Rationale Beautiful Skin Luminizing Superfluid SPF50+

2 Reviews

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   offendedMare9

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   My do I have a lot to say about this product! I have been an avid Rationale user for several years and the Rationale Superfluid was my go to everyday tinted moisturiser that replaced my foundation. I harped on about to all my family and friends until something changed.

   Late last year I had gradually been suffering from atopic dermatitis and getting incredibly itchy patches on my face. I had NO idea what it was but I did not think a for a second that it could be the Superfluid. Firstly, because I have been using it for years prior and never any reaction, and secondly the itchiness did not happen immediately after applying, so this confused me.

   For months I thought it could have been diet, but I’m incredibly healthy and fit and despite making more drastically clean choices to diet my skin continued to uncontrollably itch and red rashes kept appearing. In desperation to save my skin I used nothing but Cetaphil and finally my skin calmed down completely in a week or two. After the 2nd week, I had a sinking feeling that it could be because of whatever is in the Superfluid so I decided to wear a small amount on my skin to test… and bam! It flared up again. The Superfluid was the culprit.

   Whatever ingredients they have put in is different (I know they redid the packaging recently) my skin can no longer put up with. You actually don’t really know what is inside this as it’s not fully listed (I had to get my ingredients list from Rationale themselves, so red flag there).

   Shame really because it had a very natural look to it, however my skin did look pretty oily toward the end of the day which I have come to realise since stopping it. I’ve since switched to a tinted moisturiser that does an even better job — the Clarins Super Restorative tinted day cream. But for the same price doesn’t make my skin itch and it’s more glowy but not oily.

   For the price of $85 a tube that gets leaky toward the end every single time is not my idea of economical; I couldn’t take this product on holidays as it just pours everywhere into make up bag despite lid being fastened tightly.

   I find some of the products Richard Parker has come out and made Environ already did yonks ago, but slapped a hefty price tag to it.

   Do your research if you have sensitive skin and be wary of products that don’t actively list their ingredients. Understand that to be allergic to a product, you don’t necessarily react to it as soon as it’s been applied. Personally I would not recommend this product if you have sensitive skin, but foolishly fell into the trap of believing that a company as pricey as Rationale was their skincare was the best you could get.

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   offendedWeaver3

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   Rationale claims to be the first brand in the world to create a sunscreen in super-fluid form that protects from what they call the “Entire Solar Constant”. This includes visible light, UVA, UVB and most probably blue light while we’re at it 😛

   How they achieve this in “Super Fluid” form I do not know, most probably they are referring to their Isotropic delivery technology whereby the formula is a liquid crystal structure is a delivery system for drugs. Of course Rationale won’t tell you this, you have to find out for yourself.

   This is probably yet to be approved by the TGA as any valid sunscreen given a license within Australia doesn’t have to show their full ingredient listing. Why I say this is that there super-fluid formula is able to be read on it’s packaging like all skin care really should. Unlike there B3-T Super-fluid sunscreen, similar texture but no light reflective pigment enhancing properties in that one this what I would call a tinted moisturiser feels very slippery and is speckled with balanced pigment to even out skin tone without looking made up.

   Richard Parker is quite vocal against the use of foundation, he claims foundations are full of “nasties” and are ageing. I don’t believe foundation is full of “nasties” and they certainly can be ageing, but only if applied in the wrong way. There is some truth to his belief, Apply foundation to one side of the face with wrinkles, blend it well and evenly, then leave you other half bare. Now look in the mirror and you will see foundation really does increase the look of fine lines and wrinkles, this is due to the fact that foundation can settle, even the expensive ones, into fine lines and wrinkles and instead of masking actually highlight them! The trick is to use less foundation and only where you really need it, it’s about customising, not a blanket statement that all foundation is bad or ageing.

   This texture is without a doubt unique, I personally find it a big greasy and feel it doesn’t really absorb into the skin, the same can be said about the texture of their B3-T super-fluid sunscreen. The formula contains Rationale’s standard overpriced though generous blend of ceramides, amino acids and irritating essential oils and Australian botanic extracts. You are instructed to apply this over you morning 3 step regimen, that means, wait for this, over you Immunologist, Over your antioxidant serum, over your day cream which for some strange reason only contains a lousy SPF 15(what is with that!) and you would finish with an application or two of this luminizing super-fluid. There are three shades from this product, C1, C2 and C3. The C stands for chromaphores and chromatype. A complicated term to describe “chromophore is the part of a molecule responsible for its colour”.

   I’m not a fan of a one for all approach when it comes to makeup, particularly one that has skin care benefits. C1 is too rosy for my yellow undertone NC20 fair skin and C2 is far too tan, C3 is just dark brown on me. They really need to work on the shade range or work on one good universally flattering tint or tone that can compliment most skin tones.

   It is very difficult to reapply this throughout the day as the texture is quite slick and almost greasy. I will not be repurchasing. The bottle this super-fluid is housed in a futuristic star wars cubist indie hipster dream. It used to come in a nice easily standing short black bottle as did their B3-T super-fluid. It now comes in an awkward white pointy bottle that you can only lie flat. Pray to the gods this doesn’t spill when travelling!

   Also contains ethanol in a high amount, not good! This super-fluid is also in a base of orange blossom floral water, because that’s SO skin identical! 😛

   I would recommend if you are really curious or keen to try this product to first try a sample or have them apply a full face of it in store and see how it wears with your usual makeup or alone. Also I didn’t see much luminizing benefit from this product, just shiny greasy looking skin.