Review: Invisible Zinc Face and Body Sunscreen

Oh Invisible Zinc. I adore your ESP moisturizer (although I have no idea why I have not yet reviewed it), my love of the Silk shield foundation is well documented, but your face and body sunscreen is not for me. Just to show I have weighed my decision carefully, I have written a pros and con's list about it.

Pros:

• It is a physical based sunscreen. Which means that it contains zinc oxide to reflect light away from the skin, instead of using chemical absorbers which absorb the light, possibly causing free radical generation. Free radicals are molecules which float around and cause damage to the skin, which can result in premature aging. 
• You are reasonably water resistant. Actually, almost anything resistant. The Face and Body Sunscreen will not come off unless there is vigorous towelling or soap used. This is actually a positive because you don't want it coming off the second that you hit the water. 
• I very much like the tube, it is hygenic and very easy to squeeze product out of. 

Cons:

• You leave a bit of a white cast after sweating or swimming. This is not a great worry for me, because I am as white as white can be, but for some others it may pose a problem. 
• You smell like zinc. I understand that you contain a lot of zinc, but I would prefer something to mask the smell (like how ESP has). The smell gets up my nose and drives me nuts. My boyfriend coats his face in zinc before he goes surfing and even he can't stand the smell (on our third attempt of wearing this sunscreen we both had to go and shower it off half way through the day to get rid of the smell).
• You are very thick and quite greasy, which means that as soon as it is applied I need to either jump straight into the water or I turn into a greaseball. Not exactly ideal for any day which doesn't require swimming. 
• You only last two hours. I got burnt at Big Day Out on my shoulders, after two applications of this sunscreen. To be fair, I am so white that I, quite literally, burn in 5 mins with no sunscreen on. I am do believe I am going to try the 4 hour water resistant sunscreen next, and I hope I like it. 
• I do not like the price. $19.95 for a 75g tube is a little steep for me at the moment. 

The other Invisible Zinc products I have tried are so great, so I am sad that Face and Body and I cannot be friends.

Let me know in the comments your favourite Physical based sunscreen, I am on the hunt! 



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