Mentholatum ACNES UV Tinted Milk SPF 50

3 Reviews

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   worldlyRuffs8

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   I have extremely oily face and wear liquid foundation daily. My current daytime lotion is Eucerin Face SPF30. Because my face looks a little paler when wearing Eucerin, I purchased this online at sasa.com based on its great review. The Acnes Tinted Milk is a product line targeting Asian market, and like many Asian sunblock has an liquidy running oily consistency. Despite its claim, I found this Acne Tinted Milk does NOT control oil. Other than that, most of its claims are quite true. It spreads well. It wears well under liquid foundation and does not interefere with the color of my foundation or my face. It does not irritate my skin and actually makes my skin feels better after washed off. I’m not sure about its claim of controlling acne because I’ve been mostly clear of breakout. It feels oily when first put on but not as bad as some other Asian cosmetic brand sunblocks.

   Because of its high SPF and low irritation, I will repurchase in the future. It’s $6 for about 1oz in a small squeeze tube looking like a drugstore item. Due to it’s very running texture, the no thrill package works in preventing leakage. The small size travels well and can easily fit in a small zip bag or a small purse. The direction says shake well before use, so shake well before each use.

   EDIT 9/28/2011 Here comes the true test… I took a few small travel bottles of sunscreen/lotion with me on my Asian trip this summer. All my US brand sunscreens all failed miserably. But what spurprised me was the Mentholatum Tinted Milk I ordered from Asia just for the trip was also a big let down and turned very greasy soon after application. I purchased Biore UV milk in Asia and found that much more suitable for extremely hot and humid weather. I wrote a favorable review for Biore and lower the rating for this to 3.

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   dopeyEagle3

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   Am I the only one who hates this sunscreen? I bought this cus it was on promotion along with acnes cleanser (which is very drying btw). I really thought this sunscreen would work out for me cus it’s spf 50 PA+++ and from what I heard it’s light weight and good for oily skin. However, it was absolutely a disaster for me cus as soon as I apply this on my face in the morning, pigment in the lotion (mind you it’s tinited) looks very flaky on my face and the harder I rub it in, the more it balls up. I definitely can’t wear this if I’m going to work cus it would make me look like I hv some kind of skin disease with nude-coloured flakes on my face. And yes I did shake it well before I used it and it made no difference. The second time when I used it was also a bad experience (yes I used it again although I hated it the first time) cus I forgot to shake it and when I squeezed the tube some kind of clear mineral oil came out. The expiry date was 2013. I really don’t know why things like this would happen. Sigh… I thought this would be my HG sunscreen. =( And oh I forgot to mention that this suncreen is very hard to wash off with regular cleanser. I threw this product away after using it twice =( and I do NOT recommend this to anyone unless you wanna look like you got vitiligo.

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   importedLocust7

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   ACNES UV TINT SPF 30/PA++

   Decamethylcyclopentasiloxane
   Water
   Glyceryl Ethylhexanoate
   Zinc Oxide(10%)
   Silicic Anhydric
   Methylhydrogenpolysiloxane
   Titanium Dioxide(8.6%)
   Siloxane
   Talc
   Methylpolysiloxane
   Flourphlogopite
   Mica
   Aluminium Hydroxide
   Dimethicone
   Butylene Glycol
   Glycerin
   Trimethylsiloxysilicate
   Cetyl PEG/PPG-10/Dimethicone
   Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsequioxane Crosspolymer
   CI 77492
   o-Cymen-5-ol(Isopropylmethylphenol)
   Tocopheryl Acetate
   Rosemary (Rosmarinus Officinalis) Extract
   Stearyl Glycrrhetinate
   Magnesium Sulfate
   Fragrance
   CI 77491
   CI 77499
   Pyridoxine HCl
   Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate

   *I’ve updated the ingredients list in order of concentration.

   This is a good physical sunscreen that is tinted close to MAC studio fix NC40, but slightly more yellow-orange(just a tiny bit, not to the point of creepy orange). The texture is lotion to liquid, make it easy to spread. The amount of ZnO and TiO2 are pretty significant in giving a reliable broad spectrum protection. However this sunscreen is not antioxidant-packed and thus for a better protection, you need to apply antioxidant under it. The finish is matte and long wearing(…well, I sweat a lot and the sunscreen is still there), those with oily to very oily skin will appreciate this. Those with combo like me might want to consider using a moisturizer under it, since without it, existing wrinkles will be accentuated.