If you’ve been following me on my blogging journey for a while now, you’ll notice that of all the sunscreens I’ve reviewed, I have yet to mention any physical sunscreens. In the beginning of 2012, I’ve decided that I wanted to give physical sunscreens a go this year. I’ve been using chemical sunscreens for over a decade, and I figured it was time to move on to physical sunscreens.
Just because you didn’t see any reviews of physical sunscreens on the blog doesn’t mean I’ve not tried any of them out. In fact, I’ve tried at least three different brands of physical sunscreens. I never reviewed them because all of them gave me the same conclusion – they were very rich, greasy and looked absolutely ghastly on my skin. It was such a disappointment.
I’ve pretty much given up hope on finding a physical sunscreen that would even vaguely interest me. This was up till about a month ago when I attended a press event on the launch of several new sun protection products by Dermalogica. At the end of the event, we were kindly given goodie bags of a couple of products mentioned in the launch. We were even allowed to swap products if we wanted to try any of the other mentioned products. I was originally given a matte sunscreen. It’s funny because given my combination skin, I should have stuck with that. Instead, I requested to try the new UltraCalming physical sunscreen instead. Was I asking for trouble requesting for something that may not even work on my skin yet again?
Well, someone play me a sweet melody, because it looks like I have fallen in love with the impossible.
