Clinique City Block Sheer SPF 15

i went through a clinique phase. i surfed their website and wanted to get every sort of skincare product they had. when i was younger, my mom always told me to stay out of the sun because it was harmful, it makes me darker, all that stuff. i couldn't see it before, but now that i'm older, i understand better. i guess from that conditioning, i am now 'afraid' of the sun, and hardly ever go out to the beach on a hot summer's day. in fact, never. too hot :) i come from a south-east asian country - malaysia - anyway, the land of perpetual summer. i needed to get another tube of sunblock and decided to give this one a try. i wanted as high a ...

Effective - Advantages: great for under-make-up, allows the gentlest of golden tans, prevents sunburn - Disadvantages: none

I had meant to buy Clinique's 'Weather Everything' because the sun is out and I needed better protection against UVA and UVB rays, but when I went to my local Boots store, they had ran out. The counter lady managed to recommend me another of their sun protection which is the 'Super City Block SPF 25'. According to the label, it doesn't use any chemical sun protectants (I wonder what it means?) and it's oil-free. It doesn't irritate my skin and it absorbs quickly leaving a non-greasy physical protective layer. I was a bit apprehensive about the product at first because it is slightly tinted, but I noticed that it disappears into the skin ...