I didn't really use Olay before, but after reading a review on www.beautypedia.com, I decided to try Olay Regenerist SPF 50 UV Defense Regenerating Lotion. Not only is it an SPF 50 designed to be lightweight enough for daily wear, but it's also chock full of skin-soothing ceramides, antioxidant vitamins C and E, collagen-building peptides, and beneficial green tea extract. For whatever reason, these components are not advertised on the packaging, but are simply listed by their scientific names under the ingredient list.
In case you couldn't already tell, I love this product. It goes on lightweight enough to be suitable for oily skin, yet does have enough moisturizing ingredients to keep skin supple throughout the day. It's got pretty much everything you would want a daily moisturizer to have. In the three weeks I've been using it, my skin has gotten much more smooth and even. The price point is about half that of the Clinique sunscreen I'd been using, and has double the sun protection. Also, it comes in a pump instead of a jar like the Clinique moisturizers. Did you know that jar packaging can eviscerate the effectiveness of even the most potent products? Neither did I, until I read about it a few weeks ago. Apparently, lots of ingredients are sensitive to light, air, and the contaminants that are deposited when you put your fingers in the jar.
With my fair skin, I'm obsessed with sun protection. (But really, everyone should be. Even the lovely dark chocolate–skinned folks can get wrinkles and melanoma from the sun, although it won't look like a sunburn.) I've been wearing sunscreen daily since I was fifteen. I think this is the staple I'll still be wearing when I'm forty-five.
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