How to Use Sun Block the Right Way

Sun Block, I probably stress this a lot to all readers who ever had asked me about skin care.
Sun block is crucial to keep a flawless, even skin tone. Because blemishes, acne, dark spots are all caused by the sun ray.

How to Use Sun Block the Right Way

First we should know the basic of sun block in order to understand the use of it further.

There are 3 different type of sun rays you should know.

I won't go further than that because this is not a science class

As in the picture there are UV A, B and C

• UVA is what cause wrinkles, and come towards the ground without being disturbed by other sources. Long exposure to UVA can cause dark spots.  This is what comes to our skin the most
  
• UVB is what cause sun burns, and dark spots on your skin. Its one of the dangerous sun rays you need to protect yourself from
  
• UVC Almost all the rays are absorbed by the Ozone, but since even the Ozone is disappearing, this is what causing all the skin cancer on people's skin.

Now you know WHY the sun block is so important for young beautiful skin.

The one way to know how well the sun block works is SPF(Sun Protection Factor) and PA(Prodtection grade of UVA)

SPF is how well it protects your skin from UVC

PA shows how well it protects your skin from UVA

PA is greaded with "+" sign, '+' means protects '++' well protect '+++' extremely well protects

Now this doesn't mean you have to wear the highest SPF you can find.

Because higher the SPF the more chemical ingredients is added and also more oily it becomes.

The wise way to choose your SPF is by the season or your life style.

• Normal Skin and Normal days : SPF 15~30 PA++
• Long days under the Sun and Water : SPF 40~50+ PA+++
• Sensitive skin : SPF 15~30 PA++
• Easily Blemished Skin (Allergic to the sun rays not cosmetic): SPF 40~50 PA+++
• Winter : SPF 15~30 PA++
• Skiing (Snow reflects all of the sun rays towards your skin): SPF 40~50+ PA+++

Sun Block works best when you apply the cream 15~25 minutes before you go outside, to give time for the cream to absorb into the skin. And apply every 2~3 hours because that's how long it lasts.

Now we know what to use it's time to see some type of products that is available in the market and how to use them wisely.

In the Big picture there is two type of sun block

Physical and Chemical

The difference is how they block the sun rays

Physical Sun Block scatter the sun rays

Most common ingredients : Titanium Dioxide, Magnesium compounds

Pros: Great for all types of skin and there is no side effect

Cons: cause white cast and could feel heavy in some type of sun block products. More oily than Chemical Sun Block

Chemical Sun Block absorbs the sun ray

Most common ingredients :Nitrobenzoic acid, Mate scenarios , Nitro demo uranium iso birth, Faber, Benzophenone

Pros: Don't not make white cast, 

Cons: cause sensitivity, absorb well into the skin and can cause infections, not for sensitive skin

1. Sun Cream

The most common and the longest used product in the world.

Texture is cream type and these days they both come as Physical type and Chemical type. It does get oily as you use higher SPF and if you are not too careful it can cause makeup to cake. Since there are cosmetic that comes with lower SPF you can layer it , using light SPF25 of two different product across the face will give you higher sun blockage than individual product can give.

Products I reviewed : Hera Sun Mate Cooling Moose, It's Skin Smart Solution 365 Silky Sun Essence

2. Sun Spray

Sun spray are Chemical type and we all love this sun block because of the convenience it has, plus it's so much easier to spray it on top of your makeup and make sure you applied sun block every 2~3 hours.

However Sun spray contains gas although it's not dangerous to the skin, I strongly advice you not do inhale any of it. They didn't test the safety of inhaling the ingredients.

When you use sun spray the one thing you need to know is, because it's small drops of sun block on to your skin, you need to at least spray it 30 sec in order to densely make a barrier on your skin. If you just spray it for 1~3 seconds it's not enough sun spray to protect your skin from the sun. Well, that's useless...

These days there are product that comes with without gasses for safer use.

I personally think sun spray is not a idea type for complete cover but there are girls thinks convenience is the top priority. 

3. Sun Powder

The reason for this product existence is to make something that is not oily at all. Yes it's not oily, but it cause white cast and not really easy to apply smoothly because it could mass. However as time pass and more better cosmetic comes in develop and now there are sun powder that comes as skin color and doesn't cause white cast and clings better to the skin.

But there are few things you need to remember when using sun powder. Just like sun spray you need to thoroughly apply the powder or it wouldn't work so well in protecting your skin from the sun

I personally think Sun Powder is not a idea type for complete cover because it is easily blown away by wind and can look strange because of the power color. If you use little it wouldn't work, so there is no way to measure how much powdering is natural and also cover your skin from the sun completely.

NOTE : Some times sun powder can cause eye infections, and can cause Respiratory disease.

I personally recommend using sun cream over sun powder and sun spray. 

I hope this post give you some idea what you need to do in order to protect your skin form everyday sun rays.

FAQ

How do I wash off Sun block?

Well sun block does not need washing twice like you would with makeup.

But there is one thing you must do, when you wash sun block since it's more oily than other skin care product you need to first wash your face with warm water and make as much bubble with cleansing foam and cling the bubbles to your skin as if you are massaging your face.

Sometimes people like to do double cleansing to make sure they feel they skin is very smooth. Usually this means you have irritated your skin too much. But cleaning your skin not probably will also means you didn't clean off all your dirt and oil.

Does Sun Block Cause Acne?

No, or overall no. 

But there are people who find using chemical type sun block bit irritating and cause allergy. Than you might see some acne here and there, so I personally recommend people with acne to get physical sun block.

And if you already have a lot of sun spots marks and dark spot, you need to use sun block even more. Sun blocking these parts well can help curing these darken parts of the skin and also helps with curing if you are visiting the doctor about it.

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