Aqua / Water, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Homosalate, Dicaprylyl Ether, Octocrylene, Ethylhexyl Salicylate, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, Glycerin, Alcohol Denat., Ethylhexyl Triazone, Propanediol, Diisopropyl Sebacate, Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine, Phenylbenzimidazole Sulfonic Acid, Ci 61565 / Green 6, Ci 60725 / Violet 2, Tocopherol, Sodium Benzoate, Phenoxyethanol, Triethanolamine, Poly C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Caprylyl Glycol, Terephthalylidene Dicamphor Sulfonic Acid, Disodium Edta, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Parfum / Fragrance Fil C209794/1.
I try to mark the sunscreen ingredients in red and other possible irritants in lilac. Ingredients thought to be good and useful for skin I mark green. Learning as I go, google is my friend etc...
Thoughts:
- Bottle shape and design is difficult to use, sadly. Impossible to hold it with slippery hands.
- Applying is more challenging than a basic cream because it's so watery-oily, dripping before you get a chance to spread it well. It spreads well without tugging skin though.
- Doesn't really dry down. I think I'm applying a right amount. So it stays slippery-slimy for hours, shining on my skin like oil or sweat. Ha, maybe this is the summer glow :)
- Gave me the worst "sunscreen bumps" I've had up to this day!
+ Very fresh, slight, pleasant scent, I really like it.
+ Feels moisturizing and if you apply only very little, it feels ok, very pleasant actually, silky, smooth, not oily.
+ Despite not being drying, and feeling oily on my skin, it stays put rather well even if I sweat. Definitely needs a super scrub in the evening to get rid of (especially someone like me who gets those bumps).
+ Bottle is a good size and shape to carry with you in a purse for reapplying. It's pretty too.
+ Absolutely no white cast.
- Applying is more challenging than a basic cream because it's so watery-oily, dripping before you get a chance to spread it well. It spreads well without tugging skin though.
- Doesn't really dry down. I think I'm applying a right amount. So it stays slippery-slimy for hours, shining on my skin like oil or sweat. Ha, maybe this is the summer glow :)
- Gave me the worst "sunscreen bumps" I've had up to this day!
+ Very fresh, slight, pleasant scent, I really like it.
+ Feels moisturizing and if you apply only very little, it feels ok, very pleasant actually, silky, smooth, not oily.
+ Despite not being drying, and feeling oily on my skin, it stays put rather well even if I sweat. Definitely needs a super scrub in the evening to get rid of (especially someone like me who gets those bumps).
+ Bottle is a good size and shape to carry with you in a purse for reapplying. It's pretty too.
+ Absolutely no white cast.
* Also Tonymoly's Sun Oil gave me similar bumps, but not that many. But it could be only because I put it less on, as it's a facial oil. Can't be related to fungal acne btw, UV Water should be fungal acne safe.
* I saw there is a new UV Water Mist, wonder what that is like... not that I need a mist right now.
* Again, I can't review the actual sun protection because here in the land of no sun I never burn. I just use sunscreen for anti aging purposes. Will be interesting to see one day if it works!
* Again, I can't review the actual sun protection because here in the land of no sun I never burn. I just use sunscreen for anti aging purposes. Will be interesting to see one day if it works!
Price:
About 15 € / 150 ml
Bought from:
Supermarket
Buy again?
No.
Worth the money?
The bottle is pretty, the product is innovative, the scent is very, very pleasant... I really wanted to love Garnier Ambre Solaire UV Water but it's just not quite there. I would not recommend it for oily/sweaty skin or for sensitive skin (bumps) for a generous everyday application. But it works for the little touch up later in the day. Then the price is more understandable too, it's quite high considering you usually get 200 ml for that price in a market product.
The bottle is pretty, the product is innovative, the scent is very, very pleasant... I really wanted to love Garnier Ambre Solaire UV Water but it's just not quite there. I would not recommend it for oily/sweaty skin or for sensitive skin (bumps) for a generous everyday application. But it works for the little touch up later in the day. Then the price is more understandable too, it's quite high considering you usually get 200 ml for that price in a market product.
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