Blue Lizard Baby

3 Reviews

1. 

   vengefulTruffle9

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   I am giving this a 5 because it is not greasy and unlike most sunscreens on the market-yes, even the ones with helioplex-they all degrade in 2 hours letting free radicals attack the sub cutaneous layers of the skin. Degredation of sunscreen will age you faster than using no sunscreen at all. Those of you who put on SPF 70 in the am and wear it all day are doing yourself a baddy! Those of you who think you deserve a halo for makeup with SPF 15 may as well lay in the sun too!
   This is a zinc and titanium and antioxidant product. I have dermatologist friends who use it.
   Got 5 oz of it at Long’s for 12.49.

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   cautiousPie7

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   UPDATED 05/2009. Overall rating of 5 as this stuff works. In that it will protect your skin from solar attack. Which is, after all, the point.

   Blue Lizard Baby and Sensitive sunscreens are heavy, mineral/physical only (10% zinc oxide, 5% titanium dioxide), and do their job well; identical formulae, slightly different packaging, more or less the same price. Originally formulated in Australia, now based in US c/o Crown and Del-Ray Dermatologicals.

   The main thing is that this stuff works: in that, on Gingerrama-style sensitive photosensitive skin under intense sun (inc. Antipodes), there is neither irritated reaction nor burning. Can be used all over, inc. face. On face: pour a blob (roughly 1/4-1/2 teasp.) into palm of hand, apply one dot each to forehead, nose, one on each cheek; rub the rest between fingers and thumbs and apply to ears. Then go round your dots on the face and neck and massage in. Same again with about another 1/2 teasp. for neck and throat/upper bosom. And hands. Similarly for tops of feet and so on, other exposed body parts in sunnier weather …

   This is not an “elegant” sunscreen – one of those lightweight siliconey veils, that practically apply themselves. Texture between a heavy lotion and a cream; has to be rubbed between fingertips and massaged in well. On non-pale people, this may well leave a white cast, even when rubbed in properly. It will initially feel gloopy. On my skin (normal, dry and oilier patches) it doesn’t feel greasy. Then again, it doesn’t feel as matte and velvety as Clarins UV Plus, Dermalogica Super Sensitive, or Glycolix Elite. It will also keep sinking in over the ten minutes or so after application, after which it will feel invisibly pleasant; so wait a little before applying make-up. Can’t comment much on m/u staying-power, as I usually wear at most some kind of powder, and that only in very hot weather (arrowroot, silk, or else loose or pressed powder).

   In more intense sun, reapply mid-way through the day. Otherwise lasts all day. One of the most soothing things on photosensitive/allergic hives. I remove using a variant on double-cleansing – usually an oil (currently sunflower), then usual cleanser.

   Not too expensive – USD 13.00 for 5 fl. oz/150 ml; USD 18.00 for 9 fl. oz./260 ml; USD 160.00 for a gallon – and easy to get hold of online (these price are from drugstore.com, 05/2009; also on Amazon and other Usual Suspects). Can be found in many US drugstores and superstores too. Baby is in a pink bottle, Sensitive in white/blue. Usually around the same price, though sometimes the one will be about a buck more than the other (have identified no pattern to this). The bottles are interesting, changing colour under more intense UV light; I’m not sure how accurately they do so, but it does remind one to reapply sunscreen frequently.

   Both versions are available in larger bottles – the biggest is a gallon (around USD 125.00). Like anything else, can be decanted into smaller bottles, so as to have one in the bathroom, one in The Bag, one in The Beloved’s pocket, etc. There is also a Face version, that I haven’t tried because it includes octinoxate (+ 8% zinc oxide); plus Regular and Sport (again, in-part chemical).

   I’d also recommend the following other good “serious” physical/mineral only sunscreens:

   Vanicream 30 and 60 – lighter formula, less of white cast and less greasy – the latter good for more intense sun.

   Also Solbar 40 (though I’m uncertain of their cruelty-free credentials).

   INGREDIENTS: Active – zinc oxide 10%, titanium dioxide 5%. Inactive – Water, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Ethylhexyl Stearate, Polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate And Cetyl PEG-PPG-10/1 Demethicone And Hexyl Laurate, Propylene Glycol, Cetyl Demethicone, Trimethylated Silica/demethicone, Octododecyl Neopentanoate, VP/Hexadecene Copolymer, Methyl Glucose Dioleate, PEG-7 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Sorbitol Oleate And Hydrogenated Castor Oil And Beeswax And Stearic Acid, Cetyl Demethicone, Methylparaben And Propylparaben And Ethylparaben, Disodium EDTA, Diazolidinyl Urea, Tocopheryl Acetate.

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   brainyCoconut0

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   This all-physical sunscreen amazingly leaves no white cast. It’s fragrance free and doesn’t irritate my sensitive skin at all. It’s much too moisturizing for me to use on my face. In fact, it is quite greasy and never fully absorbs into my skin, so I will not repurchase. That’s a shame, because if the finish were a bit more elegant, I would definitely keep this on hand.

   Active Ingredients: Zinc Oxide 10%, Titanium Dioxide 5%.
   Inactive Ingredients: Purified Water, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, C12 – 15 Alkyl Benzoate, Ethylhexyl Stearate, Polyglyceryl 4 Isostearate & Cetyl PEG/PPG-10/1 Dimethicone, Hexyl Laurate, Propylene Glycol, Cetyl Dimethicone, Trimethylated Silica/Dimethicone, Octododecyl Neopentanoate, VP/Hexadecene Copolymer, Methyl Glucose Dioleate, PEG 7 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Sorbitol Oleate, Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Beeswax, Stearic Acid, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Ethylparaben, Disodium EDTA, Diazolidinyl Urea, Tocopheryl Acetate.