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Thu Aug 23, 2007 5:45 am  |
Hi there, i will be working near the Gold Coast (Australia) for a few months, during summer! The sun is harsh harsh harsh there! So i really need a good sunscreen, with high protection , as well as matt, as i have got the oilest skin ever... I was browsing through the forum and found many members have praised Neutrogena's Ultra Sheer with helioplex sunscreen, and its a spf 70!!  wow... I am just dying to get my hands on them..but i cant! They dont sell it here in Australia, and i tried ordering it on ebay, Amazon and drugstore.com, they all wont send it overseas....  Anyway long story cut short...I need someone from the US to direct the package to me here, i can pay for it to be directed to your home first, then have you send it to me by mail. I will net bank you prior to posting of course... That is kind of a big ask isn't it... dont know if anyone out there be so kind to help me out??  |
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Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:29 am |
Hey cc! With the high incidence of skincancer "down under", Australia has a reputation for making "da best" sunscreens!  We always want what we can't have, don't we?
Anyway, feel free to PM me. If you're setup to make a deposit into a PayPal account, I can purchase and ship this to you - BTW, do you know what the UVA rating is? |
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44 – combo/oily skin with a tendency towards clogged pores. Thanks to EDS, tweaked my skincare routine and normalized skin… no more breakouts. PSF, silk powder, Janson Beckett, Cellbone, NIA24 are staples. |
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Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:37 am |
hey Athena. Thanks for your response. I got another member PM me and she's going to get it for me. Gee there are some really nice people in this forum arent there, including yourself!
Yup, your damn right we have the highest risks of getting skin cancerm but guess what? The highest spf they go up to here is spf30. And the suncreen here are so thick and sticky and they break me out majorly! The one im getting is spf 70, and hopefully will be my HG sunscreen. Anyway thanks to you again  |
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Fri Aug 24, 2007 5:32 am |
Just remember the high spf dosent mean its high uva protection.
I think ive heard on makeupalley this isnt the highest PPD. Sorry! But it could be about 8-10?? |
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39, in Australia, using retin a, Skin actives I Bright and Antiaging Cream, change sunscreen regularly currently. |
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Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:27 am |
| carolb69 wrote: |
Just remember the high spf dosent mean its high uva protection.
I think ive heard on makeupalley this isnt the highest PPD. Sorry! But it could be about 8-10?? |
what is PPD  |
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Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:13 am |
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Yup, your damn right we have the highest risks of getting skin cancerm but guess what? The highest spf they go up to here is spf30. |
I seem to recall hearing a long, long time ago that the Australian government body responsible for these things doesn't allow sunscreens sold in Australia to be labelled as over SPF30. I think the thinking behind this was that it gives some uninformed consumers a wrong impression that they don't have to reapply or some such reasoning. So these sunscreens may in fact have a much higher SPF than 30 but they can't label it as such?
Of course I could be wrong about this, as my memory is not what it used to be |
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Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:50 pm |
I tried the Neutrogena SS with Helioplex SPF45 and was completely unimpressed. I took it to Cozumel with me, and I still got dark. I think the UVA rating must be rather minimal.
I'd recommend something with Mexoryl in it like LRP with SPF50+ or Bioderma with SPF50+ because the UVA rating for these are really high. |
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Fri Aug 24, 2007 5:31 pm |
| appletini wrote: |
| cc428 wrote: |
Yup, your damn right we have the highest risks of getting skin cancerm but guess what? The highest spf they go up to here is spf30. |
I seem to recall hearing a long, long time ago that the Australian government body responsible for these things doesn't allow sunscreens sold in Australia to be labelled as over SPF30. I think the thinking behind this was that it gives some uninformed consumers a wrong impression that they don't have to reapply or some such reasoning. So these sunscreens may in fact have a much higher SPF than 30 but they can't label it as such?
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That's a good point. Spf 15 filters out 95% UV whereas spf 30 filters out 97% of UV. Any higher index doesn't mean it can provide more coverage, but allows you to stay in the sun for a longer period. So you can achieve Spf 30+ by reapply more often. |
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