreen in the powder form and really like it as well. I might go ahead and try their liquid sunscreens since every other sunscreen I have in my home has BOS in it!😮 I also saw your list of promising products, and several of those look like ones I might want to try. Thank you for putting that together.
Thanks for all the hard work and research you’ve put in to bring us this video. I checked out your hat recommendation and have placed an order. Hats are so important for sun protection as are glasses. I have had pretty good luck with some Korean sunscreens, but I think overall we can get obsessed with worrying about every little bit of UV. I’ve read that we need to be wearing sunscreen even if we are not going outside as the the light can penetrate the windows! I just discovered your channel and appreciate it. It so nice to see a woman beautiful without lasers, Botox and fillers. Thank you! Kind regards and all the best. Lisa
Thank you so much for your kind comment. I'd be interested in knowing the names of any sunscreens that have worked for you. In general, I do think that those Sunday Afternoons hats are really great and hope that you enjoy your purchase! ❤
You have a great way of reviewing the foundations that I’m interested in before I get a hold of them, so that is so wonderful. Agggh! I can’t believe they sneaked sunscreens in the Kosas BB Burst foundation! My dermatologist has advised me not to use chemical sunscreens because they do get into the bloodstream, and we don’t know yet what effect that has. So I do avoid them for sure. If you haven’t already, could you review Make Beauty? Their skin tint looks gorgeous! Edited to add: I have that tower 28 product you mentioned that contains BOS. Seriously, they are putting that in everything and not labeling it?! I’m definitely gonna have to pay better attention to ingredients! I just looked at my favorite mineral sunscreen, Ole Hendrickson banana bright, and sure enough it has BOS! Nooo! So does my Banana Boat Baby Mineral. Unbelievable! I already found an article supporting what you have found, and I will continue to read out more on it, too. Thank you again, Lisa, for making us aware. OK I think my rant is over. Thanks for listening! 😃
Thanks very much for your comments and for sharing which sunscreens you have been using. I do want to keep updating my lists on "mineral sunscreens" and then to share them again in the future, so that it will be easier for all of us to know which ones really are all-mineral and which ones have (apparent) chemical sunscreens added. I only have a couple of products from Make Beauty but would be interested in trying more. So I will take a closer look at their website and see if I can get enough products to put together a video on them. ❤
Great info even though I have dry 60ish yr old skin no sensitivity issues so far in any skincare/cosmetics I use. I do enjoy your thorough breakdown & explanations. Also I think you look very pretty & fresh...your complexion looks so natural. Love the lipcolor on you today.
Thank you Lisa for an amazing video with so much educational info… right up my alley Leprunier and Suntegrity are my go to for the last many years. I live in sunny Miami and I’m 67years young- these are wonderful
I had been thinking about buying both of those products and so am happy to get your recommendation. I really hope that Credo has a sitewide sale soon though!
Yes, it absolutely does seem that all of the chemical sunscreens (including the unapproved ones that are described as "sunscreen boosters') and the nano zinc/nano titanium dioxide all should not be used in situations where coral reefs are present. Thanks for bringing this up! ❤
@@lisapetrison-beautyreviews Seems like maybe some of the “new wave” chemical filters like Tinasorb & Uvinul that are popular in Korea may possibly be reef safe?
My observation in general is that the history of the chemical industry tends to be that when specific chemicals are found to be unsafe in various ways, the chemical industry then introduces chemicals that are slightly different but that haven't yet been proven to be unsafe. And then that eventually, the new versions are usually shown to be just as bad as the old ones. Which is all a result of living in a world where chemicals are presumed to be innocent unless proven guilty. So I'm not sure about the Korean sunscreens. i would be interested in seeing if i react to them though, since I do react to all the chemical sunscreens that i have tried so far. ❤
As a person who sunbathed into her 30’s with crappy SPF, my whole focus is Korean sunscreens . I have had skin cancer on my face and it was scarey and disfigured my cheek . I do appreciate your research . Do you like any Korean spfs? Thx Lisa ❤❤
i spent a good bit of time looking at those on the Sephora site yesterday. i am not seeing that they have any sunscreen boosters in them. They do not seem to be non-nano, which I am not considering a deal-killer for the time being. I do see an awfully lot of people suggesting that they reacted very badly to those products, though. Which is not a surprise to me since i recently tried almost all of the Drunk Elephant products and reacted quite badly to a number of them. So I think what i should do with those is to get them to give me a sample next time i visit Sephora. ❤
@@lisapetrison-beautyreviewsohhh, boo! I went to Sephora this afternoon and tried to read every single ingredient label on every single SPF product they had in the store! Now my head hurts! Lol. I swatched the drunk elephant ones, and the sheer one stayed pretty white, so it makes sense that it would not have any boosters, I think. Yes, samples are definitely in order. Excuse me if it seems like I have lost my mind over this, but this really hits me where I live for multiple reasons. 😢
if you manage to get a sample of one of the Drunk Elephant ones and then try it out, please let me know what you think of it! It's looking to me like Credo may be a better place to buy the kinds of sunscreens that i am looking for than Sephora, but there is no real hurry and probably I will wait for their next sale before i pick up a lot of them. ❤
@@lisapetrison-beautyreviews I'll do that! I hope you'll do a follow-up video when you have a good list of "safer" sunscreens. This issue absolutely infuriates me. I have Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, which is basically "allergic-to-everything" syndrome. It's taken me 58 years to find a few sunscreens that I can tolerate, and now I find out that every single one of them contains at least one questionable ingredient. Even the one formulated for babies!!!!! I have a dog and a horse, and I'm out in the sun for hours at a time, and I can't always control what time I go to the barn or walk my dog. It's very hard for me to cover my body head to toe with clothing; I get too hot when exercising. But I guess I'd better figure something out so I don't have to rely so heavily on sunscreen. Anyway, thanks for sharing this important information, and for letting me sound off a bit! I'm so glad I found your channel. I got so tired of reading ingredient labels (I have to do it for food and other things I ingest, as well as cosmetics) that I slacked off on it, but apparently I need to go back to being more vigilant. Also, I have already had skin cancer twice, and my dad had it, and so I am at high risk. It’s so super important that I am protected and that I’m not actually increasing my risk! Staying inside all the time or getting rid of my pets is not an option!
This is so informative and helpful - thank you! My skin is also sensitive and quite reactive. Most products are irritating, and I can only use mineral SPF. I recently discovered Vacation Mineral Lotion SPF and really like it. It’s not tinted, but the white cast is very minimal on my light skin and it works well with makeup. It’s also soothing and moisturizing, so it’s great for dry skin. And the price is very reasonable - I got it at Ulta. On a side note, I was excited to see the picture of your Casita! My husband and I just got one and love it ❤. Have you thought about doing a video about it? I’d love to see that 😀. And finally, I have to say that Coco is adorable! 🐾
Thanks much for the sunscreen suggestion. i looked that up and it does contain butyloctyl salicylate, but i am glad that it is working out for you. That photo is from 2009 and i don't have the Casita anymore, but I did really enjoy it and had a good time traveling around seeing some beautiful places in the western half of the U.S. for a while. I do think that would be the RV I would choose if i were going to buy another one. I wish that Cocoa could meet all his fans - he is a very social dog and would love that. I'm so happy that you found this channel! ❤
@@lisapetrison-beautyreviews That is strange about the butyloctyle salicylate. I see that it is listed on their website, but it’s not on the bottle. I also looked on EWG and it’s not listed. I wonder if it was reformulated. I’ll see if I can find out for sure.
Another one I haven’t reacted to is the Live Tinted Mineral. It’s a little too dark for my pale skin, but I like to mix it with a non-tinted SPF to offset the white cast.
@@bethgill8792 Oh, that is so sad to hear that it's sounding like they reformulated it. It seems that Well People reformulated their SPF foundation a year or two ago too - i wish they would bring the old one back. ❤
@@bethgill8792 I did pick up the Live Tinted Hueguard 3-in-1 Mineral Sunscreen for half price in the Ulta sale - i wonder if that is the one that you tried? ❤
Unfortunately I don't have an answer for that, because I have had so many problems with sunscreens irritating my face that i have mostly given up on trying more out. But now that I feel that I am more targeted in being able to predict which ones might be the most irritating for me, I am open to trying some of the others and hopefully will come across some that do work well. Definitely i am hoping that folks will share suggestions here in the comments!
Lisa, the following sunscreen has been recommended by Alexandra Anele, who is extremely sensitive to sunscreen: Beauty of Joseon Relief Sun : Rice + Probiotics (SPF50+ PA++++) It is Korean, if I’m not mistaken? I have not tried it, because the ingredients are words I do not recognize, especially the ones for the sunscreen ingredients. I would love it if you would check it out and let us know what you think.
This product contains four chemical sunscreens that are approved in the U.S. and that i have not seen in very many formulas (though admittedly I have not researched chemical sunscreens very much). 1. Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benzoate: This is a chemical sunscreen agent that absorbs UVB and short UVA rays. 2. Ethylhexyl Triazone: Also known as Octyl Triazone, it is a chemical UV filter that primarily absorbs UVB rays. 3. Methylene Bis-benzotriazolyl Tetramethylbutylphenol: This is a broad-spectrum UV filter that protects against both UVA and UVB rays. It is also known as Tinosorb M. 4. Diethylhexyl Butamido Triazone: This is another chemical UV filter that primarily absorbs UVB rays. This does seem to get good user reviews and looks like it could be a good formula for those who would like to try a chemical sunscreen with some of the lesser-used active ingredients in it. I especially like the fact that it includes fermented ingredients since I tend to do well with those. I don't know if I would react to that or not. But I think that my plan at this time is to focus on the sunscreens that i believe to be all-mineral to see if I can find any that work well for me, since I feel more comfortable with those in general and think they have less of a chance of being irritating. Thanks for asking about it! ❤
@@lisapetrison-beautyreviews thank you for breaking that down! Yes, I want to stick with mineral sunscreens, too, if we can actually find one that doesn’t have an unregulated chemical one sneaked in it!😂 I’ll keep looking and let you know if I come up with anything.
Since filming this video, I have found some sunscreens that I like and have posted video reviews of them. All my sunscreen videos are on this playlist - I hope that they are helpful to you! th-cam.com/play/PLx3n41_VKayY0DFZsuzoSisjo2GOW-XSH.html
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3/23/24: I was happy to see Angie Hot & Flashy discussing sunscreen boosters (specifically butyloctyl salicylate) on her channel today. So the news about this kind of ingredient is starting to spread!
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I asked Credo to supply me with a list of sunscreens and SPF foundations that they would recommend if my goal was to avoid sunscreen boosters, and they responded with the following. These are indeed ones that seemed to me to actually just contain mineral sunscreens, and so that is good reassurance, I think.
Hi Lisa,
Thank you for your patience! Here is a list of sunscreens and brands we recommend checking out:
Suntegrity, Plumscreen, Kinship, Kinfield, Iris & Romeo Best Skin Days
Very general rule of thumb that might be helpful on your search going forward, you may want to aim to find SPFs with zinc oxide at 20% or higher as this means boosters may not be used.
Let us know if you have any further questions!
Kindly,
Stefani
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Another sunscreen booster that i found is .Octyldodecyl Neopentanoate Whether this is actually an unapproved chemical sunscreen is thus far unclear to me.
www.paulaschoice.co.uk/octyldodecyl-neopentanoate/ingredient-octyldodecyl-neopentanoate.html#:~:text=Octyldodecyl%20Neopentanoate%20description&text=An%20interesting%20aspect%20of%20this,titanium%20dioxide%20and%20zinc%20oxide.
Lisa, you are the only person operating at this level. Thank you!!
That is so kind of you, thank you so much! ❤
This video is amazing! Im 37 and basically live like you in the way that I don't wear sunscreen for all the reasons you've mentioned. And if I do occasionally, it's only non-nano zinc. But never on me face. I wear a hat and avoid the sun when the UV index is at it highest. I also refuse to use retinoids for the exact same reason you've mentioned, it does not make sense to me to make my skin more sensetive to the sun. I also have very sensetive skin and are very careful with what I put inside and on my body and research a lot as well.
I've only watched until the retinol part but had to write a comment now to remember 😆 thank you, Madeleine
I'm so happy that you found my channel and this video. Please let me know if you have any further comments on the rest of the video! 💗
this is so informative as usual thanks so much!
Thanks so much for your comment!❤
Hi, Lisa! I don't mean to beat a dead horse on this, but I wanted to follow up with info I've received. People are recommending a couple of Austrailian brands. I know they have different laws than we do regarding sunscreen ingredients, so maybe they are safer? Anyway, Blue Lizard and Naked Sundays have been recommended to me. I can't recall if those were already on your list of good options or not. I need to screenshot your list! :) Thanks!
By the way, I did email Naked Sundays and asked if they have any sunscreen boosters in their products, so hopefully I’ll hear back from them on Monday. I also asked what ingredients are enabling them to achieve 50+ SPF in one of their products labeled as mineral.
Oh, I definitely want to keep talking about this and then to try out some more products myself.
I have Blue Lizard Sensitive Face Mineral Sunscreen SPF30 ($18) on my list of mineral-only sunscreens with nano minerals.
I have Naked Sundays Collagen Glow SPF50 ($40) on my list of mineral-only sunscreens with non-nano minerals. It does have 22.5% micronized non-nano zinc on the ingredient list, and so maybe that could explain why the SPF is so high. I wonder about the consistency of that, with such a high percentage of non-nano zinc, though. it also could be that one of the ingredients is a sunscreen booster of which I am not yet aware - here is the ingredient list:
Adansonia Digitata Seed Extract, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetearyl Glucoside, Citrullus Lanatus Seed Oil, Coco Caprylate/Caprate, Disodium EDTA, Gluconolactone, Glycerin, Hydrolysed Soy Protein, Iron Oxides, Isostearic acid, Octyldodecanol, PEG-30 Dipolyhydroxystearate, Polyglyceryl-3 Polyricinoleate, Proline, Purified Water, Rice Amino Acids, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Chloride, Xanthan Gum
Thanks for continuing to look into this and to report your findings here! ❤
@@lisapetrison-beautyreviews oh good, I’m so glad to know you’re not getting sick of me and my personal Sunscreen-that-won’t-send-me-to-the-ER-seeking journey! 😂
Regarding the Naked Sundays product you mentioned, on their website it does state that it is quite thick, and they recommend using a brush, (it might’ve been their very brush, to be exact, lol) to apply. OK, sounds like if you have already found those two, they might be good options. I would still love to hear if you find out anything about the products made by The Sunscreen Company, too.
The investigation continues!😊
This video was so fascinating and helpful. I had a terrible reaction to the kosas revealer foundation. My face turned bright red and my eyes swelled shut. I returned it immediately so I had decided not to even bother trying the kosas Bb Because I thought it would probably affect me the same way. I would love to see a review on the Iris and Romeo best skin days by you. I have not tried that one. but I do like and would recommend the sun tiger to impeccable skin. Very nice product❤
Thank you for the recommendation of the Suntegrity product - i do want to try that one now. I did buy the Iris & Romeo product a few weeks ago but have been hesitant to try it because i have had such bad experiences with sunscreen products. Probably I will try it soon and then do a whole iris & Romeo video soon though. it is interesting that their untinted sunscreen does include BOS - I'm glad I didn't get that one! Thanks for sharing your experience about the Kosas Revealer Foundation! ❤
@@lisapetrison-beautyreviews I saw that you listed the pipette sunscreen as an irritant. I also tried that and the same thing happened. My face got really red and my eyes swell shut I got all puffy!!
@@karlalaw9337 I haven't tried the Pipette one, but like the Kosas Revealer Foundation, it does have ethyl ferulate in it. so it does sound like maybe you are especially reactive to that particular ingredient and might benefit from being careful to avoid it in the future. ❤
Thank you this is super interesting. I had no idea. I have very sensitive skin so hoping this will help me find an spf option that works!
Thank you so much, Ms. Banana Noodle! That is so nice of you!!!!
@lisapetrison-beautyreviews you're welcome a lot of effort and research went into your video. It's a great resource
@@MsBNoodle i have been working on a new video discussing sunscreens and SPF foundations that do not seem to include any sunscreen boosters, and so hopefully i will be posting that in the next day or so. This is indeed a big project to figure this all out! So i really appreciate your emotional and financial support! ❤
@@lisapetrison-beautyreviewsI appreciate you doing the research and presenting it so clearly!
Great info as a fellow sensitive skin sister! Have you tried Solara Suncare? Quickly scanned one of their ingredient lists, didn’t see BOS! They are my fav sunscreen!
Thank you for the suggestion! I had never heard of them before and took a look at their website. They make a lot of different sunscreens and I do see that one of them (Guardian Angel Super Peptide Sunscreen Milk SPF50) contains Tridecyl Salicylate, which Lab Muffin suggests is virtually the same as BOS. i haven't seen any sunscreen boosters or other concerning ingredients in the several others that I have looked at. So with your recommendation, this seems like a strong possibility! Many of their products are currently out of stock, but hopefully they will be getting new supplies as we move into summer. Which product(s) in particular have you tried?
@@lisapetrison-beautyreviews You are welcome! I have tried several from both their Luxe and Go! lines, my favorites are the Fortune Teller Brightening Sunscreen Serum SPF 30 for most of the year and the Time Traveler Active Wear Peptide Face Moisturizer SPF 30 for the Summer. Solara is stocked at Integrity Botanicals, Nordstrom, Blue Mercury, and Neiman Marcus, if I recall correctly. Think you would really enjoy Stephanie (the founder) ‘s story!
What about Tarte Amazonian Clay BB Tinted Moisturizer Broad Spectrum SPF 20 Sunscreen?
I tried to look up as many of the ingredients in it as I could, but I got tired.😂
I am on a mission now to help everyone find a safe sunscreen product!!
Also, how about Zo Skin Health sheer fluid broad spectrum sunscreen? It does have Ethyl Ferulate but they’re claiming it is being used as an anti-inflammatory to help calm heated skin.
i looked up the Tarte foundation that you mention and am not seeing any sunscreen boosters in it. The fact that the SPF is relatively low also is a clue that they are not using sunscreen boosters. Personally, I actually am feeling particularly interested in mineral sunscreens with an SPF that is lower than 30, since I feel that those may give me some sun protection in an acceptable formula while being less likely to irritate my skin. This one does have retinyl palmitate (a form of retinol) in it and i have not done well with that though.
All of the sunscreen boosters are stated as. having benefits that don't have anything to do with sun protection. But it does look like from that Harvard study that ethyl ferulate is a pretty good chemical sunscreen, regardless of why people say that they are using it.
Thanks for helping to look into this! ❤
@@lisapetrison-beautyreviews well, that’s mostly good news. Sorry you can’t use the Tarte one. I have been using it for a while and really like it. It oxidizes quite a bit, so if anyone reading this wants to try it, I recommend getting a shade of lighter than what you normally would.
I’ve been using the Zo sunscreen in the powder form and really like it as well. I might go ahead and try their liquid sunscreens since every other sunscreen I have in my home has BOS in it!😮
I also saw your list of promising products, and several of those look like ones I might want to try. Thank you for putting that together.
@@jjjjk1241 Thanks very much for sharing your experiences!
Thanks for all the hard work and research you’ve put in to bring us this video. I checked out your hat recommendation and have placed an order. Hats are so important for sun protection as are glasses.
I have had pretty good luck with some Korean sunscreens, but I think overall we can get obsessed with worrying about every little bit of UV. I’ve read that we need to be wearing sunscreen even if we are not going outside as the the light can penetrate the windows!
I just discovered your channel and appreciate it. It so nice to see a woman beautiful without lasers, Botox and fillers. Thank you!
Kind regards and all the best.
Lisa
Thank you so much for your kind comment. I'd be interested in knowing the names of any sunscreens that have worked for you. In general, I do think that those Sunday Afternoons hats are really great and hope that you enjoy your purchase! ❤
Thank you so, so so much for what you do and for sharing the information you discover. You remind me of an investigative journalist!
I'm so glad that you find it helpful! ❤
You have a great way of reviewing the foundations that I’m interested in before I get a hold of them, so that is so wonderful. Agggh! I can’t believe they sneaked sunscreens in the Kosas BB Burst foundation! My dermatologist has advised me not to use chemical sunscreens because they do get into the bloodstream, and we don’t know yet what effect that has. So I do avoid them for sure.
If you haven’t already, could you review Make Beauty? Their skin tint looks gorgeous!
Edited to add: I have that tower 28 product you mentioned that contains BOS. Seriously, they are putting that in everything and not labeling it?! I’m definitely gonna have to pay better attention to ingredients!
I just looked at my favorite mineral sunscreen, Ole Hendrickson banana bright, and sure enough it has BOS! Nooo!
So does my Banana Boat Baby Mineral. Unbelievable!
I already found an article supporting what you have found, and I will continue to read out more on it, too. Thank you again, Lisa, for making us aware. OK I think my rant is over. Thanks for listening! 😃
Thanks very much for your comments and for sharing which sunscreens you have been using. I do want to keep updating my lists on "mineral sunscreens" and then to share them again in the future, so that it will be easier for all of us to know which ones really are all-mineral and which ones have (apparent) chemical sunscreens added.
I only have a couple of products from Make Beauty but would be interested in trying more. So I will take a closer look at their website and see if I can get enough products to put together a video on them.
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You look lovely 🥰
Thanks so much! ❤
Great info even though I have dry 60ish yr old skin no sensitivity issues so far in any skincare/cosmetics I use. I do enjoy your thorough breakdown & explanations. Also I think you look very pretty & fresh...your complexion looks so natural.
Love the lipcolor on you today.
Thanks so much for your nice comments! ❤
Thank you Lisa for an amazing video with so much educational info… right up my alley
Leprunier and Suntegrity are my go to for the last many years. I live in sunny Miami and I’m 67years young- these are wonderful
I had been thinking about buying both of those products and so am happy to get your recommendation. I really hope that Credo has a sitewide sale soon though!
Unfortunately it looks like Butuloctyl Salicylate is also not reef safe :( - “causes harm to aquatic life”
Yes, it absolutely does seem that all of the chemical sunscreens (including the unapproved ones that are described as "sunscreen boosters') and the nano zinc/nano titanium dioxide all should not be used in situations where coral reefs are present. Thanks for bringing this up! ❤
@@lisapetrison-beautyreviews Seems like maybe some of the “new wave” chemical filters like Tinasorb & Uvinul that are popular in Korea may possibly be reef safe?
My observation in general is that the history of the chemical industry tends to be that when specific chemicals are found to be unsafe in various ways, the chemical industry then introduces chemicals that are slightly different but that haven't yet been proven to be unsafe. And then that eventually, the new versions are usually shown to be just as bad as the old ones. Which is all a result of living in a world where chemicals are presumed to be innocent unless proven guilty. So I'm not sure about the Korean sunscreens. i would be interested in seeing if i react to them though, since I do react to all the chemical sunscreens that i have tried so far. ❤
As a person who sunbathed into her 30’s with crappy SPF, my whole focus is Korean sunscreens . I have had skin cancer on my face and it was scarey and disfigured my cheek . I do appreciate your research . Do you like any Korean spfs?
Thx Lisa ❤❤
I'd like to know which ones you have liked so that I can look into them. I'm glad that you have found some that you feel have been good for you!
@@lisapetrison-beautyreviews I’ll make a list for u .
Drunk Elephant Umbra Physical Daily Defense SPF 30 Sunscreen?
They have a sheer and a tinted version
i spent a good bit of time looking at those on the Sephora site yesterday. i am not seeing that they have any sunscreen boosters in them. They do not seem to be non-nano, which I am not considering a deal-killer for the time being. I do see an awfully lot of people suggesting that they reacted very badly to those products, though. Which is not a surprise to me since i recently tried almost all of the Drunk Elephant products and reacted quite badly to a number of them. So I think what i should do with those is to get them to give me a sample next time i visit Sephora. ❤
@@lisapetrison-beautyreviewsohhh, boo! I went to Sephora this afternoon and tried to read every single ingredient label on every single SPF product they had in the store! Now my head hurts! Lol. I swatched the drunk elephant ones, and the sheer one stayed pretty white, so it makes sense that it would not have any boosters, I think. Yes, samples are definitely in order.
Excuse me if it seems like I have lost my mind over this, but this really hits me where I live for multiple reasons. 😢
if you manage to get a sample of one of the Drunk Elephant ones and then try it out, please let me know what you think of it! It's looking to me like Credo may be a better place to buy the kinds of sunscreens that i am looking for than Sephora, but there is no real hurry and probably I will wait for their next sale before i pick up a lot of them. ❤
@@lisapetrison-beautyreviews I'll do that! I hope you'll do a follow-up video when you have a good list of "safer" sunscreens. This issue absolutely infuriates me. I have Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, which is basically "allergic-to-everything" syndrome. It's taken me 58 years to find a few sunscreens that I can tolerate, and now I find out that every single one of them contains at least one questionable ingredient. Even the one formulated for babies!!!!! I have a dog and a horse, and I'm out in the sun for hours at a time, and I can't always control what time I go to the barn or walk my dog. It's very hard for me to cover my body head to toe with clothing; I get too hot when exercising. But I guess I'd better figure something out so I don't have to rely so heavily on sunscreen. Anyway, thanks for sharing this important information, and for letting me sound off a bit! I'm so glad I found your channel. I got so tired of reading ingredient labels (I have to do it for food and other things I ingest, as well as cosmetics) that I slacked off on it, but apparently I need to go back to being more vigilant. Also, I have already had skin cancer twice, and my dad had it, and so I am at high risk. It’s so super important that I am protected and that I’m not actually increasing my risk! Staying inside all the time or getting rid of my pets is not an option!
This is so informative and helpful - thank you! My skin is also sensitive and quite reactive. Most products are irritating, and I can only use mineral SPF. I recently discovered Vacation Mineral Lotion SPF and really like it. It’s not tinted, but the white cast is very minimal on my light skin and it works well with makeup. It’s also soothing and moisturizing, so it’s great for dry skin. And the price is very reasonable - I got it at Ulta. On a side note, I was excited to see the picture of your Casita! My husband and I just got one and love it ❤. Have you thought about doing a video about it? I’d love to see that 😀. And finally, I have to say that Coco is adorable! 🐾
Thanks much for the sunscreen suggestion. i looked that up and it does contain butyloctyl salicylate, but i am glad that it is working out for you. That photo is from 2009 and i don't have the Casita anymore, but I did really enjoy it and had a good time traveling around seeing some beautiful places in the western half of the U.S. for a while. I do think that would be the RV I would choose if i were going to buy another one. I wish that Cocoa could meet all his fans - he is a very social dog and would love that. I'm so happy that you found this channel! ❤
@@lisapetrison-beautyreviews That is strange about the butyloctyle salicylate. I see that it is listed on their website, but it’s not on the bottle. I also looked on EWG and it’s not listed. I wonder if it was reformulated. I’ll see if I can find out for sure.
Another one I haven’t reacted to is the Live Tinted Mineral. It’s a little too dark for my pale skin, but I like to mix it with a non-tinted SPF to offset the white cast.
@@bethgill8792 Oh, that is so sad to hear that it's sounding like they reformulated it. It seems that Well People reformulated their SPF foundation a year or two ago too - i wish they would bring the old one back. ❤
@@bethgill8792 I did pick up the Live Tinted Hueguard 3-in-1 Mineral Sunscreen for half price in the Ulta sale - i wonder if that is the one that you tried? ❤
So Lisa what is your very favourite mineral sunscreen that sits well under makeup without pilling . Many thanks .
Unfortunately I don't have an answer for that, because I have had so many problems with sunscreens irritating my face that i have mostly given up on trying more out. But now that I feel that I am more targeted in being able to predict which ones might be the most irritating for me, I am open to trying some of the others and hopefully will come across some that do work well. Definitely i am hoping that folks will share suggestions here in the comments!
Lisa, the following sunscreen has been recommended by Alexandra Anele, who is extremely sensitive to sunscreen:
Beauty of Joseon Relief Sun : Rice + Probiotics (SPF50+ PA++++)
It is Korean, if I’m not mistaken?
I have not tried it, because the ingredients are words I do not recognize, especially the ones for the sunscreen ingredients. I would love it if you would check it out and let us know what you think.
This product contains four chemical sunscreens that are approved in the U.S. and that i have not seen in very many formulas (though admittedly I have not researched chemical sunscreens very much).
1. Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benzoate: This is a chemical sunscreen agent that absorbs UVB and short UVA rays.
2. Ethylhexyl Triazone: Also known as Octyl Triazone, it is a chemical UV filter that primarily absorbs UVB rays.
3. Methylene Bis-benzotriazolyl Tetramethylbutylphenol: This is a broad-spectrum UV filter that protects against both UVA and UVB rays. It is also known as Tinosorb M.
4. Diethylhexyl Butamido Triazone: This is another chemical UV filter that primarily absorbs UVB rays.
This does seem to get good user reviews and looks like it could be a good formula for those who would like to try a chemical sunscreen with some of the lesser-used active ingredients in it. I especially like the fact that it includes fermented ingredients since I tend to do well with those.
I don't know if I would react to that or not. But I think that my plan at this time is to focus on the sunscreens that i believe to be all-mineral to see if I can find any that work well for me, since I feel more comfortable with those in general and think they have less of a chance of being irritating.
Thanks for asking about it! ❤
@@lisapetrison-beautyreviews thank you for breaking that down! Yes, I want to stick with mineral sunscreens, too, if we can actually find one that doesn’t have an unregulated chemical one sneaked in it!😂 I’ll keep looking and let you know if I come up with anything.
@@jjjjk1241 Please do share that information!
@@lisapetrison-beautyreviewswill do!