Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream Sun Defense For Face SPF50 50 ml Review

Ingredients:

Water, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Isoamyl P-methoxycinnamate, Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benzoate, Cyclopentasiloxane, Silica, Methylene Bis-benzotriazolyl Tetramethylbutylphenol, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Dibutyl Adipate, Bis-ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine, Ethylhexyl Triazone, Cetyl Dimethicone, Triethylhexanoin, Glycerin, Glyceryl Stearate, Acrylates Copolymer, ORYZA SATIVA (RICE) GERM OIL, Biosaccharide Gum-4, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, Cetyl Alcohol, Cyclohexasiloxane, Decyl Glucoside, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Disodium Edta, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hydrogenated Palm Glycerides Citrate, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Parfum/FRAGRANCE, Phenylpropanol, Propylene Glycol, Schizophyllan, Sodium Polyacrylate, Sorbitan Stearate, Tocopherol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Triethanolamine, Tripeptide-1, Xanthan Gum, Benzyl Alcohol, Citral, Citronellol, Geraniol, Limonene, Linalool, Ethylparaben, Methylparaben, O-cymen-5-ol, Phenoxyethanol, Propylparaben.

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:

- Not water/sweat proof (but it is not claiming to be either, just a note), it turned patchy with white streaks and started pilling

- At the same time while being moisturizing, also feels slightly thick/greasy

- Leaves skin shiny

- Fragrance lingers all day and it is not all that pleasant even though not horrible either (chemical citrusy)

- Irritated my eyes during sweating

- Leaves that slight "film" on face, it is not very visible or bad though (but no whitecast)



+ Very moisturizing, I don't need a moisturizer underneath

+ No white cast (but slight cast of something, like a film)

+ Works well under makeup, no pilling but I don't know what would happen if you would sweat

+ Overall not irritating (except to my eyes sometimes)

+ Doesn't seem to clog my skin (at least not badly, I'm still not sure about this, might never know)

* I got Elizabeth Arden's Eight Hour Sun Defence SPF50 as a gift and I had requested it as well. I got it last summer. I wanted to try different sunscreens and this one didn't have alcohol or Avobenzone. Trying different sunscreens is useful and I have learned a lot! But it has been a pricy journey as well.

* It is certainly true... brand name or higher price doesn't mean something is necessarily better. Or better for my skin and preferences, to be more precise.

Price: 

Around 32 € / 50 ml, quite often on -30% sale

Bought from: 

Got as a gift

Buy again? 

No.

Worth the money? 

Unfortunately, not for me. Maybe for someone with a dry or mature skin. I have used more pleasant sunscreens that cost half the price! So I would rather buy for example Derma Sun Lotion SPF30 or Garnier Sensitive Advanced Face Super UV Fluid SPF50+. I think I would value Elizabeth Arden's Sun Defence For Face around 10 €. It is not a bad sunscreen but I just don't think it is worth the price and there are better options for me.