since i bought sunscreen stick some time ago, i decided it's perfect for traveling and for touch ups. my kids didn't have the patience to stay for touch ups, so bringing liquid sunscreen for touching up is troublesome and messy since they couldn't stand still. so, i decided to buy another one, this time the labiotte one. actually i bought this on my last trip to japan but didn't get the chance to crack it open until i went traveling last month. anyway, let's see how it goes.
this is description from yesstyle website: this suncreen stick with powerful broad spectrum SPF 50+ PA++++ protects skin from free radical damages. easy to carry around and comfortable to wear. it has a refreshing formula that does not leave your skin with a white cast or sticky. formulated with pycnogenol, a french marine pine bark extract, soothes irritated skin due to sun rays.
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| the packaging |
the packaging: it comes with the usual packaging, cardboard backing with description in japanese, then plastic transparent covering so we can see the product from the outside. the sunstick itself comes in light blue plastic packaging, with the same light blue plastic cap. there's a dial at the bottom so you can twist the sunstick up. there's another description at the back of the cap in japanese as well. the sunstick comes in 16 g. i think there were two types of this sunstick, but i'm not sure since i think it's discontinued now.
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| description at the back |
the scent: it is scentless.
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| the tube |
the product: the sunstick is transparent green stick. it feels balmy and a bit slimy on touch but it helps a bit as it easily glides on my skin. the stick is curvy at the top as well, which i think also helps as it fits the contour of my face better. i have no problem using it all over my face, even the area around my nose.
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| look at the curvy shape |
the result: i have to say that this doesn't work like promised. even though that it's easy to carry around and doesn't give white cast at all, this one is sticky. i've used this sunstick twice while traveling. once to europe in the spring, and once to singapore in the summer. it doesn't cause any trouble when i brought it with me to europe. the weather was cool so it didn't give any problem, no stickiness at all. however, it's a different story when i used it in singapore. it was blazing hot and very humid, so i was sweating a lot. i brought this to reapply my sunscreen, so even though it's practical to do so (and to use it for my kids as well), it's sticky as hell when i reapplied it all over. even though i've tried to pat all my sweats before using this on top, it was still sticky and uncomfortable. however, this one works. all of my kids refused to reapply the sunscreen when we rode luge and the skyride and they all got sunburnt, while i'm saved.
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| even though here you can barely see the glow, but it's a bit glowy. more so when it's hotter |
anyway, i like this sunscreen for its practicality and the easiness of use, but i don't appreciate the stickiness since i live in hot and humid country like singapore. anyway, since this one is discontinued, i have to find other sunstick now. there are some local brands that sell sunsticks, so i might try them after finishing this one.
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